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By Times staff
Published April 19, 2007
NEW RELEASES Title | Director | Cast | Synopsis | What we said | MPAA rating | Running time | | Freedom Writers | Richard LaGravenese | Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Mario | Based on the story of real-life teacher Erin Gruwell, who inspired at-risk students through creative writing. | The St. Petersburg Times gave the movie a C. | PG-13; mature themes, brief violence, profanity | 123 min. | | The History Boys | Nicholas Hytner | Richard Griffiths, Clive Merrison, Frances de la Tour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sacha Dhawan, Samuel Anderson, Dominic Cooper, Andrew Knott, Samuel Barnett, Russell Tovey, Jamie Parker, James Corden | The cream of an English prep school prepare for the future, aided by an eccentric professor. | The Times gave the movie an A-. | R; strong profanity, sexual situations, mature themes | 109 min. | | The Last King of Scotland | Kevin Macdonald | Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson | A Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with the barbaric Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Whitaker won an Oscar for the role. | The Times gave the movie a B. | R; strong violence, grisly images, profanity, sexual situations | 123 min. | | Notes on a Scandal | Richard Eyre | Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Phil Davis, Michael Maloney, Juno Temple, Max Lewis | A spinster teacher with ulterior motives protects a colleague who is having an affair with a student. | The Times gave the movie an A. | R; strong profanity, sexual situations | 91 min. | | Smokin' Aces | Joe Carnahan | Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg, Taraji Henson, Chris Pine, Martin Henderson, Jason Bateman, Common | A Las Vegas entertainer turned mob snitch is hunted by assassins seeking a $1-million bounty. | The Times gave the movie a C+. | R; strong violence, harsh profanity, drug abuse, brief nudity | 109 min. |
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