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Show Starring you Cooema If -- We know you're out there. When Peter Jackson was getting ready to make his "The Lord of the Rings" movies, you were THIS CLOSE to sending an audition tape of yourself acting out scenes from "The Fellowship of the Rings" or "The Two Towers." Well, now it's time to dust off your cloak RT and broadsword. Magic Fingers Productions and Utah Media Services W' j Y are holding an open audition both genders, ages 16 and older for "The Three Princes" from p.m. today. Get thee to 122 1" 1800 West, Suite 10, in Lindon and be prepared to cold read, improv and possibly even convincingly slay something (or, you know, at least pretend to). "Princes" is a slightly-skewe- d fantasy film that combines the fairy tale stories of Cinderella, Rapunzel and wait Sleeping Beauty. Only for it this time we're going to get the straight dope from the dreamy lasses' oft slighted male That's right, the fairy tale princes are finally going to get their due. Think you're the next Kirby Heyborne or Heather Beers? -- l- 1- ' s. DreamWorks Animation Shrek Mike Myers and Fiona Cameron Diaz lie in bed talking to old friends Donkey Eddie Murphy on the floor and Puss in Boots Antonio Banderas at the foot of the bed in "Shrek the Third. " Prove it. Cody Clark Far far from perfect A middling Compiled by Exhibitor Relations Co. and EDI Inc. for last Nielsen 1. "Spider-Ma- n 3," Sony, $58,166,256, 4,252 locations, $13,680 average, $240,236,828, two weeks. outing for animated ogre and friends Cody Clark DAILY Box Office HERALD been three years since last Shrek movie, which along three years after first one, but "Shrek the feels like a rush job. It's a sure sign that your Shrek script needed more work when two of its best laughs are sprung by The Gingerbread Man. (One involves the saucy sweetmeat's hapless reaction to a moment of extreme stress. As for the other, any time that you have Al Swearengen himself, British actor Ian McShane, as the voice of Captain Hook, you're bound to get a little something extra out of a line like, "Avast, ye cookie.") The first two films are frequently criticized because of the perception that they wink at pop culture and pander to adults more than they bother with plot and characters. Hogwash, I say. "Shrek" and "Shrek 2" were both story driven, and "Shrek the It's Third" is, too. Maybe even more than it should be I need my Shrek movies to be funnier than this. With his marriage to Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) now 100 percent settled, Shrek (Mike Myers) would prefer to be happily ensconced in his "vermin-fille- d shack." He's a good sport, though, so ogre and wife are still living at the royal court in Far Far Away, where Shrek attempts to administer a variety of state functions while his Frog King copes with illness. Then illness becomes death (in a lighthearted, entirely scene) and Shrek becomes heir to the throne ... unless, that is, he can convince Fiona's regal cousin Arthur (Justin Timberlake) to take his place. Shrek, Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (the blissfully, perfectly cast Antonio Banderas) take up the quest, while Fiona and her mother (Julie Andrews) mind the empty palace. fath- er-in-law -- Empty, at any rate, until Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) shows up to seize the throne with an army of fairy tale rejects the aforementioned Hook, Rumpelstiltskin, Stromboli (Pinocchio's puppetmaster), the wicked queen who envied Snow White, and so forth. The rejects scenario is a clever idea that, like many in the film, doesn't yield as much comedic fruit as it ought to. It's funny, for instance, that Shrek and the boys find "Artie" at a medieval high school where he's a social outcast with no friends. The filmmakers (two new directors and three writers with no prior "Shrek" credits) just don't take it far enough. (They also try some things that plain don't work, like the almost laughably miscalculated insertion into an early scene of the Paul McCartney song "Live and Let Die.") This is still a fine place to be for both the endlessly amusing G) Review 2. "28 Weeks Later," Fox Atomic, $9,807v292, 2,303 locations, $4,258 average, $9,807,292, one week. Shrek the Third 3. "Georgia Rule," Universal, $6,773,870, 2,523 locations, $2,685 Directors: Chris Miller and average, Raman Hui 4. "Disturbia," Paramount $4,732,839, 3,106 locations, $1,524 average, $66,220,865, five weeks. Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz Running time: 1 nr., 33 min. Rating: PG for some crude humor, suggestive content and swashbuckling action Location: Opens Friday in theaters everywhere Murphy, and Myers, who doesn't get nearly enough credit for making a ogre Scots-accente- d into an emotionally relatable, guy you'd have an ale with even if you don't like ale. "Shrek the Third" isn't quite "mediogre" (heh), but it misses the mark. $6,773,870, one week. 5. "Delta Farce," Lionsgate, $3,420,645, 1,931 locations, $1,771 average, $3,420,645, one week. 6. "Fracture," New Line, $2,953,145, 2,202 locations, $1,341 average, $31,032,946, four weeks. 7. "The Invisible," Disney, $2,315,286,1,943 locations, $1,192 average, $1 5,569,1 22, three weeks. the Robinsons," Disney, $1,802,543, 1,640 locations, $1,099 average, $94,296,510, seven weeks. 8. "Meet 9. "Next," Paramount $1,738,056, 2,017 locations, $862 average, $14,738,075, three weeks. 10. "Hot Fuzz," Focus, $1,716,670, 1,240 locations, $18,991,668, $1,384 average, . |