At the theaters 5/19/06

New at the theaters

'The Da Vinci Code'

Starring Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen and Alfred Molina. In Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre -- a museum employee has been murdered. Near his body is a strange cipher. To solve the riddle, Langdon joins with the victim's daughter, French cryptologist Sophie Neveu, and learns of a centuries-old conspiracy surrounding the Priory of Sion, a secret society dating back to the days of Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli and Leonardo Da Vinci. The brainy duo must race through Paris, London and elsewhere to solve the puzzle and the ancient conspiracy before the answer is lost forever. Rated PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references and sexual content, running time 149 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Over the Hedge'

Starring the voices of Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy. Verne and his woodland friends discover that a tall green thing has appeard in the middle of their neighborhood -- it's a hedge. RJ, a devious raccoon, explains that beyond the hedge are creatures called humans, and the food they throw away is delicious. Verne doesn't want to go, but RJ convinces everyone that there's no choice. Will the gang of critters venture into suburbia to see what's in store? Rated PG for some rude humor and mild comic action, running time 96 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'See No Evil'

Starring Kane, Christina Vidal, Samantha Noble, Luke Pegler and Michael J. Pagan. This horror flick starring pro wrassler Kane answers the question, "What happens when a seven-foot-tall, 300-pound psycho finds himself holed up in a hotel with a bunch of criminals." The answer: bloodshed. Rated R for strong gruesome violence and gore throughout, language, sexual content and some drug use, running time 84 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

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'American Haunting'

Starring Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy and Rachel Hurd-Wood. Two hundred years ago in Tennessee, a demon called Old Kate takes up residence with the family of John Bell. It torments them, and even causes a man's death. A local schoolteacher, Richard Powell, witnesses the events and writes them down for his daughter. Rated PG-13 for intense terror sequences and thematic material, running time 90 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Hoot'

Starring Luke Wilson, Logan Lerman, Brie Larson and Cody Linley. A Montana boy moves to Florida, where he uncovers a developer's plans to wipe out the habitat of endangered owls. The boy and his buddies hatch a crazy scheme to teach the greedy grownups a lesson and save their precious birds. Rated PG for mild bullying and brief language, running time 90 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Ice Age: The Meltdown'

Starring Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary. Manny the wooly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-tooth tiger and silly squirrel Skrat find themselves at the end of the ice age, and everyone is happy that the deep freeze is over. That is until they learn a huge glacial dam is about to break, which will flood their entire valley. The only chance for survival: get the heck outta there, and fast! Rated PG for some mild language and innuendo, running time 90 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Just My Luck'

Starring Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Missi Pyle and Samaire Armstrong. Ashley leads a charmed life. She's beautiful, successful and has always had the strangest stroke of good luck. All that changes when she kisses a handsome stranger at a costume party. After the kiss, Ashley swaps her good fortune for his horrible bad luck, which throws a real wrench in the perfect-life thing she had going on. Rated PG-13 for some brief sexual referenes, running time 102 mintes. (Cape West Cine)

'Mission Impossible III'

Starring Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Keri Russell. Retired from active duty, former spy Ethan Hunt now spends his time training IMF agents. But when a lunatic arms dealer threatens the life of Hunt's girlfriend, the superspy gathers his crew to bring her back to safety. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of frenetic violence & menace, disturbing images & some sensuality, running time 126 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Poseidon'

Cast AndrZ Braugher, Josh Lucas, Jimmy Bennett, Kurt Russell and Emmy Rossum. When a rogue wave capsizes a luxury cruise ship in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, a small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. Rated PG-13 for intense prolonged sequences of disaster and peril, running time 98 mintes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'RV'

Starring Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, JoJo, Josh Hutcherson and Jeff Daniels. An overworked executive, Bob, persuades his wife and children to give up their Hawaiian vacation for a cross-country RV trip, including a detour in the Rocky Mountains. But the real reason for Bob's change of plans: saving his career. But when he has a run-in with a crew of full-time motorhome weirdos, Bob learns to appreciate his family. Rated PG crude humor, innuendo and language, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Stick It'

Starring Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies, Tarah Paige and Maddy Curley. Haley Graham is a rebellious 17-year-old who, after a run-in with the law, is assigned to an elite gymnastics academy run by hardnosed coach Burt Vickerman. Haley immediately makes enemies at the school with her rebellious behavior but is surprised when the coach takes her under his wing. The elite athletes band together to compete for a major championship and prove that Graham isn't just a bad seed. Rated PG-13 for some crude remarks, running time 105 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'United 93'

Starring JJ Johnson, Polly Adams, Cheyenne Jackson and Starla Benford. This docudrama tells the story of the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, which became the fourth hijacked plane on Sept. 11, 2001. Told in real time, the film re-creates the doomed trip from the flight's takeoff to the hijacking to the realization by those onboard that their plane was part of a coordinated attack against the United States. Rated R for some intense sequences of terror and violence, running time 110 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Wild'

Starring the voices of Kiefer Sutherland, Greg Cipes and Jim Belushi. A crew of animals from the New York Zoo -- including a lion, a giraffe, an anaconda, a koala, and a squirrel -- discover what a jungle the city can be when one of their own is mistakenly shipped to the wild and they embark on a dangerous mission to rescue him. Rated G, running time 94 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

-- From staff reports