FILM CLIPS

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)

LITTLE ROCK — At area theaters

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BABY MAMA, PG-13 Tina Fey plays a successful executive who, when she finds out she’s unlikely to get pregnant, hires a rowdy surrogate mother (Amy Poehler). (96 minutes)

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COLLEGE ROAD TRIP, G A collegebound girl (Raven-Symone) finds her excitement at visiting prospective campuses with her girlfriends dampened when her overprotective father (Martin Lawrence) insists on accompanying her. (85 minutes)

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DECEPTION, R An accountant (Ewan McGregor), with the help of his lawyer pal (Hugh Jackman), gets to experience the offerings of an exotic club. With Michelle Williams; directed by Marcel Langenegger. (108 minutes)

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THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, PG-13 An American teenager (Michael Angarano) finds an antique Chinese staff in a pawnshop that magically transports him to martial arts-dominated ancient China. (113 minutes)

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FUGITIVE PIECES, R A 9-year-old boy in 1942 Poland whose parents have been murdered by the Nazis finds sanctuary with a Greek archaeologist. With Rosamund Pike, Stephen Dillane, Rachelle Lafevre, Larissa Laskin; directed by Jeremy Podeswa. (105 minutes)

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GET SMART, PG-13 CONTROL Agent 86 Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell), armed with a few spy-tech gadgets and unbridled enthusiasm, must stop world domination by criminal organization KAOS. (110 minutes)

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HANCOCK, PG-13 An ill-tempered superhero (Will Smith), occupied with saving the world, leaves plenty of collateral damage in his wake. (92 minutes)

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THE HAPPENING, R A coming apocalypse forces a couple to fight for survival. (91 minutes)

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HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY,

PG-13

The hero from hell (Ron Perlman) returns, accompanied by hisfavorite director, Guillermo del Toro (who directed 2004’s Hellboy), to save Earth from a seemingly unstoppable army of evil creatures and their ruthless leader. Selma Blair and Doug Jones also return. (130 minutes)

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THE INCREDIBLE HULK, PG-13 Scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately searches for the source of the poison that transforms him into a raging monster. (114 minutes)

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INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

, PG-13

Adventurous archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) heads to Peru with young Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) in search of the legendary and feared Crystal Skull of Akator. (123 minutes)

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JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

, PG

A geology professor (Brendan Fraser) embarks on a unique excursion to a hidden world.With Josh Hutcherson; directed by Eric Brevig. (92 minutes)

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KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL

, G

An inventive 9-year-old girl (Abigail Breslin) maneuvers her way through life during the Great Depression. (100 minutes)

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KUNG FU PANDA, PG A panda who works as a waiter in a noodle eatery dreams of becoming a kung fu master. Animated. (95 minutes)

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MEET THE BROWNS, PG-13 A struggling single mother takes her three kids to Georgia for the funeral of a father she never knew and gets to know a family that changes her life. (100 minutes)

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MEET DAVE, PG Dave Ming Chang (Eddie Murphy) seems out of placein New York, where he has recently arrived, mainly because he’s only a quarter of an inch tall and from another planet. With Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union; directed by Brian Robbins. (90 minutes)

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NIM’S ISLAND, PG The imagination of a young girl (Abigail Breslin) brings to life a magical place with fictional heroes and villains. (95 minutes)

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PRICELESS, PG-13 An unassuming bartender in the south of France is mistaken for a millionaire by a wily gold digger. With Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh; directed by Pierre Salvadori. Subtitled. (104 minutes)

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SEX AND THE CITY, R The bigscreen version of HBO’s popular series about four dashing women in New York. With Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon; directed by Michael Patrick King. (145 minutes)

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SPEED RACER, PG Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is determined to win the dangerous cross-country rallythat took his revered brother’s life. (129 minutes)

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THE STRANGERS, R A romantic weekend turns deadly for a couple (Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman) when masked invaders take over their remote getaway. (80 minutes)

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THEN SHE FOUND ME, R An elementary school teacher (Helen Hunt) must endure the departure of her husband (Matthew Broderick), the death of her adoptive mother, the arrival of a talk-show host who claims to be her real mother (Bette Midler), and a meeting with an attractive new guy (Colin Firth) loaded with emotional baggage. Directed by Hunt. (100 minutes)

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THE VISITOR, PG-13 An economics professor (Richard Jenkins) gains a new perspective on life when he meets an immigrant couple who are illegal aliens in the U.S. (103 minutes)

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WALL-E, G A determined but underutilized robot finds his true purpose.Animated. (92 minutes)

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WANTED, R An apathetic loser transforms into a fervent enforcer of justice when he follows in his father’s footsteps and joins a centuries-old league of assassins. (108 minutes)

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WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS, PG-13 A night of revelry results in a hasty marriage for two strangers (Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher) that gets contentious when one of them wins a fat jackpot while playing the slots with the other’s quarter. Directed by Tom Vaughan. (99 minutes)

Movie-rating

point system

Movies are rated on a

scale from 50 to 100.

Guidelines for moviegoers:

96-100 Transcendent

90-95 Exceptional

80-89 Better than most to remarkable

70-79 Average

60-69 Awful to mediocre

50-59 Irredeemable

MovieStyle, Pages 37, 39 on 07/18/2008