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Michael Gambon portrays Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, now showing at Marketplace.
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Published: October 15, 2009
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Clever animation. So-so story. Voices by Elijah Wood and Christopher Plummer, among others.
Rated: PG-13 for violence and scary images.
Showing: Creekside.
ALL ABOUT STEVE (½)
Romantic comedy stars Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church and Bradley Cooper.
Rated: PG-13 for sexual content including innuendoes.
Showing: Carmike 10, Creekside.
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (½)
Michael Moore's new documentary asks "What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism?"
Rated: R for some adult language.
Showing: Grand 18, Carousel Luxury.
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (½)
Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain. Voices by Bill Hader, Anna Faris and Bruce Campbell, among others.
Rated: PG for mild adult language.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Starmount, Liberty Twin, Creekside.
COLD SOULS (not reviewed)
Paul Giamatti stars as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.
Rated: PG-13 for nudity and brief strong adult language.
Showing: Carousel Luxury.
COUPLES RETREAT (½)
A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.
Rated: PG-13 on appeal for sexual content and language.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Starmount, Creekside.
DISTRICT 9 (½)
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.
Rated: R for bloody violence and pervasive adult language.
Showing: Marketplace.
FAME (½)
As in the 1980 film, students at the N.Y. City High School of Performing Arts strive to follow their dreams.
Rated: PG for thematic material including teen drinking, a sexual situation and language.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Creekside, Carousel Luxury.
G-FORCE ()
Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, a covert team of highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws.
Rated: PG for some mild action and rude humor.
Showing: Marketplace, Carousel Luxury.
G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA (not reviewed)
An elite military unit comprising special operatives known as G.I. Joe takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.
Rated: PG-13 for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.
Showing: Marketplace.
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (½)
As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Rated: PG for scary images, some violence, adult language and mild sensuality.
Showing: Marketplace.
THE HANGOVER (½)
A dark comedy centered about three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
Rated: R for pervasive adult language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material.
Showing: Marketplace.
I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL (not reviewed) new
A guy tries to patch things up with his soon-to-be-married pal after botching things up at his bachelor party.
Rated: R for nudity, strong sexual content including graphic dialogue throughout, adult language and some crude material.
Showing: Grand 18.
IN THE LOOP ()
The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. Starring James Gandolfini.
Rated: NR
Showing: Carousel Luxury.
THE INFORMANT! ()
The U.S. government goes after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence from their vice-president-turned-informant played by Matt Damon. Based on a true story.
Rated: R for adult language.
Showing: Grand 18.
THE INVENTION OF LYING (½)
A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain. Starring Ricky Gervais.
Rated: PG-13 for adult language including some sexual material and a drug reference.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carousel Luxury.
IT MIGHT GET LOUD (not reviewed) new
A documentary on the electric guitar from the viewpoint of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.
Rated: PG for mild thematic elements, brief adult language and smoking.
Showing: Carousel Luxury.
LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (not reviewed) new
An everyday guy decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets his family's killers free. Starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler.
Rated: R for brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive adult language.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Starmount, Creekside.
LOVE HAPPENS (not reviewed)
A widower (Aaron Eckhart) writes a best-selling book about coping with loss and becomes a celebrated self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he falls for a woman (Jennifer Aniston) who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.
Rated: PG-13 for some adult language including sexual references.
Showing: Wynnsong 12, Creekside, Carousel Luxury.
MY ONE AND ONLY (not reviewed)
A 1950s-set comedy in which the glamorous Anne Deveraux (Renee Zellweger) embarks on a drive down the Eastern Seaboard in a quixotic search for a wealthy man to pay for a new life for her and her sons.
Rated: PG-13 for sexual content and adult language.
Showing: Carousel Luxury.
MY SWEET MISERY (not reviewed) new
A disconnected man is haunted by a past that is coming full circle in strange and surreal ways.
Rated: NR
Showing: Wynnsong 12.
OPA! (not reviewed) new
A modern-day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story.
Rated: PG-13 for some nudity and strong adult language.
Showing: Carmike 10.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY () new
After moving into a suburban home, a couple become increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
Rated: R for adult language.
Showing: Grand 18.
THE PROPOSAL ()
Romantic comedy stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.
Rated: PG-13 for sexual content, nudity and adult language.
Showing: Marketplace.
THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE ()
A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.
Rated: PG-13 for brief adult language.
Showing: Carousel Luxury.
THE STEPFATHER (not reviewed) new
Michael (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand.
Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, mature thematic material and brief sensuality.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Creekside.
SURROGATES (not reviewed)
Bruce Willis investigates a murder in a robotic utopia.
Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, adult language, sexuality and a drug-related scene.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Creekside.
TOY STORY 1 AND 2 IN 3-D (not reviewed)
In anticipation of next year's release of Toy Story 3, the first two films in the franchise have been released in 3-D.
Rated: G
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Carousel Luxury.
TYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF (not reviewed)
Comedy.
Rated: PG-13 for mature thematic material involving a sexual assault on a minor, violence, drug references and smoking.
Showing: Grand 18, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Creekside, Carousel Luxury.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE () new
An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, in which Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world -- a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.
Rated: PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief adult language.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Starmount, Liberty Twin, Creekside.
WHIP IT ()
An indie-rock-loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league.
Rated: PG-13 for sexual content including crude dialogue, adult language and drug material.
Showing: Wynnsong 12, Creekside.
ZOMBIELAND ()
Two men (Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson) have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies.
Rated: R for horror violence/gore and adult language.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Starmount, Creekside, Carousel Luxury.
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