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The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 26, 2008

10,000 BC *½

This CGI-heavy spectacle from Roland "Independence Day" Emmerich presents dreadlocked hunter-gatherer (Steven Strait) forced to leave his idyllic life after his pretty lady (Camilla Belle) is kidnapped. The movie doesn't even pretend to be historically, zoologically or meteorologically accurate; even worse, there is no Raquel Welch cameo.

PG-13; 108 minutes

IN BRUGES **½

Celebrated Irish playwright Martin McDonagh ("The Beauty Queen of Leenane") wrote and makes his directorial debut with this dark, twisty tale of hit men (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) who are ordered to lie low in the titular tourist town after badly bungling an assignment. As in his stage work, the tone veers from comic to tragic in unexpected ways.

R; 107 minutes

PERSEPOLIS ***½

Marjane Satrapi's best-selling graphic novel memoir of growing up in Iran has been turned into a critically acclaimed film, with the assistance of animator Vincent Paronnaud. Her story starts at the end of the Shah's regime, and charts the founding of the current fundamentalist Islamic state as well as Satrapi's move to Europe, but the focus is personal.

PG-13; 95 minutes

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES **½

The latest big-screen adaptation ofpopular children's books successfully duplicates the standard formula: a spooky old house, a mysterious book (which must NOT be read under any circumstances), the advancing army of CGI beasties (goblins!) and a real-life family drama (the AWOL dad), the latter of which gets far less screen time than the fantastic stuff.

PG; 97 minutes

DEFINITELY MAYBE ***½

At the prodding of his daughter (Abigail Breslin), a soon-to-be-divorced political consultant (Ryan Reynolds) reminisces about three important romances from his past, changing the names so his daughter has to guess which one turns out to be Mom. - and mightbe a viable option for stepmom. The ladies are played by Elizabeth BanksIsla Fisher and Rachel Weisz.

PG-13; 105 minutes

EARLY EDITION - THE FIRST SEASON

Before "Friday Night Lights," Kyle Chandler starred in this slightly supernatural series from the mid- to late-'90s. After regular guy Gary Hobson (Chandler) is kicked out of the house by his wife, he starts receiving a very special delivery - tomorrow's newspaper. Now he has to figure out how to use his knowledge of the future.

Not rated; 1,020 minutes

Synopses by Amanda Henry; ratings from The Associated Press

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