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FILM CLIPS

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

This article was published May 23, 2008 at 3:53 a.m.

— At area theaters

70

BABY MAMA, PG-13

Tina Fey plays a successful executive who, when she finds out she's unlikely to be able to get pregnant, hires a rowdy surrogate mother (Amy Poehler). (96 minutes)

80

THE BANK JOB, R

A dodgy car dealer (Jason Statham) in 1970s England succumbs to the temptation to take part in the scam of a lifetime. (110 minutes)

86

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN, PG

One year after the four Pevensie children return to England after their adventures in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, they are recalled to Narnia, where an evil usurper is threatening the rule of the rightful prince. With Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes; directed by Andrew Adamson. (140 minutes)

76

COLLEGE ROAD TRIP, G

A collegebound girl (Raven-Symone) finds her excitement at visiting prospective campuses with her girlfriends dampened when her overprotective dad (Martin Lawrence) insists on accompanying her. (85 minutes) 90 THE COUNTERFEITERS, R Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), the king of counterfeiters in Nazi-era Berlin, has exceptional skills that help him survive and advance in a concentration camp. Subtitled. (98 minutes)

77

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, PG-13

An American teenager (Michael Angarano) finds an antique Chinese staff in a pawnshop that magically transports him to martial arts-dominated ancient China. (113 minutes)

78

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, R

A musician (Jason Segel), dumped by his TV star girlfriend (Kristen Bell), struggles to keep her rejection from ruining his life. (110 minutes)

74

HORTON HEARS A WHO!, G

A kindly elephant responds to a cry for help from an airborne speck of dust. Animated. (110 minutes)

90

IRON MAN, PG-13

Billionaire weapons manufacturer Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), injured by one of his own weapons, builds himself a high-tech suit of armor and becomes Iron Man to combat evil on a global scale. (126 minutes)

78

JUMPER, PG-13

A young man with unique genes discovers he has the ability to teleport himself anywhere. (90 minutes)

72

MADE OF HONOR, PG-13

Patrick Dempsey plays an attractive guy who suddenly realizes how empty his life is without his best friend (Michelle Monaghan) when she becomes engaged to a handsome and wealthy Scotsman. (101 minutes)

68

MEET THE BROWNS, PG-13

A struggling single mother takes her three kids to Georgia for the funeral of a father she never knew and gets to know a family that changes her life. (100 minutes)

82

MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS, PG-13

Shanghai director Wong Kar Wai's first English-language film follows a young woman (Norah Jones) in a cross-country trip in search of the meaning of love. With Jude Law, Natalie Portman. (90 minutes)

62

PROM NIGHT, PG-13

A high school senior's prom might not turn out to be the grand occasion she envisions after the arrival of an uninvited sadistic killer in this remake. (98 minutes)

88

REDBELT, R

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a jujitsu master who, having pursued a life of honor and education, must stepinto the prize ring for the first time. With Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer, Joe Mantegna; directed by David Mamet.(99 minutes)

72

THE RUINS, R

Tourists discover badness is buried along with ancient buildings at a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle. (91 minutes)

90

SNOW ANGELS, R

The lives of a high school student, a waitress, her estranged husband and their daughter come together in a small Pennsylvania town in winter. (106 minutes)

68

SPEED RACER, PG

Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is determined to win the dangerous cross-country rally that took his revered brother's life. With Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon; directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski. (129 minutes)

82

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, PG

A family encounters weird experiences when it moves into an isolated old house owned by an aging relative. (97 minutes)

68

SUPERHERO MOVIE, PG-13

A spoof of superhero movies. With Sara Paxton; directed by Craig Mazin. (85 minutes)

79

21, PG-13

An MIT student finds the stakes higher than he anticipated when he joins a group that travels every weekend to Las Vegas to win at blackjack. (123 minutes)

82

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS, PG-13

A night of revelry results in a hasty marriage for two strangers (Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher) that gets contentious when one of them wins a fat jackpot while playing the slots with the other's quarter. Directed by Tom Vaughan. (99 minutes)

Movie-rating point system

Movies are rated on a scale from 50 to 100.

Guidelines for moviegoers:

96-100 Transcendent

90-95 Exceptional

80-89 Better than most to remarkable

70-79 Average

60-69 Awful to mediocre

50-59 Irredeemable

MovieStyle, Pages 41, 43 on 05/23/2008

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