At the theaters 11/10/06

NEW AT THEATERS

'A Good Year'

Starring Russell Crowe, Albert Finney and Marion Cotillard. London-based investment banker Max Skinner plans to sell a small vineyard he inherits from his uncle. But Max encounters a beautiful California woman who also lays claim to the property, and he begins to consider whether he can really sell the place. Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual content, running time 118 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Borat'

Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Pamela Anderson and Ken Davitian. Kazakh reporter Borat travels to the United States in hopes of bringing back important knowledge to his primitive homeland. Rated R for pervasive strong crude and sexual content including graphic nudity and language, running time 84 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Facing the Giants'

Starring Alex Kendrick, Jim McBride and James Blackwell. A high school football coach uses some unorthodox methods to motivate his team in "Facing the Giants." A devoted Christian, the coach turns to God for inspiration, with amazing results. Rated PG for some thematic elements, running time 111 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Harsh Times'

Starring Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez and Eva Longoria. Jim David has just been signed on by the DEA to work in Columbia. His friend Mike Alvarez is unemployed and bored. This film follows the friends as they cruise around Los Angeles drinking and being reckless -- until things get out of hand and one turns against the other. Rated R for strong violence, language and drug use, running time 120 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Return'

Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien and Sam Shepard. Joanna has made a career for herself as sales rep for a trucking company. But her private life has been difficult; estranged from her father, stalked by an obsessed ex and with few friends, Joanna fears she is losing her mind. She keeps seeing visions of the brutal murder of a stranger by a man who appears to be making Joanna his next target. Rated PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images, running time 85 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Stranger Than Fiction'

Starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dustin Hoffman. An IRS agent (Will Ferrell) hears a mysterious voice narrating his entire life, a voice that seems to know his thoughts and feelings, as well as when and how he'll die. It turns out that the voice is that of an author writing a book in which the agent is a character. Rated PG-13 for some disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and nudity, running time 113 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

STILL PLAYING

"Santa Clause 3:

The Escape Clause'

Starring Tim Allen, Alan Arkin and Martin Short. This time around, Santa has to fight off Jack Frost, who wants to rule Christmas himself. Making matters more complicated, Scott risks revealing the secret location of his North Pole hideout by inviting his family up for the holiday. Rated G, running time 92 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Departed'

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson. Billy Costigan is an undercover cop in South Boston assigned to infiltrate a mob syndicate run by a boss named Costello. Meanwhile, a young criminal, Colin Sullivan, has embedded himself in the police department's Special Investigation Unit. Both their lives become endangered when the two organizations realize they have moles within their ranks. Rated R for for strong violence, language, sexual content and drug material, runing time 152 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Employee of the Month'

Starring Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson and Dax Shepard. A couple of employees at a Costco-like super store compete for the affections of a new co-worker by trying to win the Employee of the Month award. Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and language, running time 103 minutes. (Cape Town Plaza)

'Flags of our Fathers'

Starring Jamie Bell, Ryan Phillippe and Robert Patrick. In February 1945, the United States closes in on victory in Europe, but the battle in the Pacific still rages on. A photographer captures a photo during the battle of Iwo Jima, an image of men raising the flag that is destined to become a symbol strong enough to raise morale back home. But as they're paraded around the country in an effort to sell war bonds, the surviving flag raisers begin to wonder who the real heroes of the battle were. Rated R for sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language, running time 132 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Flicka'

Starring Alison Lohman, Maria Bello and Dallas Roberts. On a ranch in Wyoming, young Katie aspires to one day run the family spread, even though her father is grooming her brother for the job. Katie finds and tames a wild horse and names it Flicka. Rated PG for some mild language, running time 95 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Flushed Away'

Starring the voices of Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen. This animated feature tells the story of an uptown rat who is flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment into the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new way of life. Rated PG for crude humor and some language, running time 85 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Guardian'

Starring Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher and Clancy Brown. Ben Randall is a maverick teacher who trains rescue swimmers for the Coast Guard. Randall shows the talented Jake Fischer how to become a member of his team, only for danger to loom large when the men set off on a trip to Alaska. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action/peril, brief strong language and some sensuality, running time 135 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Man of the Year'

Starring Robin Williams, Laura Linney and Christopher Walken. Many talk show hosts harbor lofty ambitions, but few would go to the extremes of Tom Dobbs. After entering the race for president as a joke, Dobbs is in for quite a surprise when he proves to be more popular than anyone could have imagined. Rated PG-13 for language including some crude sexual references, drug related material and brief violence, running time 115 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Open Season'

Starring the voices of Martin Lawrence, Ashtonn Kutcher and Jon Favreau. A domesticated grizzly bear named Boog meets a deer named Elliot in the woods during hunting season, and the two try to find their way out of the forest while avoiding the hunters. Rated PG for some rude humor, mild action and brief language, running time 86 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Prestige'

Starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson. In early 20th-century London, a magician develops a rivalry with another conjuror after he devises a seemingly impossible new trick. Rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images, running time 135 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Saw III'

Starring Tobin Bell, Angus MacFadyen and Dina Meyer. Jigsaw's new apprentice, Amanda, kidnaps a woman named Lynn and takes her to an abandoned warehouse. Jigsaw is on the verge of death and she is charged with keeping the madman alive long enough for another of his victims, Jeff, to complete a game of his own. Together, Lynn and Jeff struggle to complete their assigned tests, unaware that Jigsaw has something even more devious planned for them. Rated R for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language, running time 107 minutes. (Cape West Cine)