Capsule Reviews

12 Rounds (PG-13, 108 minutes) Professional wrestler Jon Cena proves himself the working man’s Jason Statham in this film about a New Orleans cop trying to put an Irish criminal back in the slammer. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6

Adventureland (R, 106 minutes) Superbad director Greg Mottola sets young love and raunchy humor in an amusement park. But he does it endearingly. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6

The Class (NR, 128 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre

Duplicity (PG-13, 118 minutes) Julia Roberts and Clive Owen are competing spies and classy con artists and wary lovers and tediously glamorous movie stars. Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti co-star and Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) directs. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4

Fast & Furious (PG-13) On the mean streets of L.A., Vin Diesel and Paul Walker turbo-charge the fourth outing of this popular  car-race franchise. Michelle Rodriguez co-stars. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6

Hannah Montana: The Movie (G, 98 minutes) In this big-screen take on the Disney Channel sitcom, Miley Cyrus once again stars as a peppy teen girl living a secret double life as a pop star. Her father is played by her real father, Billy Ray Cyrus. Opening Friday

The Haunting in Connecticut (PG-13, 92 minutes) Wait, hold on—you’re telling us that the former funeral home that young Kyle and his family live in is haunted? Honestly, who haunts a funeral home? Playing at Carmike Cinema 6

I Love You, Man (R) Paul Rudd plays a dude with no dude friends who’s about to get married and needs a best man. After a few abortive man-dates, it’s Jason Segel to the rescue. But what if their budding bromance threatens the dude’s impending marriage? Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4

Knowing (PG-13, 115 minutes) In this disaster-movie blockbuster, Nicolas Cage comes upon a 50-year-old time capsule containing coded, accurate predictions of global catastrophe. It’s up to him to save the planet. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6

Monsters vs. Aliens (PG, 94 minutes) The latest from DreamWorks, about a woman who makes some unlikely new friends after being transformed into an enormous monster. Fantastic Hollywood voice cast. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6

Observe and Report (R, 85 minutes) The second shopping-mall-security-guard comedy of 2009 (see Paul Blart: Mall Cop, at your own risk), this is the one with profanity, nudity, sexual content and Seth Rogen. Written and directed by Jody Hill (The Foot Fist Way), it co-stars Anna Faris, Ray Liotta and Michael Peña. Opening Friday

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

Race to Witch Mountain (PG-13, 99 minutes) In this Disney remake, Dwayne Johnson plays a cab driver hired by extraterrestrials on the run from the Feds. The aliens are in the form of cute human kids, so it’s cool. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6

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

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 Regal Downtown Mall 6

Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail (PG-13, 103 minutes) Writer-actor-director-franchise curator Tyler Perry stars in another self-adapted screen version of his own play, in which his comically hotheaded drag matriarch…well, you read the title. Co-starring Keshia Knight Pulliam—yes, the little girl from “The Cosby Show”—as an incarcerated hooker who needs Madea’s help. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6

Watchmen (R, 163 minutes) Alan Moore’s comic book magnum opus comes to life as a group of superheroes digs into the mystery of who is knocking off their caped brethren. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6