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New releases

A look at what's on teh video shelves.

By Times Staff
Published June 22, 2006

Syriana

DIRECTOR: Stephen Gaghan

CAST: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Siddig, Amanda Peet, Christopher Plummer, Tim Blake Nelson, Chris Cooper, Mazhar Munir

SYNOPSIS: Gaghan knows every angle of Middle Eastern oil industry corruption and crams it into one movie, a mosh of provocative ideas often hard to follow. Clooney won a supporting actor Oscar for his role.

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

MPAA RATING: R; profanity, violence, mature themes

RUNNING TIME: 126 min.

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Eight Below

DIRECTOR: Frank Marshall

CAST: Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Jason Biggs, Wendy Crewson, Gerard Plunkett

SYNOPSIS: An Antarctic guide (Walker) must wait until spring to rescue the dog team abandoned during a winter storm. Inspired by a true story.

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

MPAA RATING: PG; some peril and brief mild language

RUNNING TIME: 120 min.

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The Hills Have Eyes

DIRECTOR: Alexandre Aja

CAST: Aaron Stanford, Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Robert Joy

SYNOPSIS: Grisly remake of Wes Craven's gruesome 1977 shocker about a family pursued by radiation-mutated cannibals.

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

MPAA RATING: R; strong gruesome violence and terror throughout, and language

RUNNING TIME: 100 min.

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