Friday, Sep. 11, 2009

Coming Soon and Now Playing

Compiled from staff and wire reports

ALSO OPENING TODAY

Sorority Row: (R) Briana Evigan and Rumer Willis are among the celebrity offspring starring in this horror thriller about sorority girls who try to cover up a death.

Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself: (PG-13) Taraji P. Henson stars, Gladys Knight sings and Tyler Perry dons the Madea dress for his latest sermon with a silly edge.

Whiteout: (R) Kate Beckinsale stars in this Antarctic murder mystery, based on the Greg Rucka graphic novel and directed by Dominic Sena.

OPENING SEPT. 18

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: (PG) Phil Lord directs (with Chris Miller) this animated adaptation of the children’s book about a town where food rains from the sky.

The Informant: (R) A corporate whistleblower (Matt Damon) working with the FBI to expose a price-fixing conspiracy keeps changing his story until the feds start to wonder if he’s not just making everything up. Director Steven Soderbergh (“Ocean’s Eleven”) gives a comedic twist to this fact-based espionage tale.

Jennifer’s Body: (R) “Juno” screenwriter Diablo Cody conceived this horror comedy about a high-school cheerleader (Megan Fox) who becomes possessed by a demon and starts offing her male classmates.

Love Happens: (PG-13) A widower (Aaron Eckhart) becomes a self-help guru after he writes a book about mourning. But when he falls for one of his readers (Jennifer Aniston), he starts to wonder if he has properly finished grieving.

MOVIE NIGHT

Check out family-friendly reviews of new releases at thestate.com/family.

NOW PLAYING

9: Rag-doll creatures struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world in this sci-fi animated movie, which features the voices of Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly and Christopher Plummer.

(500) Days of Summer: (R) Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel fall in and out of love in this offbeat romantic comedy.

A Perfect Getaway: (R) Newlyweds vacationing in Hawaii are targeted by serial killers.

Aliens in the Attic: (PG) A group of kids fight off nasty little CGI aliens. Think “E.T.” meets “Gremlins” meets “Home Alone.”

All About Steve: (PG-13) Sandra Bullock stars as an “eccentric crosswords puzzle player” who becomes comically obsessed with a CNN cameraman in this romance from the screenwriter of “License to Wed.”

Cheri: (R) Courtesans in late 19th century Paris love and betray each other. Until Tuesday at the Nickelodeon.

District 9: (R) In this science-fiction drama, a race of aliens (the E.T. kind) are exploited for work and forced to live in squalor.

Extract: (R) Jason Bateman stars as the owner of a flower-extract plant who is coping with a cheating wife (Kristen Wiig) and assorted other issues.

Final Destination Death Trip 3D: (R) This fourth installment of the profitable horror franchise about teens who get Death all riled up when they don’t die like they’re supposed to is getting released in 3D.

Gamer: Gerard Butler stars in this sci-fi thriller about a guy who tracks down the man (Michael C. Hall) who pulls the strings in the popular “Slayer” game.

G-Force: (PG) An elite team of guinea pigs tries to stop an evil billionaire from world domination.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: (PG-13) Based on the action figure. Installment one explains how the series’ evil-military machine came to be.

H2: Halloween 2: (R) Rob Zombie continues his run through the original horror series.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: (PG) In this adaptation of the sixth “Harry Potter” book, we learn more about how Tom Riddle turned into He Who Shall Not Be Named.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: (PG) Manny the mammoth and his pals deal with dinosaurs and parenthood.

Inglourious Basterds: (R) A group of Jewish soldiers, led by Brad Pitt, take on a gang of Nazis.

Julie & Julia: (PG-13) An intertwined adaptation of two books: the autobiography of chef and television personality Julia Child (Meryl Streep) and the journal of a 20-something blogger (Amy Adams) trying to commune with the legend.

Monsters vs. Aliens: (PG) Old-fashioned monsters kick modern butt in 3-D.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: (PG) In this sequel, Ben Stiller and friends head to the Smithsonian, where chaos unfolds.

Ponyo: (G) This animated fantasy from Japanese writer-director Hayao Miyazaki offers a new twist on the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Little Mermaid.”

Post Grad: (PG-13) Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel) finishes college, expecting to start work at a prestigious publishing house. But when she doesn’t land the dream gig, she’s stuck at home with her quirky family.

Public Enemies: (R) FBI agent (and S.C. native) Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) is on a mission to bring down John Dillinger (Johnny Depp).

Shorts: (PG) This family-friendly movie is about a small town going bananas over a magic rock.

Star Trek: (PG-13) J.J. Abrams delivers a not-too-reverent space opera that follows the “Star Trek” canon.

Taking Woodstock: (R) Meet the people behind the trippy musical festival that defined the 1960s.

The Hangover: (R) Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms must re-trace their wild night in Vegas to find a groom-to-be.

The Proposal: (PG-13) Ryan Reynolds’ Canadian boss (Sandra Bullock) forces him to marry her so she can avoid visa problems.

The Time Traveler’s Wife: (PG-13) Based on the best-selling novel, Eric Bana stars as a librarian whose calendar hopping complicates his relationship with Rachel McAdams.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: (PG-13) The battling robots are back, and Shia LaBeouf is caught in the middle.

The Ugly Truth: (R) Katherine Heigl plays a TV producer with a cocky hunk of a correspondent (Gerard Butler) who’s sure he’s right about relationships and she’s all wrong.

Up: (PG) A cranky old man plans the trip of a lifetime, but he unwittingly brings along a young passenger.

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