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A look at the new movies set to hit the video shelves this week.
By TIMES STAFF
Published February 1, 2007
NEW RELEASES Title | Director | Cast | Synopsis | What we said | MPAA rating | Running time | | Open Season | Roger Allers, Jill Culton | Voices of Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Patrick Warburton, Jane Krakowski, Gordon Tootoosis, Georgia Engel | A trained grizzly bear (voice of Lawrence) is left to survive in the wild with a goofy mule deer (Kutcher) in this animated comedy. | The St. Petersburg Times gave the movie a B. | PG; crude humor | 99 min. | | The Marine | John Bonito | John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Robert Patrick, Jeff Chase, Jon Bennett, Abigail Bianca, Troy Brenna, Ashley Lyons, Anthony Ray Parker, Drew Powell, Kelly Steves | World Wrestling Entertainment champion Cena stars as a veteran whose wife is kidnapped. | The Times did not review the movie | PG-13; intense violence, profanity and sensuality (but not with the villains) | 100 min. | | Facing the Giants | Alex Kendrick | James Blackwell, Bailey Cave, Shannen Fields, Tracy Goode, Alex Kendrick, Jim McBride, Tommy McBride, Jason McLeod, Steve Williams, Chris Willis, Ray Wood | A high school football coach (Blackwell) turns losers into winners through Christian faith. | The Times gave the movie a B. | PG; gridiron violence and mature themes, religious references | 111 min. | | Flyboys | Tony Bill | James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, David Ellison, Mac McDonald, Tchky Karyo, Ian Rose | American pilots join France's Lafayette Escadrille squadron in the early days of World War I. | The Times gave the movie a B. | PG-13; combat violence, sensual situations | 139 min. | | Catch a Fire | Phillip Noyce | Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna | A South African coal worker (Luke) is accused of anti-apartheid terrorism by a ruthless investigator (Robbins). Based on a true story. | The Times gave the movie a C+. | PG-13; violence, torture, profanity, sexual situations, mature themes | 98 min. | | One Night with the King | Michael O. Sajbel | Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr., James Callis, Dilshad, Jonah Lotan, John Noble, Peter O'Toole, John Rhys-Davies, Omar Sharif, Denzil Smith | A young Jewish girl becomes Queen Esther and saves her people. | The Times did not review the movie. | PG; violence, some sensuality | 123 min. |
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