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Posted: 2/7/08

"Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins"

Starring: Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones and Michael Clarke Duncan
Rated: PG-13

RJ Stevens (Lawrence) is a popular talk show host with a reality-star fiancée having the time of his life. When his parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, they ask him to come back home and spend time with the family. Traveling from Los Angeles to a small town in Georgia, RJ is going to realize how much he's changed and what kind of person he has become. Also starring Mo'Nique, Margaret Avery and Mike Epps.

"Fool's Gold"

Starring: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey and Donald Sutherland
Rated: PG-13

Tess (Hudson) and Ben Finnegan (McConaughey) have had enough of trying to work through their marriage and are headed to divorce. Ben is a modern-day treasure hunter whose latest search for the Queen Dowery of the 18th century has stripped him of his money and his wife. Tess is making a life of her own, working for a billionaire yacht-owner, Nigel Honeycutt (Sutherland), who Ben also seeks out to help him continue his quest for the treasure. He has a new clue and new money to aide his search, but other treasure hunters also have their sights set on the Dowery.

"The Hottie and the Nottie"

Starring: Paris Hilton, Joel Moore and Christine Lakin
Rated: PG-13

Nate Cooper (Moore) has loved Cristabel Abbott (Hilton) since they were six years old. Unfortunately, his family moved him away from Cristabel, and he never got to pursue a relationship with her. All grown up, Nate has found Cristabel single and beautiful, but she still hangs out with her ugly friend, June (Lakin), and never wants to leave her alone by herself to date other guys. Nate decides he must make June presentable and find her a boyfriend so he can live happily ever after with Cristabel, the hottie. But soon Nate is confused by his growing attraction to June, the nottie.

- Mandy Rodgers