January 24, 2008

'Atonement'; 'How She Move'; 'Rambo'; 'There Will be Blood'; 'Untraceable'; '27 Dresses'; 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'; 'The Bucket List'; 'Charlie Wilson's War'; 'Cloverfield'; 'Enchanted'; 'First Sunday'; 'I Am Legend'; 'Juno'; 'Mad Money'; 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets'; 'Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie'; 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'

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'Atonement'

Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan and Vanessa Redgrave. When Briony Tallis was 13 years old, she was witness to a lewd act between her older sister Cecillia and Robbie, a servant's son, that ends up sending the boy to jail. Several years later, Briony is a young woman who tries to heal the wound the incident inflicted on her family. Rated R for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality, running time 123 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'How She Move'

Starring Rutina Wesley, Tracey 'Tre' Armstrong, Brennan Gademans, Cle Bennett and Kevin Duhaney. Raya, a gifted student and dancer at an elite academy, must return home and attend public school after her sister's drug-related death. Rated PG-13 for some drug content, suggestive material and language, running time 98 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Rambo'

Starring Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Matthew Marsden and Graham McTavish. John Rambo has long given up fighting. Sarah and Michael Bennett approach him and explain that since last year's trek to the refugee camps, the Burmese military has laid landmines along the road. They ask Rambo to guide them up the Salween and drop them off, so they can deliver medical supplies and food to the Karen tribe. Rambo takes them, dropping off Sarah, Michael and the aid workers. Less than two weeks later, pastor Arthur Marsh finds Rambo and tells him the aid workers did not return and the embassies have not helped locate them. The lone warrior knows what he must do. Rated R for strong graphic bloody violence, sexual assaults, grisly images and language, running time 93 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'There Will be Blood'

Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciaran Hinds and Dillion Freasier. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview, who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there's a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he heads with his son, H.W., to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. Rated R for some violence, running time 158 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Untraceable'

Starring Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, Joseph Cross, and Mary Beth Hurt. A tech-savvy internet predator is displaying his graphic murders on his own website -- and the fate of each of his tormented captives is left in the hands on the public: the more hits his site gets, the faster his victims die. When this game of cat and mouse becomes personal, FBI Special Agent Jennifer Marsh and her team must race against the clock to track down this technical mastermind who is virtually untraceable. Rated R for some prolonged sequences of strong gruesome violence, and language, running time 101 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

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'27 Dresses'

Starring Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Judy Greer and Edward Burns. Rated PG-13 for language, some innuendo and sexuality, running time 107 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Alvin and the Chipmunks'

Starring Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardson and Jane Lynch. Rated PG for some mild rude humor, running time 92 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Bucket List'

Starring Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Rob Morrow, Alfonso Freeman and Rowena King. Rated PG-13 for language, including a sexual reference, running time 97 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

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'Charlie Wilson's War'

Starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Ned Beatty. Rated R for strong language, nudity, sexual/content and some drug use, running time 97 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Cloverfield'

Starring Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel and Odette Yustman. Rated PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images, running time 84 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Enchanted'

Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Susan Sarandon and Timothy Spall. A classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City. Rated PG for some scary images and mild innuendo, running time 107 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'First Sunday'

Starring Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Regina Hall, Chi McBride and Malinda Williams. Rated PG-13 for language, some sexual humor and brief drug references, running time 96 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'I Am Legend'

Starring Will Smith, Alice Braga, and Salli Richardson-Whitfield. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Juno'

Starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Allison Janney, and J.K. Simmons. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content and language, running time 92 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Mad Money'

Starring Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes and Ted Danson. Rated PG-13 for sexual material, language and brief drug references, running time 104 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'National Treasure: Book of Secrets'

Starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Ed Harris, Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha. Rated PG for some violence and action, running time 124 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie'

Starring the voices of Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer. Rated G, running time 85 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'

Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower and Jayne Wisener. Rated R for graphic bloody violence, running time 117 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

-- From staff reports

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