Film clips

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

LITTLE ROCK — At area theaters

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ADAM, PG-13 Hugh Dancy plays the title character, a handsome young man whose previous sheltered life is turned upside down by his beautiful new neighbor (Rose Byrne). With Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker, Peter Gallagher; directed by Max Mayer. (99 minutes)

75

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC, PG Children on vacation battle alien invaders while their parents remain clueless. (86 minutes)

71

ALL ABOUT STEVE, PG-13 A crossword puzzle constructor (Sandra Bullock) thinks she's found the love of her life in a news cameraman (Bradley Cooper), although she doesn't seem to notice that he doesn't feel the same way. With Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls; directed by Phil Traill.

88

DISTRICT 9, R Abandoned aliens take refuge in South Africa. (112 minutes)

80

(500) DAYS OF SUMMER, PG-

13

A greeting card copywriter (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), dumped by his girlfriend (Zooey Deschanel), sorts through their 500 days together in an effort to discover what went wrong. (95 minutes)

68

THE FINAL DESTINATION, R Bobby Campo plays the guy whose horrific premonitions of others' gruesome deaths keep coming true. With Shantel VanSanten; directed by David R. Ellis. (82 minutes)

86

EXTRACT, R Jason Bateman plays a successful but sexually frustrated entrepreneur whose attempts to pursue a beautiful colleague (Mila Kunis) while trying to sell his company to a conglomerate go awry when she turns out to be a con artist/sociopath. With Ben Affleck, Kristen Wiig; directed by Mike Judge. (91 minutes)

87

FUNNY PEOPLE, R A famous comedian (Adam Sandler) has a near-death experience. (145 minutes)

85

G-FORCE, PG Highly trained guinea pigs are the secret weapons in a government espionage program. Animated. (90 minutes)

68

GAMER, R In a future when mind-control technology has overwhelmed society, humans control other humans in multiplayer online games. With Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Ludacris; directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. (105 minutes)

80

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA,

PG-13

The elite G.I. Joe team uses ultramodern spyware and military weaponry to fight a corrupt international arms dealer. (118 minutes)

70

HALLOWEEN II, R Michael Myers returns home to Haddonfield, Ill., to take care of some unfinished family business. With Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Dayton Callie; directed by Rob Zombie. (101 minutes)

84

THE HANGOVER, R After a beyond-wild bachelor party in Las Vegas, the bridegroom-to-be disappears and it's up to his pals to retrace their steps and find him. (96 minutes)

90

THE HURT LOCKER, R Three members of the Army's elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal squad battle insurgents and each other as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad. (131 minutes)

80

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS

, PG

Ice Age's Scrat, Manny, Ellie and Diego the saber-toothed tiger discover a fantastic underground world while on a journey to rescue hapless Sid. Animated. (104 minutes)

90

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, R Jewish-American soldiers and a German actress plot acts of retribution and go on a mission to take down Nazi leaders. (153 minutes)

90

JULIE & JULIA, PG-13 A going-nowhere office worker (Amy Adams) challenges herself to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) Mastering the Art of French Cooking within a year. (123 minutes)

86

MY SISTER'S KEEPER, PG-13 A desperate decision made by the parents of a critically ill child threatens to destroy their family. (106 minutes)

85

PAPER HEART, PG-13 Documentarian Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a film about the one subject she doesn't fully understand: love. With Michael Cera, Jake Johnson, Seth Rogen, Demetri Martin; directed by Nicholas Jasenovec. (87 minutes)

80

PONYO, G A young goldfish (voice of Noah Cyrus) yearns tobecome human. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." Animated. (100 minutes)

83

PUBLIC ENEMIES, R Gangster/ folk hero John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) becomes the top priority of J. Edgar Hoover's newly formed Federal Bureau of Investigation. (143 minutes)

87

SHORTS, PG An 11-year-old who lives in the town where the country's hottest do-it-all gadget is manufactured gets knocked in the head by a rainbow-colored rock that appears to have even more power than the gadget. (97 minutes)

87

SOUL POWER, PG-13 A documentary look at the three-day music festival Zaire 74 and the emerging musical crossover between Africa and the United States. With appearances by Muhammad Ali, James Brown, B.B. King and Miriam Makeba; directed by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte. Market Street Cinema. (93 minutes)

78

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE,

PG-13

Clare (Rachel McAdams) loves time-traveler Henry (Eric Bana) even though he disappears without warning. (108 minutes)

91

UP, PG An elderly balloon salesman fulfills his dream by levitating his house with thousands of balloons and drifting across the sky to South America. Animated. (89 minutes)

Movie-rating point system

Movies are rated on a scale from 50 to 100. Guidelines for moviegoers:

96-100 Transcendent

90-95 Exceptional

80-89 Better than most to remarkable

70-79 Average

60-69 Awful to mediocre

50-59 Irredeemable

This article was published September 11, 2009 at 3:27 a.m.

MovieStyle, Pages 39 on 09/11/2009