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Laughably stupid action drama about a tribe of mammoth hunters who must fight back against marauders seeking slaves to build the Pyramids. 109 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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An MIT student (Jim Sturgess) joins a group of card-counting classmates planning to break the Vegas casinos. Interesting drama, though it falls apart at the end. 123 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Computer animation brings the singing rodents to the modern world, in this occasionally humorous but usually hackneyed kiddie comedy. 90 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are funnier than their material in this formulaic comedy about a woman hiring a surrogate to carry her baby. 102 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A Beirut hair salon is the focal point for several women and their romantic entanglements in this subtle and charming movie. Subtitled; 96 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A rambunctious but only slightly funny Disney comedy about a dad (Martin Lawrence) who escorts his daughter (Raven-Symone) to a college interview. 83 minutes. (V.H.)
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Ryan Reynolds juggles three women in this romantic comedy, but it's his character’s daughter (Abigail Breslin) who wins your heart. 110 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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The wit and warmth of Seuss' trusty elephant, protecting the microscopic Whos of Whoville, is well rendered in this computer-animated tale. 88 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Owen Wilson's scruffy charm can't carry this derivative comedy about three geeks and a high-school bully. 102 minutes. (B.G.)
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A reverential biography of the wife of Joseph Smith, and her influence on the early Mormon church. Well-executed, but more fitting in an LDS visitors center. 93 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Demi Moore plays an executive for a London diamond firm who becomes embroiled in heist plot by the janitor (Michael Caine) in this sluggish thriller. 110 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Despite the photogenic pairing of Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, this treasure-hunt caper is a waterlogged mess. 113 minutes. (B.G.)
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A schlub (Jason Segel, who wrote it) tries to forget his break-up with a Hawaiian vacation, but runs into his ex (Kristen Bell) in this raucous comedy. 110 minutes (S.P.M.)
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Ron Williams' personal documentary about drug addiction in Utah is emotionally moving, particularly when exploring the death of a Draper teen. 90 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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The stoners from Jersey (John Cho, Kal Penn) are mistaken for terrorists in this scattershot sequel, as full of raunch as before. 102 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Martin McDonagh's gangster drama, about hitmen hiding out in a Belgian town, boasts razor-sharp dialogue and a soulful performance by Brendan Gleeson. 107 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Robert Downey Jr.'s bad-boy performance enlivens this comic-book saga, detailing the origins of Marvel's armor-plated superhero. 126 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A man (Hayden Christensen) who can teleport from place to place is pursued by a band of vigilantes (led by Samuel L. Jackson) in this lackluster thriller. 88 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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George Clooney directs this light farce, about pro football's rambunctious early days. Clooney's banter with Renee Zellweger is sparkling, but too brief. 114 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A cad (Patrick Dempsey) discovers he's in love with his best friend (Michelle Monaghan), after she gets engaged, in this unlikeable and unfunny romance. 108 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A stodgy attempt at farce, with Frances McDormand as a governess caught in the social whirl of a starlet (Amy Adams, who steals the show). 92 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Nicolas Cage returns as the treasure-hunting historian, saddled with an idiotic story that feels far too improvised. 124 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A teen (Sean Faris) discovers an ultimate-fighting ring in his new school, in this weak mix of “Step Up 2" and "Fight Club." 110 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A girl (Abigail Breslin) on a Pacific island calls an agoraphobic author (Jodie Foster) for help when her father (Gerard Butler) is lost at sea, in this uneven family tale. 95 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Christina Ricci is charming as a young woman looking for love and independence, in spite of being cursed with a pig's nose, in this fairy-tale. 90 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Brittany Snow ("Hairspray") stars in this dull-as-dishwater remake of the 1980 slasher movie about a killer at the high-school dance. 88 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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David Mamet wrote and directed this overplotted drama, centering on a martial-arts instructor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) pulled into a corrupt kickboxing match. 99 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Simon Pegg (who co-wrote) is gently funny as a slacker who enters a marathon to win back the woman (Thandie Newton) he left pregnant at the altar. 100 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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The Wachowski brothers' revision of the Japanese animated series is bright and flashy, but too densely packed and overly long for a kiddie flick. 134 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A dancer (Briana Evigan) forms a team from her performing-arts school to crack into an underground competition in this cliche-ridden movie. 97 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play to their types in this smarmy comedy-drama about two terminal cancer patients looking for fun. 97 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A forger (Karl Markovics) is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, forced to print fake currency, in this riveting morality story from Austria. Subtitled; 98 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A Boston teen (Michael Angarano) finds himself in ancient China on an Oz-like quest, aided by Jet Li and Jackie Chan, in this uneven martial-arts extravaganza. 108 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Intrigue and romance among Henry VIII (Eric Bana), Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman) and her sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson) dominate this well-made drama. 115 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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College students visit a Mexican archaelogical dig, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in a horror movie that is alternately gory and silly. 91 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A boy (Freddie Highmore) discovers a world of goblins and fairies, in a fantasy tale that’s exciting but too scary for younger kids. 92 minutes. (V.H.)
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A professor (Richard Jenkins) finds two undocumented aliens in his Manhattan apartment, in this moving drama about disparate people coming together. 108 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A 10-year-old boy in Sao Paulo, circa 1970, is separated from his parents in this tender coming-of-age drama. Subtitled; 104 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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The band looks and sounds even bigger in 3D, in a concert movie filmed on the South American leg of the "Vertigo" tour. 85 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A Mexican boy (Adrian Alonso) makes a harrowing journey across the border to be with his mother (Kate del Castillo) in a warmly moving drama. Subtitled; 109 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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A presidential assassination is seen from several points of view, in a thriller that starts cool but gets implausible toward the end. Dennis Quaid stars. 90 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher overstretch their charms in this humorless romantic comedy about bickering New Yorkers who end up married in Vegas. 99 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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This documentary, about a choir of senior citizens singing rock songs, is a bit condescending - but the subjects are too fascinating and charming to be denied. 107 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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