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The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 17, 2008

The Bank Job **½

In 1970s London, Jason Statham is too deep in debt to say no when sexy Saffron Burrows offers him an inside line on an audacious robbery. Unfortunately, as anyone who has seen a few heist movies knows, there's no such thing as a simple caper, and the stolen safety deposit boxes contain far more volatile material than jewels and cash.

R, 110 minutes

Penelope (not reviewed)

In this modern-day fairy tale, Christina Ricci is a rich young woman who has been cursed (literally) with a pig's snout. According to the terms of the enchantment, she can only be cured by marrying one of her own kind, so mom Catherine O'Hara does her best to find a fellow aristocrat who won't mind her daughter's less-than-patrician schnoz.

PG, 102 minutes

Step Up 2 The Streets (not reviewed)

Torn between her street dance crew and snobby new art-school classmates, a young dancer (Briana Evigan) has to find a way to overcome the usual barriers to happiness and self-expression - class, culture, romance; you get the drift. If cliches were dance steps, this movie would be the love child of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

PG-13, 98 minutes

Saving Grace - Season 1 (not reviewed)

The TNT series follows in the successful mold of that network's "The Closer," only with Holly Hunter as the complicated lady law enforcer with a drawl. Hunter's Grace, still traumatized by the Oklahoma City bombings, has a yen for too much booze and casual sex - interspersed with visits from an angel named Earl, who's tasked with saving her soul.

Not rated, 599 minutes

College Road Trip (not reviewed)

High school overachiever Melanie ( played by tween idol Raven-Symone) plans a road trip to get a real taste of college life, but her overprotective police chief father (played by Martin Lawrence) insists on tagging along. Who saw that coming? There is at least one twist: Comic relief is provided by Donny Osmond. Yes, that Donny Osmond.

G, 83 minutes

Shutter (not reviewed)

This horror movie is set largely in Japan, where newlyweds Joshua Jackson and Rachel Taylor make the mistake of taking a drive on a dark, lonely road - just the kind of place one is most likely to encounter the obligatory pale, shambling young ghost woman, who probably has a message she'd like to get across by being as creepy and vengefully obscure as possible.

PG-13, 85 minutes

Synopses by Amanda Henry; ratings from The Associated Press

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