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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 23, 2008

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The Incredible Hulk **½

If you're going for the polar opposite of Ang Lee's artsy take on the comic book franchise, you could do worse than hiring gun-crazy hack Louis Leterrier (of the "Transporter" "movies" "fame"). Fans who felt there wasn't enough smashing in the earlier version will be mollified, assuming they don't mind broody Edward Norton in the title role.

PG-13, 114 minutes

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Deadpan Ben Stein draws more on his earlier credit as a Nixon speechwriter for this pro-intelligent design documentary. With rhetoric worthy of Michael Moore, the "Bueller, Bueller" guy goes so far as to wander through a concentration camp while arguing that proponents of Darwinian evolution could cause another Holocaust.

PG, 90 minutes

The Strangers

This movie may do for isolated vacation homes what "Jaws" did for moonlight ocean dips. A young couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) plan a romantic night at his family's cabin, only to have their peace disturbed by a trio of masked intruders. The randomness of the crime and the anonymity of its perpetrators make the horror even more intense.

R, 85 minutes

OTHER NEW DVD RELEASES

•A Grandpa for Christmas: Ernest Borgnine, Katherine Helmond. Not rated,

85 minutes

•The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - The Complete Series: Robert Vaughn,

David McCallum. Not rated, 5,620 minutes

•Flight of the Red Balloon: Juliette Binoche. Unrated, 115 minutes

•Trailer Park of Terror: Trace Adkins. R, 96 minutes

•Birds of America: Matthew Perry, Hilary Swank, Lauren Graham. R, 85 minutes

•Linewatch: Cuba Gooding Jr., Dean Norris. R, 91 minutes

Synopses by Amanda Henry; ratings from The Associated Press

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