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"CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY" -- Michael Moore's latest documentary explores the increasingly large role corporate America has played in government and the resulting financial crisis. Starring Moore and assorted victims, heroes and scoundrels of the financial meltdown. (R, for language.)

 

"LAW ABIDING CITIZEN" -- An imprisoned man targets a prosecutor who orchestrated a plea bargain for the killer of his wife and daughter. Starring Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis, Colm Meaney and Leslie Bibb. Directed by F. Gary Gray. (R, for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language.)

 

"MORE THAN A GAME" -- LeBron James and four high school teammates tell the story of their friendship and ensuing lives in this documentary about the roots of an NBA superstar. Also starring Romeo Travis, Dru Joyce, Sian Cotton and Willie McGee. Directed by Kristopher Belman. (PG, for brief mild language and incidental smoking.)

 

"MY ONE AND ONLY" -- A 1950s-era road movie about a ladylike dame hunting for a new spouse to take care of her and her teenage sons. Loosely based on the youthful (mis)adventures of actor George Hamilton. Starring Renee Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Chris Noth, Steven Weber and Kevin Bacon. Directed by Richard Loncraine. (PG-13, for sexual content and language.)

 

"THE STEPFATHER" -- A teenager returns home to find that his mother is living with a new boyfriend, whom he suspects of harboring dark intentions. Starring Sela Ward, Dylan Walsh, Penn Badgley and Amber Heard. Directed by Nelson McCormick. (PG-13, for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, mature thematic material and brief sensuality.)

 

"WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE" -- A boy named Max journeys to a land of wondrous creatures in director Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved picture book. Based on a screenplay by Jonze and novelist Dave Eggers. Starring Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo and Catherine O'Hara. (PG, for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language.)

 

HELD OVER

"9" -- Rag-doll creatures struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world in this sci-fi computer-animated fantasy. With the voices of Elijah Wood and Jennifer Connelly. Directed by Shane Acker. (PG-13 for violence and scary images.)

 

"ALL ABOUT STEVE" -- Sandra Bullock stars as an eccentric crossword puzzle expert who falls for a TV cameraman and follows him around the country. Also starring Bradley Cooper and Thomas Haden Church. Directed by Phil Traill. (PG-13, for sexual content including innuendos.)

 

"CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS" (3-D) -- A town copes with food falling from the sky in this animated take on the beloved children's book. With the voices of Anna Faris, Bill Hader, James Caan, Mr. T. and Tracy Morgan. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. (PG, for brief mild language.)

 

"COUPLES RETREAT" -- Four married couples (among them Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis and Jon Favreau) vacation at a tropical resort, not realizing that marriage counseling is mandatory there. Directed by Peter Billingsley. (PG-13, for sexual content and language.)

 

"DISTRICT 9" -- A human becomes an unlikely ally for aliens held in a South African ghetto in this twist-filled, high-intensity sci-fi thriller. Starring Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope and Vanessa Haywood. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. (R, for bloody violence and pervasive language.)

 

"FAME" -- Students sing, dance and dream of stardom in a reimagining of the hit film and TV show about a school for performing arts. Starring Debbie Allen, Kelsey Grammer, Asher Book, Kristy Flores, Paul McGill and Naturi Naughton. Directed by Kevin Tancharoen. (PG, for thematic material including teen drinking, a sexual situation and language.)

 

"THE FINAL DESTINATION" -- The fourth installment in the cursed-teens series features more gory endings as Death does what Death does. Starring Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten and Krista Allen. Directed by David R. Ellis. (R, for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language and a scene of sexuality.)

 

"G-FORCE" (3-D) -- An action comedy about guinea pigs trained as covert operatives. Yes, you read that right. With the voices of Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Sam Rockwell and Tracy Morgan. Directed by Hoyt Yeatman. (PG, for some mild action and rude humor.)

 

"HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE" -- The sixth installment of the popular book and film series reunites Harry and his friends as dark times continue to threaten the world. Directed by David Yates. (PG, for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.)

 

"THE INFORMANT!" -- Matt Damon stars in this Steven Soderbergh farce about a real-life whistleblower who was almost as dirty as the folks he blew the whistle on. Also starring Scott Bakula and Joel McHale. (R, for strong language.)

 

"INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" -- Brad Pitt heads an ensemble cast as a cigar-chompin' Army lieutenant who leads a pack of Jewish soldiers on a let's-get-the-Nazis hunt through occupied France in director Quentin Tarantino's rewrite of World War II. Also starring Christoph Waltz, Melanie Laurent, Mike Myers, Eli Roth, Daniel Bruhl and Diane Kruger. (R, for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality.)

 

"THE INVENTION OF LYING" -- Ricky Gervais stars in a comic fantasy about a man who discovers the value of fibbing in a world where everyone tells the truth. Also starring Jennifer Garner, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill and Jason Bateman. Directed and written by Gervais and Matthew Robinson. (PG-13, for language including some sexual material and a drug reference.)

 

"JENNIFER'S BODY" -- Megan Fox is a cheerleader possessed, who starts killing off her male classmates in this horror comedy written by Diablo Cody, the writer of "Juno." Also starring Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody and Chip Simmons. Directed by Karyn Kusama. (R, for sexuality, bloody violence, language and brief drug use.)

 

"PANDORUM" -- Astronauts awaken from cryogenic sleep aboard a spaceship and can't remember who they are or what their mission is. Starring Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster and Cam Gigandet. Directed by Christian Alvart. (R, for strong horror violence and language.)

 

"SURROGATES" -- In the future, where people live in isolation and interact through their robots, a cop must leave his home to investigate a murder. Starring Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, James Cromwell and Ving Rhames. Directed by Jonathan Mostow. (PG-13, for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, language, sexuality and a drug-related scene.)

 

"TOY STORY 1 and 2" (3-D) -- Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are back as the voices of Woody and Buzz in a 3-D double-feature of the movies that started the computer animation craze. "Toy Story" directed by John Lasseter; "Toy Story 2" directed by Lasseter and Ash Brannon. Both feature the voices of John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn and Jim Varney; "Toy Story 2" adds Joan Cusack and Kelsey Grammer to the mix. (Both rated G.)

 

"WHIP IT" -- Drew Barrymore directs and co-stars with Ellen Page as a small-town beauty queen turned roller-derby ruffian. Also starring Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis and Kristen Wiig. (PG-13, for sexual content including crude dialogue, language and drug material.)

 

"ZOMBIELAND" -- A fearless gun lover and a scaredy cat join forces in a world overrun by flesh-eating zombies in this horror comedy. Starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. (R, for horror violence/gore and language.)

 

-- Compiled by the Yakima Herald-Republic

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