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February 21, 2008

'Be Kind Rewind'; 'Vantage Point'; 'Witless Protection'; '27 Dresses'; 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'; 'The Bucket List'; 'Cloverfield'; 'Definitely, Maybe'; 'Fool's Gold'; 'I Am Legend'; 'Jumper'; 'Juno'; 'Meet the Spartans'; 'Over Her Dead Body'; 'Rambo'; 'Spiderwick Chronicles'; 'Step Up 2 the Streets'; 'Untraceable'; 'Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins'

New in theaters

'Be Kind Rewind'

Starring Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow and Melonie Diaz. Jerry, a junkyard worker, attempts to sabotage a power plant that he believes is melting his brain. But when his plan goes awry, the magnetic field that he creates accidentally erases all of the videotapes in a local video store where his best friend Mike works. Fearing that the mishap will cost Mike his job, the two friends team up to keep the store's only loyal customer -- a little old lady with a tenuous grasp on reality -- from realizing what has happened by recreating and re-filming every movie that she decides to rent. Rated PG-13 for some sexual references, running time 101 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Vantage Point'

Starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt. Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language, running time 90 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Witless Protection'

Starring Larry the Cable Guy, Ivana Milicevic, Yaphet Kotto, Peter Stormare, Joe Mantegna, Eric Roberts and Jenny McCarthy. During a routine day spent patrolling his small town, sheriff Larry witnesses a beautiful, high-class woman, Madeleine, being held against her will by four mysterious, black-suited men. Recognizing the opportunity to save the day, Larry "kidnaps" her, only to learn that Madeleine is actually a key witness in a high-stakes Chicago crime case and her captors are FBI agents assigned to protect her. Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, running time 97 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

Still showing

'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)

'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)

'Definitely, Maybe'

Starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks and Rachel Weisz. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, including some frank dialogue, language and smoking, running time 105 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Fool's Gold'

Starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Alexis Dziena and Ewen Bremner. Rated PG-13 for action violence, some sexual material, brief nudity and language, running time 110 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

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'I Am Legend'

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

'Jumper'

Starring Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane and Jamie Bell. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some language and brief sexuality, running time 90 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Juno'

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

'Meet the Spartans'

Starring Diedrich Bader, Kevin Sorbo, Method Man, Ken Davitian, Jim Piddock and Carmen Electra. Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language and some comic violence, running time 85 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Over Her Dead Body'

Starring Eva Longoria, Paul Rudd and Lake Bell. Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language, running time 95 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Rambo'

Starring Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Matthew Marsden and Graham McTavish. Rated R for strong graphic bloody violence, sexual assaults, grisly images and language, running time 93 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Spiderwick Chronicles'

Starring Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright and David Strathairn. Rated PG for scary creature action and violence, peril and some thematic elements, running time 97 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Step Up 2 the Streets'

Starring Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Telisha Shaw, Adam G. Sevani and Will Kemp. Rated PG-13 for language, some suggestive material and brief violence, running time 98 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Untraceable'

Starring Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, Joseph Cross and Mary Beth Hurt. Rated R for some prolonged sequences of strong gruesome violence and language, running time 101 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins'

Starring Martin Lawrence, Louis C.K., James Earl Jones, Cedric the Entertainer and Joy Bryant. Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language and some drug references, running time 114 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

-- From staff reports

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