Featuring marionette-like animation and a new character annoying enough to rival Jar Jar Binks, the latest entry to the sci-fi series truly tests a nerd's commitment to the Jedi.

Stephen Sommers’s agreeably slapdash Mummy series has leapt out of its dusty cocoon again, only to stumble over its tedious subplots.

Watching Angelina Jolie draped over the hood of a sports car, firing machine pistols and steering through the windshield with her feet, there’s a sense that she actually does this sort of thing all the time, between adoptions.

Starring Edward Norton, Tim Roth, and Liv Tyler. Rated 14A. Opens Friday, June 13, at the Cinemark Tinseltown

Starring Ben Barnes, William Moseley, and Peter Dinklage. Rated PG.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges. Rated PG.

The movie sees Chan and Li in their characteristic personae—drunken master and fighting monk—which are sufficiently different to give each other room.

Like blind dates or diet pudding, one’s experience of Superhero Movie benefits enormously from low expectations.

Starring Steven Strait and Camilla Belle. Rated 14A.

A comedy of ill manners, is the story of a man facing a family reunion, a return to home soil that promises an experience like adding Mentos to Diet Coke.

Starring Sean Maguire and Carmen Electra. Rated 14A.

Starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Rated PG.

Starring Steven Pasquale and Reiko Aylesworth. Rated 18A.

All hail a new genre classic, and all hail Will Smith, whose resilient can-do vibe gets a real workout in this zombies-rule-New York thriller

The dialogue and music are strangely entertaining, though wear a helmet, because filmmaker Tim Hill wants to hit you repeatedly over the head with the family-is-good message

The story of four couples in varying states of marital crisis is full of earnest prayer, stilted advice, hammy villainy, and ridiculously acrid insults. The movie is maddeningly preachy, awkward, and stagy

Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary update the Old English poem with motion capture and modern psych, plus buckets of blood

The nominal subject of the movie is Lambeau "Coach" Fields, the worst leader in sports. The real hero is David Koechner, getting a shot at headlining after years of terrific character work in comedies.

Starring Christopher Eccleston and Alexander Ludwig. Rated PG.

Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Madison Pettis. Rated G.

Starring Amanda Bynes and Sara Paxton. Rated PG.

Starring Kevin Bacon, Aisha Tyler, and Kelly Preston. Rated 18A.

Starring Jet Li and Jason Statham. Rated 18A.

Starring Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, and Emma de Caunes. Rated general.

Starring Andy Samberg, Ian McShane, and Sissy Spacek. Rated PG.

Starring Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, and Rachael Taylor. Rated PG.

Starring Ioan Gruffudd and Jessica Alba. Rated PG.

Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and Thomas Haden Church. Rated PG.

A documentary by Marc Fafard. Rated G. At the Imax Theatre at Canada Place

Starring Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, and Robert Mammone. Rated 18A.

Starring Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss, and David Morse. Rated 14A.

Starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. Rated 14A.

Starring Ice Cube, Nia Long, and John C. McGinley. Rated G.

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode, and Jeff Daniels. Rated 14A.

A documentary by Harry Lynch. Unrated. At the OMNIMAX Theatre

Featuring the voices of Laurence Fishburne, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, and Kevin Smith. Rated PG.

Starring Gerard Butler and Lena Headey. Rated 18A.

Starring Gabrielle Union and Idris Elba. Rated PG.

Starring Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, and Andy Garcia. Rated 18A.

Starring Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, and Bruce Willis. Rated 18A.

Starring Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, and Thandie Newton. Rated PG.

Starring Denzel Washington, Jim Caviezel, and Paula Patton. Rated 14A.

Featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, and Robin Williams. Rated general.

Starring Daniel Craig, Mads Mikkelsen, and Eva Green. Rated 14A.

Featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, and Ian McKellen. Rated general. For showtimes, please see page 79

Imagine an unpopular Republican president prosecuting a war that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. While defending his actions on the basis of human rights, this president has actually restricted civil liberties and habeas corpus. Accused of expanding executive powers to the point of tyranny, he is assassinated. This scenario is, among other things, the plot of Death of a President, a fascinating “future history” directed by British filmmaker Gabriel Range.

Starring Hend Ayoub and Brian Boland. Rating unavailable. Opens Friday, October 27, at the Fifth Avenue Cinemas

Brad McDonald is a professional creature wrangler. The reason his Fraser Valley basement is loaded with creepy-crawlies is because he likes it that way. His business, The Fright Stuff, provides exotic critters for a variety of purposes: to collectors, for educational talks and anti-phobia counselling, and to the television and film industry.

Featuring the voices of Kiefer Sutherland, Janeane Garofalo, William Shatner, and James Belushi. Rated G.

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