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NEW FLICKS
Accepted HH ½
REVIEW ON 6E. A bunch of slackers and weirdoes form their own college, where "liberal" doesn't even begin to describe the liberal arts education. (92 min.) Rated PG-13.
Changing Times
NOT REVIEWED. Thirty years after their romance ended, a man tries to win back the first love of his life. When he finds her again, he discovers she has changed much more than he could have imagined. (90 min.) Not rated.
Edmond HH½
REVIEW ON 7E. William H. Macy plays a milquetoast whose encounter with a fortuneteller sends him into a downward spiral that erupts into violence. (82 min.) Rated R.
Little Miss Sunshine
NOT REVIEWED.
The Hoover family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, Calif., to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Rated R.
Material Girls
NOT REVIEWED. Ava and Tanzie Marchetta (Hilary and Haylie Duff) have it all. The heiresses to a multi-million dollar cosmetics company, the girls approach life as one big party. But when a scandal involving one of their products emerges, the girls are left penniless, homeless, and seemingly helpless. Rated PG.
Snakes on a Plane
STORY ON 3E. When a young man witnesses a brutal mob murder, it falls to FBI agent Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) to escort his charge safely from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify. The film title says the rest. Rated R.
RETURNING
The Ant Bully HH
Animated adventure relates the mishaps of a mischievous boy who destroys an ant colony and receives poetic justice by being shrunk to ant size. (90 min.) Rated PG.
Barnyard HH
A free-wheeling cow named Otis and his misfit farm animal friends regularly play tricks on humans - sing, dance and party - but when Otis is suddenly placed in a position of responsibility around the barnyard, he must find the courage and confidence to become a leader. (83 min.) Rated PG.
The Break-Up HH
Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn star as an art dealer and her boyfriend who can't seem to split up properly and end up sharing their condo as antagonistic roommates. (105 min.) Rated PG-13.
The DaVinci Code HH
Ron Howard shepherds Dan Brown's best seller to the screen, with Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou unearthing secrets that shake long-held religious convictions. (148 min.) Rated PG-13.
The Descent HH½
The story of six women who encounter rabidly carnivorous humanoids during a trek into an Appalachian cave system has some genuine cleverness in both its setup and its eventual gory mayhem. (99 min.) Rated R.
The Devil Wears Prada HH½
Anne Hathaway stars as Andy Sachs, the put-upon young assistant of a powerful fashion magazine editor played by Meryl Streep. A fashion novice, Andy must quickly learn the ins and outs of the industry to survive in her new job. (109 min.) Rated PG-13.
The Fast and The Furious 3: Tokyo Drift H½
Lucas Black gets caught up in Tokyo's underworld of drift racing. (98 min.) Rated PG-13.
Garfield's A Tale of Two Kitties H½
When Garfield follows his owner, Jon Arbuckle, to England, the U.K. may never recover, as Garfield is mistaken for a look-alike, regal cat who has inherited a castle. (90 min.) Rated PG.
An Inconvenient Truth HHH½
The highly persuasive documentary captures former Vice President Al Gore delivering a multimedia presentation on global warming. Although the message of the film sounds bleak, it is actually quite rousing. Gore offers measures that can be taken on personal and community levels. (100 min.) Rated PG.
John Tucker Must Die H½
When three popular girls from different cliques discover they've all been dating the school stud ("Desperate Housewives" gardener Jesse Metcalfe), they band together to seek revenge. (89 min.) Rated PG-13.
The King HH
Elvis Valderez (Gael Garcia Bernal) is a 21-year-old dreamer who has just been honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy. He travels back to his hometown in Texas, where he intends to seek out his father. (105 min.) Rated R.
Lady in the Water HH
Originating as a bedtime story M. Night Shyamalan made up for his kids, this tale carries much of the dark, broody atmosphere that's a signature in the writer-director's films, including "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs."(109 min.) Rated PG-13.
The Lake House HH½
Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves fall in love after exchanging letters and discover that their ardor breaks all rules of time and logic. (108 min.) Rated PG.
Little Man HH
A man anxious to be a father mistakes an extremely short-statured, baby-faced criminal on the run as his newly adopted son. Rated PG-13.
Miami Vice HHH
Director Michael Mann's re-imagining of his iconic TV series, with Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell as vice cops who know the back alleys of South Beach. Gong Li co-stars. (132 min.) Rated R.
Mission: Impossible III HHH
TV wiz J.J. Abrams ("Lost," "Alias") takes the helm of the Tom Cruise secret agent franchise. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Laurence Fishburne, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Keri Russell and Maggie Q. (126 min.) Rated PG-13.
Monster House HHH
The difference between this animated movie and most others is a little thing called story. "Monster House" actually has one, and doesn't just trot out cheeky characters spewing gratuitous pop culture references. And unlike most horror movies, it really is scary - definitely too much so for little kids, but it should startle adults, as well. (87 min.) Rated PG.
My Super Ex-Girlfriend H½
Uma Thurman as a superhero uses her powers to exact payback on the man who jilted her. (96 min.) Rated PG-13.
Nacho Libre HH
Jack Black survived "King Kong" and now plays a monastery cook who moonlights in the world of Lucha Libre. (91 min.) Rated PG.
The Night Listener HH½
Robin Williams is believably understated as the talk radio host who receives a shocking book by a 14-year-old (Rory Culkin). Toni Collette co-stars as the boy's adoptive mother. (82 min.) Rated R.
Over the Hedge HH
Animated film features a raccoon and a turtle who try to warn their compadres about the evils of suburbia. (84 min.) Rated PG.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest HHH½
Capt. Jack Sparrow discovers he owes a blood debt to the legendary Davey Jones, Captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. With time running out, Jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlife. (140 min.) Rated PG-13.
A Prairie Home Companion HHH½
Director Robert Altman and an all-star cast create a fictionalized version of Garrison Keillor's longtime public radio show originating from Lake Wobegon, Minn., as it faces its final program. (105 min.) Rated PG-13.
Pulse H
When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world. (87 min.) Rated PG-13.
R.V. HH½
Robin Williams plays a burned-out executive who persuades his family to take a cross-country trip rather than go to Hawaii. With Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines and Kristin Chenoweth. (98 min.) Rated PG.
A Scanner Darkly HH½
Richard Linklater translates the novel by Philip K. Dick into a rotoscope-animated thriller about an undercover cop in futuristic Orange County who finds himself in a downward spiral of paranoia. With Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and Rory Cochrane. (100 min.) Rated R.
Scoop HH
Woody Allen's newest venture stars Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson and Woody himself in a humorous London tale of love and murder. (95 min.) Rated PG-13.
Step Up HH ½
Teen rebel channels his energy and anger into dancing. (88 min.) Rated PG-13.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby HH
Ricky Bobby (played by Will Ferrell) goes straight, then he turns left. Then he goes straight, then he turns left again. Around and around, over and over. Such is life in NASCAR, but it's also true of this auto racing comedy. (97 min.) Rated PG-13.
Water HHH
Deepa Mehta's exquisite tale, set in 1938 at the dawn of modern India, that frames a young girl's struggle for freedom with that of Mahatma Gandhi seeking India's independence from England. In Hindi with English subtitles. (118 min.) Rated PG-13.
Who Killed the Electric Car? HHH
In the 1990s, GM launched the EV1 electric car in response to the pollution crisis and California's Zero Emissions Mandate. This documentary tells the story of what happened to this revolutionary car. (93 min.) Rated PG.
World Trade Center HHH ½
Oliver Stone's saga of two Port Authority police officers trapped in the debris of the terrorist attack has been getting warm buzz even from Stonephobes. Nicolas Cage stars. (125 min.) Rated PG-13.
You, Me and Dupree H½
Carl and Molly Peterson are just starting their new life together, complete with the routines of newlywed existence. There's just one unfortunate hitch, and his name's Dupree. (108 min.) Rated PG-13.
Zoom H½
Tim Allen plays a former superhero drafted by an academy to turn a group of misfits into superheroes. (83 min.) Rated PG.