THEATERS, RATINGS
Movies are listed with theater locations through Wednesday. Reviews without star ratings are from critics other than Roger Ebert. Listings are subject to change. Call theaters for times. For an online movie guide, see augusta.com/movies.
COMING FRIDAY
HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (R) Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (R) Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans
THE VILLAGE (PG-13) Augusta Exchange, Aiken, Big Mo and Evans
THUNDERBIRDS (PG) AUGUSTA EXCHANGE AND EVANS
ONGOING
13 GOING ON 30 (HH, PG-13) Yet another comedy in which a child occupies an adult body, but without the charm and ingenuity of Big, Vice Versa and Freaky Friday. Jenna, 13, wishes herself an adult and becomes a 30-year-old Manhattan magazine editor (Jennifer Garner). Masters, ends today at Augusta Village
A CINDERELLA STORY (H, PG) Dreary, flat, dismal and routine recycling of the Cinderella story, with Hilary Duff as a Valley Girl whose dad dies in an earthquake, leaving her with two evil stepsisters and an evil stepmom (Jennifer Coolidge. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans
ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY (HHH, PG-13) Will Ferrell plays Ron Burgundy, early-1970s anchorman in San Diego - a legend, especially in his own mind. One day "diversity" comes to the station with its first female co-anchor (Christina Applegate), and Ron and the "news team" go ape. Augusta Exchange and Evans ends today at Aiken
BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES (HHH, PG-13) When magazine writer Jamie Foxx's fiancee dumps him, he quits and writes a best seller about how to break up with a girl before she can break up with you. Augusta Village
CATWOMAN (H, PG-13) After Halle Berry discovers corporate skullduggery and is killed, an Egyptian cat named Midnight breathes new life into her, and she becomes Catwoman with such remarkable self-composure that we never even find out how it feels to change your species. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans
DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (HHH, PG-13) Vince Vaughn plays the owner of a bankrupt gym, and Ben Stiller is the manic owner of the multimillion-dollar muscle emporium across the street. Ends today at Augusta Exchange
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (HHH, R) In a frankly partisan documentary, Michael Moore concludes that President Bush is incompetent, dishonest, failing in the war on terrorism and has bad taste in friends. Ends today at Augusta Exchange
I, ROBOT (HH, PG-13) Disappointing adaptation of the famous Isaac Asimov stories about robots derailed by contradictions in the Three Laws of Robotics. Will Smith stars as a Chicago cop who suspects a robot of murder. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans
JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION (HH, PG-13) Cedric the Entertainer hits the road with his family to attend the annual family reunion, in a genial but unfocused comedy that doesn't make much use of his sharp edges. Augusta Village
KING ARTHUR (HHH, PG-13) Darker and chillier than the usual Arthurian movie, with Clive Owen as a lean, hard-edged Arthur and Keira Knightley as Guinevere. Augusta Exchange, Big Mo and Evans
MAN ON FIRE (HH, R) Denzel Washington is a former terrorism expert, now depressed and an alcoholic, who gets a job as the bodyguard for a Mexican industrialist's family. Augusta Village and Masters
MEAN GIRLS (HHH, PG-13) Lindsay Lohan is home-schooled in Africa by her parents, who are anthropologists, and so is a fish out of water when she lands in Evanston High School. Augusta Village and Masters
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (H, PG) Depressing comedy about a super nerd who is tall, ungainly, unpopular and happy to be left alone. Jon Heder stars as the hapless hero whose brother seems to live in chat rooms and whose uncle obsessively replays his 1982 sports season. Evans
RAISING HELEN (HH, PG-13) Romantic comedy with Kate Hudson as a professional who suddenly finds herself raising her sister's children. Augusta Village and Masters
SCOOBY-DOO 2 (HH, PG) Second edition of live-action version of cartoon favorite. Augusta Village and Masters
SHREK 2 (HHH, PG) Shrek and Fiona go to meet her parents, who would rather see their daughter with Prince Charming. Eddie Murphy steals scenes as the voice of Donkey, Mike Myers is Shrek, and John Cleese and Julie Andrews play the parents of Fiona (Cameron Diaz). Ends today at Augusta Exchange and Evans
SLEEPOVER (H, PG) Alexa Vega, from Spy Kids, stars as a junior high schooler who competes in a scavenger hunt with the most popular girl in school (Sara Paxton). Lame, witless and recycled. Begins Friday at Augusta Village
SOUL PLANE (R) Snoop Dogg stars as the questionable Capt. Mack, who learned how to fly by taking lessons on a flight simulator while in prison. Augusta Village
SPIDER-MAN 2 (HHHH, PG-13) Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst bring real poignancy to Peter Parker's troubled love for Mary Jane, and Alfred Molina is superb as Doc Ock, the scientist who becomes a victim of his invention. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans
THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (HHH, PG-13) Somebody still wants to kill Jason Bourne. The amnesiac with the amazing skills is framed for murder in Berlin, and pursues his enemies from India to Italy, Germany and Russia. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (HH, PG-13) Vin Diesel re-creates his Pitch Black role, in which his ability to see in the dark proves useful for 26th-century galactic warfare. Masters and Augusta Village
THE CLEARING (HHH, R) Willem Dafoe is a working-class kidnapper, Robert Redford is his millionaire victim, and Helen Mirren is Mr. Redford's wife, in a superior thriller that depends more on psychology than formula. Ends today at Evans
THE NOTEBOOK (HHH, PG-13) Cuts between the same couple at two seasons in their lives. We see them in the urgency of young romance, and then we see them as old people, she disappearing into the shadows of Alzheimer's. As old people, they're played by Gena Rowlands and James Garner; as young people, by Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. Augusta Exchange and Evans, ends today at Aiken
TROY (HH, R) Brad Pitt stars as the great warrior Achilles in a movie that sidesteps the existence of the Greek gods, turns its heroes into action movie cliches, and proves we're getting tired of computer-generated armies. Augusta Village and Masters
TWO BROTHERS (HH, PG) Follows the adventures of two tiger cubs in Indochina, circa 1920, as they are captured by men, threatened with death, and struggle to regain their freedom. Augusta Village and Masters
VAN HELSING (HHH, PG-13) Hugh Jackman stars as the monster-hunting Dr. Van Helsing, in pursuit of Dracula and the Wolfman. Augusta Village
WHITE CHICKS (H, PG-13) Marlon and Shawn Wayans play brothers who are FBI agents assigned to protect high-society bimbos who seem to be the target of a kidnapping scheme. Augusta Exchange, ends today at Aiken
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