OPENED WEDNESDAY

"THE BROTHERS BLOOM" -- Con-artist siblings attempt to swindle a reclusive heiress, but one of the brothers falls for the eccentric woman during their around-the-world adventure. Starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel Weisz. Written and directed by Rian Johnson. (PG-13 for violence, some sensuality and brief strong language.)

"ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS" -- Ray Romano and his prehistoric pals return in part three of the animated franchise. This time the gang runs into a few dinosaurs. Also featuring the voices of Queen Latifah and John Leguizamo. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. (PG, for some mild rude humor and peril.)

"PUBLIC ENEMIES" -- Director Michael Mann's '30s-era G-men-versus-gangster yarn features Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis and Johnny Depp as outlaw John Dillinger. Also starring Channing Tatum as Pretty Boy Floyd, Billy Crudup as J. Edgar Hoover and Marion Cotillard as Dillinger's girlfriend. (R, for gangster violence and some language.)

HELD OVER

"ANGELS & DEMONS" -- Tom Hanks' symbologist hero, Robert Langdon, is hurled into an ancient feud between the Vatican and a secret brotherhood that has kidnapped the cardinals in line to become the next pope. Also starring Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Stellan Skarsgard. Directed by Ron Howard. (PG-13, for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material.)

"AWAY WE GO" -- John Krasinski ("The Office") and Maya Rudolph ("Saturday Night Live") play expectant parents road-tripping in search of a home. Also starring Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Directed by Sam Mendes. (R, for language and some sexual content.)

"DANCE FLICK" -- The Wayans Brothers present a satirical comedy that pokes fun at the "High School Musical" genre. Starring a whole bunch of Wayanses, Shoshana Bush and Essence Atkins. Directed by Damien Wayans. (PG-13, for crude and sexual content throughout, and language.)

"DRAG ME TO HELL" -- "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi returns to his horror roots with a tale about a bank employee tormented by a vengeful customer's supernatural curse. Starring Alison Lohman and Justin Long. (PG-13, for sequences of horror violence, terror, disturbing images and language.)

"FAST & FURIOUS" -- Paul Walker and Vin Diesel reteam for the fourth film in the series featuring hot muscles, hot women and hot cars. Also starring Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez. Written and directed by Greg Mottola. (R, for language, drug use and sexual references.)

"GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST" -- Matthew McConaughey is a womanizer haunted by the girls he's loved before at his brother's wedding. Also starring Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas. Directed by Mark Waters. (PG-13, for sexual content, some language and a drug reference.)

"THE HANGOVER" -- A group of friends try to put the pieces together after a wild night of debauchery in Las Vegas. The wreckage of their bachelor spree involves a tiger, a baby ... and a missing groom. Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis. Directed by Todd Phillips. (R, for pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material.)

"LAND OF THE LOST" -- Will Ferrell stars in this big-screen reimagining of the campy 1970s TV series. Also starring Anna Friel and Danny McBride. Directed by Brad Silberling. (PG-13, for crude and sexual content, and for language including a drug reference.)

"MY LIFE IN RUINS" -- Nia Vardalos returns to her Greek roots as a disenchanted tour guide trying to get back her mojo in the cradle of civilization. Also starring Richard Dreyfuss, Rachel Dratch and Harland Williams. Directed by Donald Petrie. (PG-13, for sexual content.)

"MY SISTER'S KEEPER" -- A 13-year-old girl conceived to be a donor for her leukemia-stricken sister files for medical emancipation when her parents ask her to give up a kidney. Starring Abigail Breslin, Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric and Alec Baldwin. Based on the best-seller by Jodi Picoult. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. (PG-13, for mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language and brief teen drinking.)

"NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN" -- Ben Stiller returns as the museum security guard with a knack for bringing old fossils and wax-figure displays to life -- this time in the national museum. Also starring Amy Adams, Robin Williams and Owen Wilson. Directed by Shawn Levy. (PG, for mild action and brief language.)

"THE PROPOSAL" -- Sandra Bullock plays a high-powered Canadian-born book editor who plots to marry her American assistant (Ryan Reynolds) in order to stay in the U.S. Also starring Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson and Betty White. Directed by Anne Fletcher. (PG-13, for sexual content, nudity and language.)

"STAR TREK" -- It's the relaunching of the starship Enterprise as director J.J. Abrams shows us how a wayward lad from Iowa named Jim Kirk and a half-breed from Vulcan named Spock helped each other boldly go where no man had gone before. Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg and Leonard Nimoy. Directed by J.J. Abrams. (PG-13, for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content.)

"STATE OF PLAY" -- Russell Crowe stars as a journalist who tries to solve the murder of a congressman's mistress. Also starring Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman and Helen Mirren. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. (PG-13, for some violence, language including sexual references, and brief drug content.)

"THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123" -- Denzel Washington is a subway dispatcher who must handle a subterranean hostage situation in this remake of the 1974 action thriller. John Travolta is the (really) bad guy. Also starring James Gandolfini, John Turturro and Luis Guzman. Directed by Tony Scott. (R, for violence and pervasive language.)

"TERMINATOR SALVATION" -- In a post-nuclear Earth, surviving humans led by anti-robot crusader John Connor have to keep predatory machines from destroying what's left of mankind. Starring Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Helena Bonham Carter and Common. Directed by McG. (PG-13, for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and language.)

"TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN" -- It's payback time. After losing the war with humans and their Autobot friends the last time around, the Decepticons return to Earth looking for vengeance. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro and Josh Duhamel as the puny humans. Directed by Michael Bay. (PG-13, for intense sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material.)

"UP" (3-D) -- An old balloon salesman takes off on the adventure of a lifetime when he uses his helium-filled wares to lift his house into the sky. Up in the clouds, he discovers he's brought along an annoying 8-year-old stowaway. Talking dogs, a gigantic fabled bird and adventure ensue. Preceded by a Pixar short, "Partly Cloudy." With the voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai and Delroy Lindo. Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. (PG, for some peril and action.)

"X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE" -- Hugh Jackman delves into the torrid past of the temperamental and mysterious X-Man. Also starring Danny Huston, Liev Schreiber, Lynn Collins and Ryan Reynolds. Directed by Gavin Hood. (PG-13, for intense sequences of action and violence, and some partial nudity.)

"YEAR ONE" -- Two thousand years ago, two lazy hunter-gatherers (Jack Black and Michael Cera) are banished from their village and set off across the ancient world in search of adventure. And food, probably. Also starring Oliver Platt and David Cross. Directed and co-written by Harold Ramis. (PG-13, for crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence.)

-- Compiled by the Yakima Herald-Republic