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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

AN UNFINISHED LIFE (* * *, PG-13). Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman play old friends who are essentially marking time on a run-down ranch in Wyoming. Then visitors arrive: Jennifer Lopez and her 11-year-old daughter. She was married to the rancher's son; he blames her for the son's death in a car crash. But now she is fleeing from an abusive boyfriend and seeks safety. Augusta Exchange

CRY WOLF (PG-13) When bored private-school teens create a myth about a serial killer, guess what happens. Augusta Exchange and Evans

JUNEBUG (HHHH, R) Recently married, a Chicago art dealer (Embeth Davidtz) and her husband (Alessandro Nivola) visit his family in North Carolina; a folk artist lives nearby whom she wants to sign up. But as the visitors are absorbed into the life of the family, old patterns and personalities compete with new ones. Profound with love and sadness. Augusta Exchange

JUST LIKE HEAVEN (PG-13) Reese Witherspoon returns to the realm of romantic comedy with a whimsical fantasy co-starring Mark Ruffalo and Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder. Augusta Exchange, Aiken, Big Mo and Evans

LORD OF WAR (R) Nicolas Cage gets rich quick by becoming an arms dealer in this thought-provoking drama. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans

VENOM (R) There's something sinister slithering in the swamplands in this voodoo horror movie with Bijou Phillips, Agnes Bruckner and Method Man. Augusta Exchange

ONGOING

A Sound of Thunder (pg-13) Time-traveling dinosaur hunters disrupt the course of history. Based on Ray Bradbury's classic story. With Edward Burns and Ben Kingsley. Ends today at Augusta Exchange

BAD NEWS BEARS (HHH, PG-13) Billy Bob Thornton as a drunken has-been minor league pitcher who coaches a Little League team of losers. Augusta Village, ends today at Masters

BATMAN BEGINS (HHHH, PG-13) Christian Bale stars as a millionaire, traumatized since childhood, whose study of evildoing leads him into a cruel prison and a secret society. Masters and Augusta Village

BEWITCHED (HH, PG-13) Will Ferrell plays a has-been movie star who signs for a TV retread of the sitcom Bewitched. He insists on an unknown for the Samantha role and discovers Nicole Kidman. Augusta Village

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (PG) Johnny Depp plays Willy Wonka, and his Finding Neverland co-star Freddie Highmore plays Charlie Bucket. Ends today at Augusta Exchange

CRASH (HHHH, R) Interlocking stories of whites, blacks, Latinos, Koreans, Iran-ians, cops and criminals, the rich and the poor, the powerful and powerless, all defined in one way or another by racism. Augusta Village, ends today at Masters

DARK WATER (HHH, PG-13) Jennifer Connelly, newly separated, moves with her small daughter (Ariel Gade) to a dark apartment in a grim building on New York's Roosevelt Island. Masters

DEUCE BIGALOW: EUROPEAN GIGOLO (NO STARS, R) Deuce Bigalow (Rob Schneider) makes a living prostituting himself. Ends today at Augusta Exchange

FANTASTIC FOUR (H, PG-13) Four scientists are transformed by a mysterious star storm into beings with superpowers. Masters and Augusta Village

FOUR BROTHERS (HHH, R) A little old lady is gunned down, and her four adopted sons (two black, two white) vow revenge. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans

HERBIE: FULLY LOADED (HH, G) Lindsay Lohan rescues Herbie, the original love bug, from a junk yard and ends up piloting it in a NASCAR race against a nasty opponent (Matt Dillon). Masters and Augusta Village

HUSTLE & FLOW (HHH, R) Terrence Howard plays a pimp and drug dealer who dreams of becoming a rap star. Masters and Augusta Village

LADIES IN LAVENDER (HH, PG-13) Judi Dench and Maggie Smith play sisters who share a cottage on the Cornwall coast. Life is peaceful until a dark and handsome stranger (Daniel Bruhl) washes ashore on a dark and stormy night. Evans

MADAGASCAR (HH, PG) Four animals at the Central Park Zoo are returned to the wild in Madagascar. Masters, Augusta Village

MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (HHH, G) The documentary follows the penguins of Antarctica through unimaginable conditions to document their life cycle. Evans, ends today at Augusta Exchange

MR. AND MRS. SMITH (HHH, PG-13) Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie go into marriage counseling when their romance starts to subside. What neither one knows is that they're both professional assassins assigned to kill each other. Masters and Augusta Village

REBOUND (HH, PG) Martin Lawrence plays a college basketball coach demoted to coaching middle school. Augusta Village

RED EYE (PG-13): Rachel McAdams stars as a hotel manager on an overnight flight seated next to a man (Cillian Murphy) who threatens to kill her father (Brian Cox) unless she switches a key Homeland Security official to a different room at her hotel to facilitate an assassination plot. Augusta Exchange, Aiken, Big Mo and Evans

SKY HIGH (PG) It's not easy being the offspring of superheroes, even if those superheroes are played by Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston. Ends today at Aiken

STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (HHH, PG-13) A return to the classic space opera. Ends today at Augusta Village

STEALTH (PG-13) Fighter plane develops a mind of its own and goes rogue after it's struck by lightning. Begins Friday at Augusta Village and Masters

the brothers grimm (pg-13) Starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger as con artists who finally have to prove their mettle. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans

THE CAVE (PG-13) Thrill-seeking cave explorers make shocking discoveries when they dive into a cave deep in a Romanian forest. Augusta Exchange, ends today at Aiken

THE CONSTANT GARDENER (HHHH, R) A British diplomat's wife is found slain at a remote crossroads. Is the death connected to her questions about the way drug companies test products on poor Africans? Augusta Exchange and Evans

THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (H, PG-13) Lame retread of the TV series starring Willie Nelson, Jessica Simpson and Burt Reynolds. Evans, ends today at Augusta Exchange and Aiken

THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE (HHH, PG-13) Based on the true story of a priest who was tried for murder after a teenage girl died during an exorcism. Aiken, Augusta Exchange and Evans

THE GREAT RAID (HHH, R): A realistic war drama based on the true story of a 1945 raid by U.S. Army Rangers and Philippine guerrillas on a Japanese POW camp at Cabanatuan to rescue more than 500 Americans. Ends today at Augusta Exchange and Evans

THE LONGEST YARD (HHH, PG-13) Adam Sandler stars as a has-been pro quarterback, sent to prison. He finds himself leading a team of convicts against a team of guards. Augusta Village

THE MAN (H, PG-13) Samuel L. Jackson plays a hard-boiled Detroit ATF agent, and Eugene Levy is a dental supplies salesman from Wisconsin. After the agent mistakes the salesman for an undercover contact, he needs him in order to pull off a sting. Augusta Exchange and Evans

THE SKELETON KEY (HH, PG-13) Kate Hudson signs up as a private caregiver for an old man (John Hurt) who can't talk after a stroke but sure wants to tell her something. Augusta Exchange and Evans

THE TRANSPORTER 2 (PG-13) The ultra-able deliveryman (Jason Statham) comes out of retirement to pursue kidnappers. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans

THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (HHH, R): Steve Carell stars as Andy Stitzer, whose buddies (Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen) discover is a virgin and determine to end his drought. Augusta Exchange, Aiken and Evans

UNDERCLASSMAN (PG-13) Eddie Murphy's legacy is safe. Seeing young Nick Cannon pilfer his act only makes us miss Mr. Murphy. Augusta Exchange, ends today at Evans

VALIANT (R): Laughs are scarce and little of the action resonates in the animated tale of World War II pigeons doing their part for the Allied effort. Ends today at Augusta Exchange and Evans

WEDDING CRASHERS (R) Comedy with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn taking advantage of other people's celebrations. Augusta Exchange and Evans