Alice In Wonderland                                                     Fantasy

 

19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

1 hr. 49 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.

 

Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Matt Lucas, Johnny Depp, Michael Sheen

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel            Comedy

 

America's favorite furry brothers Alvin, Simon and Theodore are back. Because of a freak accident involving Alvin and Dave Seville, they go to live with Dave's cool cousin, Toby and they have to enroll in school like every other kid. School presents new challenges to these rock stars like dealing with peer pressure, football and of course, girls. By "girls" we mean the Chipettes who are managed by Ian Hawke, the Chipmunks greedy former manager who wants to turn them into the next big thing. There is rivalry between the Chipettes and the Chipmunks at first, but in the end they realize that they make great friends and a great musical team.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for some mild rude humor.

 

Starring: Jason Lee, Zachary Levi, Anjelah Johnson, Wendie Malick, Justin Long

Avatar                                                             Science Fiction

 

In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.

160 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.

 

Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez

The Blind Side                                       Comedy and Drama

 

Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.

2 hrs.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references.

 

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon

The Book of Eli

 

A lone hero must fight his way across the wasteland of post-apocalyptic America to protect a sacred book that holds the key to saving the future of humanity.

1 hr. 58 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for some brutal violence and language.

 

Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson

Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day          Action/Adventure

 

When a priest is murdered in Boston, the MacManus brothers abandon their secluded life in Ireland to look into the case.

1 hr 27 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for bloody violence, language and some nudity.

 

Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz

Broken Embraces                     Drama, Romance and Thriller

 

Set in the 1990s and present day, centers on a four-way tale of dangerous love, shot in the style of a hard-boiled 1950s American film noir.

2 hrs. 8 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, language and some drug material.

 

Starring: Penelope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, Jose Luis Gomez

Brooklyn’s Finest            Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller

 

With personal and work pressures bearing down on them, three police officers face daily tests of judgment and honor in one of the world's most difficult jobs.

 

MPAA Rating: R for bloody violence throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, drug content and pervasive language.

 

Starring: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin

 

Brothers                                                                        Drama

 

Thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill and his younger brother Tommy Cahill, are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace, with whom he has two young daughters. Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who's always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam's farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie and Hank Cahill, a retired Marine. Shipped out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children.

1 hr. 50 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for language and some disturbing violent content.

 

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard

Cop Out                                                                        Comedy

 

Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, and Paul is his "partner-against-crime" whose preoccupation with his wife's alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball.

1 hr. 50 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for language

 

Starring: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollak, Ana De La Reguera

The Crazies                                                    Suspense/Horror

 

Something is infecting the citizens of Ogden Marsh with insanity. Now complete anarchy reigns as one by one the townsfolk succumb to an unknown toxin and turn sadistically violent.

1 hr. 41 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for bloody violence and language

 

Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson

 

Crazy Heart                                                                   Drama

 

Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man's crazy heart.

1 hr. 51 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for language and brief sexuality.

 

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, James Keane

Daybreakers                                                  Science Fiction

 

With the world overrun by vampires, humanity is dying out and the blood supply is nearly depleted.

 

MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity.

 

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo and Sam Neill

 

 

Did You Hear About the Morgans?                          Comedy

 

Romantic-comedy regulars Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker finally unite in this fish-out-of-water laugher. The actors play Paul and Meryl Morgan, a Manhattan couple whose marriage is in danger. But it turns out all they may need is a change of scenery: when the Morgans witness a murder and are sent by the government to small-town Wyoming to hide from the killers, their marriage shows signs of recovery.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual references and momentary violence.

 

Starring: Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen

Edge of Darkness                                                          Drama

 

Thomas Craven is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, 24-year-old Emma, is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter's secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous looking-glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder -- and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven's solitary search for answers about his daughter's death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption.

1 hr. 56 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence and language.

 

Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic

An Education                                                              Drama

 

In the post-war, pre-Beatles London suburbs, a bright schoolgirl is torn between studying for a place at Oxford and the more exciting alternative offered to her by a charismatic older man.

1 hr. 40 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking.

 

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour

Extraordinary Measures                                             Drama

 

Based on the true story of John and Aileen Crowley, who finance a cure for a rare disease that is killing two of their children.

1 hr. 49 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for thematic material, language, and a mild suggestive moment.

 

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Keri Russell, Jared Harris

Fantastic Mr. Fox                 Action/Adventure and Comedy

 

Mr and Mrs Fox live an idyllic home life with their son Ash and visiting young nephew Kristopherson. But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox's wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers -- Boggis, Bunce and Bean -- who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr Fox at any cost.

1 hr. 28 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for action, smoking and slang humor.

 

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray

The Hurt Locker                                         Action/Adventure

 

Three members of the Army’s elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and each other as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad—in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans alike. Their mission is clear—protect and save—but it’s anything but easy, as the margin of error when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero.

2 hrs. 10 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for war violence and language.

 

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce

Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus               Action/Adventure

 

Dr. Parnassus has the extraordinary gift of inspiring the imaginations of others. Helped by his traveling theatre troupe, including his sarcastic and cynical sidekick Percy and versatile young player Anton, Parnassus offers audience members the chance to transcend mundane reality by passing through a magical mirror into a fantastic universe of limitless imagination. However, Parnassus' magic comes at a price. For centuries he's been gambling with the devil, Mr. Nick who is coming to collect his prize -- Parnassus' precious daughter, Valentina on her upcoming 16th birthday. Oblivious to her rapidly approaching fate, Valentina falls for Tony, a charming outsider with motives of his own. In order to save his daughter and redeem himself, Parnassus makes one final bet with Mr. Nick, which sends Tony and Valentina and the entire theatre troupe on a ride of twists and turns, in and out of London and the Imaginarium's spectacular landscape.

2 hrs. 2 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violent images, some sensuality, language and smoking.

 

Starring: Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Tom Waits

Invictus                                                                         Drama

 

The true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language

 

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng

It’s Complicated                                Comedy and Romance

 

Jane is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has - after a decade of divorce - an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake. But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son's college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable - an affair. With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness, Jane is now, of all things, the other woman. Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam, an architect hired to remodel Jane's kitchen. Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realizes he's become part of a love triangle. Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It's--complicated.

1 hr. 58 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for some drug content and sexuality.

 

Starring: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell

The Last Station                                                            Biopic

 

Set in the last tumultuous years of famed Russian author Leo Tolstoy's life, centers on the battle for his soul waged by his wife Sofya Andreyevna and his leading disciple Vladimir Cherkov. Torn between his professed doctrine of poverty and chastity and the reality of his enormous wealth, his thirteen children and a life of hedonism, Tolstoy makes a dramatic flight from his home. Too ill to continue beyond the tiny rail station at Astapovo, he believes that he is dying alone, while over one hundred newspapermen camp outside awaiting hourly reports on his condition.

1 hr. 52 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for scene of sexuality/nudity.

 

Starring: Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff

Leap Year                                           Comedy and Romance

 

Following an Irish tradition in which a man must say yes if proposed to on a leap day, a woman travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend.

1 hr. 41 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for sensuality and language.

 

Starring: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow

 

Legion                                                        Action/Adventure

 

An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in Mankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner and the Archangel Michael.

1 hr. 44 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, and language.

 

Starring: Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki

 

The Lovely Bones                                                        Drama

 

Susie Salmon, a young girl who has been murdered, watches over her family -- and her killer -- from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.

2 hrs. 19 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and some language.

 

Starring: Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci

The Messenger                                                              Drama

 

U.S. Army officer Will Montgomery has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia, to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband's death, Will's emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.

1 hr. 45 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content/nudity.

 

Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone

Nine                                                                 Drama, Musical

 

Famous film director Guido Contini reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion while balancing the numerous women in his life.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and smoking.

 

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson

 

 

Old Dogs                                                                     Comedy

 

Two best friends -- one unlucky-in-love divorcee and the other a fun-loving bachelor -- have their lives turned upside down when they're unexpectedly charged with the care of 7-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors stumble in their efforts to take care of the twins, leading to one debacle after another, and perhaps to a new-found understanding of what's really important in life.

1 hr. 28 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for some mild rude humor.

 

Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Ella Blue Travolta, Lori Loughlin

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: the Lightning Thief

Action/Adventure

Follows the Greek god Poseidon's 12-year-old half-human son as he embarks on a fantastical quest across modern-day America to save his mother, return Zeus' stolen lightning bolt and prevent a deadly war between the gods.

120 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for action violence and peril, some scary images and suggestive material, and mild language.

 

Starring: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan

Planet 51                                                                     Comedy

 

American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker, lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders--like Chuck! With the help of his robot companion "Rover" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum.

1 hr. 31 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor.

 

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Gary Oldman, John Cleese, Lewis MacLeod

Precious                                                                        Drama

 

Clareece "Precious" Jones is an overweight, illiterate African-American teen in Harlem. Just as she's about to give birth to her second child, Jones is accepted into an alternative school where a teacher helps her find a new path in her life.

1 hr. 49 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language.

 

Starring: Mo'Nique , Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Gabourey Sidibe

The Princess and the Frog                                 Kids/Family

 

Set in the city of New Orleans comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana , a frog prince who desperatelywants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on an adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.

1 hr. 35 min.

 

MPAA Rating: G

 

Starring: Keith Anthony, Kwesi Boakye, Roger Aaron Brown, June Christopher

The Road                                                                       Drama

 

An epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father and his young son as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. It imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst and the best that they are capable of -- a future in which a father and his son are sustained by love.

1 hr. 53 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for some violence, disturbing images and language.

 

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce

A Single Man                                                                Drama

 

In Los Angeles 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis George Falconer, a 52-year-old British college professor is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim. George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley, a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A young student of George's, Kenny, who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit. A romantic tale of love interrupted the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.

1 hr. 39 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing images and nudity/sexual content.

 

Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode

A Serious Man                                                            Comedy

 

The story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances, Sy Ableman, who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry's unemployable brother Arthur is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry's chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person--a mensch--a serious man?

1 hr. 45 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for language, drug use, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence.

 

Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick

Sherlock Holmes                                        Action/Adventure

 

Robert Downey Jr. brings the legendary detective to life as he has never been portrayed before. Jude Law stars as Holmes' trusted colleague, Watson, a doctor and war veteran who is a formidable ally for Sherlock Holmes. Rachel McAdams stars as Irene Adler, the only woman ever to have bested Holmes and who has maintained a tempestuous relationship with the detective.

2 hr. 9 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material including violence, disturbing images and a scene of suggestive material.

 

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong

Shutter Island                                 Action/Adventure, Thriller

 

Two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island's fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.

2 hrs. 18 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for disturbing violent content, language and some nudity.

 

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams

The Spy Next Door                                                  Comedy

 

Bob Ho is an undercover CIA superspy who decides to give up his career in espionage to settle down with his next-door neighbor and girlfriend, Gillian. But Bob has one more mission to complete before Gillian agrees to marry him: winning over her three opinionated kids. When Gillian suddenly has to leave town, Bob volunteers to babysit the children so he can earn their approval. But when one of the kids mistakenly downloads a top-secret formula from his computer, Bob's archenemy, a Russian terrorist, moves in for the attack, forcing Bob to juggle the roles of spy and prospective stepfather in the most challenging mission of his career!

1 hr. 32 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for sequences of action violence and some mild rude humor.

 

Starring: Jackie Chan, Madeline Carroll, Alina Foley, George Lopez

The Tooth Fairy                                                          Comedy

 

"The Tooth Fairy," also known as Derek Thompson, is a hard-charging hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster's dreams, he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand. At first, Derek "can't handle the tooth" - bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers' homes - doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.

1 hr. 42 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for mild language, some rude humor and sports action.

 

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant, Seth MacFarlane

The Twilight Saga: New Moon                   Action/Adventure

 

Bella Swan delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of, only to find herself in greater peril than ever before.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence and action.

 

Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene

 

 

2012                                                             Action/Adventure

 

Centuries ago, the Maya left us their calendar, with a clear end date and all that it implies. By 2012, we'll know -- we were warned.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some language.

 

Starring: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson

 

Up In The Air                                                Comedy, Drama

 

Ryan Bingham, is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.

1 hr. 49 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content.

 

Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman

Valentine’s Day                                        Comedy, Romance

 

A diverse group of Los Angelenos navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine's Day

1 hr. 57 min.

 

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual material and brief partial nudity

 

Starring: Julia Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah

When In Rome                                     Comedy and Romance

 

Disillusioned with romance, an ambitious New Yorker travels to Rome, where she plucks magic coins from a special fountain. The coins attract an assortment of odd suitors, including a sausage merchant, a street magician and an artist. But, when a persistent reporter throws his hat in the ring, she wonders if his love is the real thing.

1 hr. 31 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some suggestive content.

 

Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Danny DeVito, Will Arnett

Where The Wild Things Are                                        Fantasy

 

Maurice Sendak's classic book comes to the big screen in an adventure tale for every generation. "Where the Wild Things Are" follows the adventure of Max, a mischievous young boy who is sent to his room after rebelling against his mother. Max's imagination is free to roam, and it soon transports him to a thriving forest bordering a vast sea. Delighted, he sets sail for the land of the Wild Things, where mischief reigns and Max rules. In bringing this imaginative fantasy to life, Jonze leads a team of filmmakers incorporating the most dynamic elements of voice performance, live-action puppetry and computer animation.

1 hr. 34 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language.

 

Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose

The Wolfman                                                 Suspense/Horror

 

Lawrence Talbot is lured back to his family estate to find his brother... and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.

 

MPAA Rating: R for bloody horror, violence and gore

 

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving

The Young Victoria                                                      Drama

 

The early years of the monarch Queen Victoria's rule and her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert.

1 hr. 44 min.

 

MPAA Rating: PG for some mild sensuality, a scene of violence, and brief incidental language and smoking.

 

Starring: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson

Youth in Revolt                                                          Comedy

 

The journal of Nick Twisp, an 18-year old high school student, who goes on a quest to lose his virginity after his parent's breakup.

1 hr. 30 min.

 

MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, language and drug use.

 

Starring: Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart, Zach Galifianakis