Also showing: 'College,' 'Babylon A.D.'

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Published August 28, 2008 at 7 p.m.

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From left, Andrew Caldwell, Drake Bell and Kevin Covais play high school students experiencing the world of college for the first time in College.

Vin Diesel is a post-apocalyptic mercenary tasked with transporting a very important person from Eastern Europe to New York City in Babylon A.D.

College

* Rated: R

* Running time: 94 minutes

* The stars: Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, Kevin Covais

* The story: A pair of high school seniors talk their recently dumped friend into visiting a local college for the weekend. That's where they're hosted by a fraternity bent on debauchery, pass themselves off as freshmen, woo sorority girls and fall prey to the usual college high jinks.

* What to watch for: This is Drake Bell's first foray into an R-rated film after starring in Nickelodeon's squeaky clean Drake and Josh. It's also the first film for Kevin Covais, who most of America will recognize as the American Idol contestant circa 2006 who was dubbed Chicken Little.

Disaster Movie

* Rated: PG-13

* Running time: 90 minutes

* The stars: Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Gary "G-Thang" Johnson, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan

* The story: The filmmaking team behind Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans repeats the formula with disaster epics as the jumping-off point. But, true to form, any recent film (and pop culture figures and politicians) is fair game, as creators Jason Friendberg and Aaron Seltzer also toss Enchanted, Hannah Montana, Juno and Sex and the City into the mix.

Babylon A.D.

* Rated: PG-13

* Running time: 100 minutes

* The stars: Vin Diesel, Melanie Thierry, Michelle Yeoh, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong, Jerome Le Banner

* The story: A post-apocalyptic mercenary muscles his way from Eastern Europe to New York City with a package - the blond Aurora - who may be more than she appears, judging by the bombs, ultimate fighters and other mayhem that stand in his way of making the delivery.

* What the critics said: "A noisier, costlier version of Children of Men, yet lacking that film's social-political significance and jaw-dropping direction," wrote Jordan Mintzer of Variety.

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