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Tinseltown: "African Cats." "Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family." "Jane Eyre." "Water for Elephants." Movies at Meadville: "African Cats." "Water for Elephants."
Millcreek 6: "Red Riding Hood." "I Am Number Four." "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never."
AFRICAN CATS. A nature documentary centered on Mara, a young lion cub; Sita, a cheetah and single mother of five newborns; and Fang, a leader of the pride who must defend his family from a rival lion and his sons. From Disneynature. (1:29. G for suitable for all audiences.)
JANE EYRE. A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret. With Mia Wasikowska, Jamie Bell, Michael Fassbinder. (2:00. PG-13 for some thematic elements including a nude image and brief violent content.)
TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY. Madea jumps into action when niece Shirley receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. With Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine. (1:46. PG-13 for drug content, language, some mature thematic material.)
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as its vet. With Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson. (2:02. PG-13 for moments of intense violence, sexual situations.)
ARTHUR. Another inferior, unnecessary remake. Russell Brand's comedy, at least, is benign fluff that should please younger audiences unfamiliar with the 1981 comedy about a drunken billionaire who grows up. With Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Garner. (1:50. PG-13 for alcohol use throughout, sexual content, language and some drug references.) **
THE CONSPIRATOR. James McAvoy stars as Frederick Aiken, a 28-year-old Civil War hero for the Union who's now the lawyer assigned to defend Mary (Robin Wright), the lone woman charged in the case. "The Conspirator" should be tense and thrilling. Instead, it'll make you feel like you should be taking notes in preparation for a high-school exam. It's painfully preachy and sanctimonious. (2:03. PG-13 for some violent content.) *1/2
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES. Sunny sequel to last year's adaptation of Jeff Kinney's illustrated novels about Greg Heffley, a middle child in middle school trying to find his place. (1:36. PG for rude humor.) **1/2
GNOMEO & JULIET. A clever concept -- Shakespeare's tragic romance, with garden gnomes -- gets bungled every which way in this CG-animated bore, full of second-rate puns, hackneyed scenarios and an overdose of Elton John tunes. The voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine and Maggie Smith are put to no good use. (1: 24. G for cartoon mayhem, domestic discord.) **
HALL PASS. Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis as husbands whose wives (Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate) give them a week off marriage, no questions asked. Two incidents are laugh-out-loud; the others out-loud without the laughs. (1:46. R for crude humor, sexual candor, frontal nudity, profanity, drugs.) 2 stars.
HANNA. This is the bad-ass girl-power movie "Sucker Punch" wanted to be and the thriller that Angelina Jolie's "Salt" only was at times. Director Joe Wright keeps this story of revenge and survival moving in stylish, pulsating fashion. With Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana. (1:54. PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language.) ***
I AM NUMBER FOUR. Tapping into the same vein of teen melodrama that runs through the "Twilight" franchise, this silly adaptation of the popular Pittacus Lore book hurls a moody adolescent from outer space into the halls of a small-town American high school. The quarterback's girlfriend falls in love with "John Smith," and interplanetary trouble ensues. (1:50. PG-13 for violence, action, adolescent themes.) **
INSIDIOUS. From the writing/directing team behind the grisly "Saw" comes this far more rarefied, and atmospheric scare flick. Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne are the handsome couple who move into a house with their son and newborn, only to discover that something is terribly, eerily amiss. Ominously whooshing ceiling fans and a visit from a bunch of ghost-busting nerds ensue. (1:42. PG-13 for scares, violence, children in jeopardy, adult themes.) **1/2
JANE EYRE. In Cary Joji Fukunaga's moody adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's 1847 novel, Mia Wasikowska progresses from a womanchild scared of her own shadow to one who, after a long eclipse, comes into the light. Michael Fassbender is magnetic as Rochester, Jane's employer. (1:20. PG-13 for some thematic elements including a nude image and brief violent content.) ***
JUST GO WITH IT. A perfect storm (although "perfect" is the wrong word) of potty jokes, sex jokes, breast implant jokes, bratty kid jokes and sheep CPR jokes, starring Adam Sandler as a womanizing plastic surgeon, Jennifer Aniston as his longtime assistant and Brooklyn Decker as the hottie he thinks he's fallen for. Cheap laughs and Hawaiian backdrops. (1:56. PG-13 for sex, profanity, adult themes.) **
JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER. The Justin Bieber story: one part backstage biography, one part concert film charting the roots and meteoric rise of Justin II, successor to that supernova surnamed Timberlake. (1:45. G for nothing objectionable.) ***
LIMITLESS. Bradley Cooper stars as a deadbeat New York writer who takes an experimental drug that sets his brain firing on all cylinders. An exhilarating thriller, directed with rocket-propelled, fractal-zoom ingenuity by Neil Berger. Abbie Cornish and Robert De Niro co-star. (1:45. PG-13 for violence, sex, profanity, drugs, adult themes.) 3 1/2 stars.
THE LINCOLN LAWYER. Matthew McConaughey keeps his shirt on and is surprisingly good as the bottom-feeder attorney in this twisty, cleverly plotted thriller based on the crime novel by Michael Connelly. With Ryan Phillippe, Wiliam H. Macy, Marisa Tomei and Bryan Cranston. (1:59 R for violence, language, sexual content.) 3 stars.
PAUL. Mild, meandering and super-profane comedy about British geeks (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) on a UFO pilgrimage tour in the American Southwest when they meet a real ET in cutoffs (voice of Seth Rogen). (1:44. R for language, sexual references and drugs.) 2 stars.
RED RIDING HOOD. The quavery, saucer-eyed Amanda Seyfried stars in "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke's "Twilight"-ian take on the fairy tale about the a girl, a wolf, and a grandma (Julie Christie, of all people!) A trippy tweenage bodice ripper that's funny and sexy and ridiculous. (PG-13 for violence, gore, sex, adult themes). 2 stars.
RIO. When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams. A lot of passion and personal feeling clearly went into this 3-D animated adventure. The whole film has a tremendous energy about it. Voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway. (1:39. G, suitable for all audiences). 3 stars.
SCREAM 4. Ghostface's 11-year layoff hasn't made this horror-comedy franchise any fresher. But with a decent beginning, a mushy midsection and a killer ending, the latest installment at least isn't any staler. With David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox. (1:52. R for strong bloody violence, language, some teen drinking.) 2 1/2 stars.
SOUL SURFER. The feature-film version of Bethany Hamilton's comeback after a shark attack makes you long for a vivid documentary on the subject instead. Hamilton's tale is, of course, inspiring but it combines feel-god platitudes, two-dimensional characters and cheesy special effects. (1:46. PG for an intense accident sequence and some thematic material.) 1 1/2 stars.
SOURCE CODE. Jake Gyllenhaal keeps waking up as a stranger on a train. He has eight minutes to find a bomb, save Chicago and get the girl (Michelle Monaghan). Ready? Go! This distemporal thriller is even more disjointed than it means to be. (1:33. PG-13 for language, violence.) 2 stars.
UNKNOWN Liam Neeson is the victim of an elaborate identity theft scheme in this tricky thriller, set in a gray, wintry Berlin and co-starring January Jones, Diane Kruger, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz and Frank Langella. Lots of Hitchcockian huggermugger, fights and chases, and the ending isn't as satisfying as it could be, but still lots to recommend. (PG-13 for violence, action, adult themes.) 3 stars.
YOUR HIGHNESS. The knights-errant -- strong emphasize on the errant -- behind this adventure comedy spend more time wallowing in medieval filth than weaving clever laughs and engaging action. It's like a Middle Ages role-playing fantasy dreamed up by the giggly stoners of "Pineapple Express," which also featured James Franco, Danny McBride and director David Gordon Green. Also with Natalie Portman. (1:42. R for strong crude and sexual content, pervasive language, nudity, violence and some drug use.) 2 stars.
CAPSULE REVIEWS have been excerpted from wire services. Previews are courtesy of the Internet Movie Database.
RATINGS by the Motion Picture Association of America are G for general audiences; PG parental guidance because of material possibly unsuitable for children; PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; R restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; NC-17 no one younger than 17 admitted.
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