Eagle Eye

(Thriller, PG-13, minutes). Two strangers (Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan) are forced into teaming up to clear their names when an anonymous cell phone caller threatens their families unless they help her. Also playing at the IMAX at Tropicana in The Quarter.

Rating: Not yet reviewed.

Info for Parents: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language.

The Lucky Ones

(Drama, R, 115 minutes). Fred Cheever (Tim Robbins), T.K. Poole (Michael Pena) and Colee Dunn (Rachel McAdams) are seated near one another on a flight from Germany to New York, then end up sharing a minivan and all kinds of fabricated adventures meant to turn them from passing acquaintances to comrades in arms. Though our heroes don't always get what they want, the road manages to toss up precisely what they need. Unfortunately, there's little subtlety to the roadblocks, detours, U-turns and pit stops director Neil Burger and his team concoct.

Rating: HH

Info for Parents: Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Choke

(Comedy, R, 92 minutes). Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) is a medical-school dropout with a clever con for paying elder care costs for his Alzheimer's-afflicted mother, Ida (Anjelica Huston): he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be "saved" by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor's life, go on to send checks to support him.

Rating: Not yet reviewed.

Info for Parents: Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity and language.

Transsiberian

(Thriller, R, 111 minutes). One hell of a thriller. Emily Mortimer and Woody Harrelson play a couple who take the world's longest train journey from Beijing to Moscow. Along the way they encounter a young runaway from Seattle (Kate Mara) and her Spanish lover (Eduardo Noriega). Also a Russian narc (Ben Kingsley).

Rating: HHH1/2

Info for Parents: Rated R for some violence, including torture and language.

OK for all ages

Fly Me to the Moon

(Animated, G, 89 minutes). A well-intentioned exercise at blending education and family entertainment, this 3-D animated tale ends up being only mildly educational and not all that entertaining. The story of three flies that tag along with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on Apollo 11's moon shot is reminiscent of the moment in "Apollo 13" when the TV networks decide against airing a live feed from the astronauts. The reason? NASA had made space travel so routine, at least until that moment on the ill-fated flight, that it became boring. Likewise, despite its unusual story line, the movie is routine and on the cusp of boring for audiences accustomed to such meatier animated flicks as "WALL-E."

Rating: HH

Info for Parents: The film contains mildly crude language ("crap"), and we see an ashtray full of cigarette butts. There is a Russian vs. American fly-fight finale.

WALL-E

(Animated, G, 97 minutes). Seven hundred years after Earth was abandoned, WALL-E, or Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, is still doing the job he was programmed to do: pick up all the trash that was left behind and compress it into tidy packages. But he's a romantic at heart with an eye for nostalgia, sifting through garbage for items like bowling pins, a Rubik's Cube, an iPod, a spork. It's only upon the arrival of the sleek, shiny Eve (voiced by Elissa Knight), a robot sent back to the planet on a search mission, that he realizes how lonely he's been.

Rating: HHH1/2

Info for Parents: Some kids may fidget at times, and be upset by parts of it. Scary bits include roaring dust storms and explosive spaceship landings.

OK for 10 and older

Igor

(Animated, PG, minutes). Dr. Frankenstein himself could not revive this animated comedy about a hunchbacked lab assistant playing at mad scientist. Frankenstein specialized in reanimating once-living matter, but he would be unable to find any spark of life to resuscitate here. A potentially original premise and an eager voice cast led by John Cusack and Molly Shannon are left to decay amid a clunky story vaguely reminiscent of "Monsters, Inc." and a clutter of cartoon images often resembling visuals rejected from "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride." Director Tony Leondis and screenwriter Chris McKenna take a jumble of Hollywood horror cliches and shove them through a meat-grinder to concoct an awkward, unfunny comic twist on the evil-genius genre. Cusack plays the title character, aiming to prove he's more than a hunchbacked gofer by creating an evil behemoth woman (Shannon), who turns out to be a pussycat. The voice cast includes Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno and Jennifer Coolidge.

Rating: HH

Info for Parents: Rated PG for some thematic elements, scary images, action and mild language.

Journey to the Center
of the Earth

(Adventure, PG, 89 minutes). Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson as his nephew and Anita Briem as an Icelandic guide star as a threesome that heads down below after discovering Jules Verne's classic sci-fi novel might be based on an actual trip to the Earth's center. While there are gimmicky shots, director Eric Brevig restrains the impulse to use the technology for too many cheap jolts. Generally, the 3-D images are fashioned to make fans feel as though they're sitting inside the movie rather than being assaulted by moving objects within it.

Rating: HH1/2

Info for Parents: The language is tame, with an implied joke about a type of rock called "schist." Kids under 8 may be scared when the protagonists careen roller-coaster style through a mine shaft, or free-fall down a tunnel to the Earth's center, or are pursued by a huge dinosaur, giant piranhas, sea serpents and man-eating plants.

Older 13s

The Dark Knight

(Action, PG-13, 152 minutes). Christopher Nolan's film is indeed an epic that will leave you staggering from the theater, stunned by its scope and complexity. Nolan has found a way to mix in some fun with his philosophizing. Ambitious, explosive set pieces share screen time with meaty debates about good vs. evil and the nature of, and need for, a hero. Batman (Christian Bale) has been that guy. Now, he's not so sure he should be anymore. He's protected Gotham fiercely but the new district attorney, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), seems to be putting a dent in organized crime with help from Lt. Gordon (Gary Oldman). Then the Joker arrives to send the city into chaos - and Nolan was wise enough to give Heath Ledger plenty of room to shine, albeit in the actor's indelibly perverse, twisted way. There's nothing cartoony about his Joker. Ledger wrested the role from previous performers Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson and reinvented it completely.

Rating: HHH

Info for Parents: "The Dark Knight" barely dodges an R rating by limiting the gore, but it depicts hostage situations with children in danger, point-blank shootouts and assassinations. The Joker puts a pencil through someone's head, and a character loses half his face in a fire and becomes the gruesome Two-Face. There is rare crude language.

Ghost Town

(Comedy, PG-13, 103 minutes). A great idea that doesn't have very far to go: A guy dies for seven minutes while under anesthesia, then when he comes back to life, he sees dead people. And they see him, and talk to him, and follow him around Manhattan all day nagging him to help them with their unfinished business so they can go off to the great beyond in peace. Naturally, the man the ghosts flock to hates people, dead or alive, and so he dreads the company. This is a perfect fit for Ricky Gervais, whose brand of humor mines laughs from the moments in life that make you cringe: the awkward pauses, the uncomfortable asides. His character, Bertram Pincus, became a dentist specifically because it would mean he'd never have to talk to people, but rather shove cotton and sharp tools in their mouths to shut them up. But you can only wander down this comic road for so long; once you've run through a few sight gags, you have to go somewhere else with this high-concept premise. Unfortunately, director and co-writer David Koepp heads toward sticky sentimentality - and that's not nearly as good a fit for Gervais. Greg Kinnear co-stars as a cad of a businessman who was having an affair when he died, with Tea Leoni as his widow who is about to remarry.

Rating: HH

Info for Parents: The film contains some strong profanity, jokes about the penis of an ancient mummy, a mixed drink called a "screaming orgasm," a gag involving nitrous oxide as truth serum, other mild sexual innuendo, implied nudity (of a ghost), and dog poop humor. OK for most teens.

The House Bunny

(Comedy, PG-13, 98 minutes). Anna Faris stars as Shelley, a perky Playboy bunny who gets kicked out of Hef's mansion and becomes the house mother for Zeta Alpha Zeta, a sorority full of misfits. Actually "full" is stretching it, since the Zetas only have seven members, and they need to come up with 30 pledges to keep from being kicked off campus (and having the mean-girl Phi Iota Mus take over their house). And so Shelley, with her itty-bitty outfits, pouf of platinum hair and an endless stream of malapropisms, transforms these wallflowers into Pussycat Dolls, and turns the Zeta house into the place to be. Emma Stone continues to establish an engaging presence as the sorority's brainy leader, with Kat Dennings, Rumer Willis and "American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee playing some of the sisters.

Rating: HH1/2

Info for Parents: A bit too risque for middle-schoolers, the movie contains a lot of sexual innuendo and bawdy phrases. There is discussion of the need to lose one's virginity, and, of course there are those skimpy clothes. There is a comic nearly-nude scene. One of the sorority girls is pregnant and single. There is rare profanity, toilet humor and brief drinking by an adult.

Lakeview Terrace

(Thriller, PG-13, 110 minutes). You could argue that all Neil LaBute movies are horror movies. Whether it's "In the Company of Men," "Nurse Betty" or "The Shape of Things," someone always ends up being tormented and terrorized in some way. And in true horror-flick fashion, the victim is usually a woman. But here, the director takes his first real stab at the genre, if you will ("The Wicker Man" doesn't count because it was a remake, and because it was just so awful). And with this story of a psycho-cop who tries to run off his new next-door neighbors, you wish he'd have just given into the B-movie instincts of the material, and not tried to make "Lakeview Terrace" about Something Important. As an overzealous Los Angeles police officer, Samuel L. Jackson clearly seems ready to head down such a cliched, schlocky road.But LaBute is trying to probe the dangers that lurk within a seemingly safe suburbia with making a statement about race relations. It's "Unlawful Entry" meets "Crash" - you can almost hear the pitch meeting going on in your head. Jackson's Abel Turner is a strict, single father of two who patrols his hillside cul de sac as thoroughly as he works his beat. When racially mixed newlyweds Chris (Patrick Wilson) and Lisa (Kerry Washington) move in next door, he turns even more prickly. Some of the initial tension is intriguing, but any early good will gets obliterated by the over-the-top ending.

Rating: H1/2

Info for Parents: The film includes bloody shootings, a hostage situation, suicide threats, strong profanity, sexual slang and innuendo, subtle verbal references to child molestation, a party with scantily clad women dancing suggestively, drinking and smoking. "Lakeview Terrace" isn't appropriate for middle-schoolers, because of the violence depicted and moments of semi-raunchy sexuality.

Mamma Mia!

(Musical, PG-13, 108 minutes). "Mamma Mia!" is a massive mess, but it's fun - exuberantly goofy, sloppily crafted fun, especially if you're not in the mood for thinking too hard. If it works on any level at all, it's through the sheer radiance of Meryl Streep, clearly having a blast letting loose as its star, the former rocker chick Donna. Amanda Seyfried ("Mean Girls," "Big Love") is also solid as her daughter, Sophie, who is getting married on a Greek island and invites three of Donna's former flames to determine which one is her father. Some theaters feature the sing-along edition, which includes subtitles so audiences can sing along.

Rating: HH

Info for Parents: Rated PG-13 for some sex-related comments.

Traitor

(Action, PG-13, 112 minutes). Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) is a former U.S. special operations officer whose Muslim faith has led him into terrorist activity. Guy Pearce co-stars as the FBI agent trying to track him down, even as bombings around the world continue to create chaos and carnage.

Rating: HH

Info for Parents: The bombings (both suicide attacks and larger events) and shootouts are too intense for middle-schoolers, though relatively nongraphic in terms of blood. There is some profanity and smoking. High-schoolers may find "Traitor" engaging despite its flaws.

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

(Drama, PG-13, 111 minutes). The friendship of Charlotte (Kathy Bates) and Alice (Alfre Woodard) is threatened by their adult children's misbehavior. So, the duo set off on a cross-country road trip in the hopes of reconciling both family's fortunes.

Rating: H1/2

Info for Parents: The film contains midrange sexual innuendo, infidelity and suicide themes, drinking, and a moment of marital violence. A mild PG-13 by current standards. OK for teens.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

(Comedy, PG-13, 97 minutes). Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson co-star as best friends spending the summer in Barcelona who couldn't be more different in terms of their deeds and dreams. Vicky is a practical and structured student; Cristina is a restless and passionate photographer. But they both respond in surprising ways to sexy artist Juan Antonio (an irresistible Javier Bardem), a stranger who invites them to spend the weekend with him. Penelope Cruz is a force of nature as Juan Antonio's tempestuous ex-wife: She's fiery, funny and impossible to stop watching.

Rating: HHH1/2

Info for Parents: The rating reflects rare profanity, implied sexual situations, a suicide theme, drinking and smoking.

The Women

(Comedy-drama, PG-13, 114 minutes). Meg Ryan stars as Mary Haines, a wealthy Connecticut wife and mother who learns that her husband is having an affair. Mary's friends, including magazine editor Sylvie Fowler (Annette Bening), rally around her in her time of need, offering snappy one-liners and broad facial expressions.

Rating: H1/2

Info for Parents: There is mild profanity, one crude bit of sexual innuendo and other milder innuendo, marijuana, drinking, an adult having a frank talk about sex with a tween girl, and references to the girl smoking cigarettes (we don't see her do it). There is a long but nongraphic childbirth scene.

Mature high-schoolers

Burn After Reading

(Comedy, R, 96 minutes). It looks like an espionage thriller, except that the spying uncovers no significant information, everyone is clueless and no one's ever truly in danger. John Malkovich, as a fired CIA analyst whose memoirs fall into the wrong hands, is a hilarious marvel of precise, percolating rage. The Coens' old pal, George Clooney, is almost as much of a buffoon here as he was in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Naturally, Frances McDormand is uniquely tuned into the Coens' rhythms, being one of their frequent stars (not to mention, Joel's wife). But Brad Pitt steals every scene he's in - and nearly walks away with the whole movie - as an overgrown child of a gym trainer whose bungled schemes get him in way over his head.

Rating: HHH

Info for Parents: The film includes two scenes of strong violence, a briefly explicit sexual situation, much implied marital infidelity, a crude visual sex joke, strong profanity, and drinking. It is best reserved for those 17 and older.

Elegy

(Drama, R, 108 minutes). Ben Kingsley as a crafty literature professor who singles out one female student every semester for his attentions. Penelope Cruz plays the prey who gets to him - gets under his skin and inflames his jealousy. Then the story takes a dramatic turn. With Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper, Peter Sarsgaard.

Rating: HHH

Info for Parents: Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language.

Greetings From the Shore

(Drama, R, 118 minutes). Jenny Chambers' (Kim Shaw) summer at the New Jersey shore is supposed to be a breather before college and a way to regroup after the death of her father. But somehow she becomes involved with Russian sailors and gambling, putting the breaks on any rest she was trying to get.

Rating: Not reviewed.

Info for Parents: Rated R for language.

Mirrors

(Thriller, R, 110 minutes). When ex-cop Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland) becomes the night security guard at an abandoned, fire-ravaged department store, bad things involving the building's mirrors start to happen. This puts Ben and his family (Paula Patton, Cameron Boyce, Erica Gluck and Amy Smart) in danger.

Rating: Not reviewed.

Info for Parents: Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.

My Best Friend's Girl

(Comedy, R, 103 minutes). Dane Cook remakes his "Good Luck Chuck" with "Best Friend's Girl," playing a guy so good at being obnoxious that he charges other guys to date their exes and send them screaming back into the arms of Mr. Cast Aside. Kate Hudson remakes "Failure to Launch" as the woman who falls for Mr. Jerk-on-Purpose, right down to casting Lizzy Caplan as a Zooey Deschanel look-and-sound-alike as her sassy, sexy roomie/best friend. Jason Biggs remakes every movie he's done since "American Pie," playing the poor, dull sap who can't get the girl because he's a dull sap. Think of this as an R-rated "Pretty in Pink," with Cook throwing himself at this character, Sherman "Tank" Turner, with a vulgar vengeance. He courts. He dances. He charms. He curses. He insults. He drinks. He smokes. He does a little gay bashing (OK, a LOT). But isolated bits don't add up to much here. The film keeps trotting out that guitar solo to the Cars' title tune, "My Best Friend's Girl," as if that can make up for its and its star's charm deficit.

Rating: 1/2H

Info for Parents: Rated R for strong language and sexual content throughout, including graphic dialogue and nudity.

Righteous Kill

(Thriller, R, 101 minutes). It's not that this crime thriller is spectacularly awful. It's just thoroughly mediocre - a standard police procedural, a long episode of "Law & Order," unremarkable but for the pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. But really, shouldn't we expect more from these two, considered among the greatest actors of our time? Well, we might have been justified in having high hopes about 15 years ago, before both stars had morphed into caricatures of themselves. They shared a few moments on screen in Michael Mann's "Heat" in 1995, and they had no scenes together in "The Godfather: Part II." In theory, seeing them play off each other for an entire film should have been a thrill, a clash of the scenery-chewing titans. In reality, it's hard to take them seriously, even though each actor has dialed down his all-too familiar persona: the repressed rage of De Niro, the voluminous volatility of Pacino. Under the pseudo-flashy direction of Jon Avnet, they play geriatric New York police detectives on the tail of a serial killer.

Rating: H1/2

Info for Parents: It contains point-blank shootings, grisly photos of crime victims, steaming profanity, sexual slang, racial slurs and stereotypes, explicit sexual situations, some with a sadomasochistic theme, drugs and drinking. Clearly not for anyone under 17.

Not rated

Tell No One

(Thriller, Not rated, 125 minutes). Here is how a thriller should be made. A Paris pediatrician is implicated, eight years later, in the death of his wife, and incriminating evidence stacks up. He's involved with a cross-section of French society to try to prove his innocence and solve the mystery of e-mails that seem to be from the dead woman. Intelligent, riveting. In French, with English subtitles.

Rating: HHH1/2

Info for Parents: Intended for mature audiences.