OPENING THIS WEEK
“Armored” Not reviewed
“Brothers”
Reviewed on Page 5D
“Everybody’s Fine” Reviewed on Page 5D
“The Horse Boy” Reviewed on Page 9D
“Humble Pie” Not reviewed
“The Strip” Not reviewed
“Transylmania” Not reviewed
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Here are selected mini-reviews of films in theaters, listed alphabetically.
“2012”Super disaster PG-13. John Cusack lives to tell about the world coming to an end. (Christopher Kelly, McClatchy Newspapers) 160 minutes
“Astro Boy”Sci-fi PG. The boy hero, reborn inside a robot, saves Metro City. (Roger Ebert) 90 minutes
“The Blind Side”Drama PG-13. Sandra Bullock’s family adopts a hulking, shut- down African-American teen named Michael Oher. (Kennedy) 126 minutes
“The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day”Crime drama R. Three stoogelike Boston detectives and crude comic dialogue. (Ty Burr, Boston Globe) 87 minutes
“Disney’s A Christmas Carol”Animated classic PG. Tale of a miser (voiced by Jim Carrey) made a better man by the visits of four ghosts one Christmas Eve. (Kennedy) 95 minutes
“An Education”Coming of age PG-13.Sixteen- year-old Jenny’s relationship with older suitor David, set in a London suburb in 1961. (Kennedy) 95 minutes
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”AnimatedPG. When the 0h-so-clever and dapper Mr. Fox takes on three gluttonous farmers by the names of Boggis, Bunce and Bean, it’s quite an animated adventure. (Kennedy) 88 minutes
“The Fourth Kind”Thriller PG-13. An unintentionally silly thriller about alien abduction. (Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post) 98 minutes
“The House of the Devil”Horror R. A fine little old- school thriller, set in the 1980s. (Mi- chael Phillips, Chicago Tribune) 99 minutes
“The Invention of Lying”Comedy PG-13. Ricky Gervais plays a pudgy everyman in a world where everyone tells the truth — until one day. . . . (Roger Ebert) 99 minutes
“The Men Who Stare at Goats”Comedy R. A military operation that trains soldiers in paranormal warfare, starring George Clooney and Kevin Spacey. (Kennedy) 95 minutes
“Michael Jackson’s This Is It”Almost-concert film PG. The movie is less a full-on portrait than a tantalizing sketch of an artist at work. (Kennedy) 90 minutes
“Ninja Assassin”Ninja action R. For a thousand years, “The Nine Clans” have taken in orphans from around the world and forged them into cold-blooded killing machines. (Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel) 99 minutes
“Oh My God”Documentary Not rated. The question the director poses to religious leaders and ordinary people wherever he goes (“What is God?”) has almost as many answers as the people interviewed. (Stephen Holden, New York Times) 99 minutes
“Old Dogs”Comedy PG. Seven years after a whirlwind 24-hour marriage, uptight Dan (Robin Williams) learns he’s the father of twins. Dan and his best friend and business partner, footloose bachelor Charlie (John Travolta), end up babysitting these two for a couple of weeks. (Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune) 88 minutes
“Pirate Radio”Nostalgia R. It’s about the heyday of offshore “pirate radio” stations — broadcasting rock ‘n’ roll to Britain from old merchant ships. Great music. (Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel) 112 minutes
“Planet 51″Animated sci-fi PG. 1950s Earth spaceship lands on inhabited planet. (Roger Ebert) 90 minutes
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Drama R. Claireece Precious Jones is an obese, illiterate, abused Harlem teen. (Kennedy) 109 minutes
“The Road”Apocalyptic allegory R. A father (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son make their way toward the coast after an unspecified disaster has wrecked the planet. (Kennedy) 113 minutes
“Where the Wild Things Are”Children’s classic PG. Spike Jonze adapted Maurice Sendak’s beloved kids book about a boy named Max who journeys to a place inhabited by creatures that declare him king. (Kennedy) 101 minutes
“Zombieland”Zombie comedy R. Woody Harrelson is a gun-toting zombie slayer. (Kennedy) 81 minutes
GIANT SCREEN IMAX — Denver Museum of Nature & Science
“Wild Ocean” and “Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure.” Dates, times and tickets vary.2001 Colorado Blvd., 303- 322-7009,
IWERKS — The Wildlife Experience
“Coral Reef Adventure” and “Wild Safari.” Dates, times and tickets vary. 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker, 720-488-3300,
