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Starring Jennifer Lopez, Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman. Rugged Wyoming rancher Einar spends his days tending his acreage and caring for his best friend, the injured Mitch. When the daughter-in-law he blames for his son's death turns up on his doorstep with the granddaughter he never knew he had, he's forced to re-examine his life and the assumptions he made about the past. Rated PG-13 for some violence including domestic abuse, and language, running time 100 minutes. Sneak preview Saturday and Sunday. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz and Danny Huston. When activist Tessa Quayle is found murdered in Northern Kenya, her widower, Justin, suspects that she had been having an affair. As Justin begins investigating Tessa's death, he uncovers a conspiracy involving pharmaceutical companies in the United States and the local Kenyan government. Rated R for language, some violent images and sexual content/nudity, running time 129 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)
Starring Benjamin Bratt, James Franco and Robert Mammone. During World War II, an elite military squad is sent to rescue 500 Americans from a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines. Rated R for strong war violence and brief language, running time 132 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)
Starring Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman and Amber Valletta. Ex-elite commando Frank Martin has retired to Miami and become a driver for a wealthy family with two young boys, Jack and Devon. When the two boys are kidnapped and injected with a potentially fatal virus, Martin defies the FBI to get the boys back safely. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, sexual content, partial nudity and brief language, running time 88 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Nick Cannon, Roselyn Sanchez and Shawn Ashmore. Tre Stokes is a young Los Angeles cop called upon to solve a murder at an elite prep school. He goes undercover and soon finds himself falling for his new teacher, who doesn't know he's working on the case. The main suspect: the basketball team's captain, Rob Donovan. Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual references, drug material and some teen drinking, running time 95 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)
Starring Steve Carell, Catherine Keener and Paul Rudd,. Unlike most 40-year-old men, retail clerk Andy Stitzer hasn't had sex. Ever. His co-workers try to help him out, but nothing works. But then Andy meets Trish, a 40-year-old single mother of three. Andy's buddies think "it" may finally happen, until they learn that Andy and Trish's relationship is based on a firm "no sex" policy. Rated R for pervasive sexual content, language and some drug use, running time 116 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Matt Damon, Heath Ledger and Jonathan Pryce. Terry Gilliam directs this revisionist adventure story that loosely follows the fairy tale-telling brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The siblings are early 18th-century con men who convince people to pay them for their abilities to banish strange creatures from their villages. It's all a scam, which has them worried after Napoleon's men want their services to investigate an evil queen who may be sapping blood from innocent young girls. Rated PG-13 for violence, frightening sequences and brief suggestive material, running time 118 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut and Eddie Cibrian. Jack and his brother, Tyler, gather a team of professional cave explorers to investigate a newly discovered underground ecosystem in Romania. But once they're a mile underground they have a run-in with a nasty new breed of flesh-hungry beast. Rated PG-13 for intense creature violence, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore and AnnaSophia Robb. Charlie Bucket finds one of five golden tickets for a guided tour of Willy Wonka's surreal candy-making factory. Rated PG for quirky situations, action and mild language, running time 116 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
-- From staff reports
Starring Jessica Simpson, Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Burt Reynolds and Willie Nelson. This update of the old TV series finds Bo and Luke Duke and their hot cousin Daisy running moonshine with Uncle Jesse in order to save the family farm from Hazzard County's commissioner, Boss Hogg. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, crude and drug-related humor, language and comic action violence, running time 105 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans and Jessica Alba. After an accident in space, a team of scientists find that their DNA has been forever altered. The result? Superpowers, of course. Together, dubbed the Fantastic Four, they take on the evil Dr. Doom. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action, and some suggestive content, running time 110 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund. Four brothers set out to avenge the murder of their mother, which they suspect may not have been the convenience-store robbery it looked like. Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and some sexual content, running time 102 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Morgan Freeman narrates the story of thousands of Antarctic penguins who march across the frozen wasteland in order to mate É and find true love. Rated G, running time 80 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Diane Lane, John Cusack and Elizabeth Perkins. After a bad breakup, Sarah Hurlihy swears off men, but her sister puts Sarah's profile on a dating Web site, saying that all respondents "must love dogs." But Sarah doesn't even have a dog herself! When a hot dog-owner replies, Sarah borrows her bro's canine to cover up the lie. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy and Kyle Gallner. Lisa Reisart hates to fly, but her fears are put at ease when she meets a handsome stranger who's departing to Miami on the same flight. The problem is, just after takeoff, the man reveals himself to be a psycho planning to kill the head of Homeland Security, and Lisa is somehow the key to his success. Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence, and language, runing time 85 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)
Starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands and John Hurt. Caroline takes a job as a live-in nurse caring for the sick husband of an elderly woman at their run-down mansion outside of New Orleans. She begins to explore the house using a skeleton key that unlocks every door and uncovers a terrible secret in the attic. Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, some partial nudity and thematic material, running time 104 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)
Starring Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston and Michael Angarano. In a world where superheroes are common, Jeremy, the son of Commander Stronghold and Jetstream, attends a high school for superteens. But Jeremy is the only one without a superpower. Rated PG for action violence and some mild language, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx. Three elite pilots take to the skies to defeat an artificially intelligent drone fighter that's gone totally nuts after being hit by lightning. Rated PG-13 for intense action, some violence, brief strong language and innuendo, running time 120 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning and Miranda Otto. This Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of the H.G. Wells story follows a deadbeat dad whose attempts at reconciling with his wife and children are interrupted by an alien invasion. Rated PG-13 for frightening scenes of sci-fi violence and disturbing images, running time 116 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
Starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Rachel McAdams. Two partying dudes crash weddings to meet girls. But things get complicated when one of them falls for a bridesmaid. Rated R for sexual content, nudity and language, running time 119 minutes. (Cape West Cine)
-- From staff reports
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