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Show ,! . - V V- - - ff - one of the funniest, most joyous movies to come along since the Greeks invented , .,..-- .comedy. A . which fortunately are at a minimum. Atmospheric and dreadful; probably the year's scariest film. A- - family is. This is NATIONAL SECURITY (1 PG-1- 3 for THE R.M. (1 hr., THE d hr55min,- - RECRUIT (1 PG-1- SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (1 hrv 56 min.; PG-1for mild profanity, brief mild sexuality, a bt of STAR TREK: NEMESIS (1 hr., 3 ic nail in the coffin of this now-ranc- id franchise, hopefully; the story here is generic Action Movie stuff, and the characters are downish gadget-oriente- is finished and we learn about the mole. A subplot involving Farrell's dead father is underused, too. The movie's full of the regular sort, of mind games you expect in a film like this and has a couple mild thrills, meeting basic expectations but failing to exceed involves clones and doubles and Trekkers are whatnot; hard-cor- e the onfy ones who need to bother with it, and I suspect even they will be disappointed. D them.C 55 mv PG-1-3 tor scattered profanity, fleeting grisly images, disturbing themes and THE RING (1 hr., scarinessjVsM, TUCK EVERLASTING (1hr.,PGfora Me violence) Uncommonly ominous, film about a reporter investigating a videotape that seems to kill its viewers seven days after watching it All the tricks in trie suspense-movi- e bag are with used but not abused the exception of gore and violence. ele- Disney gant and mature film about a repressed young girl who meets a family that is destined to live forever without aging. The teen romance will woo a certain audience, but that same demo- graphic probably will not appreci- ate the film's unromantic ending. TWO WEEKS NOTICE (1 hr., 35 min.; PG-1- 3 for very mild profanity, some comic sexual innuendo) Perfectly likeable romantic comedy, containing not a single unforeseeable plot twist but featuring a good deal of " witty dialogue and amusing interaction between the lead characters, played by Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock. They're no Tracy and Hepburn, but they have a good rapport and produce some funny moments. It's all thoroughly con- trived, of course, but if s a fun trip. SALT LAKE CITY These films are playing exclusively in Salt Lake City at the theaters mf-- . cated Broadway Centre, 11 1 The 300 South, (801) 321-031- 0; Gateway, 200 S. 400 West (801) 304-lNFJordan Commons, 9335 S. State St. (801) 304-lNFBrewvies Cinema Pub, 677 S. 200 West (801)355-550-0. (Ihr., 55 min; PG-1- 3 for some harsh profanity, mild sexuality, mature thematic elements) A book so introspective some thought ft was unfilmable is rendered so gracefully by director Stephen Daldry that if s hard to imagine it NOT being a movie. Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep all give bravura performances as three women in three time periods, each on the edge of either learning to cope with life or giving up on it This is a masterful piece of work whose emotional resonance is so natural you wonder why more films can't accomplish it A (Jordan, Gateway) THE HOURS 50 min.; R for freharsh some nudity, profanity, quent some blood and violence; in Spanish with English subtitiesJWs ly fun film operates on the premise that luck is a trans-ferrab- le INTACTO (1 hrv commodity, and that certain people have a gift for taking it from others and adding it to their own. Set in a luxurious European underworld where people play games of chance using other people's stolen luck as currency, the infill Stadium Swims Sound System (Max von Sydow). Writerdirector Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.uses several ingenious and entertaining games. The film's one flaw is occasionally being too obtuse for its own good; aside from that if s a weirdly logical lark to watch. MAX (1 hr., 2U Poyaon, UT 4:43 6:55 9:20 4:50 9:35 4:20 7MO 9:33 Kt J 48 mln.; R for some harsh profanity, a cipal characters. The irory seerns too rich to see the film as anything other than a dark satire, which "Max" is not meant to be. Set in Munich in 1918, the drama explores Hitler's interest in art, with an art dealer named Max (John Cusack) trying to help him funnel his passton and rage into his painting and drawing, rather than into political tirades. Despite earnest performances from Cusack and from Noah Taylor as the future Fuhrer, the film must overcome dialogue like. "You're a hard man to like, Hitter, and "You wanna go out for drinks, Hitler?" It is hard for modem audiences not to laugh, wince or in some other way register recognition upon hearing this sort of thing. i .4,c. i , ; ' yfjvw.s C m ' (ro.ur-- (Broadway) (2hrs., 13 min.; PG for some mild vnlence, a childbirth scene) Whimsical adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel about a young man's adventures in and around London. The adapterdirector is Douglas McGrath, whose "Emma" (1996) had the same merry, British tone (and a similarly gorgeous score by Rachel Portman). Charlie Hunnam is solid, if not spectacular, in the title role but with Dickens, it is the odd- - NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 4.40 7:1 5 9:40 4:30 6:5S 9:35 4:35 7 0S 9:30 ball folks who swirl around the protagonist who matter most and rjiese are portrayed with great humor and flair by a stellar cast l that includes Jim Broadbent Christopher Plummer, Nathan Lane, Alan Cumming and Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliot"). A (Broadway) THE PIANIST (2hrs.,28min.;Rfora lithe harsh profanity, a bt of Hobcaust-relate- d violence) Roman Polanski's most personal film he escaped the Warsaw ghetto himself is unerringly faithful 'm recreating the random brutality of the Holocaust but to what end? Films about the horror of ft have been made before, and this one, starring Adrien Brody as a man hiding from the Nazis, offers no new insight It is based on a true story, which is no doubt its justification for existing. But watching it is like visiting a sick aunt or eating your vegetables: It builds character. C (Broadway) F FENCE (1 hr, 34 min.; PG for some thematic elements) Extraordinary true story of three Aborigine girls who escaped from RABBIT-PROO- their gcwemment-endorse- d kidnappers and walked the 1,200 miles across Australia to return home. The film indicts the government which for 40 years allowed "half-cast- children those fathered by white men but bom to to be "reloAborigine mothers cated" to camps, but the focus is on the resilient little girls, played by children with no prior film experience. The conclusion to the story b overwhelmingly emotional. 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Me violence, some sexual vulgarity) It is difficult to take a film seriously that has a Adolf Hitler as one of its prin- CATCH b - pion.who can help him win his luck SHANGHAI THX cham-- back from the man who stole it ABOUT SCHMIDT i ljCAU225-AtT-S man te 12:15 2:30 5:15 7:30 9:45 ORDER AND PRINT YOUR TICKS ONLINE u film follows a "who believes he has found a JUST MARRIED Xt:C'''''''"'' yrt? e jap m 17 55 mfv for some mild profanity, a bt of righting violence, some sexu-- al innuendo) Affable and anachronistic sequel to 'Shanghai Noon (2000) in which unlikely Old West duo Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson to avenge Chan's father's death in London. There's legitimate .chemistry between the mismatched stars, with Wilson's lazily sardonic delivery complementing Chan's considerable butt-kickiprowess. Running time feels a bit long, but lark overall. B tfs an easy-goin- g PG-1-3 3 for a little profanity, plus one F--' bomb, some violence, some brief sexuality) This rather ordinary espionage thriller benefits from charismatic performances by Colin Farrell and Al Pacino, but not much else. Pacino plays Walter Burke, a longtime CIA trailer who recruits a Boston nobody (FarrelO into the agency, then sends him after a niole who is apparently stealing dangerous info. More focus would before help; the film is half-ov- the thematic stuff) From the makers of "The Singles Ward comes a far better film, an altogether amusing comedy about a Mormon missionary who returns home to find nothing is as he hoped it would be. Kirby Heybome is the film's best asset, with a likable Everyman quality as the R.M. The supporting performances are generally good, though Mitch English and Scott Christopher are embarrassingly bad as a freakish roommate and a -squirrelly lawyer, respectively. The jokes are hit or miss, and the film turns too serious in its last act But overall the parts that make you laugh outnumber the parts that make you roll your eyes. B- - 35minj a bt ofprofanity, a lot of violence, some mild sexuality) If you are one of the people still hypnotized into thinking . Martin Lawrence is funny, this tiresome exercise in brashness should with delight you. Lawrence Steve Zahn (who actually IS funny, when he's given something to work with) as security guards looking for the guys who killed Zahn's partner bad when he was a cop. They are mismatched, of course, and hate each other, and Lawrence's character never stops playing the race card, which ceases to be amusing after the second time. There are numerous gunfights ami car chases, with one-lineshouted between explosions. You've seen mis movie already, I promise you, and it was much better then. 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