Cellular (95 minutes)
My alternative title would be: 411/911

SUPER MOVIE FAN'S RECOMMENDATION: 3, SEE IT

Who is in it?:
KIM BASINGER, CHRIS EVANS, JASON STATHAM, JESSICA BIEL, NOAH EMMERICH

What is it about?
KIM BASINGER is Jessica, taken prisoner in her own home by bad guys who want something from her husband, something that she knows nothing about. Because the bad guys have allowed her to see them, Jessica realizes they will likely kill her. They are also looking to kidnap her son at his school. Locked in an attic, Jessica (a science teacher by trade) rigs a smashed phone to make a random call. There she happens to connect to a young man named Ryan (CHIRS EVANS). She convinces Ryan that something bad is happening and gradually he escalates a frantic search and chase for Jessica.

When and Where does this movie take place?
Brentwood, and the LA area

Why see it? Cellular is an intense and well-made movie that really holds your attention. Well written and smart, the journey that Chris goes on to try to find and save Jessica is amazing.

How about the kids?
Rated "PG-13" for violence and terror and suggestiveness. Not for little ones.

Video Pick of the Week
Man on Fire
DENZEL WASHINGTON stars as a "Soldier of Fortune," who is hired to protect a girl in Mexico City. Stuff goes seriously wrong. A good rental.

Next week, we'll review, Wimbledon with PAUL BETTANY and KIRSTEN DUNST. An up and coming tennis player gets lucky in a few parts of his life.

John Fischetti can be heard Friday's on the Wayne Perkey show on Oldies 103, WRKA and can be reached at fischettij@uncw.edu



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