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Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan Review: Questions: Did everyone involved in this botched thriller OD on speed? Does jimmy-legs director D.J. Caruso think if he slowed down the action we'd figure out how stupid the plot is? Did Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan think there was any acting involved in playing characters on the run from a computer intent on global domination? Are BlackBerrys and iPhones the enemy because they make us easy for the computer to track? Can the computer make me forget this movie? Rating: 1 Stars

RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER)Miracle at St. Anna: Drama. Starring Derek Luke, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy, Valentina Cervi and Matteo Sciabordi. Directed by Spike Lee. (Rated R. 160 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete listings and movie...

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) The Duchess: Costume drama. Starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes and Hayley Atwell. Directed by Saul Dibb. (PG-13. 105 minutes. At Bay area theaters.) At the start of "The Duchess," the title character is shown in a group of...

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Drama. Co-written and directed by Chris Smith. With Venkatesh Chavan, Jhangir Badshah, Nana Patekar and Ayesha Mohan. (In English and Hindi with English subtitles. Not rated. 95 minutes. At the Lumiere in San Francisco and the...

RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Comedy-drama. Written and directed by Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs. With Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Brad Dourif and Frances Conroy. (Rated R. 96 minutes. At the Lumiere in San Francisco and the Shattuck Cinemas...