Starting Friday: Deep Impact. PG-13. Scientists discover a comet is on a collision course with Earth, and astronauts are sent on a desperate mission to deflect it.
Also playing:
Grease. PG. (star) (star) (star) Danny and Sandy struggle to keep their summer romance alive in the re-release of the hit musical. “When I was watching it, I thought I was going to hurl. I mean, the movie has no point.”
– Adam N., Countryside
Lost in Space. PG-13. (star) (star) (star) The Robinson family gets lost in space and battles to survive. “It had awesome special effects.”
– Robin J., 12
My Giant. (star) (star) PG. Billy Crystal plays an agent desperate to use 7-foot-9-inch Gheorghe Muresan as his ticket back to the top. “I did not like this movie at all! The only good part about it was Billy Crystal’s acting.”
– Sarah E., 11, Western Springs
Paulie. PG. (star) (star) (star) Paulie, a talking parrot, gives his bird’s-eye view on life. ” `Paulie’ was a great movie. It was a little sad at the end though.”
– Brittany S., 9, Aurora
Sliding Doors. PG-13. (star) (star) In a tale of “what if,” Gwyneth Paltrow plays a woman who finds out how one missed train changes her life. “A little confusing but entertaining.”
– Ali B., 15
Tarzan and the Lost City. PG. (Send us your ratings!) Tarzan must save an ancient mystical city.
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