Amelia (PG, 111 minutes) Hilary Swank embodies airborne Earhart in this fall’s hot historical epic. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Astro Boy (PG, 94 minutes) A sort of Pinocchio for the 22nd century, about a rocket child created in his father’s image who blasts off to save the world. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
The Box (PG-13, 115 minutes) Cameron Diaz and James Marsden are married, but not happily. Then they receive, from Frank Langella, a little box with a button in it. Push that button, get rich quick. But at what cost?? Donnie Darko and Southland Tales director Richard Kelly, working from Richard Matheson’s classic short story, has the helm. Opening Friday
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (PG-13, 108 minutes) Suddenly, freak is chic. A young boy decides to become a vampire and tour with a traveling freak show. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (PG, 81 minutes) An animated adaptation of the popular children’s book by Judi and Ron Barrett, in which all sorts of food falls from the sky. With the voices of James Caan, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Neil Patrick Harris, Andy Samberg and Mr. T. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Couples Retreat (PG-13, 107 minutes) Four couples come to a tropical resort, where vacation time turns into much-needed marriage-repair therapy. Stars include Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn (who co-wrote, with Dana Fox), Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Kristin Davis, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell and Kali Hawk, and the director is none other than Peter "A Christmas Story" Billingsley. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (PG, 76 minutes) Jim Carrey lends his voice to a weirdly hyper-real animated Ebenezer Scrooge in the latest version of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic. Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth and Robin Wright Penn co-star. Robert Zemeckis, who made that weirdly hyper-real animated version of Beowulf, directs. Opening Friday
The Fourth Kind (PG-13, 98 minutes) Have space aliens been abducting people in Alaska? In this thriller “based on actual case studies,” a psychologist played by Milla Jovavich intends to find out. Elias Koteas and Will Patton co-star. Opening Friday
Good Hair (PG-13, 95 minutes). Chris Rock leads a camera crew around the country to document African American hair culture. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Halloween II (R, 105 minutes) Rob Zombie directs a remake of the slash-tastic sequel to the original Michael Myers flick. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Julie & Julia (PG-13, 123 minutes) A movie about a cookbook and a memoir. Like, totally metatextual! Amy Adams and Meryl Streep star, Nora Ephron directs…do they cook? Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Law Abiding Citizen (R, 108 minutes) A grieving and apparently sociopathic widower (Gerard Butler) goes rather brutally out of his way to demonstrate legal-system loopholes to the district attorney (Jamie Foxx) who let his family’s killers go unpunished. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Michael Jackson: This Is It (PG, 112 minutes) The documentary of the infamous Moonwalker’s preparation for a London concert series hits the screens after his death. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Paranormal Activity (R, 86 minutes) A terrifying trailer, to be sure, rich with audience screams. Is the film itself as terrifying? Check it out and let us know; we’ll be hiding under our covers. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Saw VI (R, 90 minutes) Six of one, half-dozen of the other. Who would’ve thought snuff films would become so boring? Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
A Serious Man (R, 105 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
The Stepfather (PG-13, 89 minutes) A remake of a 1987 movie of the same name, loosely based on a true story: A dude comes home from military school to discover that his mother’s new lover is just not cool. And is probably a serial killer. Penn Badgley, Sela Ward and Dylan Walsh star. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Where the Wild Things Are (PG, 94 minutes) Dave Eggers wrote and Spike Jonze directed the movie version of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s book about a willful boy who escapes his life to a fantastical island of strange beasts who make him their king. Stars include Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O’Hara and Paul Dano. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Zombieland (R, 81 minutes) In this horror comedy, a coward (Jesse Eisenberg) and a badass crackpot (Woody Harrelson) do battle with armies of the undead. Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin co-star. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
