2012 (PG-13, 158 minutes) It’s the end of the world as we know it, and John Cusack feels fine. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Armored (PG-13, 88 minutes) In this actioner from the director of Vacancy, Matt Dillon plays an armored truck driver who gets caught up in a big heist. Columbus Short co-stars. Playing at Carmike Cinema 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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (R, 118 minutes) The return of the hard-praying, hard-slaying MacManus brothers! Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Brothers (R, 110 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s featured review here. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (108 minutes) In this rom-com from the writer-director of Music and Lyrics, Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant play Manhattan marrieds whose troubled relationship might just be saved by witness protection in Wyoming. Mary Steenburgen and Sam Elliott co-star. Opening Friday
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
An Education (PG-13, 100 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
Everybody’s Fine (PG-13, 100 minutes) Robert De Niro gets a little more family friendly in this story about a widower reuniting with his family. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG, 88 minutes)Wes Anderson’s stop-motion-animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s book about a sly fox trying to protect himself and his family from the farmers whose chickens he steals. George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman, among others, lend their voices to Anderson’s impeccably tailored puppets. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Ninja Assassin (R, 99 minutes) From V for Vendetta director (and Matrix assistant director) James McTeigue, the tale of a well-trained killer seeking revenge—in stylish slow-motion. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Old Dogs (PG, 88 minutes) John Travolta and Robin Williams are put in charge of a pair of seven-year-olds. It better be a comedy. Playing at Carmike Cinema 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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (R, 110 minutes) An unflinching glimpse at the life of an impoverished, abused and illiterate teenager. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
The Princess and the Frog (G, 95 minutes) Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard, John Goodman and others lend their voices to Disney’s animated and updated fairy tale, set in Louisiana’s bayous. Randy Newman supplies the music. Opening Friday
Transylmania (R, 92 minutes) A road trip-turned-vampire spoof from the directors and writers behind National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
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. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
