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By Times Staff WriterA look at what's headed to the video stores.
Poseidon
DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Petersen
CAST: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Jimmy Bennett, Freddy Rodriguez, Mia Maestro
SYNOPSIS: Petersen's remake of The Poseidon Adventure improves the special effects and cheapens the emotional pull with cardboard characters.
WHAT WE SAID: The St. Petersburg Times gave the movie a C+.
MPAA RATING: PG-13; intense peril, scary images, brief profanity
RUNNING TIME: 98 min.
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Phat Girlz
DIRECTOR: Nnegest Likke
CAST: Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, Joyful Drake, Eric Roberts, Jack Noseworthy, Kendra C. Johnson
SYNOPSIS: A plus-sized fashion designer (Mo'Nique) convinces men that big is beautiful.
WHAT WE SAID: The Times did not review this movie.
MPAA RATING: PG-13; sexual content and language, including some crude sexual references
RUNNING TIME: 99 min.
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Silent Hill
DIRECTOR: Christophe Gans
CAST: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Jodelle Ferland
SYNOPSIS: A mother (Mitchell) searches for her terminally ill child in a village populated by gruesome creatures. Based on a video game.
WHAT WE SAID: The Times did not review this movie.
MPAA RATING: R; strong horror violence and gore, disturbing images and some language
RUNNING TIME: 95 min.
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Sketches of Frank Gehry
DIRECTOR: Sydney Pollack
CAST: Philip Johnson, Sir Bob Geldof, Barry Diller, Michael Eisner, Dennis Hopper, Michael Ovitz, Milton Wexler
SYNOPSIS: Academy Award-winning director Pollack (Out of Africa) examines the career of his friend, architect Frank Gehry.
WHAT WE SAID: The Times did not review this film.
MPAA RATING: PG-13; brief profanity
RUNNING TIME: 83 min.
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Just My Luck
DIRECTOR: Donald Petrie
CAST: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Faizon Love
SYNOPSIS: A socially blessed Manhattan woman (Lohan) loses her good karma after meeting a hard-luck hunk (Pine).
WHAT WE SAID: The Times gave the movie a D-.
MPAA RATING: PG-13; brief sexual reference
RUNNING TIME: 110 min.