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B2 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, January 12, 2007 NOy Your Homne For We Mixed reviews for 'Children of Men' NMONEY DOWN Visat believe... pecelont n lýtti Miiruv Twý,ýnseti a llegon, [orcinguso loo kit www.haltonnomoneydown.comn GEORGETOWN fj'35 GUELPH STREET 905-873-1999 " OARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES PO Dailyt645 pm.&90 titip Sat. & Sun. 2:0 tpsm ONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM W Datyi645 pm & 900pm Sti. & Sun. 2:00 pm * HAPPY FEET PO Dai 6:45 pm Sat. & Ln. 200ps O WE ARE MARSHALLS nw.cineetas3.ca Theatre Parking Avaiable ai Rear MLAS taure (nlitetil-V pliviig. Tis lim tit's mius JenîîiJer 's urn tut 'Pinli a Flick' aîid sIte clhuse Children oif Men. Staring Clive Owen, (bîwctel Ejioler and julianne Moore, Cbildren ol Men is set in 2027, wben no baby lias been born for the past 18 years and bumankind faces the likelibood ol its own extinction. A disillusioned govern- ment agent (Owen) agrees to belp pro- teci and transport a miraculously preg- nant woman to sanctuary 50 thai bier cbîld's birtb may belp scientists tu Save the future of mnankind. 1 Wbat jennifer tbinks Murray Townsend The best science fiction functons as THE WIEGHT LOSS PROGRAM ~W YOU'LL LOVE FOR LIFE spectîve. ( hildren of Men' tanks among the best. The film explores a i o n e ? wide range of' issues: the evrnei1t racism, xenophbia and 1 w W W what it takes to tip a ftee Society over itl a fascisi state. While mnosi of the world bas dcscended into violence and chaos, Brtaîn maintaîns order by focusing the peoples anget on an arbitrary tatget: immigrants. Recent relugees and long- time ittîzens alike are rounded up and berded into ghettos and internmeni camps while îbey await depottnon. The parallels to hotb Warsaw and Guantanamo Bay are distutb- ing. In the midsî of this despair, the baby serves as a small remindet o[ our common bumanity At one point a tetrorîsi radical stops sbooîîng, looks ai the baby and says, "I'd lot- goiten bow beautilul tbey ate." The sîgbî o (i î knocks the wind oui of lm. Cbîldten of Men' is so asionisbingly detailecl thatitî war- ranis multiple s iewings. 1 look forwaid to buvîng tbe DVD. 1 gi% c it lotit ,nd-a-baîf stars oui of l'iVec Wbat Murray tbinks I beic ,îre ibîcu tbings v rong \vîîb luturistic science-lic- One is ibat the vision ol thc luuri alwas s dirk aind glootos. Anotiur is ibiat tbevy usualîs taise more qlItstions than ibey ans\ver. And ibirdîx. tbey irs to preicocl iberes sorte tleep mcaning anod message biddcn in the siotx. Tlhat lits Chibldrcn of Men perlecily, wbîcb unlîke maiîî science-ficion mostes doesn i even base the decency îo bc enîerîaining. Esýcr-ybody on the lîlanet, or almosi everybody, is infertile? Ytavî. Alrcady saw a version of that in the Handmaid's Tale. Any-way, bow did it bappen? Wby is every- body killîng eacb (liber? Wby are people trying to gel into a country that wanîs to kilI alI immigrants? Wby are somte try- ing tu gel oui? Wby ibis? Wby that? The biggesî question after a wbile is: "Who cares?" Movies aren't supposed to be seven bours long, cither. At leasi thats wbat this one seemed lîke. It was a snooze [est wiîb a few scattered action sequences. One was partîcularly belpful, I must admit, because it came at a lime wben I was nodding off. 1 give it une star. two if you're baving trouble sleeping. Show off your precious pet in the Canadian Champions monthly secion of Champion Pet Showcase. If your pet is chosen as "Pet of the Month" you WIN a gift certif icate from one of the participating ,dlâi vendors on the page. bettO in pnîOIs toi 875 Main St. E. P.O. Box 248 Milton, ON L9T 4N9. or e-mail to: smiller@miltoncanadianchampion.oom