2012 (PG-13, 158 minutes) It’s the end of the world as we know it, and John Cusack fees fine. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
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 Blind Side (PG-13, 126 minutes) A troubled black kid (Quinton Aaron) from a ruined family gets taken in by a wealthy white Tennessee couple (Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw), whose nurturance helps propel him into the NFL. True story. Director John Lee Hancock adapts Michael Lewis’ book about Baltimore Raven Michael Oher’s life. Opening Friday
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. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Coco Before Chanel (PG-13, 105 minutes) Audrey Tautou embodies the fashion empire’s namesake in a look at her rags-to-riches life. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
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 Regal Downtown Mall 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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
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. 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 Downtown Mall 6
The Men Who Stare at Goats (R, 93 minutes) A fairly rocking cast of fellows (Kevin Spacey, George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges) star in a comedy about a branch of the military that uses supernatural forces to end battles. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
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
Pirate Radio (R, 135 minutes) Argh! Avast, ye fans of corporate pop music! Watch Philip Seymour Hoffman hijack the airwaves! Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Planet 51 (PG, 87 minutes) A world very much like the suburban America of the 1950s, except for the fact that its inhabitants are little green aliens, finds itself disrupted by a visit from a human astronaut. This animated adventure comedy features the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Gary Oldman, John Cleese, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott and Justin Long. Opening Friday
A Serious Man (R, 105 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13, 122 minutes) If that heterosexuality-challenging trailer I watch on YouTube so regularly is any indication, the second movie installment of Stephenie Meyer’s supernatural bestseller franchise (starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner) is all about strapping shirtless lads turning into wolves. Opening Friday
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
