Movie Guide

Published Thursday, June 21, 2007

MPAA ratings and reasons: G: General audiences; PG: Parental guidance suggested; PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned: some material unsuitable for children younger than 13; R: Restricted; children under 17 admitted with parent/guardian; NC-17: No children younger than 17 admitted

L: Language, profanity, crude humor N: Nudity S: Sex, sensuality V: Violence, strong action D: Drug use

Movies are rated on a scale of one to five, five being the best.

Film The Story Rating Length Theater
Away from Her NEW After 44 years of marriage, a retired professor (Gordon Pinsent) and his wife (Julie Christie) deal with her failing memory. PG-13
L
1:50 Ragtag
Chalk NEW Director Mike Akel explores in mockumentary style an introverted high school history teacher whose lack of enthusiasm is contagious.  PG-13
L
1:25 Ragtag
Dark Side of the Rainbow NEW Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” album plays in sync with “The Wizard of Oz.”
Tomorrow only.
Not Rated Not available Ragtag
Evan Almighty NEW Steve Carell stars as a self-obsessed congressman who is commanded by God to build an ark to prepare for a flood. 
See synopsis.
PG 1:40 Forum 8, Stadium 14
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and The Thing return to unravel the destructive mystery of the Silver Surfer. 
See Scott May's review.
Scott May's rating:
PG
VL
1:45 Forum 8, Stadium 14
1408 NEW John Cusack stars as a horror novelist who gets a taste of his own fiction when he checks into a notoriously haunted hotel room.  PG-13
VL
1:45 Forum 8, Stadium 14
Ice Age: The Meltdown In the sequel to 2002’s animated hit, the Ice Age is coming to an end, and four prehistoric friends try to flee the oncoming flood.  PG
L
1:43 Forum 8
Knocked Up Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen are a mismatched couple who find themselves as parents-to-be after a drunken one-nighter. 
See synopsis.
R
SDL
2:09 Forum 8, Stadium 14
A Mighty Heart NEW Angelina Jolie stars as the wife of reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered while on assignment in 2002 in Pakistan.  R
VSL
1:43 Stadium 14
Nancy Drew  The resourceful teen sleuth comes to Hollywood and gets a lead involving the long-unsolved death of a glamorous movie star.
See synopsis.
PG 1:50 Forum 8, Stadium 14
Not In Our Town NEW A documentary explores how cities work to create hate-free communities. 5 p.m. tonight only. Not Rated Not Available Ragtag
Ocean's Thirteen George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and the rest of the gang team up with an old nemesis to settle a score.
See Scott May's review.
Scott May's rating:
PG-13
S
2:02 Forum 8, Stadium 14
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End  Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush join forces to free Johnny Depp, who reprises his role as Captain Jack Sparrow. 
See synopsis.
Scott May's rating:
PG
V
2:21 Forum 8, Stadium 14
Shrek the Third  Everybody’s favorite green ogre embarks on a quest to find a suitable replacement king. 
See synopsis.
PG
L
1:50 Forum 8, Stadium 14
Surf's Up  A documentary crew follows a young penguin with a gift and passion for surfing who enters his first pro competition. 
See synopsis.
PG
L
1:40 Stadium 14
The Valet NEW A humble car service valet (Gad Elmaleh) gets caught up in a billionaire industrialist’s sneaky infidelities. PG-13
SL
1:25 Ragtag

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Forum 8:
1209 Forum-Katy Parkway, 445-7469
MSA/GPC Film Series: A022 Brady Commons, 882-3780
MU Museum of Art and Archaeology: Pickard Hall, 882-3591
Ragtag Cinemacafé: 23 N. Tenth St., 443-4359, www.ragtagfilm.com
Stadium 14 : 2800 Goodwin Pointe Drive, 817-0770