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The drunken, foul-mouthed antisuperhero (played by a ch 151961 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:39:46 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Movies http://www.straight.com/article-152053/encounters-end-world A documentary by Werner Herzog. Rated G. Opens Friday, July 4, at the Ridge Theatre From the Amazonian jungle to Kuwait’s burning oil fields, the planet’s wildest frontiers have always attra 152053 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:01:25 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Movies http://www.straight.com/article-152054/kit-kittredge-an-american-girl Starring Abigail Breslin, Julia Ormond, and Chris O’Donnell. Rated G. Opens Friday, July 4, at the Cinemark Tinseltown This moviegoer knows nothing of the American Girl series marketed by Mat 152054 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:01:57 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Movies http://www.straight.com/article-152055/priceless Starring Gad Elmaleh and Audrey Tautou. In French with English subtitles. Rated PG. Opens Friday, July 4, at the Park Theatre Gad Elmaleh seems to be building a career out of playing working-cla 152055 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:02:32 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Movies http://www.straight.com/article-152056/brick-lane Starring Tannishtha Chatterjee, Christopher Simpson, and Satish Kaushik. In English and Bengali with English subtitles. Rated PG. Opens Friday, July 4, at the Cinemark Tinseltown There’s a gre 152056 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:04:08 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Movies http://www.straight.com/article-152058/thoda-pyaar-thoda-magic Starring Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Rishi Kapoor, and Amisha Patel. In Hindi with English subtitles. Rated PG. Bollywood’s newfound love of children’s films continues with Thoda Pyaar T 152058 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:08:50 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Movies http://www.straight.com/article-152071/new-dvd-the-tracey-fragments-late-fragment-little-chenier-a-cajun-story-the-ruins-the-ruins The Tracey Fragments Juno’s Ellen Page plays Tracey Berkowitz, a 15-year-old girl with a vivid imagination. One night Berkowitz is baby-sitting her little brother when the boy goes missing. Des 152071 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:40:35 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Movies http://www.straight.com/article-152051/the-promotion Starring Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly. Rated 14A. Ever wonder what kind of cutthroat politics went into deciding who would become branch manager of your local supermarket? 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