At the Cheap Seats

Written by Caitlin White

Monday, 16 February 2009 18:52

If you enjoy shows like “Sex and the City,” make sure to watch “Confessions of a Shopaholic” this Discount Tuesday at the Trans-Lux Fox Cinema. The film plays at 7 and 9:30 p.m.

“Confessions of a Shopaholic” takes a look at recent fashion while exploring a developing love story. The film is based on the books by Sophia Kinsella.

In the movie, Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is struggling with her shopping obsession and the sudden collapse of her income source. Rebecca then inadvertently gets a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine. Ironically, she begins to write about the very consumer caution she cannot avoid.

Rebecca achieves critical acclaim and public success for her unconventional metaphors and innovative comparisons on economics. Rebecca then moves closer to her ultimate goal of working for the fashion magazine Alette. However, she begins to question her true ambitions and if overcoming her shopaholic tendencies will make her happy.

“Confessions of a Shopaholic” is rated PG for some mild language and thematic elements.

Disney’s “Bolt” is playing at 7 p.m. at the Wyo Theater. The animated film features the voices of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus.

The film follows Bolt (Travolta), a dog who has lived his life on the set of an action TV show. His whole life consists of adventure, action and intrigue and Bolt actually believes he has superpowers.

Bolt accidently becomes separated from the studio, but he still believes the show is true and continues to look for the green-eyed villain after his owner, Penny (Miley Cyrus), in the show.

Bolt meets a female alley cat named Mittens (Susie Essman) and a fat hamster named Rhino (Mark Walton) along his way. As the two animals help Bolt find his way home, he discovers that he doesn’t have superpowers and that the show is not real. From here, Bolt has to discover who he is without superpowers.

“Bolt” is rated PG for some mild action and peril.

“Changeling” comes out on DVD Tuesday at Laramie’s two Red Boxes. The Red Box is located at Wal-Mart and Albertsons and is $1 per movie for one day.

Angelina Jolie stars as Christine Collins in Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,” inspired by true 1920s events in Los Angeles.

“Changeling” tells the story of one woman who would do anything to find her abducted son. She confronts a corrupted Los Angeles Police Department after she suspects that the boy returned to her was not her son.

In 1928, Christine returned from work to find her son, Walter (Gattlin Griffith), missing. Christine launched a search that proved fruitless.

Then, out of nowhere, a 9-year-old boy appears, claiming to be her son. Christine is overcome with emotion and in her uncertainty of how to deal with the authorities and press, she invites the boy into her home even though she knows he is not her Walter.

Christine is angered by the injustice of the situation but in her town a woman who challenges authority is putting her life on the line.

“Changeling” is rated R for some violent and disturbing content and language.

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