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Celebrating La Guiannee La Guiannee Historic celebration of French heritage and New Year’s traditions; beginning about 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31; Prairie Du Rocher, Randolph County; for more information, call 618-284-7230 BY ADAM TESTA THE SOUTHERN
ach generation passes down its own traditions. Some continue, while others die out through the years. For the residents of Prairie du Rocher, a small Randolph County village with a population under 700, one such tradition has been handed down since the town’s founding in 1722. Each Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve, a crowd of residents and supporters
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gather together, adorned in 18th century garb, many of them armed with instruments, others with their vocal chords. Once the group has gathered, they weave their way through town, stopping at residences and singing an age-old traditional tune. Originally introduced to the area by French settlers in the Randolph and St. Clair county areas in the late 17th century, the tradition — La Guiannee — originated in their native Europe as a means of poorer residents seeking food, drink and fun for the new year. Many of the original elements of the French celebration continue today, though some small altercations have been made through the passing centuries. Now open to participants of all ages — often ranging from young children to the village’s elders — La Guiannee still
features the traditional song and instruments, among them a fiddle, guitar and mandolin. One element has remained the same: the original “La Guiannee Song,” which offers a greeting to the master and mistress of the house and asks for food and the accompaniment of the family’s oldest daughter. In the past, participants made their entire trek on foot, but that’s one area has modern technology has changed the event for the better. Buses now carry these individuals to a number of sites, including homes and taverns in the village and surrounding area, the historic Fort de Chartres and the final destination of the American Legion hall, where a dance takes place. While several cities with French influence used to host La Guiannee events,
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Dianna Mueller of Chester (center) leads La Guiannee Society in a French song at Fort de Chartres on Dec. 31, 2009.
only two remain prominent: the lasting tradition in Prairie du Rocher and one across the river in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. “It’s keeping up a tradition that’s been going on since 1721, and you don’t want to see it die,” said Paul Herzog, a Prairie du Rocher native whose wife can trace her roots to the village’s founding. “There’s a lot of history on her side, and I like history, so we enjoy doing it.” Participants usually gather for La Guiannee
about 7:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve. The public is invited to join the festivities at Fort de Chartres and the Creole House. About a week later, the historic celebrations continue in Prairie du Rocher, as the annual Twelfth Night Ball commences Saturday, Jan. 8. This celebration marks the celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany, a Roman Catholic day of recognition for the end of the Christmas season. adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
Translation of the words of the traditional French song, La Guignolée: Good evening master and mistress, And all who live with you. For the first day of the year, You owe us La Guignolée. If you have nothing to give, A chine of meat or so will do. A chine of meat is not a big thing, Only ninety feet long. Again, we don’t ask for very much, Only the oldest daughter of the house. We will give her lots of good cheer, And we will surely warm her feet. Now, we greet you, And beg you to forgive us please. If we have acted a little crazy, We meant it in good fun. Another time we’ll surely be careful To know when we must come back here again. Let us dance La Guenille, La Guenille, La Guenille!
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z MOVIES z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z DANCE z FESTIVALS z THEATER z throughout the fairgrounds; holiday tree display, visits Student Center Craft with Santa; $8 per vehicle; Shop: Variety of crafts and 618-542-8338. classes offered, SIUC; Candy Cane Lane: Now 618-453-3636, www.siuc through Dec. 31, West studentcenter.org. Frankfort; hours, 5-10 p.m. Thursday; 5-11 p.m. Friday Holiday Events and Saturday, 5-10 p.m. Sunday; Drive-through The Grinch: Forty-five minute presentation includes neighborhood decorated with Christmas lights and holiday drama, music, kids in costumes, Thursday, Dec. 23, scenery in downtown West Frankfort beginning at Main Marion Cultural and Civic Center; show times, 11 a.m., 1, Street past the high school. Coulterville Holiday Light 3, 5 and 7 p.m.; $5; under 10, Display: Nightly through Jan. free; www.marionccc.org or 1, city park; 350 Christmas 618-997-4030. figurines, animated displays, Holiday Lights Fair: Drive music; North Pole Express through, 6-9 p.m. through Train; bonfire and hot Dec. 30, Du Quoin State Fairgrounds; lighted displays chocolate, 6-8 p.m. every
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Theater Auditions Auditions: For Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jan. 4, 6 and 8, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; hours, 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday Jan. 4; 5:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan 6 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8; roles available for all ages; the show will be held March 23-27 in the Marion Civic Center; 618 922-1853.
Theater “The Music Man”: TonyAward winning musical, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, Shryock Auditorium, SIUC; includes musical hits “Ya Got Trouble (in River City),” “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Goodnight My Someone,” “Gary, Indiana” and “Till There Was You;” southerntickets online.com or 618-453-6000.
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for the Arts, Carbondale; jewelry, cards, small sculptures, paintings; artists include Molly Groom Alter, Paulette Aronson, Roberta Elliott, Karen Fiorino, Teresa Fix, Kendall Inman, Dan Johnson, Susie Phillips and Sarah Shoot; gallery hours, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; Art Classes 4-7 p.m. Fridays; through Dec. Youth Art Classes: Begin in 30; hours may change during January, Grace Art Gallery, holiday; 618-457-5100. 210 Broadway Blvd., Goreville; New Year’s Eve art 618-694-5892. exhibition and celebration: 69 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, hosted Events by The Paducah Wastelanders, Art for Giving: Off The Wall 2 Street, 124 S. Second St., across from the Market exhibit for the selection of House, Paducah; music by holiday gifts, Varsity Center
Jazz singer and visual artist Tracy Badger; refreshments; free; 270-442-1985.
for holiday gift giving; through Jan. 10. Focus 4: Shows by Mel Watkin, Kevin Veara, Judith Raphael and Jacqueline Exhibits Moses, The Illinois State What’s the Buzz on the Museum Southern Illinois Art Playground: Features St. Gallery, in Southern Illinois Art Louis artists, Cedarhurst and Artisans Center, 14967 Center for The Arts, 2600 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; Richview Road, Mount through Feb. 27; free; 618Vernon; curated by St. Louis 629-2220 or www.museum. artist Mary Sprague; through state.il.us/ismsites. Dec. 30; www.cedarhurst.org Ongoing art exhibit: or 618-242-1236. Photographs of Juhree Veach, Holiday Extravaganza mosaics from Janet Altoff and exhibit: Little Egypt Arts sculpture from Tom Horn, Centre, downtown square, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Marion; original paintings, Wing Hill Road, Cobden; jewelry, pottery, fine craft and 618-893-9463 or www. photography; pieces designed starviewvineyards.com.
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Lambert brings hardcore country sound to Evansville Keeping the pedal slammed to the floor in COUNTRY 2011, Lambert is headlining SCENE a highly anticipated major Vince Hoffard tour early next year and an early stop will be at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 at Roberts Stadium in Evansville. Miranda Lambert Opening acts will be hot Country music artist; newcomer Justin Moore 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. and Josh Kelley. Tickets are 25; Roberts Stadium, $44.75, $39.75 and $23.75 Evansville, Ind.; tickets and can be purchased by range from $24 to $45 and calling the venue box office at 812-476-1383. can be purchased by Lambert’s hit list calling 812-476-1383; includes: “Kerosene,” opening acts include “Gunpowder & Lead,” Justin Moore and Josh “White Liar,” “Famous in a Kelley Small Town,” “The House That Built Me” and current iranda Lambert is single “Only Prettier.” striking while the A Texas native, Lambert iron is still hot. was a third place finisher Floating on a cloud after on Nashville Star in 2003. an official marriage She has released three proposal from longtime albums and has steadily boyfriend Blake Shelton in built momentum by May, Lambert released the releasing tunes that evoked poignant “The House That powerful emotion. Built Me” and instantly “I mean every word I say vaulted into to the upper in every lyric on every song echelon of country music on every record I’ve ever royalty. She was the dark done,” Lambert horse winner of the confidently states. “I Country Music would never take back one Association’s Female word or lyric or point I’ve Vocalist of the Year Award ever made, because it’s in November. part of who I am. And The category was there are plenty of artists supposed to be a shootout who would do so much of between Carrie Underwood that, if that’s the kind of and Taylor Swift, a pair of music you’re into. But if divas that push the you’re into honesty, I have boundaries of the genre the records for you.” with a pop-infused style. Shelton was originally CMA voters didn’t like the supposed to record “The direction and opted for House That Built Me,” but Lambert’s hardcore Lambert convinced him to country sound. give the song to her. Lambert was nominated Lambert received three for nine CMA awards. She Grammy Award also took home the award nominations for the song for Album of the Year earlier this month. She was (“Revolution”) and Song of also nominated for Album the Year (“The House That of the Year (Revolution) Built Me”). Just a few days and for Best Country ago, Lambert capped off an Collaboration with Vocals explosive year with five for “Bad Angel,” with Grammy Award Dierks Bentley and Jamey nominations. Johnson.
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Lambert’s videos are the most anticipated on CMT and GAC. She has a reputation for delivering theater worthy performances, especially with Jamey Johnson on “White Liar” and currently with Sheryl Crow and Loretta Lynn on a remake of “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Moore is an Arkansas native that migrated to Nashville in 2002 and was forced to learn how to write songs because he couldn’t find quality material to launch his solo career. He’s a good student. Signing with Big Machine Records in 2008, he has co-written three consecutive hits, including “Smalltown U.S.A.,” “Backwoods” and “How I Got To Be This Way.” Kelley is a former pop singer with Top 10 hits “Amazing” and “Only You” to his credit. He signed with MCA Nashville this year and his debut country single is “Georgia Clay.” His brother, Charles, is a member of Lady Antebellum.
songwriter, but his biggest hit “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” was written by Goodman. Although he died more than a quarter century ago, at age 36 in 1984, Goodman’s voice can still be heard ringing through the ivy at Wrigley Field. In recent years, it has become a tradition to celebrate a Cubs victory with Goodman’s golden vocals on “Go Cubs Go.” Nine years in the making and over 100 exhaustive interviews make this a journalistic tour de force. Goodman was raised on the north side of Chicago and was a high school classmate of Hillary Rodham Clinton. It is peppered with humorous stories from iconic musical figures.
Concerts Southern Illinois A Doo Wop Christmas: By Blend, 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; $10 in advance, $12 at the door and $8 for groups of 10 or more; 618-713-0641 or www.blend-acappella.com. Doug Gabriel: Live from Branson, Saturday, Jan. 15, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; call 800-280-9757 for tickets; www.marion ccc.org or 618-997-4030.
Kentucky New Year’s Eve Show: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $10-$31; 270-527-3869 or www.kentucky opry.com.
VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@yahoo. com.
Stocking stuffer A great last-minute Christmas gift for the music fan on your list would be a copy of the book “Steve Goodman: Facing The Music,” an 800-plus-page tribute written by Clay Eals to a prolific songwriter, powerhouse entertainer and diehard Chicago Cubs fan. Goodman is best known for his commercial songwriting ability. He penned “City Of New Orleans,” a hit for both Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson. Kris Kristofferson called it “the best train song ever written.” David Allan Coe is a great
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z MOVIES z MUSIC z WINERIES z New music Pop T.I. “No Mercy” ***1/2: For his nimble wordplay and loose bravado, T.I. was once nicknamed “Jay-Z of the South.” He’s made good on that comparison lately, in an odd way: Like Jay-Z, T.I.’s hit singles have been masking some otherwise mediocre albums. The best of the gospel-like “No Mercy” offers hope, because it shows that T.I. might be learning from his mistakes, personal and otherwise. (The Atlanta rapper has been to jail twice since 2004, and was arrested in September on drug charges.) “Big Picture” and “Get Back Up” have a vulnerability we haven’t seen before, and “Castle Walls” might be the best song T.I. has ever written. Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 “Northern Aggression” ***1/2: Going back to the ‘80s and his days leading the Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn has been making guitar-driven rock that has always managed to sound fresh and edgy without losing a strong sense of melody and dynamics. With “Northern Aggression,” his second album with the Miracle 3, Wynn is as hard-hitting as ever, to use an image from his favorite sport. With a few exceptions, such as the hushed atmospherics of “The Death of Donny B.” and “St. Millwood,” the album takes its cue from the title: The songs come at varying tempos, but they rock with penetrating forcefulness. Jazmine Sullivan “Love Me Back” ***1/2; Chrisette Michelle “Let Freedom Reign” ***: The brightest young female stars of R&Bhop leap into their second (Sullivan) and third (Michele) CDs with equal shows of force, good taste — and Ne-Yo, who takes part in both projects. For Sullivan, brash confidence rules. She’s got
gall enough to rap in character as both a crackaddicted girl and a wifebeating man on the gospeltinged “Redemption.” She rants manically about being the disposed-of love interest on “10 Seconds,” yet can show delicately emotive and deeply nuanced tenderness on “Excuse Me,” accompanied by the delicious Manhattans sample. Michele, the jazzy Long Islander, relies on the power of her elegant voice (Billie Holiday meets Patti LaBelle) to steer her through everything from the Ne-Yopenned, mid-tempo “I’m a Star” to the marching-band mini-epic title tune, featuring MCs Talib Kweli and Black Thought. Although “Let Freedom Reign” is not as focused as her previous albums, little in her catalog stands out as gorgeously as the ferocious ballad “Goodbye Game.” Dig that. Soulja Boy “The DeAndre Way” ****: Because Soulja Boy’s music is nearly artless, his eagerness to please drives rather than compromises it. He actually pulls off being everything to everyone: “Speakers Going Hammer” is squeaky-clean braggadocio about his boomin’ system before he makes the filthiest boast of the year just two tracks later (hint: he’s got something that “tastes like ribs”). “Mean Mug,” featuring 50 Cent, is playful-menacing in a way 50 himself hasn’t managed in years, while “Blowing Me Kisses” is this year’s irresistible sing-along. “Kisses” sets off an unprecedentedly pretty third act, with the sweetly sticky “Fly” setting up the hilariously impassioned Kanye Jr. plaint of the closing tune, “Grammy” (“Am I not good enough?” emotes guest Ester Dean). SEE CD’S / PAGE 7
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Coffeehouses, Cafés, Eateries Tim “The Magic Man” Needham: Magician, 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Fat Patties, 611B S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-529-3287
Wineries Dave Caputo Duo: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard Bruce Zimmerman: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery Fertile Soil: 3-7 p.m. Sunday, The Bluffs Winery The Bluffs Vineyard and Winery: 140 Buttermilk Hill Road, Ava; 618763-4447 or www. thebluffswinery. com Rustle Hill Winery: US 51, Cobden; 618-8932700 or www. rustlehillwinery. com Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-8934600 or www. vonjakobvineyard. com
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z TONIGHT BENTON Duncan Dance Barn: Spring Pond Opry Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Whistle Pigs, 10 p.m. Tres Hombres: The Venturies,
9 p.m. MARION 20’s Hideout Restaurant: Brock Bertling, piano 6-9 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Misty Mountain Band, 7-10 p.m.
z FRIDAY MARION 20’s Hideout Restaurant: Mel Goot, piano 5-8 p.m.
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z MONDAY MARION 20’s Hideout Restaurant: Cynthia Fligel, piano, 6-8 p.m.
z TUESDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Whistle Pigs MARION 20’s Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano, 5:30-8:30 p.m. MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Jacks-R-Better, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT Colyer’s: Righteous Rebel Band, 7-11 p.m. WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
z WEDNESDAY CARBONDALE Tres Hombres: Saluki Music Night, 8 p.m.; features Jam Jazz MARION 20’s Hideout Restaurant: Mel Goot, piano, 6-8 p.m.
DIRECTIONS & DIGITS Andy’s Country Club: 1602 Old Creal Springs Road, Marion 618-997-6989 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618303-5266 Crazy Horse Bar: 14747 Illinois 14, Benton 618-439-6179. Double K’s Kickin Country: Illinois 37, Mount Vernon 618359-0455 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618435-6161 Gatsbys Bar & Billiards: 610 S Illinois Ave Carbondale, 618549-9234 Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St., Ina 618-315-2373 John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Just One More Bar & Grill: 1301 Enterprise Way, Marion 618993-9687 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale 618-351-5998 Linemen’s Lounge: 100 E. Broadway, Johnston City Lion’s Cave: South Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4888 Maddie’s Pub and Grub: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618983-8107 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3, Marion 618-993-6300 Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618-997-3424 Murphysboro Elks Lodge: 1809 Shomaker Drive Murphysboro 618-684-4541. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville, 618-927-2770. Park Plaza Pub: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin, 618-988-1556 Perfect Shot Bar & Billiards: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin, 618942-4655 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand, Carbondale 618-549-3348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Ramesse: 1754 Illinois 37, Lake of Eygpt, 618-995-9104 Tavern on 10th: 224 S. 10th St., Mount Vernon 618-244-7821 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 Trails End Lodge: 1425 Skyline Drive, Cobden 618-893-6135 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort West Frankfort Moose Lodge: 327 E. Main St. 618-932-3455 Whisker Willy’s Bar & Grill 13510 N. Illinois 37, Marion; 618-983-
z MOVIES z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z DANCE z FESTIVALS z THEATER z Country/Blues Scott McClatchy “A Dark Rage” ***: Back in the Philadelphia area after about 20 years in New York, Scott McClatchy is still turning out spirited, heart-on-his-sleeve roots-rock. And getting better at it with age: “A Dark Rage” is his best effort. The urgent, state-of-theunion title song leads things off with Celtic touches that turn up throughout the album, from the hearty “Toasting My Friends” to the touching “Twilight Years,” as well as covers of Shane MacGowan’s “Sally MacLennane” and Springsteen’s “America Land.” McClatchy again proves to be a vivid storyteller with the folk-inflected “Another Bad Day at Boothill Graveyard,” and he shifts easily from the swaggering riff-rock of “Cigarettes, Breath Mints, and Visine” to the more tender, strummy turns of “Rocking in Your Momma’s Arms” and the Everlyish “Forever With You.” He also displays a sure pop touch with the ultra-catchy “A Perfect Thing.”
Jazz Houston Person “Moment to Moment” ***1/2: It has
taken a lifetime to play the way tenor saxophonist Houston Person does. Now 76, this heir to the sound of Gene Ammons and Illinois Jacquet is an amazing guide to the standards. He’s buttery and smooth on the ballad “I Cover the Waterfront” and totally assured on the mediumenergy romps. Trumpeter and Temple jazz prof Terell Stafford is the perfect foil, bringing more heat and all but conjuring Louis Armstrong on “Back in New Orleans.” Philly-born pianist John di Martino, who plays a lot of world music, offers a sweet, tinkling touch here, no doubt schooled by Philly drummer Mickey Roker and other longtime collaborators. Rounding out this top-shelf sextet are guitarist Randy Johnston, bassist Ray Drummond, and drummer Willie Jones III, all tasty contributors.
Classical Bach “Christmas Oratorio” Carolyn Sampson, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Martin Lattke, Wolfram Lattke, and Konstantin Wolff; Dresdner Kammerchor, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly conducting ****: Riccardo
Whistle Pigs end the year at home CARBONDALE — The Whistle Pigs will celebrate the release of the band’s newest album this weekend. “Banjo” Joe McCamish, Alex Pape and Randy Hill have spent most of the year traveling and performing, but they’ll end it at home in Southern Illinois. The group will promote “Bless Your Hearts and Livers” with a release party at the newly reopened Hangar 9 at 10 p.m. tonight. This album is the group’s first since signing with Oklahoma-based Mudstomp Records this year. The sound on this one is different than the band’s previous album, “Long Term Plan,” because of the benefits of major label support. “Plan” was recorded locally in Carterville, while the new one was recorded at the Sound Kitchen in Franklin, Tenn., the same studio used by Hank Williams Jr. and George Jones. After the release party, the new album will be sold in local music stores.
Chailly’s emergence as a major Bach conductor happened only after his 2005 arrival in Leipzig and is one of the great classicalmusic surprises of recent years. Past Bach recordings have been excellent; this one is better, and is probably destined to be the reference recording of the “Christmas Oratorio.” Among the firstclass lineup of soloists soprano Carolyn Sampson is an obvious major attraction, but Martin Lattke is also superb as the narrating Evangelist — often the weak link of Bach oratorio recordings. Most remarkable are Chailly’s tempos, which are fashionably brisk but, more important, convey a great sense of celebration appropriate to the season. And while most recordings suggest that the composer’s inspiration was less consistent after Part One, Chailly’s fresh attention to detail reveals a creative effervescence. The music may not be as deep as some Bach pieces, but it has a joyful sense of novelty, both in the vocal echo effects and in the musical club sandwiches that the composer created when superimposing unlikely elements onto one another.
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‘Gulliver’s Travels’ plays to Black’s strengths ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ *1/2 Rated PG for brief rude humor, mild language and action; starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Jason Segel and Billy Connolly; directed by Rob Letterman; opening Saturday at University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
It begins with a short cartoon starring that prehistoric “Ice Age” squirrel and ends with a big songand-dance number. But no, “Gulliver’s Travels” isn’t all filler. Even though it sometimes seems that way. This Jack Black vehicle plays to a few of Black’s strengths — his physicality, his musicality, his eyebrows. Even at 83 minutes (plus a cartoon) it’s a drag, another 3D movie for kids in which the 3D
adds nothing, merely subtracting from parents’ wallets. What’s most surprising about this version of a big man among Lilliputians is how little film technology has improved, over the 115 years of cinema, in the art of putting that life-sized person in that tiny world. Black plays Lemuel Gulliver, a lonely “Star Wars”-obsessed loser, stuck 10 years in the mail room at a publishing house. When he finally gets up the nerve to ask out travel editor Darcy (Amanda Peet), he backs himself into an assignment. Yeah, he’s a writer. Yeah, he’s traveled. “I had no idea you wrote. Or traveled!” A little Internet cut-andpaste plagiarism gives him credibility, and she’s convinced he’s the right guy to send on a “Bermuda Triangle” travel story. And that’s when his rented trawler, the “Knotferseil,” is sucked into a whirlpool and
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dropped, with Gulliver, in a land of English-accented Lilliputians, ruled by Billy Connolly, with Emily Blunt as a princess and Chris O’Dowd as an arrogant Gen. Edward Edwardian, suitor to the princess. Alas, poor Horatio (Jason Segel) is but a commoner, lacking the pedigree or “act of valor” to make him worthy to pursue that same princess. Gulliver copes with Lilliput the way he coped with his real life — with exaggeration. On his island, Manhattan, he was president — “President Awesome.” After he bails Lilliput out of a conflict with rival state Blefescu, all things Gulliver become cool in Lilliput. Army platoons do close-order drill on his back as a massage. He’s able to throw a “Lillipalooza” where Lilliputian versions of his favorite bands hit the stage. And his life story, a mash-up of “Star Wars” origin myth and “Titanic”
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Jack Black stars in ‘Gulliver’s Travels,’ opening Saturday at University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. It is rated PG.
(which this “King of the World” survived), becomes Lilliput’s new West End hit. The lies and intellectual property theft pile up, but Gulliver is on a roll, helping Horatio woo the princess (Blunt is properly dotty, Segel quite dull) by stealing the balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet,” with Gulliver as offstage Cyrano, feeding Horatio lines. “You don’t have to be rich to be my girl, you don’t have to be cool to
rule my world ...” Sooner or later, lies will be revealed and Gulliver will have his Lilliput-upor-shut up moment. Jonathan Swift’s classic satire long ago lost the satiric sting it packed in the 18th century. Like “Alice in Wonderland,” it’s now just a simple children’s “fish out of water” fantasy, with Black/Gulliver riffing (script by Joe “Planet 51” Stillman and Nicholas “Fun with Dick and Jane”
Stoller) on our pop culture in this alien world. The moral of the story is now “I’m a big shot for the first time in my life.” Rob Letterman’s film manages a few cute moments and an interesting non-starter — Gulliver’s visit to “the island where we dare not go” (think gigantic little girl, Gulliver in her dollhouse). The villains are weak and the narrative has little drive to it.
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‘Fockers’ is least funny of ‘Meet the Parents’ films ‘Little Fockers’ *1/2
that characterized, in varying degrees, in “Meet Rated PG-13 for mature sexual humor throughout, the Parents” and “Meet the Fockers.” language and some drug But oddly, this running content; starring Ben out of gas seems less Stiller, Robert De Niro, about a film series Jessica Alba, Owen Wilson, exhausting its supply of Barbara Streisand, Dustin jokes than about something more organic Hoffman and Teri Polo; and recognizably human. directed by Paul Weitz; Gaylord “Greg” Focker now playing at ShowPlace (Ben Stiller) is an old 8 in Carbondale and Illinois married man, now — Centre 8 in Marion settled and successful in his career, a father of 5BY ROGER MOORE year-old twins. He’s lost MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS his manic panic at dating a scary man’s daughter, “Little Fockers” is his eye-bugging rage at possibly the last and being married into a certainly the least among family whose ex-CIA the trio of comedies about patriarch has everyone the power struggle under his thumb. And Jack between a nebbishy male Byrnes (Robert De Niro), nurse and his menacing, having had a few mild control-freak father-inheart events, has less law. It’s a desultory, energy to devote to patchwork affair — tormenting the son-incompetently made, law. comfortably played, but The title of “Little lacking the heart and wit Fockers” is misleading.
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assorted scenes with Greg’s TV sex therapist Yenta-mom (Barbara Streisand) and dizzy dad (Dustin Hoffman, trying way too hard). Jessica Alba shows up as a drug company rep with an eye and an enema for Greg — one funny scene has the ex-nurse drug rep helping Greg administer an enema to a patient, and needing a cigarette afterward. Laura Dern is the hippy-dippy head of the exclusive, overachieving “The Early Human School.” And the kids deliver a few offcolor cracks and a little projectile vomiting. But the engine that drives these movies, the Stiller-De Niro dynamic, sputters on the cheap gas in the tank. The misunderstandings (is Greg cheating on Pam?), the awkward familiarity (“Are you still sexually attracted to my
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Robert De Niro (from left), Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller and Harvey Keitel star in ‘Little Fockers’ now playing at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. It is rated PG-13.
daughter?”) and the payoffs lack the pop director Jay Roach gave them in “Meet the Parents” and “Meet the Fockers.” Paul Weitz (“Cirque du Freak,” “American Dreamz”) takes over as director, and the film shows all the signs of reshoots and re-edits designed to bring in more characters and perhaps find a few more laughs. Weitz, as he proved in “About a Boy” and “In
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Latest film from the Coen brothers is elegant and straightforward ‘True Grit’ ***1/2 Rated PG-13 for violence; starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld; directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen; now playing at ShowPlace 8 and University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion
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The strangest thing about the new remake of the John Wayne-Henry Hathaway classic “True Grit” is that there’s nothing strange about it at all. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, the film offers none of its makers trademark glibness or weirdness: no human legs in a woodchipper, a la “Fargo”; or cattle guns that can blow a hole in a man’s skull, a la “No Country for Old Men.” What we get, instead, is a straightforward, PROVIDED plainspoken Western that at times feels as if it might Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfield star in ‘True Grit,’ playing have been made in the now at ShowPlace 8 and University 8 in Carbondale, and 1950s. If it lacks the Illinios Centre 8 in Marion. It is rated PG-13.
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piquant charm of the Coens’ more offbeat works (“The Big Lebowski,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou”), or the autobiographical intimacy of last year’s “A Serious Man” (for my money, their very finest film), we also shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth: This “True Grit” is as elegantly made as it is beautifully acted. Jeff Bridges steps into the role that won Wayne an Oscar, the boozing federal marshal Rooster Cogburn, a Civil War veteran hired by 14-yearold Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) to chase after Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), the man who ruthlessly murdered her mother. Wayne famously played
the part in a broad, showboaty fashion, pausing proudly after every one-liner. Bridges goes the opposite direction: His Cogburn speaks his words in a slurry mumble, and he looks upon the world with a jaundiced irritation; he can’t quite believe he’s allowed this young girl to talk him into such a dangerous assignment. He also generates a surprising tenderness opposite the very gifted Steinfeld, in her first major role. A scene where Rooster confesses his history of bad marriages to Mattie is one of many in the film that proves both wry and quietly heartbreaking. As the story unfolds, we learn that Chaney has joined up with a dangerous gang, led by Lucky Ned Pepper (Barry Pepper). He’s also wanted in Texas for the murder of a state senator. Enter LaBoeuf (a very funny Matt Damon), the Texas Ranger who tries to hitch his wagon to Mattie and Rooster. The three of them set out together, a decidedly unsteady alliance in increasingly hostile territory. Working with a number of longtime collaborators, including Carter Burwell who wrote the elegiac, piano-heavy score, and Roger Deakins, who photographed the film, the Coens conjure up a sometimes-somber, but always magisterial vision: Watch out for the breathtaking moment where Rooster and Mattie stumble upon a bearded man on horseback in the snow; he’s wearing not just a bearskin to keep him warm, but also the bear’s head over his face.
The Coens (who also wrote the screenplay, based on Charles Portis’ 1968 novel) also do something very clever with language, having the characters speak in formal 19th century locutions, with no contractions and plenty of God-fearing references of the Bible. The effort is strange and transporting — the rare contemporary Western that genuinely seems to have one foot in the past. “True Grit” moves along at such a confident, steady clip that you naturally assume it’s eventually all going to come to a boil. Not exactly. Despite some neatly executed sequences, including one where Rooster tries to kill the two men from a hilltop, “True Grit” never generates a sense of action-movie momentum. Still, it’s a pleasure to see the Coens, who for so long have avoided the messiness of real emotion in their carefully designed, sometimes-too-jokey movies, finally show their sentimental side. The final 15 minutes find Rooster having to rescue Mattie from the clutches of a rattlesnake. As this childless father and fatherless daughter race across the harsh, nighttime landscape (the film was shot in central Texas and New Mexico, standing in for Arkansas), we realize we’ve been watching a coming-of-age drama that cuts both ways. The headstrong girl becomes a confident young woman, while the dissolute soul renews his purpose in life. Maybe you’ve seen such tales many times before, but darned if this one doesn’t put a lump in your throat all over again.
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‘Black Swan’ challenges, frightens audiences at multiple levels ‘Black Swan’ ***1/2 Rated R for strong sexual content, disturbing images, language and some drug use; starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel; directed by Darren Aronofsky; now playing at University Place 8 in Carbondale BY COLIN COVERT MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
Movie horror comes in many forms: scary sex scenes, frightening monsters and mental terrors. But some of the most haunting horror stories aren’t merely terrifying, they’re achingly sad. “Black Swan,” a ballet noir starring Natalie Portman as a lovely ingénue losing her footing, combines all those strands into a terrific, profoundly disturbing tapestry of suspense and madness. As its protagonist transforms herself to embody the schizoid heroine of “Swan Lake,” the film picks and probes at our deepest anxieties — injury, disfigurement, loss of a coveted job, loss of identity, loss of sanity itself. In most fright films, danger lurks in the shadows. Here it’s grinning from a mirror. Portman plays Nina, a dancer at New York’s Lincoln Center who is completely consumed by ballet. Shy, virginal, still under the thumb of her domineering stage mother (Barbara Hershey), she is an accomplished but overcontrolled dancer. Her artistic director Thomas (played with great gusto by Vincent Cassel) urges her to loosen up and lose herself if she wants to
dance the Swan Queen, the most sought-after role of all. Unless she can express the wild, dark sensuality of the Swan Queen’s alter ego, known as the Black Swan, she will never win the iconic part. But Nina is loath to abandon her obsessive self-discipline. It’s what keeps her from spinning out of balance. The deeper she delves into the role, the harder she strains to differentiate between the dance company’s backstage treacheries and the sinister world of her own imagination. Each pirouette adds to her downward spiral. From this unusual premise, director Darren Aronofsky (“The Wrestler”) fashions an excellent, thoughtful work of art with the giddy urgency of a slasher movie. Using a handheld camera, Aronofsky shoots intense intimate close-ups that hold the characters in a tight clinch. His closeup framing of Nina dancing shows almost nothing below her head and shoulders, implying more of her movement than it actually shows, so that what we see as she dips, turns, tosses her head and revolves her shoulders is less her dancing than her absorption in it, the concentration of a professional who has become almost selfless. As the camera moves acrobatically through the performance, we experience Nina’s ecstatic abandon. And when her grip on reality loosens, and she begins to feel threatened by eerie forces she doesn’t understand, Aronofsky’s inquisitive camera recoils in horror
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along with his heroine. Portman’s performance as the psychologically disintegrating dancer is beyond praise. Her worry and guilt and grief are so potent they’re nearly unbearable. Nina’s not a tremendously articulate character, which makes Portman’s accomplishment all the more impressive. She has to communicate volumes through expression alone, and she carries it off brilliantly. When the actress’s gifts mesh with the director’s, “Black Swan” is at its best.
Aronofsky has plenty of tricks up his own sleeve, of course. At one point during a passionate sex scene special-effects goosebumps subtly brush across Nina’s thigh. It’s a tiny thing, but perfectly suited to the story of a repressed young woman who fears she is being possessed by a bird. Details like that add a bright spot of unease to an already disquieting story. The film delights in teasing our expectations before it sweeps our legs out from beneath us. Nina fancies herself a
persecuted maiden, and we’re encouraged to accept her self-assessment, but then it begins to slip away. The French-born Cassel promises to be a debonair, manipulative sex bandit using the dancers as his personal harem. By the time the film is over, we have an entirely different understanding of the impresario as a man whose driving lust is artistic, not carnal. The same goes for smoky-voiced Mila Kunis as a rival dancer who may be undermining Nina’s career. With her
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