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| Bride Wars | PG | |
| suggestive content, language and rude behavior | ||
| Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson star in a comedy as friends who decide to get married on the same day. A schedule change threatens to ruin everything (1 hour, 30 minutes). Grade: C | ||
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | PG-13 | |
| brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking | ||
| Brad Pitt stars a man who ages in reverse. Weird, yes, but also thought-provoking. Cate Blanchett and Julia Ormond also star. (2 hours, 39 minutes). GRADE: C | ||
| Defiance | R | |
| violence and language | ||
| Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell star as three Jewish brothers who escape from the Nazis in Poland but find that their fight against the Nazis is far from over (2 hours, 17 minutes). GRADE: A | ||
| Frost/Nixon | ||
| Gran Torino | R | |
| language and violence | ||
| Clint Eastwood stars as Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran who tries to make an example out of a neighborhood teen who tries to steal Kowalski's car, a 1972 Gran Torino (1 hour, 56 minutes). GRADE: B- | ||
| Hotel for Dogs | PG | |
| brief mild thematic elements, language and some crude humor | ||
| Two kids decide to take in nine stray dogs in a vacant house. Don Cheadle and Lisa Kudrow are among the adult stars (1 hour, 27 minutes). GRADE: B | ||
| Inkheart | PG | |
| fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language | ||
| [Opening 1/23] Brendan Fraser stars as a book-binder who drags his daughter (Eliza Bennett) through every dingy old bookstore of Europe, seeking a novel that swallowed his wife nine years before. The film has decent effects, bang-up settings and a good cast but it's rather dull. GRADE: C | ||
| Last Chance Harvey | PG | |
| brief strong language | ||
| Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson play two people who find love in middle age. 1 hour, 32 minutes. GRADE: C | ||
| Marley & Me | PG-13 | |
| thematic material, some suggestive content and language | ||
| Based on a book by journalist John Grogan, this is a movie that on the outside looks sappy. But Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston and a pesky puppy-turned-dog turn in solid performances. (2 hours, 3 minutes). GRADE: B | ||
| My Bloody Valentine 3D | R | |
| graphic horror violence and grisly images throughout, some strong sexuality, graphic nudity and language | ||
| The title pretty much says it all in this horror flick. Jensen Ackles (oSupernaturalo) and Jaime King (oGary Unmarriedo) star (1 hour, 41 minutes). GRADE: B | ||
| Not Easily Broken | PG-13 | |
| sexual references and thematic elements | ||
| The bond of a married couple (Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson) is tested after a car accident (1 hour, 36 minutes). GRADE: C | ||
| Notorious | R | |
| pervasive language, drug content and some strong sexuality including dialogue and nudity | ||
| Jamal Woolard stars in the story of the life and death of rapper Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. (1 hour, 40 minutes). GRADE: A | ||
| Paul Blart: Mall Cop | PG | |
| some violence, mild crude and suggestive humor, language | ||
| A nice-guy security guard tries to save a mall under siege. Kevin James stars in the comedy that he wrote with Nick Bakay (1 hour, 31 minutes). (Not reviewed.) | ||
| Rachel Getting Married | R | |
| Drama | language and brief sexuality | |
| Anne Hathaway steals the show as Kym, bride Rachel's little sister, in this tale of a dysfunctional family. 1 hour, 53 minutes. GRADE: B+ | ||
| Revolutionary Road | R | |
| language and some sexuality and nudity | ||
| Frank and April (the on-screen reunion of Leonard DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) play a 1950s couple in suburban Connecticut. The good old days, this isn't, but Leo and Kate give excellent performances; Winslet won the Golden Globe for hers (1 hour, 51 minutes). GRADE: C+ | ||
| Seven Pounds | PG-13 | |
| thematic material, some disturbing content and a scene of sensuality | ||
| Will Smith is a secretive IRS agent who has secret reasons to change the life of seven people. Shh, it's a secret. (1 hour, 58 minutes). GRADE: C+ | ||
| Twilight | PG-13 | |
| violence and a scene of sensuality | ||
| A teen (Kristen Stewart) leaves sunny Arizona to live with her father in rainy Washington, where she falls in love with a vampire (Robert Pattinson) (2 hours, 2 minutes). Grade: B- | ||
| The Unborn | PG-13 | |
| intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, language, sexual references | ||
| A young woman tries to avoid being overtaken by a spirit in this horror flick (1 hour, 28 minutes). (not reviewed) | ||
| Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | R | |
| bloody violence and some sexuality | ||
| [Opening 1/23] The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Michael Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (NBill ighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja (Rhona Mitra), in his battle against the Vampire army and his struggle for Lycan freedom. (Not reviewed) | ||
| Valkyrie | PG-13 | |
| violence and brief strong language | ||
| The chilling backstory of a 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Tom Cruise is the lead, although the part doesn't fit him very well. (2 hours). GRADE: B- | ||
