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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us July 21, 2005 MOVIE REVIEWS Bad News Bears A former minor league baseball player is lured back to the game as a coach to the losingest team in Little League. Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden. PG-13 for rude behavior, language throughout, some sexuality and thematic elements/114 min. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie Bucket comes from a poor family, but things may change for him when he finds one of five gold tickets hidden in chocolate bars. The ticket allows him, as well as the children who find the other tickets, to take a tour of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Directed by Tim Burton (“Edward Scissorhands”, upcoming “Corpse Bride”); Starring Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore PG for quirky situations, action and mild language/115 min. Dear Frankie Set in Scotland, a young mother makes up stories about nine-year-old Frankie’s absent father traveling in exotic lands. But when fantasy and reality clash, the mother goes to great lengths in order to keep up the fiction she created. Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler (“Phantom of the Opera”), Jack McElhone PG-13 for language/105 min. Howl’s Moving Castle A teenage girl working in a hat shop is literally swept off her feet by a wizard, then turned into a 90-year-old woman by a wicked witch in this fantasy anime. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki (“Spirited Away”). Voice Talents of Emily Mortimer, Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal, Blythe Danner. PG for frightening images and brief mild language/119 min. Island Inhabitants of a seemingly utopian society learn that everything about their lives is a lie. When they learn the true reason for their existence, they escape to literally meet their makers. Directed by Michael Bay (“Pearl Harbor”, “Armageddon”). Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johannsen, Djimon Hounsou, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan. PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexuality and language/138 min. Fantastic 4 After a freak accident aboard a space station, four people gain uncommon powers. Mr. Fantastic can elongate his body; Invisible Woman can become invisible and render other objects invisible; Human torch can shoot fire from his finger tips and bend flame; and The Thing has incredible strength. Together they battle to save the Earth from the evil of Dr. Doom. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon. PG-13 for intense action and some suggestive content/110 min. Look At Me In French with English subtitles A young woman named Lolita with a powerful singing voice and pouty disposition strives to be everything she is not — perfect, popular, and the object of her famous, self-absorbed father. Directed by Anges Jaoui. Starring Marilou Berry, Agnes Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Laurent Grevill, Virginie Desarnauts PG-13 for brief language and a sexual reference/110 min. Mad Hot Ballroom A profile of several children and their journey into the world of ballroom dancing. The 11-year-olds go from reluctantly participating to preparing to competing in citywide finals. PG for some thematic elements/105 min. March of the Penguins Every March, the Emperor Penguin begins a quest to find the perfect mate and start a family in the Antarctic. The journey will take them hundreds of miles, in freezing cold temperatures, under the harshest conditions on earth. They will risk starvation and attack by predators...all to find true love. Directed by Luc Jacquet Narrated by Morgan Freeman. G/85 min. Saving Face Low key charmer about a closeted Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother, both reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash with cultural expectations. The warm comedy spans the fragile bridge between traditional values and a modern independent spirit. Directed by Alice Wu Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Li Zhiyu. R for some sexuality and language/98 min. War of the Worlds Updated retelling of the classic 1898 H.G. Wells story about aliens invading the earth, as seen through the eyes of one family. Directed by Steven Spielberg (“E.T.,” “Jaws,” “Schindler’s List,” “Minority Report,” “Jurassic Park”). Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin. PG-13 for frightening sequences of sci fi violence, disturbing images/118 min. Wedding Crashers A pair of “divorce mediators” spend their weekends crashing weddings in search of Mrs. Right…for a night. Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams R for sexual content/nudity and language/120 min. 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