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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 26, 2007

Updated: 10/24/2007 10:44 pm

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Bella (not reviewed)

An ex-professional soccer player (Eduardo Verastegui) goes to work in a restaurant and finds himself drawn to a waitress (Tammy Blanchard), who recently learned she is pregnant. 100 minutes (PG-13; disturbing images)

Dan in Real Life **

A widowed advice columnist (Steve Carell), struggling to raise his three daughters, complicates his life by falling for a woman (Juliette Binoche) who turns out to be his brother's girlfriend. Review, Page 5. 95 minutes (PG-13; innuendo)

The Darjeeling Limited **

Three disgruntled brothers (Owen Wilson, Adrian Brody and Jason Schwartzman) set off on a train trip across India to find themselves, renew their bond and make peace with their self-involved parents. Review, Page 4. 91 minutes (R; profanity)
Lars and the Real Girl ***½

His family is appalled but accomodating when an awkward, delusional man (Ryan Gosling) brings home the woman of his dreams - a sex doll he purchased on the Internet. Review, Page 5. 106 minutes (PG-13; profanity, adult themes)

Lust, Caution **½

A young woman gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure in this thriller directed by Academy Award winner Ang Lee. In Mandarin with English subtitles. 157 minutes (NC-17; sex, nudity, violence, profanity)

Saw IV (not reviewed)

Demented killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) returns to inflict more pain and also target the last police officer to touch his case, SWAT commander Rigg (Lyriq Bent). 108 minutes (R; grisly violence, torture and profanity)

TAMPA THEATRE

A historic film house at 711 Franklin St. in downtown Tampa; (813) 274-8981. Tickets for regular screenings: $8.50 adults; $6.50 seniors age 55 and older, military, students, children 12 and younger. Weekend matinees: $6.50. Admission includes pre-show Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ mini-concert.

Deep Water (not reviewed)

The true story of the first solo, non-stop, around-the-world boat race in 1968, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors, especially amateur yachtsman Daniel Crowhurst. 92 minutes (PG; mild profanity, incidental smoking)

Show times: 7:30 p.m. today

King of California (not reviewed)

A mentally unstable jazz musician enlists the help of his long-suffering teenage daughter in digging for gold buried beneath a local membership warehouse club in this indie comedy starring Michael Douglas and Evan Rachel Wood. 96 minutes (PG-13; profanity, mature themes and drug references)

Show times: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

Nosferatu (not reviewed)

F.W. Murnau's German silent classic - the original 'Dracula' adaptation - features live musical accompaniment by Rosa Rio on the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ.

Show times: 3 p.m. Sunday

Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (not reviewed)

A special Halloween-night screening of director Sam Raimi's over-the-top fright flick, featuring the incomparable Bruce Campbell in a relentless struggle with the forces of darkness.

Show times: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

STILL IN TOWN

Across the Universe **½

Inspired by the music of the Beatles, director Julie Taymor's sprawling musical starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess is visually imaginative but frequently plays like a bad night at a karaoke bar. 134 minutes (PG-13; drug content, nudity, sexuality and violence)

The Alps (not reviewed)

A mountain climber attempts to scale the Swiss mountain where his father died in this adventure-documentary, filmed in glorious Imax. 45 minutes. (Not rated)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ***

Notorious outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) contends with his hero-worshipping "pal" (Casey Affleck) who wants to be like him so much that he kills him. 160 minutes (R; strong violence and brief sexual references)

The Bourne Ultimatum ***½

Amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) gets closer to answering some burning questions about his murky past in this third installment of the series based on Robert Ludlum's novels. Despite the requisite car chases and fistfights, this is the rare action movie with a brain. 110 minutes. (PG-13; violence and intense action)

The Comebacks (not reviewed)

A comedy that spoofs the best inspirational sports movies including 'Rocky,' 'Remember the Titans,' and 'Field of Dreams.' 84 minutes (PG-13; sexual content, some drug use)

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (not reviewed)

Experience the size and strength of giant creatures that once roamed the Earth in this Imax documentary. The movie focuses on discoveries made in Patagonia by paleontologist Rodolfo Coria. 40 minutes. (not rated)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age *½

Cate Blanchett reprises her regal role as Queen Elizabeth I for this lavish mixture of historical fact, romance-novel melodrama and ornate costumery. 115 minutes (PG-13; violence, sexuality and nudity)

Feel the Noise (not reviewed)

A South Bronx man (Omarion Grandberry) dreams of making it big as a rapper, until a run-in with thugs forces him to hide in Puerto Rico with his estranged father. 87 minutes (PG-13; sensuality and innuendo, violence, drug use and profanity)

The Game Plan **

The Rock stars as a quarterback living the bachelor lifestyle until he discovers he has a 7-year-old daughter from a one-night stand. 110 minutes (PG)

Gone Baby Gone ****

Two Boston private investigators get drawn into a complex child kidnapping case in actor Ben Affleck's directorial debut. 114 minutes (R; violence, drug content, profanity)

Good Luck Chuck (not reviewed)

Dane Cook plays a dentist under a curse - every woman he sleeps with will marry the next man she dates. When he falls for accident-prone Cam (Jessica Alba), he must find a way to break the curse. 96 minutes (R; strong sexuality, nudity, profanity and drug use)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ***

Nobody believes Harry or Dumbledore when they say Lord Voldemort has returned to Hogwarts, so it's up to Harry and his pals to go to battle. (Reviewed by Kevin Walker.) 138 minutes. (PG-13; fantasy violence and frightening images)

The Heartbreak Kid **

Days into his honeymoon, a man (Ben Stiller) discovers his new bride is a nightmare and begins wooing another - the girl of his dreams. 115 minutes (R; strong sexual content, crude humor, profanity and drug use)

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry *

Two straight firefighters from Brooklyn (Adam Sandler and Kevin James) pretend to be gay in order to receive domestic partner benefits. When their relationship is challenged, the duo hires an attractive (maybe too attractive) lawyer played by Jessica Biel. 140 minutes. (PG-13; crude sexual content, nudity, profanity and drug references)

Into the Wild ***½

Actor Sean Penn wrote and directed this film about the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), a young man who leaves his middle class existence for an adventure in Alaskan wilderness. 150 minutes (R; profanity and nudity)

The Kingdom **½

A team of FBI agents (Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner and Chris Cooper) travel to Saudi Arabia to determine who was behind a massive, deadly bombing at an American oil-company compound in Riyadh. 110 minutes (R; intense sequences of graphic brutal violence and profanity)

Michael Clayton ***

George Clooney shows range as a 'fixer' at a prestigious New York law firm who copes with mounting professional and personal complications in this smart, cynical thriller. 118 minutes (R; profanity and sexual dialogue)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (not reviewed)

Director Tim Burton's popular 1993 animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town taking over Christmas has become a holiday favorite. Features music by Danny Elfman. 86 minutes (PG)

Rendition **

A woman (Reese Witherspoon) desperately tries to track down her Egyptian-born husband after he becomes a terrorism suspect, while a CIA analyst (Jake Gyllenhaall) questions his assignment to assist in the man's unorthodox interrogation. 122 minutes (R; violence, torture, profanity)

Resident Evil: Extinction (not reviewed)

The third movie based on the popular video game has survivors of Raccoon City trying to get to Alaska when Alice (Mila Jovovich) joins their fight to stop the evil zombie virus. 95 minutes (R; strong horror violence and nudity)

Rush Hour 3 *½

Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan return to cash big, fat paychecks in the unnecessary third installment of this buddy-cop franchise. 91 minutes. (PG-13; action violence, sexual content, nudity and profanity)

Sara Landon and the Paranormal Hour (not reviewed)

In the first in what filmmakers hope is a mystery series, a 17-year-old returns to her childhood home and encounters supernatural happenings. 88 minutes (PG; peril and profanity)

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (not reviewed)

Stunning photo-realistic computer-generated animation transports audiences back to the Late Cretaceous period, when a great inland ocean divided North America in two. 40 minutes (Not rated)

The Ten Commandments (not reviewed)

Elliot Gould is the voice of God and Christian Slater is Moses in this animated telling of a story about an ordinary man with an extraordinary calling. 88 minutes (PG; mild peril)

Things We Lost in the Fire ***

A recent widow (Halle Berry) invites her husband's troubled friend (Benicio Del Toro) to live with her and her two children. As he turns his life around, he helps them cope with and confront their loss. 113 minutes (R; drug content and profanity)

30 Days of Night (not reviewed)

Josh Hartnett stars in this gory horror movie about vampires who get smart and attack a town above the Arctic Circle in the dead of winter, knowing that the sun won't rise again for a month. 113 minutes (R; extreme violence, profanity and gore)

3:10 to Yuma ***½

A rancher (Christian Bale) and an outlaw (Russell Crowe) form an unlikely alliance in this remake of the 1957 cult classic from director James Mangold ('Walk the Line'). 117 minutes (R; violence and profanity)

Transformers **

Rival robotic clans the Autobots (good guys) and the Decepticons (bad guys) engage in a war that threatens all of mankind. Earth's only chance for survival lies in the hands of Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBoeuf), a young man whose first car turns out to be an Autobot in disguise. 144 minutes. (PG-13; intense action violence, brief sexual humor and profanity)

We Own the Night **

Joaquin Phoenix plays a black-sheep brother from a family of policemen who runs a nightspot from which Russians operate their drug business in 1980s New York. His cop-brother (Mark Wahlberg) and cop-dad (Robert Duvall) try to enlist him to spy on his clientele, forcing Phoenix's prodigal son to choose between crime and justice. 117 minutes (R; strong violence, drug material, profanity, sexual content and brief nudity)

Why Did I Get Married? (not reviewed)

Big-screen adaptation of Tyler Perry's stage play about a marriage that's put to the test when a sexy young temptress enters the mix. 113 minutes (PG-13; mature themes, sexual references and profanity)

Listing compiled from Tribune wires and staff reports; Associated Press critics' ratings are out of four stars.

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