13 GOING ON 30 (PG-13)
Jennifer Garner is Jenna, a pre-teen who makes a wish and wakes up on her 13th birthday as a 30-year-old woman. Also stars Mark Ruffalo.
BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES (PG-13)
Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx) is dumped by his fianceé and during his period of recovery, he writes his own "how to breakup" book to help guys avoid what has happened to him. He becomes a best-selling author. Also stars Gabrielle Union and Morris Chestnut.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (PG-13) Starts Friday
This movie takes a big-budget, special-effects-filled look at what the world would look like if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued at such levels that they resulted in worldwide catastrophe and disaster, including multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of the next Ice Age.
GODSEND (PG-13)
After their young son, Adam (Cameron Bright), is killed in an accident, a couple (Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) approach an expert in stem cell research (Robert De Niro) about bringing him back to life through an experimental and illegal cloning and regeneration process.
HOME ON THE RANGE (PG)
When an eviction notice shows up at the gates of the Patch of Heaven dairy farm, three cows take it upon themselves to prevent their home from being taken away. An animated feature with the voices of Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilley and Cuba Gooding Jr.
JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION (PG-13)
Nate Johnson (Cedric The Entertainer) and his family embark on a cross-country trek to their annual family reunion in Missouri. Also stars Vanessa Williams.
MAN ON FIRE (R)
Denzel Washington stars as a sullen and remorseful bodyguard who will stop at nothing to avenge the kidnap and murder of his charge (Dakota Fanning). Christopher Walken and Giancarlo Giannini also star in this Tony Scott adaptation of a novel by A.J. Quinnell.
* MEAN GIRLS (PG-13)
Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) is a 16-year-old raised in Africa by her anthropologist parents. When her mom is relocated, Cady is inaugurated into the social viper pit of American high school and finds herself caught between two polarized cliques: semi-intellectual Lizzy Caplan (Goth chick) and Daniel Franzese (queen extraordinaire) and "The Plastics," a group of popular girls led by Regina (Rachel McAdams). When Regina decides to reclaim her ex-boyfriend simply because Cady is interested, Cady plans to foil Regina, causing her to grow more plastic than the Plastics. "Mean Girls" is a smart comedy splattered with ingenious writing from Tina Fey although its attempt to skewer the image-obsession of teen girls while making a sexy spectacle of their bodies, suffers from its contradictions. — John Dicker
MICKEY (PG)
Harry Connick Jr. stars in a film about a Little League pitcher and his father. Written by John Grisham.
NEW YORK MINUTE (PG)
On the way to New York City, the Olsen twins get immersed in a black market deal, are chased by an overly exuberant truant officer (Eugene Levy) and fall in love with a senator's son and a bike messenger.
SCOOBY DOO2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED: (PG)
The sequel to the 2002 film that first brought Scooby and the gang to the big screen.
* SHREK 2 (PG)
Shrek 2 may not exactly be a kid's movie (most of the humor satirizes pop culture in ways that only "adults" will truly get), but I heard plenty of 10-and-unders laughing throughout the whole film. It has life lessons and a stellar cast (including Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, John Cleese and Antonio Banderas) and a soundtrack that'll lure in fans of any genre. Shrek 2 follows its prequel well; all of the old characters resume their roles, while new characters like the Fairy Godmother and Puss-in-Boots contribute some fun of their own. – Casey Parks
VAN HELSING (PG-13)
It's the 19th century, and Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) is off to Transylvania to root out evil. Joined by Anna (Kate Beckinsale) who is trying to rid her family of a curse, the two battle Count Dracula (Richard Roxbough) and confront Frankenstein's creature, a Wolf Man and Dracula's three bloodsucking brides.
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