Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs ★★½
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs/trailer (PG)
Night At the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian ★★★
Night At the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian/trailer
Old Dogs ★★
Two bachelor friends Charlie (John Travolta) & Dan Rayburn (Robin Williams) fall into unexpected custody of six-year-old twins for two weeks. Disney succeeded in delivering another uninspiring comedy. (PG)
Old Dogs/trailer
Aliens in the Attic ★★
A routine family vacation takes on a sudden twist when the kids must fight off miniature alien invaders who seek to destroy the world if the sci-fi device buried underneath the basement is not retrieved. This is strictly a kid to tween movie. (PG)
Aliens in the Attic/trailer
I Love You, Man ★★★½
Peter Klaven(Paul Rudd) is engaged to Zooey (Rashida Jones) and upon planning their wedding, realize that Peter has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. After a few attempts at awkward “man-dates” he instantly bonds with fellow charismatic and opinionated Sydney Fife (Jason Segel). A feel good, funny movie. (R)
I Love You, Man/trailer
Orphan ★★★½
After the tragic loss of their unborn infant, Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a third child, nine year old Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman). When an alarming series of events begin to unfold, Kate realizes Esther is to blame and will do anything to save her family from harm’s way. An “Omen” type film with a startling ending. (R)
Orphan/trailer
De père en flic (Father and Guns) ★★★½
Jacques (Michel Côté) and Marc (Louis-José Houde) are father and son cops who can’t stand each other’s faces, but are paired up to save the life of a fellow officer, who has been kidnapped by a biker gang. They go undercover to gain the trust of the gang’s lawyer, all the while camped out at a father and son theropy excursion. A good entertaining Québécois flick…no pun intended. (PG-13)
De père en flic/trailer
Michael Jackson’s This Is It ★★★★
A rare, behind-the-scenes look at Michael Jackson as he developed, created and rehearsed between April through June, 2009 for his upcoming July concerts in London England. With help from Kenny Ortega, Jackson’s creative partner and stage director, this movie gives fans an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the King of Pop at work. (PG)
This Is It/trailer
Land of the Lost ★★½
Explorer Dr. Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) and his assistants Holly (Anna Friel) and Will (Danny McBride) are transported, through a time machine, to an alternate universe populated by dinosaurs and other unusual creatures. Based on the 1970′s television series created by Sid & Marty Krofft. Very few gags. Another ho-hum attempt by Mr. Ferrel. (PG-13)
Land of the Lost/trailer
G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra ★★★½
G.I. Joe is an elite team of operatives that use the latest in advanced spy technology and military equipment to help fight and cease a vital threat by the menacing Cobra organization, who plan to conquer the world by using catastrophic nanotech missiles. Starring Denis Quaid, Rachel Nichols and Channing Tatum. (PG-13)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra/trailer
Dead Snow ★★★
A group of medical students meet up at a cottage in the picturesque Norwegian mountains for an Easter vacation. They had all they needed for a fun filled week-end, until a group of Nazi zombies showed up to ruin their plans. Comical gore, keenly written. (R)
Dead Snow/trailer
Disney’s A Christmas Carol ★★★★
Three ghosts from Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, visit Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) and take him on a journey that will open his heart (and pocketbook) to those who affect his daily life. This 2009 3-D adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel takes us on a visual joy ride from start to finish. A must see for the whole family. (PG)
Disney’s A Christmas Carol/Trailer
Trick ‘r Treat ★★★½
This horror flick interconnects four stories that occur on Halloween. They include a high school principal/serial killer, female werewolves, teenager pranksters and little Sam, the menacing trick-or-treater. A well written tale that combines clever scenes with a touch of gore. (R)
Trick ‘r Treat trailer
The Brothers Bloom ★★★
Having been brought up in several foster homes, brothers Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) inevitably become international con artists. Promising themselves one final scam, they decide to swindle a beautiful and peculiar heiress, showing her the time of her life which leads to a romantic adventure and worldly travels. (13+)
The Brothers Bloom/Trailer
Zombieland ★★★½
In a world overrun by zombies, survivor Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) encounters a fearless zombie ass-kicker named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) whom in turn team up with two swindling sisters and travel across the country to make it back to Columbus’s home town. Harrelson steals the show with plenty of laughs to go around. (13+)
http://www.zombieland.com/trailer/
Surrogates ★★½
In a futuristic world where no fear or crime exists, people live their peaceful lives remotely from the safety of their own homes using robotic surrogates that are physically perfect representations of themselves. When the first murder is committed, FBI agent Greer (Bruce Willis) uncovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon. Very little in plot imagination or effects for that matter. (G)
District 9 ★★★★
Aliens make first contact with Earth over twenty years ago, leaving humans distraught while they anticipate confrontation. When government agent Sharlto Copley (Wilkus Van De Merwe) is assigned to relocate the extraterrestrial race from their poverty stricken ghetto called District 9 to a safer location, he is exposed to their biotechnology, rendering him part alien. (13+)
Inglourious Basterds ★★★★
This Tarantino movie combines two differnent people sharing a common cause, to eliminate Nazis and high ranked leaders of The Third Reich durning the first year of German-occupied France. One is Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) who witnesses her family’s execution and the other, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) who forms a selective posse of Jewish-American soldiers centered on revenge. (13+)
The Soloist ★★★½
Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) takes an inadvertent stroll through Skid Row and discovers Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a mysterious homeless man playing a two-stringed violin. As Lopez digs deeper into Ayers’ life to begin a story for his column, he discovers a musical prodigy with a troubled past which has led him to his present day solitude. Based on a true story. (G)
Post Grad ★★
Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel) has just graduated from collage and has her career plans set on a prestigious Los Angeles publishing house, but when she is refused to job, she temporarily moves back in with her offbeat family to help her establish a new profession.
Che: Part One & Two ★★★★
In 1956 Ernesto “Che” Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) along with eighty determined rebels sailed from Argentina to Cuba to join forces with Fidel Castro to cease and abolish Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship. In 1967 Che traveled to Bolivia to start a Latin-American revolution only to be succumbed by poor health and eventually, execution by the Bolivian Forces.
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. ★★½
Don Ready (Jeremy Piven) and his crew of used-car liquidators are hired on the Fourth of July week-end to save a failing dealership from going bankrupt. Good acting on Piven’s behalf.
G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra ★★★½
G.I. Joe is an elite team of operatives that use the latest in advanced spy technology and military equipment to help fight and cease a vital threat by the menacing Cobra organization, who plan to conquer the world by using catastrophic nanotech missiles. An action packed thrill ride from start to finish.
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