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Show the movie is only fitfully funny. C ROCKY BAIBOA (1 hr, 42 min; PG for boxing violence and some Ian- - guage, some violence and drug use) ' You don't see many movies about n' sluts and the dirt farmers who cure them, but Samuel L Jackson and Christina Rka give this unique scenario their all. His storytelling has problems, but writer and director Craig Brewer knows the visual and aural language of film. B Cinemark 24, Ritz 15 guage) Sylvester Stallone says yo" a bt, makes folksy observations about life and helps himself and others to talk and think about what is meant by moving on. Uh, OK. For the 1 0--1 5 minutes that involve Rodcy's preparation for one last bout, Stallone rediscovers (or is that FACTORY GIRL (1 hr, 30 min; R for series' recycles?) hislong-runnin- g -;... , ' sexually suggestive scenes, nudity greatness. C : WILD HOGS (1 hr, 36 min.; PG-1- 3 anddrug use) Sienna Miller plays Edie Sedgwick, the working-das- s for crude and sexual content and aspiring mode) who became the some violence) John Travolta, Tim artistic inspiration to Andy Warhol. Allen, Martin Lawrence and William Miller throws herself into her H. Macy seem to have had a ton of perfomance, which ends up being fun making "Wild Hogs." Too bad more interesting than most of the that no one's going to have a ton rest of the movie. Little more than a of fun watching it The stars are decently realized slice of recent hisamigos who cope with standard-issu- e tory. C Broadway midlife melodrama by taking standard-issu- e a THE HITCHER (1 hr., 23 min.; R for that's cyclin' trip . more mild than wild. C strong bloody violence, terror and language)The latest "dassic" horZODIAC (2 hrs, 40 min; R for some ror film to be (barely) remade for strong killings, language, drug the benefit of young gorehounds material and brief sexual images) is mis road picture about a nasty David Fincher strives so hard for hitchhiker. The plot has been authentic 70s ambience and factual humorously oversimplified, and true-crithis in police accuracy none of mostly cosmetic changes procedural (based on the Zodiac add anything to what is ultimately murders) that he overreaches. an even more mechanical and iy Though it holds your interest pointless redux than usual. F the movie eventually at first, Gnemark 10 dwindles into frustration and lack of information. B- - THESE FILMS ARE PLAYING EXCLUSIVELY IN SALT LAKE COUNTY AT THE THEATERS INDICATED. BROADWAY CENTRE, 111 E. 300 SOUTH, SALT LAKE CTTY (801) Carmike 12, 1600 W. Fox Park Dr, West Jordan (801) Cinema 24, 7301 S. Jordan Landing, West Jordan Cinemark Movies (801) 9,9539 5. 700 East Sandy. (801) Cinemark Movies 10, 2227 S. Highland Dr. Salt Lake City, (801) 466-379- Megaplex 12, 200 Salt Lake City (801) Megaplex 17, 9355 S. 5.400 West 304-INF- State St, Sandy (801) 304-INFMegaplex 20, 1 1400 S. Bangerter Hwy, South Jordan (801) Ritz 15,32175. Decker Lake Dr., West Valley City Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City, (801) Valley Fair Movies 9, 3601 S. 2700 West West Valley City. (801) Broadway 969-728- BREAKING AND ENTERING (2 hrs, 12 min ft tor sexuality and language) j A London architect unhappily to the woman he's lived with for 10 years seduces the mother of a young street thief. Turns out that" s just what he needed to improve his relationships at home. Despite its dramatic the film is technically pristine and well acted. B Megaplex 12, Megaplex 20 " improbability, BLACK SNAKE MOAN (1 hr, 55 min.; R for strong sexual content lan language) The line between life and death is blurred in this enchanting, Hitchcockian blend of murder, reincarnation and comedy. Spanish star Penelope Cruz gives a luminous lead performance and director Pedro Almodovar does his usual sterling job of creating entrancing and strong female characters. C Broadway UTAH VALLEY Bryce Rytting, conductor Young Artists Concert WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, MARCH 7 AND 8 filmmaker Kevin Macdonald switches genres with this bold jolt of a historical film about reviled Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Whrtaker tears into the part ami towers over the movie. A- - 7:30 P.M., PROVO TABERNACLE ADMISSION PRICES: $10 INDIVIDUAL, $25 FAMILY, $8 STUDENTSSENIORS Broadway PG-1-3 VOLVER (2 hrs, 26 min.; R for some ' sexual content and some sexual material and language) Truth University (which sounds like a school for people you see in Gap ads) offers redemption to a young punk from the 'hood who has some sweet dance moves. When it's focused on its innovative steppin', the movie is interesting. The "Karate Kid"-styplot is far less rewarding. C Cinemark 10, Cinemark 9 of England is taxed by the societal entanglements of her heirs. Director Stephen Frears's approach to the material is thoughtful, but it's Mirren and Michael Sheen (as Tony Blair) who really make the film. A- - and gruesome images, sexual content and language) Documentary THE MESSENGERS (1 hr., 31 STOMP THE YARD (1 hr, 53 min.; PG-1- 3 for a scene of violence, Mirren rules the screen as Queen Elizabeth II, the g monarch whose ceremonial rulership THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (1 hr, 41 min; R for some strong violence SALT LAKE COUNTY . provoking themes. A THE QUEEN (1 hr, 37 min; PG-1- 3 for brief strong language) Helen TO ORDER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL SCOTT IACKMAN, min; (8oi) for mature thematic mate- rial, disturbing violence and terror) You wouldn't expect to find something spooky on a North Dakota Presented by the sunflower farm, would you? The approach to terror of brothers Danny and Oxide Pang is more subtle than you'll find in many films of this ilk. Still, isn't it about time to move on from this whole vengeful ghost business? C Cinemark 24 FEATURING Verina Chen, piano Anna celb rl piano Jim Lu, piano j Danielle Smith, 1 , Mayu Grtenhalgh, violin ShariM :' r . ft J Broadway PAN'S LABYRINTH (1 hr., 55 min.; R for graphic violence and some language) "Hellboy" director Guillermo Del Toro plunges into the surreal with this brooding fairy tale about a young girl in Fascist Spain who has mysterious ties to the underworld. g The film's lavish and visuals are as engaging as its thought- - Bowman, Jentry, Fairbanks, THE PAINTED VEIL (2 hrs., 5 min.; PG-1- 3 for some mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content) A bacteriologist (Edward Norton) marries unwisely in this lush, vividly filmed adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's chronicle of adultery and payback in China of the 1920s. Norton and Naomi Watts give finely honed lead performances. B 2&?frrol& www.utahvallcysymphony.org i Olson, violin French horn I," I |