Film

Top five movies and upcoming releases

Top Five Movies

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp commits acting piracy with a flamboyant performance as Jack Sparrow, reportedly modeled on Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.

2. Owning Mahowny - A compulsive gambler (Philip Seymour Hoffman) embezzles $10.2-million to cover his bets. Based on the true story of Canada's largest one-person heist ever.

3. Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West - The curved IMAX screen at Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry is an appropriately vast canvas for this documentary about the first American exploration of the Western frontier.

4. Finding Nemo - After toys, bugs and monsters, Pixar Animation Studios goes fishing for laughs and thrills in a terrific undersea adventure for the entire family. Showing in digital projection at Parkside 16 in Pinellas Park.

5. Winged Migration - Extraordinary in-flight footage of various bird species makes this Academy Award-nominated documentary worth seeing.

Upcoming releases

July 25: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life; Seabiscuit; Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over; The Hard Word

Aug. 1: American Wedding; Gigli; Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (rerelease); Dirty Pretty Things; The Eye

Aug. 8: S.W.A.T.; Matchstick Men; Shaolin Soccer; The Heart of Me

Aug. 15: Open Range; Freddy vs. Jason; Uptown Girls; Lucia, Lucia; Northfolk; Grind

Aug. 22: Marci X; My Boss' Daughter; The Medallion; Camp; Envy

Aug. 27: Highwaymen

Aug. 29: Jeepers Creepers II; And Now Ladies and Gentlemen

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