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NEW IN THEATRES:
Fly Me to the
Moon
MPAA rating:
G
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating:
Green
The
animated 3-D film Fly Me to the Moon focuses on Ned, a young fly who is
enthralled by his Grandpa’s tales of adventure. Ned convinces his pals, the
brainy I.Q. and the overweight Scooter, to join him on the ultimate adventure –
stowing away on the historic Apollo 11 flight and landing on the moon! As word
of the trio’s heroic exploit spreads throughout the insect community, Communist
flies in the Soviet Union vow to stop them. Will the Soviet spy fly Yegor’s
sabotage succeed? And will Ned, I.Q., and Scooter make it back to Earth safely?
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Release Date:
August 15, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and momentary
smoking
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Yellow
Set in the period
between the Star Wars prequel movies Attack of the Clones and
Revenge of the Sith, the animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars
features the wartime adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Now a
full-fledged Jedi Knight, Skywalker is given a difficult assignment: the evil
Count Dooku has kidnapped the child of gangster Jabba the Hutt; while Obi-Wan
tries to negotiate with Jabba, Skywalker must retrieve the baby Hutt, battle
Dooku and his evil apprentice Ventriss…and deal with the cocky attitude of his
own new apprentice, the beautiful padawan Ahsoka.
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Release
Date:
August 1, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments As if he didn't dig up enough trouble
in the last two Mummy movies, Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is getting his
hands dirty again! This time he's in China with his wife (Maria Bello) and son
(Luke Ford), where a terra cotta army has been unearthed. When they accidentally
awaken these clay warriors, their tyrannical Emperor (Jet Li) resumes his 2000
year-old quest to conquer the world.
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Release
Date:
August 1, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments Usually, Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner)
is an unshaven, beer-loving man, content to be the victim of life's
circumstances. But that all changes when his proactive daughter (Madeline
Carroll) registers him for the vote. Due to some problem with the election
processes, Bud finds himself in the middle of the American presidency champagne
-- with the daunting responsibility of casting the deciding ballot.
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Release
Date:
July 25, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments Reprising their roles from the
successful TV series, Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully
(Gillian Anderson) use their skills to investigate another paranormal mystery.
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Release
Date:
July 25, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments This documentary follows some real
life American Teens from Warsaw, Indiana, chronicling the social, emotional and
educational challenges of completing their senior year.
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MPAA Rating:
G
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Green
Space
Chimps
tells the story of Ham III, a chimp whose grandfather was an
astronaut in the early days of the space program. In contrast to his
famous ancestor, Ham III makes his living being shot out of a cannon
at a circus. Ham’s life changes when the U.S. space program’s new
probe is lost in a space warp. Since the journey to recover the
probe is too dangerous for humans, the space program recruits Ham to
lead a team of “space chimps” who have been trained to fly a rocket.
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Release
Date:
July 18, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Red
Batman returns in
The Dark Knight, a film demonstrating the moral compromises that heroes
(and movies about heroes) make in today’s world. When Batman, Police
Commissioner Gordon and “White Knight” District Attorney Harvey Dent bring down
all of Gotham City’s crime kingpins, the mob bosses hire the psychotic Joker to
eliminate Batman. The Joker kills numerous Gotham citizens and threatens to
continue unless Batman reveals his identity and turns himself in to the police.
Batman agrees, but Dent refuses to allow Gotham to lose its defender. But when
the Joker captures Batman’s girlfriend and turns Dent into the villainous
Two-Face, Batman shows him the true meaning of revenge…
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Release
Date:
July 18, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments
It is traditional for a
bride to be given away by her father, but that is a problematic
custom for Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) because she doesn't know her
Dad's identity. Nor will her mother (Meryl Streep) confess. Wanting
to find out, the young woman invites three of her Mom's old
boyfriends (Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgaard) to
the wedding, hoping one of them may be the right man. This movie is
based on a Broadway musical that features songs from the 70's disco
sensation ABBA.
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Release Date:
July
11, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG for intense adventure action and some scary moments
Overall
PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Green
Trevor Anderson
is a professor of geology conducting an experiment to locate volcanic
tunnels. He soon discovers a book called A Journey to the Center of the
Earth. Within its pages he finds his missing brother’s notes --
showing that the story is fact and not fiction! Trevor, his nephew Sean, and
mountain guide Hannah then set out on what will be the greatest journey of
their lives!
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Release
Date:
July 11, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG for bawdy and suggestive humor, action and some language
Meet Dave (Eddie Murphy).
He may look like a human being, but really he is an elaborately
disguised spaceship for a crew of miniature aliens on a secret
mission. The tiny extraterrestrials have obviously given great
thought to each part of their plan -- except for the possibility of
their machine deciding to fall in love with a sexy Earthling
(Elizabeth Banks).
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Release Date: July 2, 2008
MPAA Rating: G
Overall
PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Kit
Kittredge
is a feature film based on characters from the American Girl book series.
The lead character is Kit Kittredge, a young girl growing up in the early
depression years of the 1930s. Kit and her friends are thrust into several
adventures, during which they discover a group of thieves. The film has minimal
violence – at one point a villain is hit on the head with a shovel. There is no
foul language or sex depicted.
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Release Date: July 2, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and
language
Overall
PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Red
Hancock is the
resident superhero of Los Angeles. Over the years he has saved many
citizens’ lives; but Hancock’s rescues have cost the city millions of
dollars. As a result Hancock has become unpopular and lives on the streets
as a drunken homeless man. His luck changes when he saves public relations
man Ray Embrey from being hit by a train. Ray shows his gratitude by making
it his life’s mission to restore Hancock’s image.
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Release Date: June 27, 2008
MPAA Rating:
G
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