Mini reviews
From Staff
Thursday, July 02, 2009

For an online film guide, go to augustachronicle.com/movies:

RELEASED WEDNESDAY

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS ( **, PG): Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Queen Latifah return to provide the voices for the various prehistoric critters in the third installment of the popular computer-animated franchise, this one in 3-D, for added value. Augusta Exchange, Evans, Masters

PUBLIC ENEMIES ( ****, R): Johnny Depp is the notorious bank robber John Dillinger, and Christian Bale is Melvin Purvis, the FBI man who brought him down, in director Michael Mann's sweeping crime epic. Augusta Exchange, Evans, Masters

ONGOING

17 AGAIN ( ***, PG-13): Matthew Perry gets the chance to relive high school as Zac Efron. Masters

DRAG ME TO HELL (PG-13): A young woman is combating a curse that could drag her to ... well, you know. Augusta Exchange

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST (PG-13): Matthew McConaughey portrays a playboy haunted by the girls he's loved before. Begins Friday at Masters

THE HANGOVER (R): Four friends retrace their steps the morning after a night of hard partying in Las Vegas. Augusta Exchange, Evans, Aiken

HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE ( ***, G): Big-time fame or quiet country life? That's the question for teen sensation Miley Stewart. Masters

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS ( ****, PG): Animated spacemen invade the planet. Who are you going to call? Monsters, evidently. Masters

MY SISTER'S KEEPER (PG-13): Domestic drama about a family dealing with illness stars Cameron Diaz as the family matriarch and Little Miss Sunshine Abigail Breslin as the child who must shoulder the familial burden. Augusta Exchange, Evans, Aiken

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE AT THE SMITHSONIAN (PG): Ben Stiller returns as the museum security guard. Augusta Exchange, Evans

OBSESSED (PG-13): A happily married man (Idris Elba) is threatened by a stalker temp. Masters

THE PROPOSAL (PG-13): Romantic comedy about an executive (Sandra Bullock) who forces her underling (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her so she can avoid deportation. Augusta Exchange, Evans, Aiken

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN ( **, PG): A Vegas cabbie transports two teens who are being chased by the government, the mob -- even aliens. Masters

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (PG-13): A low-key, steadily paced thriller from 1974 about a New York subway hijacking has been amped up. Augusta Exchange, Evans

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (PG-13): The robots in disguise return to unleash more destruction. Augusta Exchange, Evans, Aiken

UP (PG): A grumpy retiree and a Scout travel to the wilds of South America. Augusta Exchange, Evans, Aiken

YEAR ONE (PG-13): Jack Black and Michael Cera are cavemen who get caught up in all sorts of wacky misadventures. Augusta Exchange, Evans

FOR KIDS

DOOGAL (G): Tuesday and Thursday, July 9, Evans

CAROLINE (PG): Tuesday and Thursday, July 9, Evans

END TODAY

FAST & FURIOUS ( **1/2, PG-13): Paul Walker and Vin Diesel team for the fourth film in the series. Masters

TYLER PERRY'S MEDEA GOES TO JAIL (PG-13): Medea makes friends and mayhem behind bars. Masters

From the Thursday, July 02, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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