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Plot: Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark builds a high-tech suit of armor and leads a double-life as the superhero, Iron Man.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Allison McAtee, Stacy Stas
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ***
All That Matters
By Jan Goldstein
ISBN: 1-4013-0110-/x
Publisher: Hyperion
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Plot: A veteran cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife is implicated in the death his former partner.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Cedric the Entertainer, Terry Crews, Hugh Laurie, Naomi Harris, Common, Jay Mohr, The Game
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ***1/2
I’ve Already Forgotten Your Name, Philip Hall
By Bette Greene
ISBN: 0-06-051835-9
Publisher: HarperCollins
Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Mermaid Chair
By Sue Monk Kidd
ISBN: 0-670-03394-4
Publisher: Viking
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Studio: Lionsgate
Plot: A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father she’s never met and meets her dad’s raucous family.
Cast: Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Lance Gross, Sofía Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, Irma P. Hall
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: **1/2
Proverbs for the People
Edited by Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall
ISBN: 0-7582-0287-3
Publisher: Dafina Books
Available: Bookstores everywhere and Kensington Publishing Corp. (www.kensingtonbooks.com)