Last update: 27 Dec 2006

Four things to know: (1) Movies preceded by an asterisk (*) are expanding from an earlier release in another of the three cities. (2) Movies preceded by two asterisks (**) are expanding from an earlier release in another of the three cities in 2005. (3) Movies preceded by a dagger (†) are counted as 2007 releases. (4) Movies seen by me (in whole or in part) are in maroon.

Week of 29 Dec

*American Hardcore (expands to Dayton)
†Man Push Cart (Cincinnati Film Society - starts 1/2)

Week of 22 Dec

Black Christmas (wide - 12/25)
Copying Beethoven (Dayton)
Dreamgirls (wide - 12/25)
The Good Shepherd (wide)
The History Boys (semi-wide)
Night at the Museum (wide + IMAX)
Ten Canoes (Dayton)
Volver (Cincinnati)
We Are Marshall (wide)

Rep: The Polar Express at Bargain Box Office in Beavercreek (all week?)

Week of 15 Dec

Charlotte's Web (wide)
Cocaine Cowboys (Cincinnati)
Eragon (wide)
*Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (expands to Columbus)
The Pursuit of Happyness (wide)
Rocky Balboa (wide on Wed 12/20)
*The U.S. vs. John Lennon (expands to Dayton)

Also of note: We Are Marshall sneak preview Sat 12/16 (semi-wide)

Rep: The Polar Express at The Neon in Dayton on Sat 12/16

Week of 8 Dec

*American Hardcore (expands to Columbus)
Apocalypto (wide)
Blood Diamond (wide)
*Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (expands to Dayton)
Drawing Restraint 9 (Columbus)
*Driving Lessons (expands to Dayton)
The Holiday (wide)
*Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (expands to Columbus)
Unaccompanied Minors (wide)

Also of note: Mutual Appreciation at WexArts F/V Friday and Saturday night at 7pm.

Week of 1 Dec

American Hardcore (Cincinnati)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of the Taj (wide)
The Nativity Story (wide)
Turistas (wide)

Rep: Office Space at Midnight Friday and Saturday nights at Drexel Gateway in Columbus; The Muppet Christmas Carol at The Neon in Dayton on Saturday at Noon; Modern Times at WexArts F/V in Columbus on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Also of note: Sneak previews of Blood Diamond and The Holiday Saturday night nation-wide

Week of 24 Nov

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (Columbus)

Also: The Pursuit of Happyness 500 sneaks apparently canceled

Week of 17 Nov

Bobby (semi-wide) - 11/23
Casino Royale (wide)
Deck the Halls (wide) - 11/22
Déjà Vu (wide) - 11/22
Driving Lessons (Columbus)
Fast Food Nation (semi-wide)
For Your Consideration (semi-wide) - 11/22
The Fountain (wide) - 11/22
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (Cincinnati) - 11/22
Happy Feet (wide); also in IMAX
Let's Go to Prison (wide)
*Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (expands to Dayton)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (wide) - 11/22

Also: "8 Films to Die For -- Horror Fest"

Week of 10 Nov

Babel (wide)
A Good Year (wide)
Harsh Times (wide)
The Return (wide)
*Shortbus (expanding to Dayton)
Stranger than Fiction (wide)

Also: Climates at WexArts F/V 14+15 Nov at 7:30 p.m.

Week of 3 Nov

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (wide)
Conversations With Other Women (Dayton)
Flushed Away (wide)
The Queen (semi-wide)
*Renaissance (migrates to Cincinnati)
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (wide)

Rep: Mon 6 Nov screening of Short Cuts at The Neon in Dayton

Rep: Thu 2 Nov double feature of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Angela at WexArts F/V in Columbus (part of Cinematographer Ellen Kuras retrospective)

Week of 27 Oct

Catch a Fire (wide)
Death of a President (Dayton & Columbus)
*Infamous (expands to Dayton)
*Keeping Mum (expands to Dayton)
Renaissance (Columbus)
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (Cincinnati)
Running With Scissors (wide)
Saw III (wide)
*Shortbus (expands to Cincinnati)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (Columbus & Cincinnati)

Rep: Mon 30 Oct screening of Popeye at The Neon in Dayton

Rep: Thu 2 Nov double feature of Summer of Sam and I Shot Andy Warhol at WexArts F/V in Columbus (part of Cinematographer Ellen Kuras retrospective)

Week of 20 Oct

*Factotum (expands to Dayton)
Flags of Our Fathers (wide)
Flicka
*The House of Sand (expands to Columbus)
Keeping Mum (Columbus & Cincinnati)
Marie Antoinette (wide)
The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (semi-wide)
The Prestige (wide)
Shortbus (Columbus)

Rep: Mon 23 Oct screening of Nashville at The Neon in Dayton

Also of note: Tue 24 Oct screening of Al Franken: God Spoke at WexArts F/V in Columbus

Week of 13 Oct

*Boynton Beach Club (expands to Dayton)
The Grudge 2 (wide)
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Columbus)
Infamous (Columbus)
*Jesus Camp (expands to Cincinnati)
The Last King of Scotland (Columbus)
Man of the Year (wide)
The Marine (wide)
One Night With the King (wide)
*The Science of Sleep (expands to Dayton)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (Columbus)

“Viva Pedro” series at Drexel Gateway in Columbus (Week 2 of 2): Law of Desire, Matador, Live Flesh, Bad Education

Rep: Mon 16 Oct screening of The Player at The Neon in Dayton

Also of note: Sat 14 Oct screening of Old Joy at WexArts F/V in Columbus

Week of 6 Oct

*Another Gay Movie (expands to Cincinnati)
The Departed (wide)
Employee of the Month (wide)
Jesus Camp (Columbus)
*Quinceañera (expands to Dayton)
...So Goes the Nation (Columbus & Dayton)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (wide)

“Viva Pedro” series at Drexel Gateway in Columbus (Week 1 of 2): Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Flower of my Secret

Rep: Sun 8 Oct screening of Satantango at WexArts F/V in Columbus

Rep: Mon 9 Oct screening of MASH at The Neon in Dayton

Week of 29 Sep

Boynton Beach Club (Columbus)
The Guardian (wide)
*Half Nelson (expands to Dayton)
*Heading South (expands to Columbus)
The House of Sand (Cincinnati)
Open Season (wide) + IMAX (limited)
School for Scoundrels (wide)
The Science of Sleep (Columbus & Cincinnati)

Also: Jim in Bold screens Wed Oct 4 at The Neon in Dayton; Beowulf and Grendel screens Thu Oct 5 at the Little Art in Yellow Springs (near Dayton)

Week of 22 Sep

All the King's Men (wide)
Confetti (Columbus)
Feast (Columbus & Cincinnati)
Flyboys (wide)
Half Nelson (Columbus & Cincinnati)
Heading South (Dayton)
Jackass Number Two

Also: LGBT fest at The Neon in Dayton this weekend. (Of note: Sat 23 Sep screening of Time to Leave)

Week of 15 Sep

The Black Dahlia (wide)
Everyone's Hero (wide)
Factotum (Columbus)
Gridiron Gang (wide)
Jimmy and Judy (Cincinnati)
The Last Kiss (wide)
*Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (expands to Dayton)
Shadowboxer (Columbus)

Week of 8 Sep

Another Gay Movie (Columbus)
The Covenant (wide)
Hollywoodland (wide)
*The Oh in Ohio (expands to Dayton)
The Protector (wide)
10th and Wolf (Cincinnati)

Also: Three Times at WexArts F/V 9/7 and 9/8

Week of 1 Sep

Crank (wide)
Crossover (wide)
The Illusionist (semi-wide)
Lassie (wide)
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (Columbus & Dayton)
The Quiet (wide)
Trust the Man (semi-wide)
The Wicker Man (wide)

Week of 25 Aug

Beerfest (wide)
How to Eat Fried Worms (wide)
Idlewild (wide)
Invincible (wide)
Once in a Lifetime (Columbus)
*Peaceful Warrior (expands to Cincinnati)
Quinceañera (Columbus & Cincinnati)
Russian Dolls (Columbus)
*Wordplay (expands to Dayton)

Week of 18 Aug

Accepted (wide)
The Celestine Prophecy
*The Heart of the Game (expands to Columbus)
Little Miss Sunshine (wide)
Material Girls (wide)
Snakes on a Plane (wide)
*Who Killed the Electric Car? (expands to Columbus)

Week of 11 Aug

The King (Cincinnati)
The Oh in Ohio (Columbus)
Peaceful Warrior (Dayton)
Pulse (wide)
Step Up (wide)
*Strangers With Candy (expands to Dayton)
War Tapes (Columbus)
World Trade Center (wide)
Zoom (wide)

Week of 4 Aug

Barnyard (wide)
The Descent (wide)
*The Devil and Daniel Johnston (expands to Columbus & Dayton)
*District B-13 (expands to Columbus)
The Heart of the Game (Cincinnati)
*The Lost City (expands to Dayton)
The Night Listener (wide)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (wide)
Who Killed the Electric Car? (Dayton)

Week of 28 Jul

The Ant Bully (wide) + IMAX (limited)
*District B-13 (expands to Dayton)
John Tucker Must Die (wide)
Miami Vice (wide)
Scoop (semi-wide)
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Columbus)

Also of note: Fri/Sat 28/29 Jul screenings of The Death of Mr. Lazarescu at WexArts F/V in Columbus

Week of 21 Jul

Clerks II (wide)
Lady in the Water (wide)
Monster House (wide) + 3-D (limited)
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (wide)
Sophie Scholl (Columbus)
*Strangers With Candy (expands to Cincinnati)
*Water (expands to Dayton)

Week of 14 Jul

*Brick (expands to Dayton)
Little Man (wide)
A Scanner Darkly (semi-wide)
Sketches of Frank Gehry (Cincinnati)
Strangers With Candy (Columbus)
You, Me and Dupree (wide)

Week of 7 Jul

Celestine Prophecy (Columbus)
District B-13 (Cincinnati)
*Don't Come Knocking (expands to Dayton)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (wide)
12 and Holding (Cincinnati)
Wordplay (Columbus)

Also of note: Fri/Sat 7/8 Jul screenings of Clean at WexArts F/V in Columbus

Week of 30 Jun

The Devil Wears Prada (wide)
The Lost City (Columbus & Cincinnati)
Superman Returns (wide)
+ IMAX (limited)

Week of 23 Jun

Click (wide)
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (Columbus)
On a Clear Day (Columbus)
The Proposition (Columbus)
Waist Deep (wide)

Also of note: Area premiere of A Scanner Darkly at WexArts F/V in Columbus

Week of 16 Jun

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Cincinnati)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (wide)
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (wide)
An Inconvenient Truth (Columbus & Dayton)
The Lake House (wide)
*L'Enfant (expands to Dayton)
Nacho Libre (wide)

Week of 9 Jun

Adam and Steve (Columbus)
Cars (wide)
Down in the Valley (Columbus)
*The Notorious Bettie Page (expands to Dayton)
The Omen (remake) (wide)
A Prairie Home Companion (semi-wide)
*Water (expands to Cincinnati)

Also of note: Thu 15 Jun screening of Manderlay at WexArts F/V in Columbus

Week of 2 Jun

The Break-Up (wide)
Keeping Up With the Steins (Columbus)
*Joyeux Noel (expands to Dayton)
L'Enfant (Columbus & Cincinnati)
Somersault (Cincinnati)

Week of 26 May

*Kinky Boots (expands to Dayton)
*The Promise (expands to Dayton)
Water (Columbus)
X-Men: The Last Stand

Week of 19 May

The DaVinci Code (wide)
*Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (expands to Columbus)
Over the Hedge (wide)

Week of 12 May

Art School Confidential (Columbus & Dayton)
Brick (Columbus)
*Caché (expands to Dayton)
Don't Come Knocking (Columbus)
Just My Luck (wide)
*Kinky Boots (expands to Cincinnati)
*Neil Young: Heart of Gold (expands to Dayton)
*The Notorious Bettie Page (expands to Columbus)
Poseidon (wide) + IMAX (limited)

Week of 5 May

An American Haunting (wide)
Duck Season (Columbus)
Hoot (wide)
Kinky Boots (Columbus)
Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (Dayton)
Mission: Impossible III (wide)
The Notorious Bettie Page (Cincinnati)
The Promise (Columbus & Cincinnati)
*Why We Fight (expands to Dayton)

Week of 28 Apr

Akeelah and the Bee (wide)
Hard Candy (Columbus & Cincinnati)
R.V. (wide)
Stick It (wide)
*Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (expands to Dayton)
United 93 (wide)

Week of 21 Apr

American Dreamz (wide)
Friends With Money (semi-wide)
Lonesome Jim (Columbus)
The Sentinel (wide)
Silent Hill (wide)

Week of 14 Apr

Boys of Baraka (Columbus)
CSA: Confederate States of America (Columbus)
*The Libertine (expands to Cincinnati)
Scary Movie 4 (wide)
*Tsotsi (expands to Dayton)
The Wild (wide)

Week of 7 Apr

The Benchwarmers (wide)
Fateless (Columbus)
Lucky Number Slevin (wide)
Phat Girlz (wide)
Take the Lead (wide)
Thank You for Smoking (wide)

Week of 31 Mar

*Ask the Dust (expands to Dayton)
ATL (wide)
Basic Instinct 2 (wide)
Find Me Guilty (Columbus & Cincinnati)
A Good Woman (Columbus)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (wide)
Joyeux Noel (Columbus & Cincinnati)
Slither (wide)
*The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (expands to Dayton)
Tsotsi (Columbus & Cincinnati)

Also: Jewish Film Festival this weekend at The Neon in Dayton

Week of 24 Mar

Ask the Dust (Columbus)
*Imagine Me and You (expands to Dayton)
Inside Man (wide)
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (wide)
Manderlay (Cincinnati)
*The Passenger (re-issue) (expands to Cincinnati)
Stay Alive (wide)
*Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (expands to Columbus)

Week of 17 Mar

Ballets Russes (Columbus)
*Night Watch (expands to Dayton)
She's the Man (wide)
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Cincinnati)
V for Vendetta (wide)
*The World's Fastest Indian (expands to Dayton)

Week of 10 Mar

Crash (incredibly unnecessary post-Oscar win re-issue) (semi-wide)
Failure to Launch (wide)
The Hills Have Eyes (wide)
The Libertine (Columbus)
Maangamizi: The Ancient One (Dayton)
Neil Young: Heart of Gold (Columbus)
The Shaggy Dog (remake) (wide)
Why We Fight (Columbus & Cincinnati)

Week of 3 Mar

Aquamarine (wide)
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (wide)
*Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (expands to Dayton)
Night Watch (Columbus & Cincinnati)
16 Blocks (wide)
Ultraviolet (wide)

Rep: Fri-Mon 3-6 Feb screenings of National Lampoon's Animal House at The Neon in Dayton

Week of 24 Feb

Caché (Columbus)
Doogal (wide)
*Imagine Me and You (expands to Cincinnati)
Madea's Family Reunion (wide)
Running Scared (wide)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Columbus)
*Transamerica (expands to Dayton)

Rep: Fri-Mon 24-27 Feb screenings of Monty Python's Life of Brian at The Neon in Dayton

Rep: Sat 25 Feb screening of Throne of Blood at the Little Art in Yellow Springs (near Dayton)

Week of 17 Feb

Date Movie (wide)
Eight Below (wide)
Freedomland (wide)
Imagine Me and You (Columbus)
*Mrs. Henderson Presents (expands to Dayton)
Ushpizin (Columbus)
*The World's Fastest Indian (expands to Columbus)

Rep: Fri-Mon 17-20 Feb screenings of This Is Spinal Tap at The Neon in Dayton

Also of note: Sat 18 Feb screening of William Eggleston in the Real World at WexArts F/V in Columbus

Week of 10 Feb

Curious George (wide)
Final Destination 3 (wide)
Firewall (wide)
The Matador (wide)
*Match Point (expands to Dayton)
*Mrs. Henderson Presents (expands to Cincinnati)
The Pink Panther
The White Countess (Columbus)

Also of note: Sat 11 Feb screening of Darwin's Nightmare at WexArts F/V in Columbus

Rep: Sat-Mon 11-13 Feb screenings of Some Like It Hot at The Neon in Dayton

Week of 3 Feb

The Best of Youth (Columbus)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (Columbus)
Something New (wide)
When a Stranger Calls (wide)
The World's Fastest Indian (Cincinnati)

Rep: Sat 4 Feb screening of Ran at the Little Art in Yellow Springs (near Dayton)

Rep: Mon 6 Feb screening of Groundhog Day at The Neon in Dayton

Week of 27 Jan

Big Momma's House 2 (wide)
Bubble (Cincinnati)
Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night (Columbus)
Match Point (Columbus & Cincinnati)
Nanny McPhee (wide)
Transamerica (Columbus & Cincinnati)

Week of 20 Jan

End of the Spear (wide)
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (Columbus)
The New World (final cut) (wide)
The Passenger (re-issue) (Columbus)
Underworld: Evolution (wide)

Also of Note: Fri 20 Jan screening of The Notorious Bettie Page (introduced by Christine Vachon) at WexArts F/V in Columbus (part of Vachon retrospective)

Week of 13 Jan

**Brokeback Mountain (expands to Dayton & Cincinnati)
Glory Road (wide)
Hoodwinked (wide)
Last Holiday (wide)
**MirrorMask (expands to Columbus)
Nine Lives (Columbus)
Tristan & Isolde (wide)

Week of 6 Jan

BloodRayne (wide)
Breakfast on Pluto (Columbus & Dayton)
Casanova (wide)
**Duma (expands to Dayton)
Grandma's Boy (wide)
Hostel (wide)