Movies Released August 15, 2008

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Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller Jack Black Robert Downey Jr. Jay Baruchel

In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever pro... moreduced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Matt Lanter Ashley Eckstein James Arnold Taylor Dee Bradley Baker

On the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and PadmÃ... more© Amidala, along with brand-new heroes like Anakin's padawan learner, Ahsoka. Sinister villains--led by Palpatine, Count Dooku and General Grievous--are poised to rule the galaxy. Stakes are high, and the fate of the Star Wars universe rests in the hands of the daring Jedi Knights. Their exploits lead to the action-packed battles and astonishing new revelations.

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• 98 mins.

Henry Poole is Here

Luke Wilson Radha Mitchell Adriana Barraza Cheryl Hines

When a man discovers that he has only six weeks to live, he leaves his job, his fiancee and his overbearing mother and tries to spend his remaining days in seclusion. But... more when a miracle transforms his life, his quirky neighbors disrupt his plan to live out his days in quiet desperation.

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• 100 mins.

Local Color

Ray Liotta Trevor Morgan Armin Mueller-Stahl Ron Perlman

A semiautobiographical account of Gallo's life as an impressionist painter during the summer of 1974.

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• 107 mins.

Mirrors

Paula Patton Cameron Boyce Erica Gluck Amy Smart

A man is head of security at a department store plagued by unexplained deaths The store is also the target of demonstrators wanting compensation for an earlier s... moretaff fire tragedy. The man becomes intrigued by a disturbed woman. She claims her sister, who died in the fire, is exacting revenge, using mirrors as a gateway back into the living world.

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