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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 26, 2008

The Duchess ***

Keira Knightley corsets up again to play Georgiana Spencer, notorious ancestress of the late Princess Diana, in this adaptation of the biography by Amanda Foreman. Georgiana became a fashion plate and celebrity after her unhappy marriage to an older, colder man (the Duke of Devonshire, played by Ralph Fiennes), but comes across as a somewhat tragic figure.

PG-13, 110 minutes

Eagle Eye *½

For those who prefer to explore the modern surveillance state in the guise of a typical action movie, this thriller fits the bill. Shia LaBeouf is a guy who starts getting bossy phone calls from a female voice, drawing him into a web of chase scenes and explosions that probably tie into some vast technological conspiracy. Michelle Monaghan is along for the ride.

PG-13, 120 minutes

Ghost Town **

It may sound like "The Sixth Sense" meets "Ghost," but this grown-up rom com about a dentist who develops the ability to hear dead people has the advantage of its star, comic phenom Ricky Gervais. Pestered by a deceased Greg Kinnear, he finds himself falling for the dead guy's wife (Tea Leoni), who is at least a match for him in the area of comedic chops.

PG-13, 103 minutes

OTHER NEW DVD RELEASES

•Resident Evil: Degeneration: Alyson Court, Paul Mercier;

R, 97 minutes

•Savage Grace: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane;

Unrated, 97 minutes

•Beethoven's Big Break: Jonathan Silverman,

Rhea Perlman; PG, 101 minutes (pictured)

•Death Sentence: Kevin Bacon, John Goodman,

Kelly Preston; Not rated, 110 minutes

Synopses by Amanda Henry; ratings from The Associated Press

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