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"AUSTRALIA" -- Director Baz Luhrmann's tale of an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a ranch and with a rugged stockman (Hugh Jackman) drives 2,000 head of cattle across Australia to Darwin, arriving just in time to see the city bombed by the Japanese. (PG-13, for some violence, a scene of sensuality and brief strong language.)

 

"FOUR CHRISTMASES" -- Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn suffer through the ultimate holiday horror -- four separate family gatherings with parents, step-parents, siblings and other kin. Also starring Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Voight, Mary Steenburgen and Jon Favreau. Directed by Seth Gordon. (PG-13, for some sexual humor and language.)

 

"TRANSPORTER 3" -- Jason Statham returns as the world's most lethal delivery man, this time finding a little romance while escorting a Ukrainian official's daughter. Also starring Natalya Rudakova. Directed by Olivier Megaton. (PG-13, for sequences of intense action and violence, some sexual content and drug material.)

 

HELD OVER

 

"BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA" -- Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, George Lopez and Edward James Olmos provide the voices for the dogs in this tale of a canine from the wrong side of the tracks in love with a pampered pooch from the 90210 ZIP code. Directed by Raja Gosnell. (PG, for some mild thematic elements.)

 

"BOLT" (3D) -- Miley Cyrus and John Travolta provide the lead voices in the computer-animated "Bolt," a family flick about a dog that plays a superhero on TV but must scrape by on his ordinary canine abilities on a cross-country trek home. The voice cast also includes Malcolm McDowell. Directed by Chris Williams. (PG, for some mild action and peril.)

 

"CHANGELING" -- A fact-based drama from the 1920s about a mother whose kidnapped son is eventually returned -- only she suspects this boy isn't really hers. Starring Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich and Amy Ryan. Directed by Clint Eastwood. (R, for some violent and disturbing content, and language.)

 

"EAGLE EYE" -- Two strangers start to suspect they are being used as pawns in a political assassination plot. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis and Billy Bob Thornton. Directed by D.J. Caruso. (PG-13, for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language.)

 

"FIREPROOF" -- Kirk Cameron stars in a story about a firefighter who uses a 40-day experiment known as "The Love Dare" in order to try to save his marriage. Directed and co-written by Alex Kendrick. (PG, for thematic material and some peril.)

 

"HAPPY-GO-LUCKY" -- Director Mike Leigh brings his improvisational style to a lighthearted film about a fun-loving British schoolteacher (Sally Hawkins) who finds her upbeat attitude severely challenged by the people in her life. Also starring Eddie Marsan, Samuel Roukin and Alexis Zegerman. Written and directed by Leigh. (R for language.)

 

"THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY" -- A teen faces unseen horror at a private school for girls. Starring Haley Bennett and Chase Crawford. Directed by Mickey Liddell. (PG-13, for strong thematic material, violence and terror, brief strong language and some teen drinking.)

 

"HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR" -- America's favorite high school students hit their senior year with a basketball championship, prom and a big spring musical. With Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu. Written by Peter Barsocchini. Directed by Kenny Ortega. (G.)

 

"MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA" -- The former Central Park zoo dwellers (voiced by Ben Stiller, Bernie Mac, Sasha Baron Cohen, Jada Pinkett Smith and David Schwimmer) hook up with their multi-generational families in the wilds of Africa. Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. (PG, for some mild crude humor.)

 

"MAX PAYNE" -- Mark Wahlberg takes the title role as a cop tracking the killer of his family and partner in this video-game adaptation. Also starring Mila Kunis and Beau Bridges. Directed by John Moore. (PG-13, for violence including intense shooting sequences, drug content, some sexuality and brief strong language.)

 

"PRIDE AND GLORY" -- A saga centered on a multigenerational family of New York City police officers, and how a police corruption scandal ensnares family members. Colin Farrell, Edward Norton and Jon Voight star. Directed and co-written by Gavin O'Connor. (R, for strong violence, pervasive language and brief drug content.)

 

"QUANTUM OF SOLACE" -- James Bond (Daniel Craig), vengeful over the death of his love in "Casino Royale," takes on a phony environmentalist trying to control water supplies. Also starring Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench and Jeffrey Wright. Directed by Marc Foster. (PG-13, for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sexual content.)

 

"ROLE MODELS" -- Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott are two adult adolescents ordered by a judge to do community service as mentors for troubled teenagers in this comedy. Also starring Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jane Lynch, Bobb'e J. Thompson and Elizabeth Banks. Directed by David Wain. (R, for crude and sexual content, strong language and nudity.)

 

"THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES" -- In 1960s South Carolina, a troubled teenage girl (Dakota Fanning) goes on a journey to learn more about the life of her late mother. Also starring Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Sophie Okonedo. Based on the best-seller by Sue Monk Kidd. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. (PG-13, for thematic material and some violence.)

 

"TWILIGHT" -- The publishing sensation comes to Hollywood in this tale of an eternally young vampire (Robert Pattinson) and his teen soul mate (Kristen Stewart) canoodling in Forks, Wash. Also starring Elizabeth Reaser, Peter Faccinelli, Ashley Greene and Nikki Reed. Based on Stephenie Meyer's best-seller. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. (PG-13, for some violence, a scene of sensuality.)

 

"ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO" -- Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks star as longtime friends who decide to fill their empty bank accounts by shooting a blue movie in Pittsburgh with local amateur talent. Written and directed by Kevin Smith. (R, for strong crude sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity and pervasive language.)


-- Compiled by the Yakima Herald-Republic



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