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Show Mow Playing All reviews and summaries of objectionable content are Movie questions? uvheraldextra.com. OPENING THIS WEEK the Daily Herald and wire services. SHARKS 3D (42 min; No MPAA rating) Get the straight dope ALSO OPENING about one of the oldest and most advanced species on the planet 39 min; PG for language and rude humor) Haylie and Hilary Duff, who are like, sisters in ohmigosh! REAL LIFE, play sisters and spoiled heiresses (Dad founded a cosmetics company) in this daffy teen comedy. That is, like, SO bizarre! Anjelica Huston is, like, their which is EVEN MORE bizarre. Here's what's not bizarre: This film was rot screened for critics. SNAKES ON A PLANE (1 hr., 41 mm.; R for language, a scene of WILD SAFARI 3D (40 min; No MPAA rating) It's just like seeing wild animals in Africa, only cheaper and less hot and sweaty. Showtimes daily, 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi. CONTINUING 30 min.; PG for some mild peril and rude humor) BARNYARD (1 hr., Cows anr) bulls alike have udders in Steve Oedekerk's lazily simplisp-t- k animated romp. A young bull (Kevin James) wants to party like there's no tomorrow, but will he grow into his barnyard res"Setting aside its anatomical improbabilities, the animation is not especially memorable. Neither is the sexuality and drug use and intense sequences of terror and violence) Samuel L Jackson is a federal agent transporting a witness whose life is threatened by, hmm, what do you think, smart guy? Sssss! Jackson wants those mutha(for shame!)ing movie. C- snakes off this plane! This film was CARS (1 nr., 54 min.; G) Cars are not screened for critics. it people in the world of "Cars" sounds weird, but feels entirely SPECIAL natural almost immediately. A hot SCREENINGS THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA? (G) Plays Monday at 630 p.m., auditorium, Tahitian Honi International visitors Center, 333 W. River Park Dr. 234-140- young racecar, Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson), learns to live life in the slow lane after winding up in dusty Radiator Springs on Route 66. Both thoughtful and " wistful, the movie still has plenty of humor and delightful characters. From Pixar and Disney. A THE DA VINO CODE (2 hrs., 30 min.; Free. PG-1- SLC PUNK HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO TO SALT LAKE OTY? HERE HARD OUT FOR A PUNK. (R) Plays Friday and Saturday at midnight, lower Theatre. 876 . 900 South, Salt Lake City. (801) 3 for disturbing images, LARGE FORMAT FILMS CRICKET IMAX THEATER AT JORDAN .COMMONS DEEP SEA 3D (45 min.; No MPAA rating Go beneath the surface of the dose encounter with sea creatures great and small. SUPERMAN RETURNS Q hrs. 34 mm.; intense action violence) . The IMAX presentation includes an sequence. Showtimes daily, 9355 Sandy. (801) S. State St, 304-INF- XANGO MAMMOTH SCREEN THEATER AT THANKSGIVING POINT vio- lence, some nudity, thematic mater- ial, brief drug references and sexual content) Ironically, the people most likely to enjoy this glossy, ponderous adaptation of Dan Brown's hugely conspiracy types who don't already know all of its secrets. Not uninvoMng, but far too kwong and slooow. C McNovel are Pacific Ocean for a and sexual content) JOURNEY INTO AMAZING CAVES (38 min; No MPAA rating) Professional blank-slat- e 39 mm.; R for strong violencegore and language) Terror lies beneath in this superbly With both Vin Diesel and Paul Walker out of the picture, the only link that the spelunkers discover what lurks in the bowels of the Earth. ACCEPTED Review on 9 MATERIAL GIRLS (1 hr.. by and Ron Rifkin ("Alias") star in this conceptually familiar yet effectively spooky tale of evil leaking into our world by means of modem wireless MONSTER HOUSE (1 hr.. 31 min; PG for scary images and sequences, . thernatk ekments, some ovde humor and brief language) It's animated and tons of fun, but don't automatically penal in "Monster House" as a film for viewers of all ages. The story of nekjhborhood kids and a spooky house with a big appetite has genuine scares and humor that's a IrttJe too explicit for young minds. B (I hr., for sexual content 36 min; PG-1- 3 crude humor, language and brief nudity) There's the seed of a great comedy here, and Uma Thurman might even be the right actress to ' pull it off. The consistently lame sell her character short, script Luke Wilson however, and is just too dam bland to rev up the romantic tension. D plot D JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE (1 hr., 29 for sexual content and language) John Tucker barely even gets winged in this catty teen sex . romp about three (young) women spumed who con a fourth into helping them humiliate oT J.T. The script does have some bite, and three of . the four female leads are spunky. Key cog Brittany Snow, alas, is as colorless as her surname. JCJ min; LADY PG-1- 3 IN THE WATER (1 hr., 50 for some frightening min; PG-1- 3 sequences) Not even a mystical sea nymph would have prophesied that M. Night Shyamalan would sink to a movie this lame so soon after "Signs" and "The Sixth Sense." . When he isn't trying to goose you with the sprinkler system, the formerly edgy filmmaker spins a dunky story of redemption and fairy tale creatures. C THE LAKE HOUSE (1 hr,39mm;PG for some language and a disturbing image) The story of love between an architect and a doctor trapped in separate time frames is so with the same old romantic shorthand that it's like The Date Movie from 20,000 Fathoms. Stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock don't blow up the material, but don't really distinguish MIAMI VICE (2 hrs., it either. D 26 mm.; R for strong violence, language and sexual content) Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Rico Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) come to the big screen with style and attitude aplenty in Michael Mann's movie makeover of the popular '80s TV drama he executive produced Only a lifeless romantic subplot and static, overtong climax can (and do) slow them down. B SUPERMAN RETURNS (2 hrs., 34 for some intense min; PG-1- 3 action violence) You'll get your money's worth just from hearing the soaring notes of John Williams's immortal theme over the opening credits the rest of the movie is just king. OK, not really. The rest of the movie is awesome! The story is fairly bask, but your attachment to its finely drawn characters will go off the charts. A NACHO LIBRE (1 nr., 31 min; PG for some rough action, and crude humor including dialogue) Jack Black and "Napoleon Dynamite" creator Jared Hess tear.i up to deliver some serious hurtin' to the funny bone! The story of a g (Black) who pines for a sweet nun and longs to be a lucha libre wrestler has oodles of wacky humor and a touchingly soft heart A TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE LEGEND OF RICKY BOBBY (1 nr.. 45 min.; PG-1- 3 for crude and sexual humor, language, drug references and brief comk violence) Will Ferrell is funny as ever in this broad, satirical NASCAR-baitin- g comedy, but a little of the movie's humor goes a long way. Despite game acting by a solid cast most of the jokes are played out well before the movie ends. C OVER THE HEDGE (1 nr. 24 min; PG for some rude humor and mild comic action) Despite have plenty g of the animation that's become the norm in its genre, this adaptation of the syndicated comk strip by Michael Fry and T Lewis doesn't really stick to the ribs. Woodland creatures ped by a wily raccoon cope with the encroachment of suburbia. CJ B PG-1- 3 for thematic elements, brief violence and innuendo) As drama, this dance movie is as cheesy as it is predictable. When it gitz to steppin', however, the story of a teenage Dancing Queen (Jenna Dewan) and the Rebel Without Applause (Charming Tatum) who is destined to become her partner comes roaring to life. JB-- J MY SUPER third "Fast and the Furious" film has to its predecessors is lots of d street racing. Oh, and also trie usual flimsy characters and ridiculous technology. STEP UP (1 hr.. 34 min; WORLD TRADE CENTER (2 hrs., 5 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (2 hr., 30 min; 3 for intense sequences of adventure violence and frightening images) Despite a tendency to ramble, the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie is a fine and worthy reprise of everything that made the first film the surprise blockbuster of 2003. Huzzah for Captain Jack Sparrow! A- PG-1- for (1 hr., 26 min.; PG-1- 3 intense sequences of sci-- fi terror, disUubing iniages, language, sensuality and mematic material) Look out, it's the attack of the network TV stars! Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars"), Ian SomerhaWer ("Lost") PULSE min; PG-1- 3 for intense emotional content some disturbing images and language) Though it seems intended, at first, to nave a wider scope, Oliver Stone's movie about the Sept 11 attacks problematically settles for the small-scadrama of two trapped rescue workers. The film is precisely and skillfully crafted, but also overly calculated and conventional. C THE LAST STAND (1 hr.. 44 min; 3 for intense sequences of action violence, some sexual content and language) New direcPG-1- tor Brett Ratner doesn't have the storytelling patience of Bryan Singer (who directed the first two "X" films), and it shows. With a strong story and solid performances, film still however, the third stacks up pretty weH alongside its predecessors. B-- f THE DESCENT (1 hr., tense, unusually character-drive- n horror story. Six friends get more than they barway more gained for when they meet up to explore a pristine cave system in the Appalachians. The sets used to stage the underground exploits are fantastic and the scares will grab you by the throat A) THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT (1 nr., 44 mm.; PG-1- 3 for reckless and illegal behavior involving teens, violence, language N" At TftC MomiEY litis weeV. Jack and Jane enduie "Pulse. &Y THE one sc ARY M ITS' COMING. QUICK. 1 Vcu m THE ONLY THmW part ir. |
