11/14/08 Film clips

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"THE OTHER END OF THE LINE" -- An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone. Starring Jessie Metcalfe and Shriya Saran. Directed by James Dodson. (PG-13, for some suggestive material.)

 

"QUANTUM OF SOLACE" -- James Bond (Daniel Craig), vengeful over the death of his love in "Casino Royale," takes on a phony environmentalist trying to control water supplies. Also starring Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench and Jeffrey Wright. Directed by Marc Foster. (PG-13, for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sexual content.)

 

SATURDAY ADVANCE SCREENING

 

"BOLT" (3D) -- Miley Cyrus and John Travolta provide the lead voices in the computer-animated "Bolt," a family flick about a dog that plays a superhero on TV but must scrape by on his ordinary canine abilities on a cross-country trek home. The voice cast also includes Malcolm McDowell. Directed by Chris Williams. (PG, for some mild action and peril.)

 

HELD OVER

 

"APPALOOSA" -- A pair of hired lawmen are hired to keep the law in a small town dominated by a wealthy and ruthless rancher in this Western. Starring Ed Harris (who also directed), Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger and Jeremy Irons. (R, for some violence and language.)

 

"BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA" -- Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, George Lopez and Edward James Olmos provide the voices for the dogs in this tale of a canine from the wrong side of the tracks in love with a pampered pooch from the 90210 ZIP code. Directed by Raja Gosnell. (PG, for some mild thematic elements.)

 

"CHANGELING" -- A fact-based drama from the 1920s about a mother whose kidnapped son is eventually returned -- only she suspects this boy isn't really hers. Starring Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich and Amy Ryan. Directed by Clint Eastwood. (R, for some violent and disturbing content, and language.)

 

"EAGLE EYE" -- Two strangers start to suspect they are being used as pawns in a political assassination plot. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis and Billy Bob Thornton. Directed by D.J. Caruso. (PG-13, for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language.)

 

"FIREPROOF" -- Kirk Cameron stars in a story about a firefighter who uses a 40-day experiment known as "The Love Dare" in order to try to save his marriage. Directed and co-written by Alex Kendrick. (PG, for thematic material and some peril.)

 

"FLY ME TO THE MOON" (3D) -- A trio of flies tags along on the Apollo 11 moon mission in this 3D animated 'toon. With the voices of Nicollette Sheridan, Christopher Lloyd and Tim Curry. (G.)

 

"THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY" -- A teen faces unseen horror at a private school for girls. Starring Haley Bennett and Chase Crawford. Directed by Mickey Liddell. (PG-13, for strong thematic material, violence and terror, brief strong language and some teen drinking.)

 

"HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR" -- America's favorite high school students hit their senior year with a basketball championship, prom and a big spring musical. With Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu. Written by Peter Barsocchini. Directed by Kenny Ortega. (G.)

 

"LAKEVIEW TERRACE" -- In this racially charged thriller, a black LAPD officer (Samuel L. Jackson) takes increasingly threatening action to force out the mixed-race couple who move in next door. Also starring Kerry Washington and Patrick Wilson. Directed by Neil LaBute. (PG-13, for intense thematic material, violence, sexuality, language and some drug references.)

 

"MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA" -- The former Central Park zoo dwellers (voiced by Ben Stiller, Bernie Mac, Sasha Baron Cohen, Jada Pinkett Smith and David Schwimmer) hook up with their multi-generational families in the wilds of Africa. Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. (PG, for some mild crude humor.)

 

"MAX PAYNE" -- Mark Wahlberg takes the title role as a cop tracking the killer of his family and partner in this video-game adaptation. Also starring Mila Kunis and Beau Bridges. Directed by John Moore. (PG-13, for violence including intense shooting sequences, drug content, some sexuality and brief strong language.)

 

"PRIDE AND GLORY" -- A saga centered on a multigenerational family of New York City police officers, and how a police corruption scandal ensnares family members. Colin Farrell, Edward Norton and Jon Voight star. Directed and co-written by Gavin O'Connor. (R, for strong violence, pervasive language and brief drug content.)

 

"QUARANTINE" -- A news crew's video holds the key to the truth about a mysterious infection that strikes an apartment building in this horror tale. Starring Jennifer Carpenter and Steve Harris. Directed by John Erick Dowdle. (R, for bloody violent and disturbing content, terror and language.)

 

"ROLE MODELS" -- Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott are two adult adolescents ordered by a judge to do community service as mentors for troubled teenagers in this comedy. Also starring Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jane Lynch, Bobb'e J. Thompson and Elizabeth Banks. Directed by David Wain. (R, for crude and sexual content, strong language and nudity.)

 

"SAW V" -- The latest installment of the unending Halloween-timed horror series. Directed by David Hackl. (R, for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language and brief nudity.)

 

"THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES" -- In 1960s South Carolina, a troubled teenage girl (Dakota Fanning) goes on a journey to learn more about the life of her late mother. Also starring Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Sophie Okonedo. Based on the best-seller by Sue Monk Kidd. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. (PG-13, for thematic material and some violence.)

 

"SOUL MEN" -- Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac are an estranged singing duo reunited for a tribute concert. The late Isaac Hayes co-stars. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee. (R, for pervasive language, and sexual content including nudity.)

 

TIM BURTON'S "THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (3D)" -- The Pumpkin King of Halloween Town resolves to take over Christmas and give it a ghoulish tint. Directed by Henry Selick. (PG, for some scary images.)

 

"W." -- Oliver Stone chronicles the life of party-boy-turned-president George W. Bush (Josh Brolin). Also starring Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld, Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney and James Cromwell as George H.W. Bush. Directed by Oliver Stone. (PG-13, for language including sexual references, some alcohol abuse, smoking and brief disturbing war images.)

 

"ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO" -- Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks star as longtime friends who decide to fill their empty bank accounts by shooting a blue movie in Pittsburgh with local amateur talent. Written and directed by Kevin Smith. (R, for strong crude sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity and pervasive language.)

 

-- Compiled by the Yakima Herald-Republic

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