Some reviews originate at other newspapers that do not award star ratings. Ratings range from zero to four stars.
OPENING THIS WEEK
“127 Hours” Reviewed on Page 1D
“Army of Crime” Reviewed on Page 7D
“Cool It” Not reviewed
“Morning Glory” Reviewed on Page 4D
“Skyline” Not reviewed
“Unstoppable” Reviewed on Page 8D
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Here are selected mini-reviews of films in theaters, listed alphabetically.“Conviction”Fact-based drama R. Hilary Swank as Betty Anne Waters, a high- school dropout who goes to law school to defend her brother when he is wrongly convicted of murder. (Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune) 106 minutes
“Due Date”Comedy. R. Robert Downey Jr.’s Peter, a harried businessman, dashes to the Atlanta airport so he can be home in time for his wife (Michelle Monaghan) to give birth. Her due date is Friday. But Peter runs afoul of Ethan (Zach Galifianakis), a shambling bear of a boob, traveling with a pug dog named Sonny. From the instant Ethan’s pug smashes into Peter’s Town Car limo, the chubby guy is bad news. (Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel) 95 minutes
“For Colored Girls”Trauma Drama R. OK, we graded up for ambition when it came to director-writer Tyler Perry bringing Ntozake Shange’s potent 1975 “choreopoem” about the struggles of seven black women to the screen. The creator of the mouthy Madea weaves a number of Shange’s poems into the characters’ lines even as he situates the action in Harlem. Nine women cross paths, collide, and maybe lean on one another. Phylicia Rashad and Anika Noni Rose give exceptional turns. (Kennedy) 134 minutes
“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest”Thriller R. The perils and triumphs of hacker extraordinaire Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) continue in the final chapter of the big-screen version of Swedish writer Stieg Larsson’s trilogy. This installment is a bit subdued and clearly meant to bring the saga to a close. Lisbeth being laid up in a hospital for much of the 2 1/2 hour movie doesn’t help. (Kennedy) 148 minutes
“Hereafter”Drama PG-13. “Hereafter” has moments of human ache but is never transcendent. Matt Damon casts a conflicted, kindly aura as a psychic who doesn’t want to see — or listen to — dead people. Cecile de France and twins Frankie and George McLaren also star in this tale, penned by Peter Morgan, of connection here and now and hereafter. (Kennedy) 129 minutes
“Inside Job”Documentary PG-13. A riveting, eye-opening, infuriating documentary about the financial collapse of 2008, coolly presents a prosecutor’s brief against the culprits who engineered the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression. (Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune) 80 minutes
“Life as We Know It”Romantic comedy PG-13. Need a dose of the mischievous, appealing Josh Duhamel? See this. A connoisseur of the off-kilter, sharp- tongued cocktail Katherine Heigl likes serving up? See this. The rest of you should know, this tale of opposites forced to make nice when their dearest friends die and leave them a baby is romantic comedy as we’ve come to expect it: a pound of predictable, a dash of surprise. Josh Lucas also stars. (Kennedy) 115 minutes
“Megamind”
Animated PG. In this unexpectedly deep and zippy tale, the villian (voiced by Will Ferrell) learns he actually needs a good guy to work against. But with Metro Man (Brad Pitt) vanquished, a replacement hero doesn’t fit the bill, the tights or the mask. Tina Fey and Jonah Hill (as a TV reporter and her smitten cameraman) add sweet intrigue — romantic and otherwise. (Kennedy) 100 minutes
“Nowhere Boy”Drama. R. An emotionally raw and yet raucous, rockin’ riff on John Lennon’s turbulent teenage years. (Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times) 98 minutes
“RED”Action comedy PG-13. A terrific cast having entirely too much fun with guns, ammo and tart dialogue turns this twisting ride — about a smitten CIA operative (Bruce Willis) targeted by the agency — into unabated, unabashed fun. Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Richard Dreyfuss and Karl Urban all get in on the explosive action. (Kennedy) 111 minutes
“Secretariat”Family fare PG. A horse is a horse, of course. Unless it’s Triple Crown winner Secretariat. An owner is an owner, of course, of course. Unless it’s Penny Chenery. Diane Lane stars as the daughter of a horse breeder who stresses her marriage to save her father’s horse farm and winds up giving a riven nation a champion. John Malkovich is a hoot as horse trainer Lucien Laurin. (Kennedy) 116 minutes
“The Social Network”Zeitgeist drama PG-13. Facebook gets its fascinating close-up — acne and all — in this savvy drama about the founding of the online behemoth, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake. (Kennedy) 120 minutes
“Waiting for Superman”Documentary PG. Davis Guggenheim’s scathing, moving critique of American public education, makes you want to do something after you dry your eyes. (Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post) 80 minutes
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