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ANGELS & DEMONS ANGELS & DEMONS : Director Ron Howard's Angels & Demons reworks Dan Brown's 2000 novel rather well, turning it into a post-doctrinal, post- The Da Vinci Code action flick that barely mentions God.

If Zoe Saldana looks familiar to you, and let's hope she does, it's because you've seen her in some big blockbusters over the last few years.

In this sequel to The Da Vinci Code, Ron Howard again directs and Tom Hanks stars as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon.

Just as they have for J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer, Davis County officials have promised to keep Dan Brown's latest book, "The Lost Symbol," under lock and key until the book's official release date.

Claim: A star actor was killed in a fall from a cliff while filming in New Zealand.

With only four couples left, the contestants are challenged first to whip up Italian dishes prepared in 20 minutes and cooked in five, then face a second challenge in which they serve lunch to Italian customers including Vincent Pastore, Federico Castelluccio and Mario Batali.

It's breezier than "Da Vinci," but dumb as a post. - C. Lemire. 2 hrs., 18 mins.

Demme is no stranger to helping stars undergo radical career transformations. In Silence of The Lambs , for example, he helped turn Anthony Hopkins from thesp stalwart to chilling serial killer, while Philadelphia found Tom Hanks taking on gay rights as an Aids-stricken lawyer.

"Merry Gentleman" . Michael Keaton and Kelly Macdonald star in this thematically ponderous story about the friendship between a suicide-prone hit man and a troubled woman.

HBO has released a new promo trailer for their WWII epic, The Pacific. The Pacific is a 10-part mini-series telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific islands during World War II.

Contention over a rare vintage 1962 Beatles poster has been amicably resolved. Melissa Pearl has sold the poster to Rita Wilson, who sought the piece for her husband Tom Hanks.

But they haven't always left it happy. Watchmen disappointed Alan Moore fans and novices alike with its slavish, dated devotion to the ultimate dirty-hero graphic novel.

Two of this summer's biggest hit movies illustrate the lucrative possibilities of a simultaneous worldwide release -- as well as its limits.

Actor Colin Hanks , Tom Hanks' son, is engaged to publicist Samantha Bryant. The 31-year-old son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson recently reportedly proposed to Bryant, a New York-based publicist.

"Angels and Demons" plays this week at the Sands Theatre in Brush and "Fast and Furious 4" and "Land of the Lost" play at Fort Morgan's Valley Drive-In. Fans of the "The Da Vinci Code" should enjoy the return of Harvard religious expert Dr.

Tom Hanks and Ron Howard have long promoted what Hanks calls the "foolhardy yet divine voyage" to Earth's nearest neighbour.

At approximately 2am, I landed at Nadi airport in the small island nation of Fiji.

Jack Black seems to be wondering how he managed to get so close to Olivia Wilde in "Year One," which opens around the area on June 19.

Here are selected minireviews of films in theaters, listed alphabetically. Some reviews originate at other newspapers that do not award star ratings.

What s on at the Burgkino this weekend? By Thomas Hochwarter The Burgkino, located in Vienna's city centre , will have the following movies - all shown in their original English versions - on offer this weekend: STATE OF PLAY, the only "newcomer" on the Burgkino's playlist this weekend, is an American political thriller.