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New releases

A look at some movies that are headed to the video shelves.

By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published June 8, 2006

Firewall

DIRECTOR: Richard Loncraine

CAST: Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Robert Patrick, Robert Forster, Alan Arkin, Mary Lynn Rajskub

SYNOPSIS: Harrison Ford is a bank security specialist whose family is kidnapped by a thief (Bettany).

WHAT WE SAID: The St. Petersburg Times gave the movie a C-.

MPAA RATING: PG-13; violence, profanity

RUNNING TIME: 105 min.

Glory Road

DIRECTOR: James Gartner

CAST: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Red West, Schin A.S. Kerr, Mehcad Brooks, Alphonso McAuley, Emily Deschanel, Jon Voight, Tatyana Ali, Damaine Radcliffe, Al Shearer, Sam Jones III, James Olivard, Evan Jones

SYNOPSIS: Fact-based story of Texas Western's 1966 college basketball championship team, the first with five African-American starters.

WHAT WE SAID: The Times gave the film a B-.

MPAA RATING: PG; racial violence and epithets, brief profanity

RUNNING TIME: 106 min.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

DIRECTOR: Tommy Lee Jones

CAST: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, January Jones, Melissa Leo, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, Levon Helm

SYNOPSIS: A rancher (Jones) avenges the shooting of a cowboy by kidnapping the border patrol officer (Pepper) who pulled the trigger.

WHAT WE SAID: The Times gave the film an A.

MPAA RATING: R; strong profanity, sexual content, violence, nudity

RUNNING TIME: 121 min.

Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic

DIRECTOR: Liam Lynch

CAST: Sarah Silverman, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn

SYNOPSIS: An irreverent, profane stand-up comedy concert interspersed with Silverman's cockeyed music videos.

WHAT WE SAID: The Times did not review this movie.

MPAA RATING: Not rated; intended for adults

RUNNING TIME: 70 min.

Underworld: Evolution

DIRECTOR: Len Wiseman

CAST: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Steven Mackintosh, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen

SYNOPSIS: A vampire warrior (Beckinsale) and her werewolf lover (Speedman) battle a new species of supernatural creatures.

WHAT WE SAID: The Times gave the movie a B-.

MPAA RATING: R; strong violence, language, brief nudity and sensuality

RUNNING TIME: 105 min.

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