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Untold Scandal *** - Not rated. A Korean take on "Dangerous Liaisons." E J-yong directs. In Korean with English subtitles. 124 minutes. Review on Page 28. The Loft

White Noise ** - PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and language. A widow seeks out his dead wife via radio static. Michael Keaton stars. Geoffrey Sax directs. 100 minutes. Review on Page 21. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, DeAnza, Uptown

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Alexander *** - R for violence and some sexuality/nudity. Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great gets epic treatment. Colin Farrell stars. Oliver Stone directs. 175 minutes. Gateway, Grand View, Crossroads, Oracle View

The Aviator **** - PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, nudity, language and a crash sequence. Martin Scorsese directs this biopic about Howard Hughes. Leonardo DiCaprio stars. 166 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, Desert Sky, Cinemark

Being Julia *** - R for some sexuality. Annette Bening stars as a London stage actress who tries to regain her fire as an actress. István Szabó directs. 105 minutes. Crossroads

Beyond the Sea *** - PG-13 for some strong language and a scene of sensuality. Kevin Spacey stars as singer Bobby Darin in this musical biopic. Spacey directs. 121 minutes. El Con, Catalina

Birth **** - R for sexuality. A woman in her 30s meets a 10-year-old boy who claims to be her deceased husband, reincarnated. Nicole Kidman stars. Jonathan Glazer directs. 100 minutes. Century Park

Blade: Trinity* - R for strong pervasive violence and language, and some sexual content. Vampires frame Blade as a serial killer, getting the FBI on his tail. Wesley Snipes stars. David S. Goyer writes and directs. 100 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, DeAnza (closes today), Cinemark

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason *** - R for language and some sexual content. Renée Zellweger reprises her role as Bridget, the neurotic English underdog who suspects her boyfriend of having an affair in this sequel to "Bridget Jones's Diary." Beeban Kidron directs. 104 minutes. Gateway, Crossroads, Oracle View

Callas Forever ** - Not rated. A fictional story about the final days of real life opera singer Maria Callas. Fanny Ardant and Jeremy Irons star. Franco Zeffirelli directs. 111 minutes. The Loft (closes today)

Christmas With the Kranks * - PG for brief language and suggestive content. Tim Allen stars as a suburban man who, along with his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), decides to do away with Christmas celebrations for a year. They find out that it's pretty tough to do. Joe Roth directs. 94 minutes. Park Place (closes today), Foothills (closes today), DeAnza, Cinemark

Closer *** - R for sequences of graphic sexual dialogue, nudity/sexuality and language. Two couples engage in a web of love and deceit. Jude Law stars. Mike Nichols directs. 100 minutes. El Con, Foothills (closes today), Century Park, R&M

Darkness **1/2 (Star rating provided by Internet Movie Database) - R for terror/violence and language. A teen-age girl and her family move into a house troubled by dark spirits. Anna Paquin stars. Jaume Balagueró directs. 102 minutes. El Con, Century Park, Foothills, Uptown

Fat Albert ** - PG for momentary language. Bill Cosby's cartoons get a live-action update, set in the present day, in which the characters come out of the TV and meet the real world. Kenan Thompson stars. Joel Zwick directs. 90 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, DeAnza, Desert Sky, Uptown

Finding Neverland ***1/2- PG for thematic elements and brief language. A whimsical biopic on J.M. Barrie, who wrote "Peter Pan." Johnny Depp stars. Marc Forster directs. 100 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Desert Sky

Flight of the Phoenix **1/2 - PG-13 some language, action and violence. An airplane crashes in the desert, and the crew and passengers must rebuild a plane out of the parts. A remake of the classic 1960s film of the same title. Dennis Quaid stars. John Moore ("Behind Enemy Lines") directs. 113 minutes. Park Place, El Con (closes today), Century Park (closes today), Foothills, DeAnza, Cinemark

The Grudge *1/2 - PG-13 for mature thematic material, disturbing images, terror, violence and some sexuality. An American nurse living in Japan confronts a supernatural curse that emits from a haunted house. Sarah Michelle Gellar stars. Director Takashi Shimizu remakes his own Japanese film "Ju-on, The Grudge." 87 minutes. Oracle View, Gateway, Grand View

I Heart Huckabees ***1/2 - R for language and a sex scene. An ensemble comedy about a man who enlists the services of "existential detectives." Jason Schwartzman stars. David O. Russell directs. 105 minutes. Catalina

The Incredibles *** - PG for action violence. In this Pixar computer-animated film, a dysfunctional family of superheroes try to settle in the suburbs but are called upon to save the world. Brad Bird ("The Iron Giant") writes and directs. Craig T. Nelson leads the voice cast. 115 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, Cinemark

Kinsey *** - R for pervasive sexual content, including some graphic images and descriptions. Liam Neeson stars as Alfred Kinsey, a researcher who studied and made revelations about sexuality in the mid-20th century. Bill Condon writes and directs. 118 minutes. Catalina

Ladder 49 ** - PG-13 for intense fire and rescue situations, and for language. A firefighter, stuck in a deathtrap, recounts his life as he waits for fellow firefighters to rescue him. Joaquin Phoenix stars. Jay Russell ("My Dog Skip") directs. 109 minutes. Gateway, Grand View, Crossroads, Oracle View

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ***1/2 - PG for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language. Three orphans are taken in by a series of people, including the quirky Lemony Snicket. Jim Carrey stars. Brad Silberling directs. 108 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, DeAnza, Desert Sky, Cinemark The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou *** - R for language, some drug use, violence and partial nudity. Bill Murray stars as a quirky man who runs sea expeditions. Wes Anderson directs. 118 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills

Lightning in a Bottle ***1/2 - PG-13 for brief strong language. Antoine Fuqua directs this documentary, a history of the blues. 103 minutes. The Loft

The Machinist **1/2 - R for violence and disturbing images, sexuality and language. Christian Bale stars as an industrial worker who starts to slip into insanity. Brad Anderson directs. 102 minutes. The Loft, R&M

Meet the Fockers *1/2 - PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a brief drug reference. Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro star in this comedy sequel to "Meet the Parents." Jay Roach directs. 112 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, DeAnza, Desert Sky, Cinemark

The Motorcycle Diaries ***1/2 - R for language. Gael García Bernal stars as Ché Guevara in this biopic about a life-changing summer in the revolutionary's life. Walter Salles directs. In Spanish with English subtitles. 128 minutes. Crossroads, Gateway (closes today), Grand View (closes today), R&M

Napoleon Dynamite ***1/2 - PG for thematic elements and language. An Idaho teen suffers from a lacking social life and tries to help a new kid win the school election. Jon Heder stars. Jared Hess directs. 82 minutes. Gateway

National Treasure *** - PG for action violence and some scary language. Treasure hunters search for a treasure put together by the founding fathers of the United States. Nicolas Cage stars. Jon Turteltaub directs. 131 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, DeAnza, Cinemark

Ocean's Twelve * - PG-13 for language. In the sequel to the 2001 heist flick, "Ocean's Eleven," Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to pull big jobs to repay a casino magnate they ripped off in the first film. George Clooney heads up the all-star cast. Steven Soderbergh directs. 130 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, DeAnza, Desert Sky, Cinemark

Phantom of the Opera **1/2 - PG-13 for brief violent images. Director Joel Schumacher lavishly adapts the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical - about an insane, disfigured man who haunts an opera - to the big screen. Emmy Rossum stars. 143 minutes. Park Place, Foothills

The Polar Express * - G for all audiences. In this computer-animated film, a boy travels to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus. Tom Hanks stars. Robert Zemeckis directs. 90 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park (closes today), Foothills

Ray **1/2 - PG-13 for depiction of drug addiction, sexuality and some thematic elements. A biopic of Ray Charles, who struggled with drug addiction and blindness and succeeded as a musician. Jamie Foxx stars. Taylor Hackford directs. 150 minutes. R&M (closes today), Gateway, Crossroads, Oracle View

The Rocky Horror Picture Show **** - R for overt sexual content and situations. Classic horror-flick musical spoof. It's not the campy film itself we rate, but the unique experience. 96 minutes. The Loft (Saturday at midnight only)

Saw ***1/2 - R for strong, grisly violence and language. Two men wake up in the lair of a serial killer in this thriller. Cary Elwes stars. James Wan directs. 100 minutes. Gateway, Crossroads, Oracle View

Seed of Chucky * - R for strong horror violence/gore, sexual content and language. Killer dolls Chucky and Tiffany raise their baby son, who follows in the family trade. Don Mancini writes and directs. Grand View

Sex Is Comedy *** - Not rated. In this comedy, a movie director struggles to film a sex scene. Anne Parillaud stars. Catherine Breillat writes and directs. 92 minutes. The Loft (closes today)

Shall We Dance? **1/2 - PG-13 for some sexual references and brief language. An overworked accountant takes respite in dance lessons in this remake of a 1996 Japanese film. Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez star. Peter Chelsom directs. 106 minutes. Gateway, Crossroads, Oracle View

Shark Tale **1/2 - PG for some mild language and crude humor. Will Smith lends his voice for this computer-animated story, a mob spoof featuring fish. Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson and Rob Letterman direct. 83 minutes. Gateway, Grand View, Crossroads, Oracle View

Sideways **** - R for language, some strong sexual content and nudity. Two old college buddies take a wine tasting trip in California and evaluate the direction of their lives. Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh star. Alexander Payne directs. 123 minutes. El Con, Catalina

Spanglish ***1/2 - PG-13 for some sexual content and brief language. An illegal immigrant maid works in a household troubled with marital strife. Adam Sandler stars. James L. Brooks writes and directs. 128 minutes. Park Place, El Con, Century Park, Foothills, Desert Sky, Uptown (closes today)

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation *** - Not rated, but viewers must be 18 or older and have identification to prove it. The annual festival features more than 20 proudly tasteless animated films. The Loft The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ** - PG for some mild crude humor. The free-spirited cartoon sponge leaps from the TV to the silver screen. Tom Kenny leads the voice cast. Sherm Cohen, Stephen Hillenburg and Mark Osborne direct. 90 minutes. DeAnza (closes today), Gateway, Grand View, Crossroads, Oracle View, R&M

Vera Drake *** - R for depiction of strong thematic material. In 1950s England, a woman who performs abortions runs up against an antagonistic society. Imelda Staunton stars. Mike Leigh writes and directs. 125 minutes. Crossroads

A Very Long Engagement **** - R for violence and sexuality. A woman searches for her lover, whom she fears might have died in the crossfire in this World War I-set drama. Audrey Tautou stars. Jean-Pierre Jeunet directs. In French with English subtitles. 134 minutes. El Con, Catalina What the #$*! Do We Know?! **1/2 - Not rated. A free-form essay about philosophy and personal growth. Marlee Matlin stars. William Arntz, Betsy Chasse and Mark Vicente share directing duties. 111 minutes. Catalina