Film clips

LITTLE ROCK — At area theaters 81

ALICE IN WONDERLAND, PG Tim Burton’s twist on the Lewis Carroll classic, with Mia Wasikowska in the role of a now-19-year-old Alice, returning to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl. (109 minutes)

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ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL

, PG

David Seville’s chipmunk wards Alvin, Simon and Theodore return in the sequel to sing in three-part harmony, along with the Chipmunks’ female counterparts, the Chipettes. With Jason Lee, Justin Long, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler; directed by Betty Thomas. (88 minutes)

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AVATAR, PG-13 A former Marine confined to a wheelchair becomes a half-human, half Na’vi “avatar” and tries to help save a civilization on a distant world against corporate interests who want to strip-mine the place for valuable ore. (160 minutes)

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THE BLIND SIDE, PG-13 Sandra Bullock plays a wellto-do white woman who takes in a homeless black teenager (Quinton Aaron) from a broken home and helps him fulfill his potential on and off the football field. Based on a true story. (126 minutes)

77

BROOKLYN’S FINEST, R Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke and Don Cheadle play the title New York Police Department officers, each with his own conflicts, who face hard choices in the midst of a massive drug operation. (140 minutes)

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COP OUT, R Two longtime NYPD partners (Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan), on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card, find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. (100 minutes)

85

THE CRAZIES, R In this remake of an early George A.Romero film, residents of a town accidentally exposed to a biological weapon become dangerously insane. (101 minutes)

89

CRAZY HEART, R Jeff Bridges plays a worn-down country singer, his spirit broken by multiple failed marriages, too much time on the road and too many nights with the bottle, who forms an unusual bond with a burgeoning journalist. (112 minutes)

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DEAR JOHN, PG-13 A young soldier (Channing Tatum) and the idealistic college student he falls in love with (Amanda Seyfried) spend the next seven years separated by his increasingly dangerous deployments. (108 minutes)

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AN EDUCATION, PG-13 In a London suburb, post-war and pre-Beatles, a bright schoolgirl is torn between studying for a place at Oxford and the more exciting alternative offered to her by a charismatic older man. (99 minutes)

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THE GREEN ZONE, R MattDamon plays an Army officer who joins forces with a senior CIA official to unearth evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq but discovers an elaborate cover-up instead. With Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson; directed by Paul Greengrass. (115 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)

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IT’S COMPLICATED, R Meryl Streep plays the owner of a thriving West Coast bakery/restaurant and the mother of three grown children who finds herself having an affair - with her ex-husband (Alec Baldwin). (104 minutes)

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THE LAST STATION, R Christopher Plummer plays Russian writer Leo Tolstoy in the final year of his life. (112 minutes)

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LEAP YEAR, PG Amy Adams plays a woman determined to getmarried to the perfect guy, whose plan to follow her boyfriend to Dublin so she can propose to him on Feb. 29 goes predictably awry. (97 minutes)

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LEGION, R An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race when God sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. (100 minutes)

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OLD DOGS, PG Best friends - one unlucky-in-love divorced man (Robin Williams) and the other a fun-loving bachelor (John Travolta) - are unexpectedly forced to take care of 7-year-old twins while on the brink of the biggest business deal of their lives. (88 minutes)

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OUR FAMILY WEDDING, PG-

13

An engaged couple (America Ferrera, Lance Gross) learn the hard way that marriage plans can lead to family strife as their highly competitive fathers (Carlos Mencia, Forest Whitaker) threaten to wreak havoc on their wedding day. With Diana Maria Riva, Regina King; directed byRick Famuyiwa. (90 minutes)

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PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF

, PG

Percy, immediately upon discovering that he’s a demi-god (the son of Poseidon), finds himself caught between battling Greek gods andmonsters as he tries to save his kidnapped mother and track down whoever really stole Zeus’ thunderbolt. (120 minutes)

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PLANET 51, PG In this animated comedy, an American astronaut finds the planet he’s just landed on is inhabited, with the residents happily living in a littlegreen-people, white-picket-fence existence, not unlike America in the 1950s. (91 minutes)

87

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

, G

A beautiful New Orleans girl agrees to kiss a frog who desperately wants to be human again, but their road to a happy ending first takes an adventurous twist through the Louisiana bayous. Animated. (95 minutes)

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REMEMBER ME, PG-13 Robert Pattinson plays a rebellious young New Yorker, with a strained relationship of long standing with his father (Pierce Brosnan) who finds the potential for healing from a family tragedy in his relationship with a young woman (Emilie de Ravin). With Chris Cooper, Lena Olin; directedby Allen Coulter. (128 minutes)

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SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE,

R

Jay Baruchel plays an airport security guard involved with a successful, gorgeous woman (Alice Eve) who is representative of the title. With TJ Miller, Mike Vogel; directed by Jim Field Smith. (104 minutes)

80

SHERLOCK HOLMES, PG-13 Robert Downey Jr. plays the legendary detective, battling a new nemesis whose deadly plot could destroy England. (125 minutes)

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SHUTTER ISLAND, R Two U.S. marshals (Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo) investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderer from a fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane on a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts. (138 minutes)

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TO SAVE A LIFE, PG-13 Randy Wayne plays a well-rounded, middle-American teen who starts questioning everything he has taken for granted after the death of a childhood friend. (120 minutes)

77

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON

, PG-13

The second installment of the Twilight series continues the romance between vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and mortal Bella (Kristen Stewart), whose childhood friend has a supernatural secret of his own. (130 minutes)

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UP IN THE AIR, R George Clooney plays a corporate hatchet man forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget, just as he is on the cusp of his goal of reaching 10 million frequent-flier miles and just after he meets the frequentflier woman of his dreams. (109 minutes)

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THE WOLFMAN, R Benicio Del Toro plays a haunted nobleman who is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes then discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. (102 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

MovieStyle, Pages 39 on 03/19/2010

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