Posted on Fri, Jul. 4, 2008
Vantage Point *** (Sony Pictures, '08) $28.96. 90 mins. An assassination attempt on the U.S. president while at a counter-terrorism summit in Spain is told through eight perspectives. With Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt.
PG-13 (mature themes, violence, profanity)
City of Men ***1/2 (Miramax, '08) $29.99. 106 mins. Two childhood friends, struggling to survive life in the Brazilian favelas, find themselves on opposite sides of a turf war. With Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha.
R (violence, drugs, profanity, sex, adult themes) (CC)
Meet the Browns ** (Lionsgate Home Entertainment, '08) $29.95. 101 mins. The death of her father takes a single mother of three from the Chicago projects to a small town in Georgia. With Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Margaret Avery.
PG-13 (for drug content, profanity including sexual references, thematic elements and brief violence) (CC)
Drillbit Taylor **1/2 (Paramount, '08) $29.99. 101 mins. High school misfits hire a homeless ex-solider to protect them from bullies. With Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann. PG-13 (profanity, violence, adolescent and adult themes)
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- Compiled by Lloylita Prout