Show IK i£tfcat$Blaiitag mbenommi O CO this week a Opening E “Envy" PG-- 1 3 o Rated this movie is like D- c LL 0)' £Z V D U o E o3 -- 1 2 2 a x a 0' 0) CD O ' sitWatching meal of down made fora ting gourmet ingredients that was cooked into flavorless mush It has a strong cast — starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black — a fine director “Rain Man" Oscar winner Barry Levinson and a producing credit from “Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Sein- fold" Larry David who reportedly worked on the script but had his name removed Somewhere along the way these talented individuals failed to connect "Envy” crawls to its finish through a minefield of poor taste and comedic misfires Black plays an inventor who creates an aerosol spray called that makes dog feces disappear He or becomes a muttijiliionaire and Stiller as his longtime best friend is angry and vengeful over his buddy's success PG-1- 3 for language and crude ' humor 99 min One and a half ' stars out of four — The Associated Press "Laws of Attraction” Rated PG-1- 3 This is everything "Intolerable Cruelty” tried to be and then some Unlike last year's Coen brothers romantic comedy — in " the witty banter and the repeated marrying and divorcing wore thin about of the way in despite the glorious George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jon— this new movie stays light crisp and snappy until the end Pierce Brosnan and Julian ne Moore play dueling New York divorce lawyers who clash in and out of court and the casting is part of the movie's charm: Neither actor ispxactiy for romantic comedy work Director Peter Howitfs pacing drags a bit though when the characters go to Ireland to help their wealthy clients fight over a castle PG-1- 3 for sexual content and language 87 stars out of four —The Associated Press which two-thir- es well-kno- min-Thre- “Godsend” Rated PG-1- 3 A creepy scary moody movie that collapses in a series of laughable cliches in the final reel Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-Stamplay a couple who replace their dead son with a done Robert De Niro is the avuncular fertility sdentist who wants to monitor the success of his experiment In the middle is os Adam (steely-eye- d 11 -- year-old Cameron Bright) who doesn't know that a previous version of him existed and diedin an acci dent years ago When he ages past the day when his previous self died Adam begins to have hallucinations and frightening dreams Director Nick Hamjn is at his best here constructing g set pieces in vertigo-inducin- which spooky reflections of Adam scream at him from windows and bizarre children surrounded by flames jump out at him from doorways The gothic visuals and startling sound effects keeps the nerves tingling for a strong ending that never arrives PG-1-3 for violence frightening images and a scene of husband and wife sexuality 100 min Two and a half stars out of four —The Associated Press "Mean Girls” Rated PG-1- 3 It means to be an updated version of the best teen comedies of the 1980s like "Heathers” and “Sixteen Can- dies” While it definitely captures elements of those movies and features a spariding performance from rising star Lindsay Lohan it never quite reaches the same level of instant cult classic When you look closely there's another pop culture phenomenon that “Mean Girts" resembles even more: "Saturday Night Live” which makes sense since it springs from the mind of "SNL" head writer Tina Fey The same things that are right and wrong with most of the ' comedy show's skits are right and wrong here The film comes on strong with sharp biting wit and great energy then runs out of steam and doesn't know when to call it quits Rachel McAdams plays the high school queen bee Fey as a math teacher who serves as the voice of reason PG-1- 3 for sexual content language and some teen partying 97 min Two stars but of four — The Associated Press late-nig- ht co-sta- rs Still showing "13 Going on 30” Rated PG-1- 3 Jennifer Gamer whose day job is playing it cool as a superspy on TVs "Alias” here plays an uncool 1 year-ol- d girl suddenly granted her wish to be "30 and flirty and thriving" waking up to find herself the successful editor of a fashion magazine Gamer shows a knack for goofy comedy particularly in the energetic early going later in the film as the premise wears thin her smile wears ouL We’ve seen all this before of course as recently as last summer's remake of "Freaky Friday" in which Jamie Lee Curtis played the for many more laughs than Gamer Two stars out of four — Brian McCusk for the Herald Joun body-swappi- "Man on Fire” Rated R Apparently a kidnapping involving the young daughter of I a wealthy Mexico City couple I and the subsequent rampage of vigilante justice on which her bodyguard embarks! 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