Film clips

LITTLE ROCK — At area theaters

80 ACT OF VALOR, R A cast of real-life, active-duty Navy SEALs races to stop a deadly terrorist plot against the United States, but each time they think they’ve accomplished their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist. (101 minutes)

86 THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, PG Steven Spielberg’s motion-capture 3-D animated retelling of the Belgian comic book hero (voice of Jamie Bell), an intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story — involving a sunken ship and the treasure it contains — thrusts him into a world of high adventure. (107 minutes)

77 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS — CHIPWRECKED, G Dave (Jason Lee), the Chipmunks and the Chipettes, on a luxury cruise, wind up on an uncharted island which, of course, may not be as deserted as it seems. Animated and live action. (87 minutes)

91 THE ARTIST, PG-13 In this practically silent film, Jean Dujardin plays a pre-talkies Hollywood matinee idol who becomes smitten with an ambitious chorus girl while his marriage is disintegrating and so is the final, epic silent film into which he has sunk all his money. (100 minutes)

82 THE DEVIL INSIDE, R Fernanda Andrade plays a woman who recruits two exorcists who use a combination of science and religion to cast out the demons who 20 years previously forced her asylum-inmate mother to kill three people. (85 minutes)

85 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX, PG Danny DeVito provides the voice of Dr. Seuss’ ultimate environmentalist, a grumpy forest creature whose story provides the platform for a 12-year-old boy searching for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. Animated. (94 minutes) 86 FRIENDS WITH KIDS, R The last two singles in close-knit circle of friends, observing the effect that children have had on their friends’ relationships, decide to have a child together while dating other people. With Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox, Edward Burns; directed by Jennifer Westfeldt. (107 minutes) 83 GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE, PG-13 Nicolas Cage reprises his role as Johnny Blaze, the devil’s bounty hunter, who might risk everything to team up with the leader (Idris Elba) of a group of rebel monks to save a boy from the devil — and possibly rid himself of his curse forever. (95 minutes)

75 GONE, PG-13 A young woman (Amanda Seyfried) is convinced the man who has abducted her sister is the same kidnapper she escaped from a year before. (94 minutes) 83 GOOD DEEDS, PG-13 Director Tyler Perry plays a successful, wealthy businessman named, naturally, Deeds, jolted out of his always-do-what’s-expected-of-him routine when he meets a downon-her-luck single mother (Thandie Newton). (129 minutes)

82 THE GREY, R Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of roughnecks whose plane has crashed in a remote Alaskan wilderness, where they must battle not only mortal injuries and merciless weather, but a vicious pack of wolves. (117 minutes)

88 HUGO, PG An orphaned boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station searches, with the help of an eccentric girl, for the answer to a mystery linking his late father, an ill-tempered toy shop owner and a seemingly keyless heart-shaped lock. (127 minutes) 85 THE IRON LADY, PG-13 Meryl Streep plays the title role of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in this bio-pic from director Phyllida Lloyd. (105 minutes)

70 JOHN CARTER, PG-13 Based on the novels by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, with Taylor Kitsch as the title war-weary former military captain whisked away to Barsoom (aka Mars), where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of planetary proportions. (132 minutes)

80 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, PG In this “follow-up” (guess we can’t call ’em “sequels” anymore) to 2008’s remake of Journey to the Center of the Earth, Dwayne Johnson (playing the new stepfather of a 17-year-old portrayed by Josh Hutcherson) and a helicopter pilot (Luis Guzman) and his “beautiful, strong-willed daughter” (Vanessa Hudgens) set out to find the title island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before it sinks into the sea. (94 minutes) 80 JOYFUL NOISE, PG-13 Discord between the two lead singers (Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton), compounded by disagreement over a budding relationship between the former’s daughter and the latter’s grandson, threatens to tear apart a small-town-Georgia church choir on the brink of a national competition. (118 minutes)

87 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL, PG-13 The Kremlin has been bombed, the blame has fallen on the Impossible Mission Force and the president, having had to disavow all knowledge of the IMF’s activities, initiates the Ghost Protocol. To clear themselves, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team must uncover the truth via incredible high-tech tricks. (133 minutes)

72 ONE FOR THE MONEY, PG-13 Katherine Heigl plays Stephanie Plum, the heroine of Janet Evanovich’s best-selling mystery series, who’s unemployed and in debt but has plenty of attitude. In a last attempt to come up with some fast cash, she convinces her sleazy cousin to put her to work as a bailbondsman. (106 minutes)

70 PROJECT X, R Three seemingly anonymous high school seniors succeed, in semihorrific fashion, in their attempt to finally make a name for themselves by throwing a party no one will forget. (88 minutes) 82 RED TAILS, PG-13 The black pilots of the experimental Tuskegee, Ala., training program waging two wars in 1944 — against enemies overseas and discrimination within the military and back home — finally get the chance to prove themselves in combat. (125 minutes) 83 SAFE HOUSE, R Denzel Washington plays the CIA’s most dangerous renegade, on the run with his rookie-operative “housekeeper” (Ryan Reynolds) after mercenaries tear apart his South African safe house. (115 minutes)

87 THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY, G A secret friendship blossoms between a tiny but tenacious 14-year-old (voice of Bridgit Mendler), part of a community of little people living quietly in an undiscovered secret world under the floorboards, and a 12-year-old human (voice of David Henrie). From the legendary Studio Ghibli, based on Mary Norton’s The Borrowers. (94 minutes)

85 SILENT HOUSE, R Based on a 2010 Uruguayan film, with Elizabeth Olsen as a young woman sealed inside her family’s secluded lake house with no contact to the outside world, with no way out, and with events in and around the house becoming increasingly ominous. (86 minutes)

88 THIN ICE, R Greg Kinnear plays a insurance agent who — looking for a way to jump-start his business, reunite with his estranged wife (Lea Thompson) and escape the frigid Wisconsin weather — hits pay dirt with a lonely retired farmer (Alan Arkin) who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission. (93 minutes)

76 THIS MEANS WAR, PG-13 Two top CIA operatives (Chris Pine, Tom Hardy), inseparable partners and best friends until they fall for the same woman (Reese Witherspoon), instead turn their considerable and deadly skills upon ... each other. (97 minutes)

67 A THOUSAND WORDS, PG-13 Eddie Murphy plays a fast-talking literary agent hoisted with his own petard when his target, a New Age guru, fixes it so he must find some other way of communicating besides speech to save his life. (91 minutes)

86 21 JUMP STREET, R Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum play ex-adolescents who return to high school as youthful-looking undercover cops to investigate a violent drug ring. With Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Rob Riggle, Dave Franco, Ellie Kemper, Johnny Depp; directed by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller. (109 minutes)

82 UNDERWORLD AWAKENING, R Kate Beckinsale is back as the vampire warrior at the fulcrum of the battle between vampires, Lycans and now humans, which now goes 3-D. (88 minutes)

87 THE VOW, PG-13 A newlywed husband (Channing Tatum) endeavors to rewin the heart of his bride (Rachel McAdams) after a car crash wipes out her memory. (104 minutes)

84 WANDERLUST, R Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston reteam as an overextended, stressed-out Manhattan couple who, headed for down and out, encounter an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things. (Hint: It involves a lot of nudity.) (98 minutes)

78 WAR HORSE, PG-13 Director Steven Spielberg offers an epic adventure involving the friendship between a heroic horse and a young trainer, separated and then reunited in the heart of No Man’s Land during World War I. (146 minutes)

76 WE BOUGHT A ZOO, PG A single father and his two children get a fresh start by moving to the most unlikely of places: a zoo, which, with the help of an eclectic staff and many misadventures, they return to its former glory. (126 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