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 Downtown Mall 6
Bolt (PG, 96 minutes) In Disney’s 48th animated feature, a Hollywood dog who plays a canine superhero on TV, and thinks he actually is one, winds up in New York by mistake and must make an incredible journey home. John Travolta, Miley Cyrus and Malcolm McDowell, among others, lend their voice talents. 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
Changeling (R, 140 minutes) Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie in a story about a mother who goes toe-to-toe with the LAPD and her own suspicions after police bring her a strange boy that claims to be her abducted son. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Familiar Strangers (PG-13) Locally produced by Cavalier Films and shot in Staunton, this film follows the Worthington kids, now grown, back to their childhood home and a wickedly quirky family. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Fireproof (PG, 122 minutes) A firefighter played by Left Behind star Kirk Cameron tries not to get burned in his disintegrating marriage by turning to God. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
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. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (PG, 89 minutes) Having made it from the Central Park Zoo to Madagascar, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and the gang (as animated animals, you understand) brave the wilds of mainland Africa and get in touch with their roots. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Quantum of Solace (PG-13, 106 minutes) Daniel Craig takes a licking and keeps on 007-ing in the latest James Bond flick. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Rachel Getting Married (R, 113 minutes) Jonathan Demme’s latest throws Kym (Anne Hathaway), fresh from a decade of rehab, back to her roots for her sister’s day of marital bliss. Chances of it going awry seem pretty good. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
RocknRolla (R, 114 minutes) A bunch of memorable miscreants try to cash in on a Russian mobster’s real estate scam. The latest from Guy “Snatch” Ritchie. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Role Models (R, 100 minutes) Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott play a pair of comically obnoxious energy drink sales-man-boys who mess up their company truck and pay for it with community service–namely, mentoring young misfit kids. It’s not saying that bitterness and vulgarity for it’s own sake is funny. It’s saying that bitterness and vulgarity from children is funny. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
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. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
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
Soul Men (R, 103 minutes) Feuding former back-up singers (Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac) reunite for a reluctant road trip. So it’s sort of like The Bucket List meets The Dark Knight—not because comic book superheroes are involved, but because, sadly, this movie will have to be for the late Bernie Mac and the late Isaac Hayes, who co-stars, what that last Batman flick was for the late Heath Ledger. Probably funnier than The Dark Knight and The Bucket List put together, but that’s not saying much. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Twilight (PG-13, 120 minutes) Director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown) adapts Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling novel about the romance between a teenage girl (Kristen Stewart) and a well-coiffed vampire (Robert Pattinson). Opening Friday
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
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (R, 101 Minutes) Remember when people said “porno” instead of “porn”? Ah, simpler days. Kevin Smith remembers, and his new comedy stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as platonic pals who get into the adult entertainment business, and maybe into each other’s hearts. And pants? Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
