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Performing Arts
Tiffany Razzano’s
Quick Takes
Kit Kitteredge: An American Girl (G) Like all Americans at the time, nine-year-old Kit Kitteredge’s (Abigail Breslin) parents (Chris O’Donnell, Julia Ormond) are hit hard by the Great Depression. While they rent rooms to a quirky group of tenants to make some extra money, Kitteredge solves a mystery that saves her parents’ home. Kung Fu Panda (PG) Jack Black lends his voice to Po, a slacker panda and kung fu fanatic who becomes an unlikely hero when he is unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy and become a kung fu master. And when the evil snow leopard Tai Lung escapes from prison, Po must step up to save the day. Also starring Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen and David Cross. Meet Dave (PG) A crew of miniature aliens operates a spaceship
that has a human form. The crew encounters problems when the ship, or Dave Ming Chang (Eddie Murphy), as he’s called, becomes smitten with an earth woman (Elizabeth Banks). Mongol (R) This is the historically epic story of Genghis Khan, focusing on how events from his early life shaped who he would become – a great warrior and world conqueror. WALL-E (G) Pixar is back with the story of Wall-E, the lonely, last robot on Earth, left on the planet after it was evacuated because it was covered in trash. When
he’s discovered by EVE, a search robot, she realizes Wall-E might have accidentally found the key to making Earth liveable again. When she rushes back to tell the humans, WALL-E goes on an adventure, following her across the galaxy. Wanted (R) A twenty-something slacker, Wesley Gibson discovers that his long-lost father was an assassin and has been murdered. Wesley is then recruited by the secret organization his father worked for to follow in his footsteps. And with the help of a fellow assassin, Fox (Angelina Jolie), and the group’s leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman), he’s able to transform his life.
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The Fall (R) Recuperating in a 1920s Los Angeles hospital after falling from a horse during a movie stunt and with a broken heart, Roy Walker (Lee Pace) blurs reality and fiction as he concocts a tale to entertain a fellow hospital patient, 5-year-old Alexandria, as he tries to woo her into stealing a fatal dose of morphine pills for him. Get Smart (PG-13) A remake of the classic ‘60s TV show Get Smart, starring Steve Carrell as the bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as his partner and love interest. Hancock (PG-13) Will Smith plays Hancock, an alcoholic superhero who’s hated by the public. When he saves the life of a PR executive, Ray Embry (Jason Bateman), Ray starts a PR campaign to improve the public image of Hancock, who winds up having an affair with his wife (Charlize Theron). The Incredible Hulk (PG-13) Edward Norton stars as scientist Bruce Banner and his rage-induced alter ego The Hulk. Cut off from his old life and the woman he loves (played by Liv Tyler), Banner is hunting for the cure that will quell the fury that brings out The Hulk. Meanwhile, the military is hunting for him in order to exploit his power. Love Guru (PG-13) An American left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child, Maurice Pitka (Mike Myers) returns to America as a self-help guru seeking fame and fortune. He takes on the job of trying to reunite a star hockey player from the Toronto Maple Leafs and his estranged wife so that the team can win the Stanley Cup. Also starring Jessica Alba and Justin Timberlake.