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Show A great product can determine the size of your business, . but it's the foundation of customers that keep it standing lit "tl Your advertising message can reach more than 92,000 readers every Sunday in the DaHy Herald. i - BILL KAYE20th Century Fox-I- rx photographer who discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs he develops after a tragic accident. B- - 28 min.; PG-1- 3 for sequences of intense action violence, some language and brief sexuality) The tender story of a kid who can teleport and the freaky white-haire- d hardcase who'd like to kill him because of that fight action scenes and some cool location shooting crank up the film a few notches past the actual potential of its dumbed-dowsometimes JUMPER (1 hr., . sketchy story. B- - hr., 38 min.; R for strong sexual content, pervasive language, some violence and brief dmg use) Who's watching? Surveillance cameras are the gimmick in this ambitious, disturbing drama of vignettes both funny and fearful connected by the eye of security monitors. The film doesn't entirely work and is somewhat incoherent but it does get under the skin. LOOK 7 B MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY for some (1 hr., 41 min.; PG-1- 3 ' - ' r) -- ji rp fightingviolence, some sexuality, all invokpartying and language ing teens) Haven't we all been hoping for a mixed martial arts redo of "The Karate Kid?" "Never Back Down" is a knockoff, and sometimes a shoddy one, but reasonably reanimates the formula of its famous filmic forebear. B- - ; deathly quiet opening scenes are riveting. I . "Shutter," Joshua Jackson plays Ben, a professional effects are cheesy and the movie fades down the stretch, but its SHJl itv h i fMtTlT f fS THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (1 hr., 55 for mature thematic min.; PG-1- 3 . . elements, sexual content and some violent images) The quasi-histor- ical retelling of the involvement of Mary Boleyn in the sexual intrigues of her more notorious sister, Anne, is entirely too straight-face- d and straitJaced; where's the to entertain. Stuffy - - performances, stuffy writing, stuffy results. (C-- ) PENELOPE (1 hr., 25 min.; PG for the- matic elements, some innuendo and language) Follow your nose to this channing modem fairy tale about a lovely lass cursed with a porcine proboscis. Can otherwise perfectly adorable Penelope (Christina Ricci) find love in spite of her sizeable schnozz? Though ft doesn't have great depth of feeling, this gentle comedy does tell a sweet story. B partial nudity and innuendo) The charm of this proper British farce (perfectly seasoned THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES (1 hr., with just the right amount of drama 33 min.; PG for mild violence) All is and romance) is cranked up by not well after a dysfunctional family moves to a musty old manse in splendid performances from Frances the woods. It's a family house, and McDormand, as the titular personal after one of the boys goes poking secretary, and Amy Adams, as the cabaret singer who benefits from around in a secret attic, he find's a Miss P's good sense. A forebear's notes about the sinister surroundings. A smart, crisp family NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF film that parents and kids older SECRETS (2 te., 11 min.; PG for than 7 or 8 can enjoy together. B some violence and action) Despite VANTAGE POINT (1 hr., 30 min.; feeling rote and repetitive even for PG-1- 3 follow-u- p for sequences of intense viod a sequel, this lence and action, some disturbing s to "National Treasure" keeps things rolling and gets up to some fun images and brief strong language) The gimmicky structure of this shenanigans. The atmosphere is so low-ke- y and lighthearted that it's tense, exciting presidential assassination thriller flashbacks show jarring when the occasional gunshot the story's key events from multiple or car chase shakes things up. C viewpoints works quite well. NEVER BACK DOWN (1 hr., 53 min.; Strong acting from a great cast (led PG-1- 3 for mature thematic mateby Dennis Quaid) shores up weak rial involving intense sequences of characters. B m : i i ., vv i. i .r m ri : m imwn mam mr 17 mini ill it - Hmstar berhet VSSTT" ffrral6i |