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
Coraline (PG, 101 minutes) Reviewed here. 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 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. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Frost/Nixon (R, 122 minutes) Ron Howard directs a film based on a play based on the interviews (phew!) between an outgoing President Nixon (Frank Langella) and talk show host David Frost (Michael Sheen). Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Gran Torino (R, 116 minutes) Clint Eastwood plays an aging Korean War vet who confronts his own prejudicies in protecting his Vietnamese neighbors. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
He’s Just Not That Into You (PG-13, 127 minutes) Sex and the City writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo’s bestseller gets the big-screen treatment: a portrait of the interconnected love lives of young Baltimoreans. The high-wattage cast includes Jennifer Anniston, Jennifer Connelly, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Affleck, Justin Long and others. Opening Friday
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. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Inkheart (PG, 106 minutes) Brendan Fraser takes the lead in this kid-friendly fantasy about a girl and her father, who must capture a villain freed from a book. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Last Chance Harvey (PG-13, 92 minutes) While attending his daughter’s wedding, Dustin Hoffman spots a pretty gal (Emma Watson) who just might make him feel smitten again. 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
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. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
New in Town (PG-13, 96 minutes) Renée Zellweger plays promotion-grubbing corporate-ladder climber who takes an unusual job assignment that winds up changing her life and involving Harry Connick, Jr. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Notorious (R, 100 minutes) Jamal Woolard plays Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace biopic. 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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
The Pink Panther 2 (PG, 92 minutes) Steve Martin continues his broadly bumbling take on the hapless French police inspector originated by Peter Sellers for director Blake Edwards way back when. Jean Reno, John Cleese and Emily Mortimer also return in supporting roles. 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
Revolutionary Road (R, 119 minutes) Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of Richard Yates’ novel, about a suburban couple struggling to find their identities while holding a family together. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 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
Taken (PG-13, 91 minutes) When his daughter gets kidnapped during her Parisian vacation, ex-spy Liam Neeson assures her abductor that he’s made a bad move, then goes to the cupboard to open a can of whoop-ass. Luc Besson co-wrote and produced. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans (R, 93 minutes) The latest in the Underworld series is a prequel that establishes the relationship between the high-powered vampires and the Lycan race that imprisoned them. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
The Uninvited (PG-13, 87 minutes) In co-directors Thomas and Charles Guard’s remake of a Korean thriller from 2003, a young girl (Emily Browning) and her mother’s ghost try to protect her widowed father (David Strathairn) from his questionable new fiancée (Elizabeth Banks). Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
The Wrestler (R, 115 minutes) Mickey Rourke takes a licking and keeps on ticking in a film about an aging bruiser on the independent wrestling circuit, trying to make peace and still put on a wild show. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
