“FROM PRADA TO NADA”: Two sisters are uprooted from their luxurious home when their father passes away. Out of money and out of options, the women move into their Great Aunt Aurelia’s modest home in a Latino-centric neighborhood, where they find themselves thrown into a completely foreign world.
“MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY”: Tyler Perry’s next feature has Madea jumping into action when her niece receives news about her health. Shirley wants to gather her three adult children and share the news as a family. It’s up to Madea to gather the clan and make things right with tough love, laughter and the revelation of a family secret.
“WATER FOR ELEPHANTS”: Based on Sara Gruen’s best-selling historical love story about a 90-year-old man reminiscing about his life during the Depression, when he found work at a B-level circus taking care of the animals. Stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon.
ARTHUR ***: A fairly close remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore movie, starring Russell Brand as a permanently drunk zillionaire, Helen Mirren as his nanny and Greta Gerwig as the poor girl he falls in love with. Rated PG-13. (Roger Ebert) 1:50
ATLAS SHRUGGED *: Only someone very familiar with Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel is likely to understand the film, which involves a state plot to discourage bold entrepreneurs by preventing the use of better steel in railroad tracks. Rated PG-13. (Roger Ebert) 1:37
BLUE VALENTINE ***½: Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams star as a couple in two seasons of marriage: Six years ago when love was fresh, and today, when love proves unable to support the weight of real life. Rated R. (Roger Ebert) 2:00
CONSPIRATOR ***: Robert Redford’s film starring Robin Wright as Mary Surratt, the only female ever tried after the assassination of Abe Lincoln. James McAvoy co-stars as the young attorney required to argue her defense. Rated PG-13. (Roger Ebert) 2:01
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES **: As Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) braves his first days of seventh grade, his parents make an attempt to help him forge a stronger bond with his mischievous older brother. Rated PG. (Roger Moore) 1:38
HANNA ***½: A stylish and superior action thriller starring Saoirse Ronan as a home-schooled, isolated child taught advanced killing skills by her father (Eric Bana) because the two are hiding from a ruthless CIA officer (Cate Blanchett). Rated PG-13. (Roger Ebert) 1:51
HOP **: The Easter Bunny’s teenage son E.B. (voiced by Russell Brand) heads to Hollywood, determined to be a drummer in a rock band. In L.A., he’s taken in by Fred (James Marsden), after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car. Rated PG. (Associated Press) 1:34
INSIDIOUS **½: A family moves into a cavernous old mansion that is occupied by a sinister presence. Lin Shaye plays a psychic called in to help. Not a great movie, but delivers what you expect. Stars Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne. Rated PG-13. (Roger Ebert) 1:41
LIMITLESS **½: Eddie (Bradley Cooper) takes a pill that suddenly puts his full brain online and gets hired as an investor for a billionaire (Robert De Niro). Passably entertaining. Rated PG-13. (Roger Ebert) 1:45
LINCOLN LAWYER ***: Matthew McConaughey plays an attorney who works out of the back seat of a car. He gets hired to defend a rich kid (Ryan Phillippe). Familiar stuff, but engagingly acted. Rated R. (Roger Ebert) 1:58
RANGO ****: A smart, animated comedy in which Johnny Depp voices a humble reptile saddled with the responsibility of bringing civilation to Dirt. Rated PG. (Roger Ebert) 1:47
RIO ***: A 3-D animated adventure about Blu, a cerulean macaw from Minnesota who takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams. Rated G. (Associated Press) 1:36
SCRE4M **: The ghost-faced psychopath has returned to the town of Woodsboro. A self-aware genre film by Wes Craven, but haven’t we been here, done this? Stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette. Rated R. (Roger Ebert) 1:51
SOUL SURFER **½: The true story of Bethany Hamilton (Anna-Sophia Robb), a champion surfer who in her early teens was attacked by a shark and lost her left arm. One month later, she was back on a surfboard. Rated PG. (Roger Ebert) 1:46
SOURCE CODE ***½: A man (Jake Gyllenhaal) finds himself inside the mind of a commuter on a train that is about to be blown up. Rated PG-13. (Roger Moore) 1:33
SUCKER PUNCH *: The story of Alice in Wonderland receives a hyper-violent makeover in Zack Snyder’s tale of a young psychiatric patient who escapes into a vivid world of fantasy. Rated PG-13. (Roger Moore) 1:47
YOUR HIGHNESS *: A promising cast (James Franco, Natalie Portman, Danny McBride, Zooey Deschanel) in one of the worst films of the year, a witless farce set in medieval times.
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