An American Carol (PG-13, 83 minutes) Director David Zucker of Airplane! fame and Scary Movie 3 infamy helms this tale of a Michael Moore-ish filmmaker (Kevin Farley) who crusades to abolish our July 4 holiday and is visited by spirits who try to persuade him that he’s an idiot. With Jon Voigt as George Washington and Kelsey Grammer as George Patton. Seriously. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Appaloosa (R, 108 minutes) Ed Harris, Jeremy Irons and Viggo Mortensen seek out the roots of American Western cinema with this flick about men hired to wrest control of a town from a controlling rancher. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (PG, 85 minutes) A pampered pooch finds herself lost in Mexico and far from home. Disney provides the funding and Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, George Lopez and Salma Hayek provide the voices. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Blindness (R, 120 minutes) After a contagious blindness sweeps through a city, a group of strangers bands together to survive. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Body of Lies (R, 128 minutes) Dude-tastic director Ridley Scott’s dude-heavy drama, based on the 2007 novel by David Ignatius, of a couple of CIA dudes (Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe) trying to out-dude a terrorist network and maybe each other. Opening Friday
Burn After Reading (R, 95 minutes) In the latest Coen Brothers romp, a CIA agent’s tell-all falls into the hands of folks who want to sell it, but aren’t publishers. Starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton and Brad Pitt. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Choke (R, 92 minutes) Sex addict Sam Rockwell cons diners into saving his life as he gags on his grub, and uses their pity cash to pay for his mother’s hospital bills. Then, as you might expect, things get complicated. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
City of Embers (PG, 95 minutes) Based on Jeanne Duprau’s book, this is the adventure of two tweens trying to save their possibly doomed underground city, whose power is running out. With Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Martin Landau and an enormous, elaborate set. Opening Friday
Eagle Eye (PG-13, 118 minutes) Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan follow the bidding of a voice over the phone. Why? You’ll find out. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
The Express (PG, 129 minutes) Director Gary Fleder’s film could be just another college-football drama, except it’s about Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first black man to win the Heisman Trophy. Dennis Quaid plays the coach. Opening Friday
Flash of Genius (PG-13, 119 minutes) A docudrama about the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper, played by Greg Kinnear, who got screwed by the system but then—well, you’ll see. Clearly, through your windshield, eh? Eh? Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Ghost Town (PG-13, 102 minutes) Ricky Gervais kicks the bucket but is revived only a few minutes later to find that he can see and communicate with ghosts. And the pesky spectres want to interfere with his love life. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (R, 110 minutes) Simon Pegg is a downscale British writer not fitting in at all at an upscale magazine in New York. It’s reasonable to hope that veteran “Curb Your Enthusiasm” director Robert B. Weide’s film won’t water down the vinegar of Toby Young’s memoir, from which it’s adapted. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Igor (PG, 86 minutes) John Cusack provides the voice of an aspiring mad scientist’s assistant that wants to break free and invent on his own. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Lakeview Terrace (PG-13, 106 minutes) In director Neil Labute’s thriller, Samuel L. Jackson plays a veteran L.A. cop disapproving of and harassing his nextdoor neighbors, an interracial newlywed couple (Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington). Remember when they remade and race-swapped Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner into Guess Who? This is sort of like that meets Unlawful Entry. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Miracle at St. Anna (R, 166 minutes) The story of members of the 92nd Infantry Division who were trapped in Italy following an attempt to rescue a child. Also, a Spike Lee joint. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist (PG-13, 90 minutes) Michael Cera and Kat Dennings play two cute proto-hipster high schoolers—apparently no relation whatsoever to Nick and Nora Charles of the Thin Man movies of the ’30s—who hang out all night in New York and go to shows and get into each other. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Nights in Rodanthe (PG-13, 97 minutes) Diane Lane and Richard Gere star in this tale about two people who find unlikely love during their respective romantic crises. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Quarantine (R, 92 minutes) This horror remake takes its lead from The Blair Witch Project, as a news crew is quarantined inside a building while covering a story and, presumably, terrorized. The only evidence of their disappearance is their footage. Opening Friday
Tell No One (Unrated, 125 minutes) Years after the death of his wife—a death that he was accused of perpetrating—Dr. Alexandre Beck becomes the suspect of another murder and learns his wife may be alive yet. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (PG-13, 111 minutes) Kathy Bates, Alfrie Woodard, and, go figure, Tyler Perry, star in this tale of scandalous entanglement between two families from different social strata. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
