2008 Woodie Awards
Calendar
What to do Around Town
Issue date: 5/16/08 Section: And So On
On Campus
Sat, May 17
Saturday registration
In C-120
8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
New Movies
Release date: Thu, May 22
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(PG-13) starring Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf
Harrison Ford returns as the iconic adventurer who picks up a new sidekick (Shia La Beouf) and an old flame (Karen Allen) for this ride.
Release date: Fri, May 23
The Children of Huang Shi
(R) starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chow Yun-Fat, Radha Mitchell
In 1937, George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) inexplicably finds himself leading a group of sixty orphan Chinese boys on a journey over the Liu Pan Shan mountains to the Mongolian desert to escape the Japanese invasion. Helping Hogg on his heroic rescue are Chen Hansheng (Chow Yun-Fat), the leader of a Chinese partisan group; Lee (Radha Mitchell), an Australian woman who lends medical help; and Madame Wang (Michelle Yeoh), an aristocrat also fleeing for her life.
Postal
(R) starring Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola
A down-on-his-luck, recently unemployed loser (Zack Ward) teams up with a crazed cult leader named Uncle Dave (Dave Foley) to rob an amusement park for some quickly needed cash. However, at the same time they pull the heist, the Taliban arrive with the exact same plan, and the cultists must take on the terrorists as well as succeed in their mission.
War, Inc
(R) starring John Cusack, Joan Cusack. Hillary Duff
Brand Hauser (John Cusack) is a corporate hit man who travels to the embattled country of Turaqistan, which has been taken over completely by a private corporation. Hired to kill a Middle East oil minister, Hauser poses as the corporation's trade show manager and oversees the wedding of a pop singer (Hilary Duff) to get close to his target.
Release date: Fri, May 30
Sex and the City: The Movie
(R) starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Catrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York Goldenblatt and Miranda Hobbes (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon) all return for another Manhattan adventure of romance and laughs.
The Strangers
(R) starring Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler
James and Kristen (Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler) travel out to a house in the middle of nowhere to relax. However, they won't be doing much of that when they are terrorized by a masked gang of psychos who are trying to torture and kill them.
Concerts
Sat, May 17
George Lopez
$45 to $60
Nokia Theatre
Doors open at 8:00 p.m.
(972) 845-5111
Freakshow
$15, $10 student (recommended for mature audiences)
Bath House Cultural Center
Doors open at 8:00 p.m.
(214) 670-8749
Sun, May 18
Radiohead
$35 to $59.50
Superpages.com Center
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
(214) 421-1111
Wed, May 21
The Police with special guest Elvis Costello and The Imposters
$40 to $225
Superpages.com Center
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
(214) 421-1111
Tue, May 27
Murder by Death
$12
House of Blues
Doors open at 8:00 p.m.
(214) 978-2583
Community Events
Sat, May 17
Kid Fish
Free
City Lake Park, Mesquite, Texas
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Sat, May 17
Saturday registration
In C-120
8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
New Movies
Release date: Thu, May 22
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(PG-13) starring Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf
Harrison Ford returns as the iconic adventurer who picks up a new sidekick (Shia La Beouf) and an old flame (Karen Allen) for this ride.
Release date: Fri, May 23
The Children of Huang Shi
(R) starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chow Yun-Fat, Radha Mitchell
In 1937, George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) inexplicably finds himself leading a group of sixty orphan Chinese boys on a journey over the Liu Pan Shan mountains to the Mongolian desert to escape the Japanese invasion. Helping Hogg on his heroic rescue are Chen Hansheng (Chow Yun-Fat), the leader of a Chinese partisan group; Lee (Radha Mitchell), an Australian woman who lends medical help; and Madame Wang (Michelle Yeoh), an aristocrat also fleeing for her life.
Postal
(R) starring Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola
A down-on-his-luck, recently unemployed loser (Zack Ward) teams up with a crazed cult leader named Uncle Dave (Dave Foley) to rob an amusement park for some quickly needed cash. However, at the same time they pull the heist, the Taliban arrive with the exact same plan, and the cultists must take on the terrorists as well as succeed in their mission.
War, Inc
(R) starring John Cusack, Joan Cusack. Hillary Duff
Brand Hauser (John Cusack) is a corporate hit man who travels to the embattled country of Turaqistan, which has been taken over completely by a private corporation. Hired to kill a Middle East oil minister, Hauser poses as the corporation's trade show manager and oversees the wedding of a pop singer (Hilary Duff) to get close to his target.
Release date: Fri, May 30
Sex and the City: The Movie
(R) starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Catrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York Goldenblatt and Miranda Hobbes (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon) all return for another Manhattan adventure of romance and laughs.
The Strangers
(R) starring Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler
James and Kristen (Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler) travel out to a house in the middle of nowhere to relax. However, they won't be doing much of that when they are terrorized by a masked gang of psychos who are trying to torture and kill them.
Concerts
Sat, May 17
George Lopez
$45 to $60
Nokia Theatre
Doors open at 8:00 p.m.
(972) 845-5111
Freakshow
$15, $10 student (recommended for mature audiences)
Bath House Cultural Center
Doors open at 8:00 p.m.
(214) 670-8749
Sun, May 18
Radiohead
$35 to $59.50
Superpages.com Center
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
(214) 421-1111
Wed, May 21
The Police with special guest Elvis Costello and The Imposters
$40 to $225
Superpages.com Center
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
(214) 421-1111
Tue, May 27
Murder by Death
$12
House of Blues
Doors open at 8:00 p.m.
(214) 978-2583
Community Events
Sat, May 17
Kid Fish
Free
City Lake Park, Mesquite, Texas
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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