What to Watch This Week: Crazy Impalement Via Airborne Knives, Bruce Willis Saving the World, Some Pig

Here are some of the best old movies playing in theaters this week.

By Andi Prewitt

The Fifth Element (1997)

In the late '90s, Bruce Willis was busy saving the world from giant rocks. In addition to his heroics in Armageddon, here he stars as a taxi driver who also has to keep the Flash Gordon-esque-named Zorg at bay in a 23rd-century metropolis that's the stuff of a sci-fi nerds' dreams. Mission, March 14-19.


House of Flying Daggers (2004)

With a title like this, you can expect a lot of airborne weaponry, which means plenty of people probably die via crazy impalement scenarios. However, director Zhang Yimou's visual imagery and carefully choreographed fight scenes don't upstage what's also a tragic love story. 5th Avenue, March 15-17.


Fargo (1996)

Famously "based on a true story," this Coen brothers Midwestern noir forever changed the way we look at a wood chipper and endeared everybody to Marge Gunderson's accent. You betcha! Academy, March 15-19.


Charlotte's Web (1973)

It's unnatural to like spiders, let alone root for one at the center of a movie. This animated classic based on E.B. White's tale managed to turn a creepy arachnid into a beloved hero who saves Wilbur's bacon. Hollywood, March 16-17.

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Andi Prewitt

Andi Prewitt

Andi Prewitt is WW's arts and culture editor. She writes about Oregon’s trifecta of fun: craft beer, food and the outdoors. A native Oregonian, Andi’s claim to fame was being named Princess of Newberg. It’s all been downhill from there.

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