NEW FILMS FRIDAY
- BEYOND BORDERS — Drama starring Angelina Jolie as an unhappily married woman who finds adventure and love when she agrees to join international relief workers. Clive Owen co-stars. In English, Swahili, Cambodian and Chechen. R (violence, profanity, gore, brief sex, vulgarity, drugs). (Carmike 12, Century, Gateway, Jordan Landing, Megaplex 12, Megaplex 17, Ritz.)
- CASA DE LOS BABYS — Writer/director John Sayles' newest is a drama about six Americans headed to South America to adopt babies. Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden and Maggie Gyllenhaal star. In English and Spanish, with English subtitles. R (profanity, vulgarity, drug use, racial epithets). (Broadway.)
- CET AMOUR-LA — Jeanne Moreau stars as the late author Marguerite Duras in this drama, which covers the final few years of her life, as well as her 16-year relationship with writer Yann Andrea (Aymeric Demarigny). In French, with English subtitles. Not rated, probable R (vulgarity, brief nudity, brief sex). (Tower.)
- THE HOLY LAND — Winner of a Grand Jury Prize from the 2001 Slamdance Film Festival, writer-director Eitan Gorlin's coming-of-age drama follows a young Rabbinical student who falls in love with a worldly stripper. In English, Hebrew, Arabic and Russian, with English subtitles. Not rated, probable R (nudity, sex, vulgarity, profanity, violence, brief drug use). (Madstone.)
- THE HOUSEKEEPER — The title character of this drama (Emilie Dequenne) who falls for her employer (Jean-Pierre Bacri), a much older record producer with serious reservations about having a May-December relationship. In French, with English subtitles. R (sex, nudity, profanity, vulgarity). (Madstone.)
- RADIO — From the writer of "The Rookie" comes this fact-based drama about the title character, a mentally disabled man (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who is recruited by a high school football coach (Ed Harris) to help with the team. PG (violence, profanity). (Carmike 12; Century; 5-Star; Gateway; Holladay; Jordan Landing; Megaplex 12; Megaplex 17; Redwood, with "Secondhand Lions"; Ritz.)
- SCARY MOVIE 3 — The third in this horror-movie parody series includes send-ups of "Signs," "The Ring" and other recent hits. Returning stars include Anna Faris and Regina Hall. PG-13 (vulgarity, slapstick violence, profanity, drugs, sex). (Carmike 12; Century; 5-Star; Gateway; Holladay; Jordan Landing; Megaplex 12; Megaplex 17; Redwood, with "Kill Bill, Vol. 1"; Ritz.)
Movies and marriage
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Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones
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Nathan Pacheco
The man with the remarkable voice and former BYU vocal student, Nathan Pacheco, is releasing the first four songs from his debut solo album this month after his successful tour with Yanni as one of the Voices.
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