Dumb Samberg, smart Bourne

(Aug. 9, 2007) Previews

It’s the biggest opening weekend in months, and our own Charlie Myers has successfully ducked the onslaught by scampering away to Maryland. You’re stuck with an amateur’s picks of the flicks. In ascending order of importance:

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*Skinwalkers* . The publicity says that “Two sects of werewolves battle one another for control of a half-human/half-werewolf child who has the power to end their curse.” Killjoy! Rated R. 110 m. At The Minor.

Daddy Day Camp is the sequel to 2003’s Daddy Day Care . Your 13-year-old loved that one; will he/she feel the same at 17? Inept men take over failing summer camp. As a present to mothers forced to sit through the film, it offers eye candy in the form of hunky Cuba Gooding Jr. Rated PG. 89 m. At The Movies and the Fortuna.

Rush Hour 3 — hells yeah, it’s on! Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan get wacky in Paris, taking on Chinese organized crime. Oddly enough, they are assisted in these endeavors by none other than Roman Polanski, here playing an uptight flic . Rated PG-13. 88 m. At the Broadway, Mill Creek, Minor and Fortuna.

An adaptation of a Neil Gaiman graphic novel, Stardust tells the magical story of a young man who wends his way across an enchanted landscape to capture a fallen star for his beloved. Some reviewers are comparing it to TheAdventures of Baron Munchausen . Strange cast: Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Peter O’Toole, Robert De Niro and Ricky Gervais, among others. Rated PG-13. 128 m. At the Broadway and Mill Creek.

The latest Werner Herzog film, Rescue Dawn , finally touches down in Humboldt County. Savvy reviewers have been so-so on this one, which is essentially a fictionalized version of Herzog’s great documentary, Little Dieter Needs To Fly. Christian Bale stars as a German-born U.S. Air Force pilot who busts out of a Vietnamese prison camp and fights his way across the jungle to safety. Rated PG-13. 120 m. At the Broadway.

The great Danny Boyle ( Trainspotting , 28 Days Later ) is back in full force with Sunshine , in which a crew of space commandos sets out on a long mission to jump-start the sun, which is dying. Locked together in close quarters, the crew finds that things go badly. And then, worse. With Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne and Michelle Yeoh. Rated R. 108 m. At the Broadway.

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