Australia (PG-13, 175 minutes) Moulin Rouge! director Baz Luhrmann directs Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman in a romantic historical western. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Bedtime Stories (PG, 99 minutes) Adam Sandler plays a storytelling uncle whose stories surprise him by coming true. A presumably family-friendly adventure-comedy co-starring Courtney Cox Arquette, Lucy Lawless, Guy Pearce and Kerry Russell. Opening Thursday
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. Playing at Carmike Cinema 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 Regal Downtown Mall 6
The Day the Earth Stood Still (PG-13, 92 minutes) In this update of the 1951 sci-fi staple, Keanu Reeves and his robot visit Earth from afar with a message of “Knock off the violence or you’ll see some something fierce.” Jennifer Connelly and Kathy Bates co-star. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Four Christmases (PG-13, 82 minutes) Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon play a couple accustomed to sneaking away together for Christmas but compelled this year to visit all four of their divorced parents on that one day. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Madagascar: Escape II 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 Regal Downtown Mall 6
Marley & Me (PG, 123 minutes) In this adaptation of John Grogan’s bestseller, a young couple (Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson) adopt an adorable yellow lab puppy, who proves to be quite a handful—and, yes, to teach them what really matters in life. Opening Thursday
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
Nothing Like the Holidays (PG-13, 99 minutes) One family’s Christmas reunion in Chicago, with John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, Jey Hernandez, Alfred Molina, Melonie Diaz and hopefully not too many clichés. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 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
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 Downtown Mall 6
Seven Pounds (PG-13, 124 minutes) Will Smith plays an IRS agent who did something really bad once (his words) and may redeem himself by changing the lives of seven strangers. Presumably not by auditing them. Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson co-star. Playing at Carmike Cinema 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
The Spirit (PG-13, 103 minutes) Sin City’s Frank Miller adapts Will Eisner’s beloved comic, in which a righteous cop returns from the dead as a masked, red-necktied crime-fighter in a very dark city. Starring Gabriel Macht and Samuel L. Jackson as the hero and villain, and Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes as two of several babes. Opening Thursday
The Tale of Despereaux (G, 94 minutes) The animated adventure, based on Kate DiCamillo’s book, of a small mouse with big ears and big courage who must rescue a kidnapped princess. With voices by Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman and Sigourney Weaver, among others. Playing at Carmike Cinema 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). Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Valkyrie (PG-13, 120 minutes) The true story of a Nazi colonel who tried to assassinate Hitler, with Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Wilkinson and Terence Stamp. Directed by Superman Returns’ Bryan Singer. Opening Thursday
Yes Man (PG-13, 104 minutes) Jim Carrey plays a guy whose life changes—a lot—when a self-help program compels him to start saying yes to everything. Remember Liar, Liar? Yes, you do. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
