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New releases
A look at the movies hitting the shelves this week.
By Times Staff
Published January 25, 2007
NEW RELEASES Title | Director | Cast | Synopsis | What we said | MPAA rating | Running time | | The Guardian | Andrew Davis | Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Neal McDonough, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Brian Geraghty, Sela Ward | U.S. Coast Guard veteran ( Costner) trains a reckless recruit (Kutcher), who then must rescue him. | The St. Petersburg Times gave the movie a B-. | PG-13; intense action and peril, brief strong language and sensuality. | 136 min. | | Saw III | Darren Lynn Bousman | Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus MacFadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer | The madman known as Jigsaw (Bell) has a few more stomach-turning tricks up his sleeve. | The Times did not review the movie. | R; grisly violence and gore, graphic torture, nudity, strong profanity. | 107 min. | | Jesus Camp | Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | N/A | Documentary account of a summer camp for evangelical Christian children where church and state become uneasily mixed. | The Times gave the movie a B+. | PG-13; mature themes. | 84 min. | | Sherrybaby | Laurie Collyer | Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ryan Simpkins, Brad William Henke, Bridget Barkan, Sam Bottoms, Kate Burton, Danny Trejo, Giancarlo Esposito | After her release from prison, former heroin addict Sherry Swanson (Gyllenhaal) struggles with the harsh realities of life on the outside. | The Times did not review the movie, which did not play in area theaters.. | R; strong sexuality, nudity, language and drug content. | 96 min. | | Cocaine Cowboys | Billy Corben | N/A | Documentary account of the cocaine industry's rise in Miami during the 1980s. | The Times did not review the movie. | R: pervasive drug content, gruesome images, strong profanity. | 116 min. | | This Film is Not Yet Rated | Kirby Dick | Wayne Kramer, Allison Anders, David Ansen, Darren Aronofsky, Jamie Babbit, Maria Bello, Kirby Dick, Atom Egoyan, Stephen Farber, Martin Garbus, Mary Harron, Richard Heffner, Lindsey Howell, Kimberly Peirce, Kimberly Price, Bingham Ray, Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, Michael Tucker, Mark Urman, John Waters | Documentary investigates the MPAA film ratings system and its profound effect on American culture. | The Times did not review the movie, which did not play in the Tampa Bay area. | Rating surrendered; previous version rated NC-17 for some graphic sexual content. | 97 min. |
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