Confessions of a Shopaholic (PG, 112 minutes) When used in moderation, shopahol can enhance the joy of life. But for Isla Fisher, as a young, suddenly popular advice columnist in New York City, moderation might not be an option. Who knows, maybe debt-reduction rom-com based on Sophie Kinsella’s chick-lit bestseller is just what’s called for in these tough times. Hugh Dancy, Joan Cusack, John Goodman and John Lithgow co-star. Opening Friday
Coraline (PG, 101 minutes) Spooky 3-D stop-motion feature from the fellow that brought you The Nightmare Before Christmas. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (PG-13, 168 minutes) Brad Pitt starts off young at heart and old in age, then switches it up in David Fincher’s version of the F. Scott Fitzgerald story. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Friday the 13th (R, 95 minutes) At last, an unnecessary “reboot” of the slasher-movie franchise begun in 1980, in which summer-camp teen counselors fall prey to a masked murderer. Helmed by German music-video maven Marcus Nispel. Opening Friday—the 13th! Get it? Sigh.
Frost/Nixon (R, 122 minutes) Ron Howard directs a film based on a play based on the interviews (phew!) between an outgoing President Nixon (Frank Langella) and talk show host David Frost (Michael Sheen). Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Gran Torino (R, 116 minutes) Clint Eastwood plays an aging Korean War vet who confronts his own prejudicies in protecting his Vietnamese neighbors. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
He’s Just Not That Into You (PG-13, 127 minutes) Sex and the City writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo’s bestseller gets the big-screen treatment: a portrait of the interconnected love lives of young Baltimoreans. The high-wattage cast includes Jennifer Anniston, Jennifer Connelly, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Affleck, Justin Long and others. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Hotel for Dogs (PG, 100 minutes) A pair of orphans set up a secret home for stray dogs in an abandoned hotel. Based on Lois Duncan’s children’s book, with Don Cheadle and Lisa Kudrow. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Inkheart (PG, 106 minutes) Brendan Fraser takes the lead in this kid-friendly fantasy about a girl and her father, who must capture a villain freed from a book. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
The International (R, 118 minutes) An Interpol agent (Clive Owen) and a New York district attorney (Naomi Watts) play a globetrotting game of cat-and-mouse with the all-powerful bank whose corruption they hope to expose. Tom Twyker, of Run Lola Run fame, directs. Opening Friday
Milk (R, 128 minutes) Sean Pennn turns in a miraculous performance as San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, the nation’s first openly gay elected official. Emile Hirsch, James Franco and Josh Brolin round out the stellar cast, and Gus Van Sant directs. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
My Bloody Valentine 3D (R, 100 minutes) A dude comes home to his small town, where there was a massacre on Valentine’s Day 10 years ago. People start thinking maybe he did it. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
New in Town (PG-13, 96 minutes) Renée Zellweger plays promotion-grubbing corporate-ladder climber who takes an unusual job assignment that winds up changing her life and involving Harry Connick, Jr. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Notorious (R, 100 minutes) Jamal Woolard plays Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace biopic. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (PG, 91 minutes) Kevin James plays an enthusiastic suburban New Jersey mall security guard, tested when a gang of crooks tries to muscle in on his turf. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
The Pink Panther 2 (PG, 92 minutes) Steve Martin continues his broadly bumbling take on the hapless French police inspector originated by Peter Sellers for director Blake Edwards way back when. Jean Reno, John Cleese and Emily Mortimer also return in supporting roles. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Push (PG-13, 111 minutes) A gang of psychics with supernatural powers takes on a government conspiracy. No, it’s not X-Men. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
The Reader (R, 124 minutes) Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet (awarded a Golden Globe for her performance) tear up the screen in this tale of an affair between a law student and a woman embroiled in a war crimes trial. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Revolutionary Road (R, 119 minutes) Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of Richard Yates’ novel, about a suburban couple struggling to find their identities while holding a family together. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Slumdog Millionaire (R, 120 minutes) Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) returns with a story about an impoverished Indian teen’s uncanny performance on a gameshow. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
Taken (PG-13, 91 minutes) When his daughter gets kidnapped during her Parisian vacation, ex-spy Liam Neeson assures her abductor that he’s made a bad move, then goes to the cupboard to open a can of whoop-ass. Luc Besson co-wrote and produced. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
The Uninvited (PG-13, 87 minutes) In co-directors Thomas and Charles Guard’s remake of a Korean thriller from 2003, a young girl (Emily Browning) and her mother’s ghost try to protect her widowed father (David Strathairn) from his questionable new fiancée (Elizabeth Banks). Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
The Wrestler (R, 115 minutes) Mickey Rourke takes a licking and keeps on ticking in a film about an aging bruiser on the independent wrestling circuit, trying to make peace and still put on a wild show. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
