The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13)
Sci-fi mind-control thriller gets heavy on romance when politically ambitious David Norris (Matt Damon) meets the irresistible Elise (Emily Blunt), Fate and its destiny-controlling agents intercede to keep them apart. When David stumbles into the wrong office and finds everyone frozen, the contest between free will and predetermination is on.
Gnomeo and Juliet (G)
A comical take-off of Shakespeare’s most popular romance played by feuding families of garden gnomes, with Elton John songs, plastic pink flamingos, and lawnmower races adding to the challenges and the fun.
Hall Pass (R)
Seasonal Islanders and directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly get down and trash-talking dirty. Two housewives, Maggie (Jenna Fischer) and Grace (Christina Applegate) decide to shake up their marriages after consultation with a relationship guru (Joy Behar). They give husbands Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) seven days to behave like single boys again — no repercussions. Then they go to the Cape to find some action of their own. Anyone to root for here?
The King’s Speech (R)
Best picture Oscar-winner. The struggle of King George VI (an absolutely brilliant Oscar-winning Colin Firth), with his stammer and his speech therapist Lionel (Geoffrey Rush). Stellar cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Gambon, and Guy Pearce as his brother, King Edward VIII, whose abdication force him to ascend the throne and offer a speech that inspires.
Rango (PG)
A strange, wildly imaginative animated film with a cast of strange icky-looking characters and lots of inside movie humor. Rango (Johnny Depp), sheltered chameleon, whose purpose in life is to blend in, becomes sheriff of the lawless town of Dirt. Bring on the outrageous characters played by Stephen Root, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton, a chorus of mariachi owls and bats with Gatling guns. Fun.
Unknown (PG-13)
Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) and his wife Liz (an ornamental January Jones) are in Berlin attending a biotechnology conference when a traffic accident leaves him comatose. When he recovers, his identity has been assumed by a convincing bogus (Aidan Quinn) and no one, including his wife, seems to recognize him. A slightly over the top intrigue with international assassins, explosions and only one ally for the real Martin — an intrepid cab driver named Gina (Diane Kruger). With Frank Langella.
