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New releases
A look at what's new on the video shelves
By Times staff
Published December 7, 2006
NEW RELEASES Title | Director | Cast | Synopsis | What we said | MPAA rating | Running time | | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Gore Verbinski | Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgard, Jack Davenport, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander | Capt. Jack Sparrow (Depp) battles sea monsters and sobriety in a sequel equal to The Curse of the Black Pearl. | The St. Petersburg Times gave the film an A-. | PG-13; adventure violence, frightening images | 150 min. | | Miami Vice | Michael Mann | Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Ciaran Hinds, Luis Tosar, John Ortiz, Barry Shabaka Henley | This remake of the 1980s television series has little in common with the original. Farrell and Foxx infiltrate a drug ring in Michael Mann's grim, dark-hued action flick. | The Times gave the movie a C+. | R; strong violence, profanity, sexual content, drug references | 130 min. | | Idlewild | Bryan Barber | Andre Benjamin, Antwan A. Patton, Terrence Howard, Paula Patton, Faizon Love, Ving Rhames, Malinda Williams, Ben Vereen, Macy Gray, Cicely Tyson | The Grammy-winning duo OutKast (Benjamin and Patton) star in a strange brew of 1930s speakeasies and contemporary hip-hop music. | The Times gave the film a B-. | R; strong profanity, violence, sexual situations, brief nudity | 120 min. | | How to Eat Fried Worms | Bob Dolman | Luke Benward, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Adam Hicks, Austin Rogers, Ty Panitz, Thomas Cavanagh, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, James Rebhorn, Clint Howard | An elementary school student (Benward) shyly copes with a grossout dare. Based on the novel by Thomas Rockwell. | The Times gave the film a B+. | PG; mild crude humor | 98 min. | | Beerfest | Jay Chandrasekhar | Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Cloris Leachman, Jurgen Prochnow | The Broken Lizard comedy troupe (Super Troopers, Club Dread) returns with a raunchy blend of Oktoberfest and Fight Club. | The Times did not review this movie. | R; pervasive crude and sexual content, language, nudity and substance abuse | 110 min. | | Pulse | Jim Sonzero | Kristen Bell, Jonathan Tucker, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Ron Rifkin, Rick Gonzalez | A supernatural wireless signal sends death through computers and cellular telephones. Bell (TV's Veronica Mars) is a possible victim. | The Times did not review this movie. | PG-13; intense sci-fi terror, disturbing images, language, sensuality and thematic material | 90 min. | | Queens | Manuel Gomez Pereira | Veronica Forque, Marisa Paredes, Carmen Maura, Mercedes Sampietro, Betiana Blum, Gustavo Salmeron | Comedy about five mothers dealing in different ways with the impending marriages of their gay sons. In Spanish with subtitles. | The Times did not review this movie. | R; sexual content, brief nudity, language | 107 min. |
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