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Theoretically based on a Chinese epic, this brightly idiotic fantasy is basically The Wizard of Oz in martial-arts drag. A kung-fu movie buff, hunting for DVDs in Chinatown, gets transported to ancient China to free a warrior from the evil Jade Warlord.

After watching Encanto for the first time, I called the soundtrack "forgettable." So I went back and tried to figure out what I was missing.

Fresh Air film critic David Edelstein reviews Redbelt, the new martial-arts film written and directed by David Mamet. The film tells the story of a principled martial-arts master who steps into the professional fighting ring to save his business.

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a martial arts instructor in the new David Mamet film, Redbelt. Before starring in movies, Ejiofor was a prominent stage actor in England. Since then, he's appeared in Dirty Pretty Things, Children of Men and American Gangster.

Fifteen-year-old Alex was born with both male and female sex organs, and that singularity is starting to matter. A doctor offers help, but it's the medico's 16-year-old son whose attentions interest Alex. Quirky, sharply observed performances, paired with tricky questions about identity, gender and sexuality.

"Martial Arts Ping Pong" probably sounded hilarious when pitched, and there are just enough laughs in the picture to fill a modestly amusing 30-second TV spot. But the thinness of the material becomes oppressive before the film is five minutes old.

Rowan Atkinson says this is your last chance to catch Mr. Bean, and you should; a couple of Buster Keaton-ish bits, including an improvised and improbable staircase that gets Bean to the beach in France, are pretty inspired.

Actor David Duchovny stars in the new Showtime series Californication, which is basically about a lot of sex. The actor, best known for his role as Agent Fox Mulder on the TV's The X-Files, earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a graduate degree in English Lit at Yale University.

The director of The 40-Year-Old Virgin here allows his favorite freaks and geeks to explore the mindset of the 18-year-old virgin. Knocked Up star Seth Rogen and his writer buddy Evan Goldberg reportedly started working on this script when they were 13, which doubtless explains the many penis jokes.

One of the world's treasures, the fossilized hominid known as "Lucy," goes on public display in Texas on Aug. 31. But controversies are swirling around the exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science — the only confirmed stop so far on what the Ethiopian government hopes will be a lucrative tour.