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MOVIES

JULY 20

"Hairspray" -- From movie to Broadway play and back again, with a twist. That's the path of this musical based on John Waters' 1988 cult classic about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show. John Travolta dances again, but in a dress.

"I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" -- When two firefighters (Adam Sandler and Kevin James) pretend to be domestic partners for life insurance purposes, they become front-page news and must feign domestic bliss.

"Angel-A" -- Luc Besson directs this fable about a down-on-his-luck petty criminal who decides to jump into the Seine, only to be beaten to the water by a mysterious woman.

"Jindabyne" -- The Raymond Carver short story "So Much Water So Close to Home" inspired this tale about four men on an annual fishing trip who find a girl's body in the river ... and still fish. Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne star.

JULY 27

"The Simpsons Movie" -- D'oh! As most of America knows by now, the Simpsons of Springfield head to the big screen with neighbors, schoolmates, relatives and co-workers in tow.

"No Reservations" -- Look who's hiding in the kitchen? Two chefs, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart, handsome enough to have their own reality shows or signature lines of hair-care products.

"Rescue Dawn" -- Christian Bale stars in this real-life story of a German-born U.S. pilot struggling to survive after being shot down over Laos during a secret mission in the earliest days of the Vietnam War.

"I Know Who Killed Me" -- Psychological thriller with Lindsay Lohan as a college student who is abducted and tortured by a serial killer. After she escapes and is hospitalized, she insists she's not the student but a down on her luck stripper.

"Eagle vs. Shark" -- Oddball romance from New Zealand about a fast-food waitress and video game clerk who connect at a "dress as your favorite animal" party.

"Sunshine" -- Danny Boyle directs this story set 50 years in the future when the sun is dying and mankind with it. A spaceship and crew of eight represent society's last hope but their mission starts to unravel with an accident, fatal mistake and beacon from a long-gone spaceship.

"Who's Your Caddy" -- Big Boi and Jeffrey Jones star in this comedy about a rap mogul who runs into opposition when he tries to join a conservative country club in the South.

"Walking to Werner" -- Inspired by director Werner Herzog's walk from Munich to Paris to see a dying friend, filmmaker Linas Phillips hoofs it from Seattle to Los Angeles.

"The Trials of Darryl Hunt" -- The aftermath of a brutal rape and murder in 1984 and subsequent wrongful conviction in the South is the focus of this documentary, which had a single showing during a "Justice for All" conference at Duquesne University.

AUG. 3

"The Bourne Ultimatum" -- Matt Damon, Julia Stiles and Joan Allen return for another chapter of the espionage series, and David Strathairn, Paddy Considine and Edgar Ramirez join the cast as cops, federal officers and Interpol agents who keep Jason Bourne in their sights.

"Underdog" -- There's no need to fear ... you know the rest. Jason Lee speaks for Underdog in this movie mix of special effects and live action inspired by the TV cartoon series.

"Bratz" -- The chic fashion dolls have spawned a live-action feature starring Nathalia Ramos, Janel Parrish, Logan Browning and Skyler Shaye as BFF (best friends forever) who find their bonds tested as they enter Carry Nation High.

"El Cantante" -- Real-life couple Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez appear in a biography of salsa sensation Hector Lavoe.

"Charlie Bartlett" -- Anton Yeltin ("Alpha Dog") plays the title role, a wealthy teen turned amateur psychiatrist and pill dispenser who practices in the boys' room of his high school. Hope Davis and Robert Downey Jr. also star.

"Hot Rod" -- Andy Samberg is a self-proclaimed stuntman who plans to jump over 15 buses so he save his abusive stepfather's life and pummel him later.

AUG. 8

"Daddy Day Camp" -- Sequel to "Daddy Day Care," with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Paul Rae as ill-equipped fathers running a summer day camp.

"Joshua" -- Creepy kid movies. Every summer's gotta have one. Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga are happy Manhattan parents whose world implodes when they bring their newborn daughter home and their son has a bad case of sick sibling rivalry.

AUG. 10

"Rush Hour 3" -- Six years after "Rush Hour 2," Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan are back as mismatched cops. This time, they must travel to Paris to battle a wing of the Chinese organized crime family, the Triads.

"Becoming Jane" -- The few known facts surrounding Jane Austen's real-life flirtation with an Irish lawyer have been spun into a romantic comedy starring Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy and Maggie Smith.

"Stardust" -- Fantasy epic about a young man who tries to win a woman's heart by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star. With Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Peter O'Toole, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro, among others.

AUG. 17

"Superbad" -- Two socially inept teens, played by Michael Cera and Jonah Hill, try to reverse their lifelong losing streak with the ladies in one panic-driven night.

"The Invasion" -- New take on "The Body Snatchers," starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.

"Arctic Tale" -- Queen Latifah narrates this documentary following a walrus and polar bear from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the frozen Arctic wilderness.

"Death at a Funeral" -- Frank Oz directs this comedy about a diminutive stranger (Peter Dinklage) who arrives at a funeral with a big secret.

"The Hunting Party" -- Richard Gere is a TV newsman, working with a cameraman played by Terrence Howard, who has an on-air meltdown in a Bosnian village. When Howard returns five years later, with a rookie reporter in tow, Gere resurfaces, with promises of an exclusive about a war criminal.

AUG. 24

"War" -- Martial arts thriller with Jet Li and Jason Statham as adversaries on a collision course in the Asian mob underground.

"Mr. Bean's Holiday" -- Rowan Atkinson is back as Mr. Bean and, during his holiday at the French Riviera, he is wrongly thought to be a kidnapper and acclaimed filmmaker.

"Resurrecting the Champ" -- An up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man, only to discover he's a boxing legend who was believed to be dead. Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson star.

"The Ten" -- Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba and Winona Ryder are among the stars of this collection of 10 vignettes, each inspired by a Biblical commandment.

"Illegal Tender" -- After the gangsters who murdered his father come to settle a score, a Latino teen and his mother turn the tables on the killers.

AUG. 31

"Balls of Fury" -- Comic caper set against the backdrop of competitive ping-pong. Wackiness quotient further upped by the presence of Christopher Walken.

"Death Sentence" -- Vigilante drama starring Kevin Bacon as a formerly mild-mannered executive whose family is attacked in a gang initiation crime. Based on a novel by Brian Garfield of the same name.

"Halloween" -- Rob Zombie provides a new take on Michael Myers and promises not to deliver a copycat of the previous flicks in the fright franchise.

"The 11th Hour" -- Leonardo DiCaprio produced and narrates this climate-change documentary that played at the Cannes Film Festival and features interviews with four dozen plus experts.

"Ladron que Roba Ladron" -- Two thieves plot to rob a TV infomercial guru and millionaire who made his fortune telling worthless health products to poor Latino immigrants.

COMCAST CINEMA IN THE PARK

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SCHENLEY PARK

Flagstaff Hill, Sundays and Wednesdays at dusk.

"Barnyard" (July 22); "Mission: Impossible III" (July 25); "Little Buddha" (July 29); "Heart of the Game" (Aug. 1); "Charlotte's Web" (Aug. 5); "Rocky Balboa" (Aug. 8); "The Ant Bully" (Aug. 12); "We Are Marshall" (Aug. 15); "Unaccompanied Minors" (Aug. 19); "Happy Feet" (Aug. 22); TBA (Aug. 26).

EAST LIBERTY

Beatty Street, behind Carnegie Library, Mondays at dusk.

"Barnyard" (July 23); "Material Girls" (July 30); "Charlotte's Web" (Aug. 6); "The Ant Bully" (Aug. 13); "Unaccompanied Minors" (Aug. 20); "Happy Feet" (Aug. 27).

WEST END/ELLIOTT OVERLOOK

West End/Elliott, Tuesdays at dusk.

"Material Girls" (July 24); "Charlotte's Web" (July 31); "The Ant Bully" (Aug. 7); "Unaccompanied Minors" (Aug. 14); "Happy Feet" (Aug. 21).

BROOKLINE MEMORIAL PARK

Oakridge Street, Brookline, Thursdays at dusk

"Barnyard" (July 19); "An American Tail" (July 26); "Charlotte's Web" (Aug. 2); "The Ant Bully" (Aug. 9); "Unaccompanied Minors" (Aug. 16); "Happy Feet" (Aug. 23).

ARSENAL PARK

39th and Butler streets, Lawrenceville, Fridays at dusk

"Barnyard" (July 20); "Material Girls" (July 27); "Charlotte's Web" (Aug. 3); "The Ant Bully" (Aug. 10); "Unaccompanied Minors" (Aug. 17); "Happy Feet" (Aug. 24).

GRANDVIEW PARK

Bailey Avenue, Mount Washington, Saturdays at dusk

"Barnyard" (July 21); "Material Girls" (July 28); "Charlotte's Web" (Aug. 4); "The Ant Bully" (Aug. 11); "Unaccompanied Minors" (Aug. 18); "Happy Feet" (Aug. 25).

RIVERVIEW PARK

Observatory Hill, Saturdays at dusk

"Material Girls" (July 21); "Charlotte's Web" (July 28); "The Ant Bully" (Aug. 4); "Unaccompanied Minors" (Aug. 11); "Happy Feet" (Aug. 18); "Monster House" (Aug. 25).