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While hunting down bootleg kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown pawnshop, Jason makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him hurtling back in time to ancient China. There, Jason is charged with a monumental task: he must free the fabled warrior the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the evil Jade Warlord. Jason is joined in his quest by wise kung fu master Lu Yan and a band of misfit warriors including Silent Monk. But only by learning the true precepts of kung fu can Jason hope to succeed - and find a way to get back home.

"For martial arts action fans, The Forbidden Kingdom may be the best fantasy story since the genre was opened to a wider audience by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." -- ReelReviews -James Berardinelli -

"The three tales mesh together well, even if there is never much sense of danger to confront our jokey gang of misfit heroes. (The movie should have been rated PG; the violence won't upset any but the smallest kids.)"-- New York Post -Kyle Smith

Other New Releases:

Baby Mama
Deception

Movie Industry

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• Portrait of Heath Ledger wins Australian art award 
• How Iron Man was trounced by a scruffy car thief
• Capsule reviews of `Speed Racer´ and other films this week
• Review: No luck finding surprises in `Vegas´
• Kung Fu film´The Forbidden Kingdom´ is a hit in China
• Kung Fu film´The Forbidden Kingdom´ a hit in China
• Journalist dishes details about Uma Thurman stalker trial
• ´Mrs. Garrett´ teaches Adam Sandler character facts of life 
• Dina Lohan´s´Top Mom´ honor brings bad press to mommy group

Television

• Speedy new character debuts on new season of NBC´s `Heroes´

  She´s not just fast. She´s very fast.

• ´CSI´ star Gary Dourdan charged with felony drug possession
• Jeff Probst: Surviving 16 seasons of `Survivor´
• `CSI´ star Gary Dourdan charged with felony drug possession
• Study of´Daily Show´: It´s a lot like O´Reilly 
• Whoopi Goldberg will serve as host of the 2008 Tony Awards 
• NBA playoff matchup No. 1 on cable for April 28-May 4
• A mother and child reunion for TV actors in mom´s day salute 
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• Dan Rather files amended lawsuit against CBS over his firing