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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
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
Bride Wars (PG, 94 minutes) BFFs Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway decide to plan their respective weddings for the same day, and become highly competitive about it. After this, let’s call for a moratorium on Hathaway marriage movies. Opening Friday
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 Seminole Square 4
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. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Doubt (PG-13, 104 minutes) Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep face off on matters of faith, principle, morality and more in John Patrick Shanley’s film of his own award-winning play. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
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. 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. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
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
Not Easily Broken (PG-13, 99 minutes) Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson play a couple enduring various challenges to their marriage and faith. Based on the novel by bestselling author and pastor T.D. Jakes. Opening Friday
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. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
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). Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
The Unborn (PG-13) A Jewish-folkloric horror flick from the writer-director of Batman Begins and starring Gary Oldman. What more do you want? Opening Friday
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. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
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
