See-it, rent-it, skip-it: top 15 movies in theaters Friday, July 10th

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Sasha Baron Cohen does it again!

Not sure which movie to see this week in theaters? Let me help you out. The following is a list of films playing in the majority of theaters around the nation, and with The Hangover moving out of many theaters the hole in sexually explicit comedy is quickly filled by one gay Austrian model and two macho dudes dared to enter an amateur porn contest together.

1.  Hurt Locker - See-it if you can - This nearly perfect war epic is "well-acted, intensely shot, and action filled." Like Jarhead or Blackhawk Down? You’ll love this!

2.  Bruno - See-it - Hilarious, offensive, insightful, crude and unbelievable - these words simultaneously describe Sasha Baron Cohen's latest character and film, Bruno, the newest "mockumentary" from the man who redefined the word in 2006 with Borat.

3.  Humpday - See-it if you can - An unyielding comedy about masculinity, friendship and sexuality.  Humpday will make even the macho-est men laugh and/or squirm into enlightenment.

4.  Public Enemies - See-it - Depp plays Dillinger perfectly and Mann's Tommy-gun-blasting-vintage-car-chase action sequences are top notch (as expected), but Bale falls short with little to work with in this generally lacking dramatic story.

5.  Tony Manero - See-it if you can - This film about life under a dictatorship is shockingly original and unprecedented in every way - it will have you wishing you were in an "Art History 101: Feature Film as Art" class.

6.  The Girl From Monaco - See-it if you can - If your looking for something less loud, less dumb and less big this summer (which is hard to find at most theaters), this film delivers a romantic drama that delivers all three. 

7.  Soul Power - See-it if you can - A musical, racial and political documentary about the musical festival that took place during the legendary 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match.

8.  My Sister's Keeper - Rent-it - If you are in the mood for a heart-wrenching story about two young sisters facing some very grown-up decisions.

9.  Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Rent-it - Like everyone has said and heard: It was super racist, raunchy, long and cheesey. But giant robots fighting to the "death" Michael-Bay-style is always totally rad.

10.  Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Skip-it - Unfortunately, this originally hilarious and adorable series about our near-Dinosaur and pre-human friends is nearing its extinction.

11.  Blood: The Last Vampire - Skip-it - Good looks and hyperactive fantastic entertainment don't make up for a nearly incomprehensible story.

12.  I Hate Valentine's Day - Skip-it - And I hate this film, pairing Nia Vardalos and John Corbett together again following the enormous success of My Big Fat Greek Wedding does nothing but remind me how much better they were the first time around.

13.  The Proposal - Skip-it - Like Biel's scene in Powder Blue, Reynolds and Bullock's nude scene should fill the seats for this mostly lacking romantic comedy.

14.  The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - Skip-it - Despite Denzel and Travolta's usual draw there seems to be a lack of interest in this remake of the much better original of the same name.

15.  I Love You, Beth Cooper - Skip-it - This film, like its star Hayden Panettiere, is the same formula for a teenage romantic comedy and poster girl you've seen a hundred times before. Beth Cooper lacks any originality and actually reinforces the stereotypes it attempts to exploit.