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“Crazy on the Outside” Not reviewed
“Daybreakers” Reviewed on Page 9D
“Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Reviewed on Page 1D
“Leap Year”
Reviewed on Page 5D
“The Missing Person” Reviewed on Page 7D
“Youth in Revolt” Reviewed on Page 4D
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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
“Avatar”Sci-fi epic PG-13. Technologically advanced sci-fi epic about a wheelchair-bound Marine, Sam Worthington, a moon called Pandora and an indigenous tribe under siege. (Lisa Kennedy) 161 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
“Broken Embraces”Drama R. Director creates a film-within-the-film, with Penelope Cruz. (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) 128 minutes
“Brothers”Drama R. Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal as an upstanding Marine and his black-sheep brother. (Kennedy) 110 minutes
“La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet”
Documentary Not rated. One of the finest dance films ever made, but there’s more to it than that. (A.O. Scott, New York Times) 158 minutes
“Did You Hear About the Morgans?”Romantic comedy PG-13. Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker as a Manhattan couple who must hide out in Wyoming. (Kennedy) 103 minutes
“Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
Animated classic PG. Miser (voiced by Jim Carrey) made a better man by the visits of four ghosts one Christmas Eve. (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
“Invictus”Drama PG-13. In 1995 South Africa, with Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as the captain of the national rugby team that can unite the country. (Kennedy) 133 minutes
“It’s Complicated”Romantic comedy R. Meryl Streep has a fling with her ex-husband, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin completes the triangle. (Kennedy) 120 minutes
“Nine”Musical PG-13. Daniel Day-Lewis song and dance musical with Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson, Kate Hudson, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren and Nicole Kidman. (Kennedy) 140 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 Princess and the Frog”AnimatedG. Disney’s first African-American princess. (Kennedy) 95 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
“Sherlock Holmes”Adventure PG-13. Robert Downey Jr. is Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law is his not-so-much-of-a sidekick.(Kennedy)90 minutes
“A Single Man”Drama R. Colin Firth as George Falconer, a college professor who makes a fateful decision in the wake of his lover’s death. (Kennedy) 99 minutes
“Up in the Air”Comedy R. George Clooney crisscrosses the country helping corporations lay off workers. Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick soar as they threaten to clip his wings. (Kennedy) 107 minutes
“The Young Victoria”Historical romance PG. Emily Blunt as the 18-year-old queen of England circa 1837. (Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times) 100 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,
