Also Opening This Weekend

TMNT
PG, 90 minutes

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the popular pizza-eating, half-shelled heroes of yester-decade return in this computer-generated adventure. After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family despite the efforts of their rat sensei, Master Splinter. But when strange things begin to brew in New York City, the ninja turtles, with the help of old allies April O'Neil and Casey Jones, must face the mysterious Foot Clan, who have put their own ninja skills behind a villain's plot.

JOURNEY FROM THE FALL
R, 135 minutes

The true story of the Vietnamese refugees who fled their land after the fall of Saigon — and those who were forced to stay behind — sets the stage for this drama from independent filmmaker Ham Tran. In 1975, after American troops leave Vietnam and the war they decide cannot be won, many who fought alongside the South Vietnamese and the Americans find themselves in great danger. One such man is Long (Long Nguyen), who faces imprisonment in a "re-education camp" for his crimes against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Before he is sent away, Long urges his wife, Mai (Diem Lien), to take their family to America by any means possible. With Long incarcerated with no hope of escape, Mai, her mother, and her young son Lai (Preston Tri Nguyen), flee Saigon aboard a tiny fishing boat to make the dangerous journey to the America.

THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2
R, 89 minutes

In this sequel to the successful 2006 remake of the original, writer/director Wes Craven teams with son Jonathan to tell the story of a naïve group of National Guard trainees who embark on a routine training mission in the New Mexico desert, only to find themselves face to face with a murderous band of cannibalistic mutants.

PRIDE
PG, 108 minutes

The year is 1973, and Jim Ellis (Terence Howard) can't find a job. Driven by his love of competitive swimming, Jim fixes up an abandoned recreational pool hall in a Philadelphia slum with the help of Elston (Bernie Mac), a local janitor. But when the pool hall is marked for demolition, Jim fights back by starting the city's first black swim team. Recruiting troubled teens from the streets, Jim struggles to transform a motley team of novices into capable swimmers in the face of racism, violence, and an unsympathetic city official.

Staff Reporter of the Sun