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December 1, 2006

'The Nativity Story'; 'Turistas'; 'Van Wilder 2'; STILL PLAYING: 'Bobby'; 'Borat'; 'Casino Royale'; 'Deck the Halls'; 'Deja Vu'; 'Facing the Giants'; 'Flicka'; 'Flushed Away'; 'For Your Consideration'; 'The Fountain'; 'Happy Feet'; 'The Queen'; 'Stranger Than Fiction'; 'Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny'

New at the theaters

'The Holiday'

Starring Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Edward Burns, Jack Black, Kate Winslet and Eli Wallach. Desperate for a change of scenery, two women meet online and swap houses for the Christmas holiday, discovering that a change of address really can change your life. Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some strong language, running time 135 minutes. Sneak preview Saturday only. (Cape West Cine)

'The Nativity Story'

Starring Shohreh Aghdashloo, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Eriq Ebouaney, Ciaran Hinds, Alexander Siddig and Shaun Toub. In this biblical adaptation, Mary and Joseph are forced to leave their home of Nazareth and take an arduous 100-mile trek to Bethlehem so she can give birth in a manger. Rated PG for some violent content, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Turistas'

Starring Melissa George, Josh Duhamel and Olivia Wilde. After a terrifying bus accident maroons a group of young hotties, they slowly discover that the white sand beaches and lush jungles conceal a dark, unsettling secret. Rated R for strong graphic violence and disturbing content, sexuality, nudity, drug use and language, running time 93 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Van Wilder 2'

Starring Kal Penn, Holly Davidson, Daniel Percival and Amy Steel. There's more wild partying and mayhem when Taj, from the first Van Wilder film, travels to England to teach a few snooty Oxford University students how to overcome their natural reticence. Rated R for pervasive crude sexual content, some nudity and language, running time 98 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

STILL PLAYING

'Bobby'

Starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins and Demi Moore. Directed by Emilio Estevez, this historical drama revisits the night Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down at the Ambassador Hotel in 1968. Rated R for language, drug content and a scene of violence, running time 120 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Borat'

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

'Casino Royale'

Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Jeffrey Wright. James Bond's first "007" mission leads him to Le Chiffre, banker to the world's terrorists. Rated for intense sequences of violent action, a scene of torture, sexual content and nudity, running time 144 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Deck the Halls'

Starring Matthew Broderick, Danny DeVito and Kristin Davis. One man's dream to create the biggest holiday light display in the world is turning another's world into a chaotic nightmare. Rated PG for some crude and suggestive humor and for language, running time 95 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Deja Vu'

Starring Denzel Washington, Jim Caviezel, Adam Goldberg and Bruce Greenwood. A sense of deja vu unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin through an investigation of a crime. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images and some sensuality, running time 128 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

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'Facing the Giants'

Starring Alex Kendrick, Jim McBride and James Blackwell. A high-school football coach uses some unorthodox methods to motivate his team. Rated PG for some thematic elements, running time 111 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Flicka'

Starring Alison Lohman, Maria Bello, Dallas Roberts and Tim McGraw. On a ranch in Wyoming, young Katie finds and tames a wild horse and names it Flicka. Rated PG for some mild language, running time 95 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Flushed Away'

Starring the voices of Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen. This animated feature tells the story of an uptown rat who ends up in the sewers of London. Rated PG for crude humor and some language, running time 85 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'For Your Consideration'

Starring Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara. The cast and crew of a small indie movie find themselves inexplicably surrounded by Oscar buzz in the middle of Academy Awards season. Rated PG-13 for sexual references and brief language, running time 86 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Fountain'

Starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. A man embarks on a thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. Rated R for some violence, running time 96 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Happy Feet'

Starring the voices of Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood and Hugh Jackman. In the great nation of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica, you're nobody unless you can sing, which is bad news for Mumble, who is the worst singer in the world. But he sure can tap dance. Rated G, running time 108 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Queen'

Starring Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen and James Cromwell. When news of the death of Princess Diana reaches the British public, Queen Elizabeth II retreats behind the walls of Balmoral Castle with her family, unable to comprehend the public response to the tragedy. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, running time 103 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

"Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'

Starring Tim Allen, Alan Arkin and Martin Short. This time around, Santa, aka Scott Calvin, has to fight off Jack Frost, who wants to rule Christmas himself. Rated G, running time 92 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Stranger Than Fiction'

Starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dustin Hoffman. An IRS agent hears a mysterious voice narrating his entire life. 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)

'Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny'

Starring Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Tim Robbins and Ben Stiller. Two average Joes strive to become the "greatest band on Earth." Rated R for pervasive language, sexual content and drug use, running time 95 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

-- From staff reports

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