Show Opening (Jodie Foster’s daughter in “Panic Room”) enlists two friends (Max Thierioiand Corbin Bleu) to help her steal money tp pay for her father's surgery PG for some larv guage thematic elements and nide humor 92 min One and a half stars out of four ' — The Associated Press thisyeek 5 “Monster Rated R Based on the 0) real-lif- e exploits of serial killer Aileen Wuomos this scalding drama follows her psychopathic career through the alternately awed : and terrified eyes of a young woman who’s fallen in love with her Theron’s performance is like a force of nature transfi- xing and ferodous and Ricci's understatement provides a per-feet complement If you can ' endure watching it you wont forget this grim cautionary tale fora long time Director: Patty Jenkins With CHariize Theron Christina Ricci Scott Y Wilson Bruce Dem 110 min Three stars out of four — Christian Science Monitor 0 £ qj' c 0 O O § “Miracle”' Rated PG Nearly everyone already knows how this film ends even' though a generation has been bom since the underdog US ' hockey team upset the ddmi- nant Soviets during the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid The fact that director Gavin O’ Con-nor still manages to build pal- O 12 75 v X (p (E 3 © “Barttershop 2: Back In Business’ Rated PG-- 1 3 ' If “Barbershop” was ice Cube’s "irs a Wonderful Life” the sequel is his “Mr Smith Goes to Washington" The 2002 original cast Ice Cube as a successor to James Stewart and Frank Capra's George Bailey a malcontent quietly seething over the confines of the' family business until dr-- : ' cu instance teaches him the richness of his life The equally warmhearted follownip puts Ice Cube in the footsteps of Stew-- 1 art and Capra's Jefferson Smith a naive idealist battling corrupt business and political forces in the name of commu- nal decency It's another win- - : pable suspense is a testament to how entertaining the film is The hockey sequences are shot and edited beautifully — you feel ' a glorified made-for-T- V movie but it's hard not to get caught up in the deafening chants of “USA! 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PG for language and some rough sports action 133 min Three stars out of four —The Associated Press “The Big Bounce” ’ Rated PG-1-3 Owen WHson usually makes any movie better simply by showing up and being Owen Wilson But in this adaptation Of an early Elmore Leonard crime ' novel his easygoing Hkabiiity is actualy a labHtty he lacks the edge needed to match the cadence of Leonard's (fialogue Also the book’s location has been moved from Mtchigan to Hawal so the trademark element of Leonard's work seems out of : place in paradise As the femme fatale mastermind of a plot to isteal $200000 Sara Foster to suitably sexy but simply has no there there Meanwhile actors wnoKnowwnauneyreoong ' (Bebe Neuwirth Charlie Sheen Gary Sinise) are squandered but Morgan Freeman maintains his ' usual stately presence PG-1-3 for sexual content and nudty violence and language 88 min One and a half stars out of four ' —The Associated Press Rated bonding— and the Inevitable catharsis and enlightenment that result — are the same as in the 1985 John Hughes teen classic The “Score” kids have nothing in common when they band together to break into a testing center and steal the SAT but one at a time they end up confronting tongetanefing dreams fears and resentments It would al seem standard if not for the presence of Scarlett Johansson Leonardo Nam a sort of Asian Jack Black gets the best fines and has a look of constant mischief in his eyes that makes him totally unpredctable PG-1- 3 for language sexual content and some drug references 93 min Two stars out of four : —The Associated Press ' ally more fika an extended infomercial for B2K the recently spflt tab four of R&B as written and directed by the group’s man- ager Christopher BStokes The boys of B2K— Omari “Omarlon” Grandberry JareiJ Houston DeMario “Raz-6- ” Thornton and Dreux UT Fizz” Frederic— appear as members of a Los Angeles street dance crew lhat battles other groups for money pride and (most impor- family) bragging rights The dancing is spectacular — a t L png comomaoon or p moves breakdancing cheerteadng pyramids and ty trash talk But it's pretty much the same stuff you'd see if you devoted an hour and a half each day to watching vktooe on BET'S “106 and Park” PG-1- 3 for thematic elements and sexual references 93 min One and a half stars out of four —The Associated Press g" Jaw-dro- p- 1— M nip-no- old-echo- down-and-dlr- Rated PG-1- 3 This may look like a “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaioo"— and Lord knows : thafs long overdue But it's actu : al Ellen Presents PG-1-3 This is the scheme that would have landed The Breakfast : Club" kids in detention It involves six students Instead of five and they represent a more ethnically (fiverse cross-sectio- n of campus But their forced CoBwrt ft Ucfuw ' Y- ' Pf8sanh" Y-r- Exciting andlnnovotive Dance L AVdenHne'sVcxxd Extravaganza “People T 0 : Win Say We’re In LoveV Friday Fob 1 3 'V'Y7tQ0pin:'Y:-YAdmission “Catch That Kid” Rated pg Like a poof man's "Spy Kids" this mqvle about a trio of preteens who plot a bank heist g has none of the giz- - at the Ljogan ' FREE' labemade artist from the statc of Utah whiz-ban- i as if ypu!re being checked into the boards as if the puck is flying at your face through the back of the net Kurt Russell in the showy role of coach Herb Brooks finds enough nuance to avoid being a Caricature It may sound like ning formula maintaining the original's mix of sweetness and urban attitude With Cedric the ' Entertainer Queen Latifah Sean Patrick Thomas Eve and Troy Garity PG-- 1 3 for language sexual material and 'brief drug references 98 min Three stars out of four r — The Associated Press mos of Robert Fjodrigtiez's trilogy That should bis a good thing the "Spy Kids” movies grew increasingly slick and bombastic But “Catch That ? 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