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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
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
Defiance (R, 136 minutes) A true-story-based drama of World War II in which three Jewish brothers (Daniel Craig, Live Schreiber and Jamie Bell) mobilize a small militia of their own people against the Nazis. Opening Friday
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
Gran Torino (R, 116 minutes) Reviewed here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 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. Opening Friday
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 Penn 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 ten years ago. People start thinking maybe he did it. Opening Friday
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. 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. Opening Friday
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
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
The Unborn (PG-13, 88 minutes) A Jewish-folkloric horror flick from the writer-director of Batman Begins and starring Gary Oldman. What more do you want? Playing at Carmike Cinema 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. 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
