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By John B. Lupot
Jacky Chan’s “Rush Hour 3” at SCREENVILLE

      Martial arts superstar Jacky Chan and Chris Tucker return to the big screen as the unlikely cop duo with unique brand of crime-fighting and high-kicking comedy in “Rush Hour 3,” now showing on Dolby Digital Surround EX at Screenville Cinema 4 of the Island City Mall.

      Hong Kong Police Chief Inspector Lee (Jacky Chan) is assigned to escort and protect Chinese Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma) as he delivers a major address before the World Criminal Court Summit in LA. The Ambassador has discovered the identity of shy shen, the very core of the most powerful and notorious crime syndicate in the world, the Chinese Triads, who will go to any lengths to make sure their closely guarded secret stay buried. When the ambassador is about to reveal it to the World Criminal Court, he is shot by an asaassin during his speech.

      Meanwhile, former LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker), who has recently been demoted as a traffic cop, just happens to be listening in on the radio when the tragedy occurs. He rushes to the scene of the crime to help, but instead interferes with Lee’s pursuit of the culprits. Determined to reclaim his Detective status, he teams up with Lee once again to help track down the assassins.

      With the trail leading the duo on a chase to Paris, both will find themselves in unfamiliar territory. From dazzling Parisian nightclubs to the city’s high-fashion runways and the breathtaking heights of the Eiffel Tower, the two will be forced to battle the French police, the Triads, and the foreign culture if they are going to solve the mystery of shy shen in time.

SCREENVILLE Cinema 1 – “White Noise: The Light”

      In lieu of continuing the events of Geoffrey Sax's 2005 thriller “White Noise,” the supernatural thriller, “White Noise: The Light,” explores a thematically similar set of events. Abe Dale (Nathan Fillion-TV’s “Firefly”) is a contented husband and father whose wife, Rebecca (Kendall Cross) and young son, Danny (Josh Ballard) are butchered by a seemingly crazed gunman. Henry Caine (Craig Fairbrass) bursts into a diner and shoots both of them, then turns the gun on himself. Devastated, Abe makes an unsuccessful suicide bid, then awakens in a hospital, where he finds himself in a near death experience, pulled inexorably toward a bright light. Regaining consciousness, Abe discovers his sudden, newfound ability to spot "auras" around the living that signal death in advance. He uses the precognition to save several lives from potential disaster, as a kind of 'avenging angel,' but soon discovers that these interventions against death wreak exceedingly dire and ugly consequences on Earth.

SCREENVILLE Cinema 2 – “In the Land of Women”

      Carter Webb (Adam Brody-“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”) is devastated after a break-up with his true love, Sophia (Elena Anaya-“Van Helsing”). Heartbroken and depressed, Carter escapes Los Angeles, heading across the country to suburban Michigan to visit and care for his ailing grandmother (Olympia Dukakis-“Moonstruck”), who offers him a uniquely different perspective on life and especially death.

      Soon after his arrival, Carter stumbles into the lives of the family living directly across the street. Sarah Hardwicke (Meg Ryan-“Against the Topes”) is the mother of two daughters -- Paige (Makenzie Vega), a precocious, effervescent eleven-year-old and her older sister Lucy (Kristen Stewart-“The Messengers”), an angst-ridden teenager. Through his relationships with these women, as well as his grandmother, Carter begins to discover that what felt like the end was really only just the beginning of his adventure.

SCREENVILLE Cinema 3 – “Ratatouille”

      A lovable rat named Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt – “Failure to Launch”) dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen. But when fate takes Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau (voice of Brad Garret – “Music & Lyrics”). Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

      Remy finds himself torn between his calling and passion in life or returning forever to his previous existence as a rat. He learns the truth about friendship, family and having no choice but to be who he really is, a rat who wants to be a chef.

Star Cinema’s “A love Story” premiere showing this Wednesday at Screenville

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