2012 ()
An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Eijofor and Thandie Newton.
Rated: PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some adult language.
Showing Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Starmount, Creekside and Carousel Luxury.
ASTRO BOY ()
When a scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot child to replace him. The robot uses its incredible abilities to become a world-famous super-hero, and faces its biggest challenge when an alien race threatens Earth. Voices by Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlize Theron and Bill Nighy.
Rated: PG for some action and peril, and mild adult language.
Showing: Carousel Luxury.
THE BLIND SIDE () new
A poor teenager is recruited by a major college football program and groomed to be an athletically and academically successful NFL prospect. Based on Michael Lewis' book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. Starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw.
Rated: PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Starmount, Creekside and Carousel Luxury.
THE BOX ()
A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know. Starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden.
Rated: PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images.
Showing: Grand 18, Creekside and Carousel Luxury.
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY ()
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: Carousel Luxury.
An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Rated: PG for scary sequences and images.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Starmount, Liberty Twin and Creekside.
COCO AVANT CHANEL/COCO BEFORE CHANEL (not reviewed) new
The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
Rated: PG-13 for sexual content and smoking.
Showing: Carousel Luxury.
COUPLES RETREAT ()
A comedy centered on 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 and Creekside.
FAME ()
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 adult language.
Showing: Marketplace.
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 its paws.
Rated: PG for some mild action and rude humor.
Showing: Marketplace.
THE FOURTH KIND ()
Fact-based thriller about an unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up. Starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas and Will Patton.
Rated: PG-13 for violent/disturbing images, some terror, thematic elements and brief sexuality.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10 andCreekside.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS ()
World War II comedy stars Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christopher Waltz, among others.
Rated: R for graphic violence, adult language and brief sexuality.
Showing: Carousel Luxury.
THE INVENTION OF LYING ()
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: Marketplace.
Meryl Streep and Amy Adams star in this adaptation of two true stories. In both tales, the characters are at loose ends until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Rated: PG-13 for brief adult language and some sensuality.
Showing: Marketplace.
LAW ABIDING CITIZEN ()
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 and Carmike 10.
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS ()
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's First Earth Battalion, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions. Starring George Clooney.
Rated: R for adult language, some drug content and brief nudity.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Creekside and Carousel Luxury.
MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT ()
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of the late Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
Rated: PG for some suggestive choreography and scary images.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12 and Carmike 10.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY ()
After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
Rated: R for adult language.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Creekside and Carousel Luxury.
PIRATE RADIO ()
A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy.
Rated: R for adult language, and some sexual content including brief nudity.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12 and Carousel Luxury.
PLANET 51 (not reviewed) new
An astronaut lands on Planet 51 and finds it inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white-picket-fence world, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders.
Rated: PG for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Starmount and Creekside.
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE () new
In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Rated: R for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive adult language.
Showing: Grand 18.
THE SECRETS OF JONATHAN SPERRY (not reviewed)
In 1970, an older man mentors three boys to follow God.
Rated: PG for mild thematic elements.
Showing: Carousel Luxury.
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE ()
Romantic drama Stars Michelle Nolden, Arliss Howard, Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams.
Rated: PG-13 for thematic elements, brief disturbing images, nudity and sexuality.
Showing: Marketplace.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (look for review in Nov. 21 Living section) new
After Edward leaves Bella, she learns that there are more than vampires in the town of Forks. Sequel to Twilight.
Rated: PG-13 for some violence and action.
Showing: Grand 18, Wynnsong 12, Carmike 10, Kernersville Countryside, Starmount, Liberty Twin and Creekside.
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: Marketplace and Carousel Luxury.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE ()
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: Carmike 10.
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: Carousel Luxury.
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