2012 (PG-13, 158 minutes) It’s the end of the world as we know it, and John Cusack feels fine. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
Avatar (PG-13, 162 minutes) James Cameron’s opus uses brand-new filmmaking technology to tell the story of a Marine (Sam Worthington) sent to the planet Pandora on an undercover mission that takes a few unexpected turns. 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 Regal Downtown Mall 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. 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
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 Downtown Mall 6
Invictus (PG-13, 134 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s featured review here. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
It’s Complicated (R, 120 minutes) This is writer-director Nancy Meyers’ new romantic comedy, in which 2010 Oscars hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin compete for the affections of Meryl Streep. Sounds simple enough. Opening Friday
Nine (PG-13, 118 minutes) Chicago director Rob Marshall marshals Daniel Day-Lewis, Sophia Loren, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson and Fergie for a musical remake of Federico Fellini’s 1963 masterpiece about a creatively blocked filmmaker grappling with his muses and memories. Opening Friday
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 Downtown Mall 6
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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
The Road (R, 113 minutes) It’s the end of the world as Cormac McCarthy knows it; Viggo Mortenson plays a father desperate to keep a sense of morality intact for his son, Kodi Smit-McPhee. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Sherlock Holmes (PG-13, 140 minutes) Robert Downey, Jr. stars as the master sleuth, with Jude Law as his sidekick Dr. Watson, in director Guy Ritchie’s sooty, bare-knuckle action thriller. Rachel McAdams co-stars. Opening Friday
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
Up in the Air (R, 109 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Opening Friday
