Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel! (PG, 89 minutes) The Chipmunks flick that will likely appeal to the High School Musical crowd, thanks to the debut of the Chipettes! Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Avatar (PG-13, 162 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s featured review here. 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 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
An Education (PG-13, 100 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
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. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
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. 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. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
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. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
The Young Victoria (PG, 100 minutes) Do you have Prince Albert in a can? Just kidding. Emily Blunt stars in a film about the early years of Queen Vicky’s reign. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre