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. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. 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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
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
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. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
The Duchess (PG-13, 105 minutes) Who’s cheating who? Keira Knightley stays classy and frilly in this period drama about the Duchess of Devonshire, who answers her husband’s promiscuity with an affair of her own. That’ll end well. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
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 Downtown Mall 6
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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (G, 100 minutes) Now they’re seniors. But what will happen when they go their separate ways next year? Let us all sing and dance about it. Opening Friday
Max Payne (PG-13, 100 minutes) After fining his family murdered, a rogue cop (Mark Wahlberg) descends into a nocturnal underworld on a quest for revenge. Yes, it’s based on a video game, but the concept is, well, timeless, really. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
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
Pride and Glory (R, 129 minutes) Edward Norton, Colin Farrell and Jon Voight star in what is probably a cookie-cutter New York City family/cop drama of tested loyalties. But you know you want to see because of who’s in it. Opening Friday
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. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Saw V (R, 95 minutes) Don’t you kinda wish for a franchise crossover between these torture-porn horror flicks and the High School Musical movies? This one was directed by the guy who was the production designer on the other Saw movies, so it’s in, well, hands. Opening Friday
The Secret Life of Bees (PG-13, 109 minutes) Sue Monk Kidd’s bestselling novel gets its due as an adaptation starring Queen Latifah and indestructible child actress Dakota Fanning. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Sex Drive (R, 109 minutes) A teen road-trip sex comedy. Or maybe a teen sex-trip road comedy. See, it works on many levels. Josh Zuckerman plays a virgin donut-shop worker who drives 500 miles to score, he hopes, with a dream girl he met on line. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
W. (PG-13, 110 minutes) Why, it’s never too soon for a new dispatch from American cinema’s unauthorized presidential biographer, Oliver Stone! This one surveys the outgoing POTUS’ life, with Josh Brolin, James Cromwell and Ellen Burstyn as George W., George H.W. and Barbara Bush, respectively. Also featuring Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney, Toby Jones as Karl Rove, and many more. Don’t misunderestimate it. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
