Ratings as appeared in Beacon Journal film critic and wire-service reviews:
♥=Weak
♥♥=Mediocre
♥♥♥=Worth Seeing
♥♥♥♥=Shouldn't Be Missed

Opening Friday
NOTE BY NOTE: THE MAKING OF STEINWAY L1037 — No star rating
(No content rating) — Documentary follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand piano from forest floor to concert hall. 1 hour, 21 minutes.
Cedar Lee

REDBELT — ♥♥♥
(R — violence, language) — One of playwright David Mamet's better-directed films. A mixed martial arts teacher (Chiwetel Ejiofor) finds his ideals tested and betrayed. With Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga and Tim Allen. 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10

SPEED RACER — ♥♥
(PG —sequences of action, some violence, language) — The brothers behind the Matrix trilogy, Andy and Larry Wachowski, direct this family adventure about a driver forced to fight for his family's honor on the racetrack. With Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci. Based on 1960s Japanese anime TV series. 2 hours, 16 minutes.
Carnation Cinema, Cinemark Aurora 10, Garrettsville Cinemas, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Lake Cinemas 8, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Rolling Acres Cinema, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10, Blue Sky Drive-In, Midway Twin Drive-In

THEN SHE FOUND ME — ♥♥1/2
(R — language, some sexual content) — Actress Helen Hunt stars, makes her directorial debut and carries a screenwriting credit. April (Hunt) is adopted, a status that has defined her life, so much so that all she can think about is bearing a child of her own. At 39 her biological clock is ticking, and to make matters worse, her boy-man husband, Ben (Matthew Broderick), leaves her after less than a year of marriage. Enter Frank (Colin Firth), a damaged love interest, and Bernice (Bette Midler), April's birth mother, and a complicated, emotional mess ensues. 1 hour, 40 minutes.
Cedar Lee

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — some sexual and crude content, language, including a drug reference) — A formulaic romantic comedy that would be nothing more than a lame laugher, except for the skill of Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, who milk this story for all it's worth. This tale of opposites attracting — and finding themselves accidentally hitched in Vegas — is an amusing tale of love and loss, with a $3 million payday. 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Carnation Cinema, Cinemark Aurora 10, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Lake Cinemas, 8, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, West Market Plaza 7, Wooster Movies 10

YOUNG@HEART — ♥♥♥1/2
(PG — some mild language and thematic elements) — Stephen Walker's documentary about a chorus of performers in their 80s and 90s shows that no one has more reason to stick it to the man than people who are most defiantly not going gently into that good night. Instead of singing songs from their youth like Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy or Sentimental Journey, these folks tap their orthopedic shoes, tug along an oxygen tank and slam into the music of their great-grandchildren's generation. 1 hour, 47 minutes.
Cedar Lee

Playing Friday through next week
21 — ♥♥
(PG-13 — violence, sexual content, partial nudity) — A formula movie ''inspired by'' a true story about the MIT students who developed a card-counting system that enabled them to win millions at the blackjack tables in Las Vegas. 2 hours, 3 minutes.
Cinemark Aurora 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Valley View 24

88 MINUTES — ♥1/2
(R — disturbing violent content, brief nudity, language) — Time is of the essence for Al Pacino's Dr. Jack Gramm, a forensic psychiatrist who receives a threatening call on his cell phone informing him he's got 88 minutes to live. 1 hour, 46 minutes.
Big Picture, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Valley View 24

10,000 BC — ♥1/2
(PG-13 — sequences of intense action, violence) — A young mammoth hunter journeys through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. 1 hour, 49 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10, Blue Sky Drive-In

BABY MAMA — ♥♥
(PG-13 — crude and sexual humor, language and a drug reference) — A career-driven single woman (Tina Fey) hires a surrogate (Amy Poehler) to carry her child to term. Starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. 1 hour, 36 minutes.
Cinemark Aurora 10, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 8, Kent Plaza Theatre, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Valley View 24, West Market Plaza 7, Wooster Movies 10

THE BUCKET LIST — ♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — language, including a sexual reference) — Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play cancer patients who meet in a hospital room, where they're both given a year to live. Freeman keeps a list of things he means to do before kicking the bucket, and Nicholson, a billionaire, insists they use his money to circle the globe, see the Pyramids, the Taj Mahal, etc. 1 hour, 33 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10

COLLEGE ROAD TRIP — 1/2♥
(G) — Raven-Symone plays a high school whiz kid visiting prospective colleges with her overprotective police chief father (Martin Lawrence). 1 hour, 23 minutes.
Great Oaks Cinema

THE COUNTERFEITERS — ♥♥♥
(R — some strong violence, brief sexuality/nudity, language) — A true story of the Nazis' massive wartime counterfeiting operation, run out of a concentration camp. 1 hour, 38 minutes.
Cedar Lee

DECEPTION — ♥
(R — sexual content, language, brief violence, some drug use) — Meek, bespectacled auditor Jonathan McQuarry (as in McVictim, played by Ewan McGregor) meets suave, predatory lawyer Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman) in a conference room late one night. The former finds himself on ''The List,'' the envy of Eliot Spitzers everywhere, which involves hot Wall Street babes calling him for anonymous sex at ritzy hotels. Oh, but it's never that simple, is it? 1 hour, 48 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10

DR. SEUSS' HORTON HEARS A WHO! — ♥♥1/2
(G) — Horton the elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists. 1 hour, 26 minutes.
Big Picture, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Jackson Township Movies 10, Linda Theatre, Massillon 12, West Market Plaza 7

DRILLBIT TAYLOR — ♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — crude sexual references throughout, strong bullying, language, drug references and partial nudity) — Three high school kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully. Movie can't decide what it is. Is it a toned-down prequel to Superbad? Is it an attempt at a modern version of My Bodyguard, a similarly themed 1980 film? Or is it about loser bonding and redemption? Stars Owen Wilson and Ravenna native Nate Hartley. 1 hour, 42 minutes.
Magic City Drive-In, Midway Twin Drive-In

EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED — ♥
(PG — thematic material, some disturbing images, brief smoking) — Droning funnyman Ben Stein in a Michael Moore-styled mockery of evolution. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Montrose 12

FLAWLESS — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — brief strong language) — A pair of unlikely thieves, played by Demi Moore and Michael Caine, go after the world's biggest cache of diamonds in a heist thriller that will make you nostalgic for the smart, classy caper films of the 1960s. 1 hour, 45 minutes.
Cedar Lee

FOOL'S GOLD — ♥1/2
(PG-13 — action violence, some sexual material, brief nudity and language) — A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a couple's sense of adventure — and their estranged romance. With Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. 1 hour,. 50 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10, Midway Twin Drive-In

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM — ♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — martial-arts violence, strong language) — A Karate Kid-meets-Tolkien tale starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li as two martial-arts masters helping a shy, contemporary Boston boy (Will & Grace's Michael Angarano) on his quest to deliver a magical staff back in time to ancient China's Monkey King. Directed by Rob Minkoff (The Lion King, Stuart Little). 1 hour, 43 minutes.
Independence 10, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, West Market Plaza 7

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL — ♥♥♥
(R — sexual content, language, some graphic nudity) — The latest issue from writer-producer-director Judd Apatow's anti-stud farm, a sibling of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Superbad. After his TV-star girlfriend leaves him for a British pop singer, Peter (Jason Segel, also the screenwriter) goes to Hawaii to recover — only to find them staying at the same resort. Ranks with the aforementioned Apatow-produced films for laughs and smarts. With Kristen Bell. 1 hour, 41 minutes.
Cinemark Aurora 10, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Lake Cinemas 8, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10, Magic City Drive-In

HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY — ♥♥1/2
(R — sexual content, nudity, strong language, drug use, crude humor) — Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) are mistaken for terrorists and sent to Guantanamo Bay. 1 hour, 42 minutes.
Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Lake Cinemas 8, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, West Market Plaza 7

IRON MAN — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content) — Robert Downey Jr. dons a metal suit to fight evil in this Marvel comic adaptation directed by Jon Favreau (Elf). With Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard. 2 hours, 6 minutes.
Carnation Cinema, Cinemark Aurora 10, Garrettsville Cinemas, Great Oaks Cinema, Highland Theatre, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Lake Cinemas 8, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Rolling Acres Cinema, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10, Magic City Drive-In, Midway Twin Drive-In

LEATHERHEADS —♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — brief strong language) — In 1925, an aging football legend (George Clooney) and the hot college star he's drafted for his pro team (John Krasinski) fight for the heart of an intrepid journalist (Renee Zellweger). 1 hour, 54 minutes.
Independence 10, Jackson Township Movies 10, Linda Theatre, West Market Plaza 7

MADE OF HONOR — ♥1/2
(PG-13 — sexual content and language) — Patrick Dempsey discovers he's in love with his best friend (Michelle Monaghan), but it's too late. She's getting ready to marry another man and move overseas. 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Carnation Cinema, Cinemark Aurora 10, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Lake Cinemas 8, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10

MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — some partial nudity and innuendo) — A charming film based on a novel by Winifred Watson about a frumpy governess, Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand), who becomes the social secretary for nightclub singer Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams), who is intent on becoming a star. 1 hour, 32 minutes.
Shaker Square Cinemas

NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS — ♥♥1/2
(PG — some violence) — Nicolas Cage is back as Benjamin Franklin Gates. This time, his team of treasure hunters tracks traces of a Civil War conspiracy and treasure. 2 hours, 4 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10

NIM'S ISLAND — ♥♥♥
(PG — mild adventure action, brief language) — A popular author (Jodie Foster) teams up with the adventure-loving Alex Rover (Gerald Butler) in order to help a young girl (Abigail Breslin), who lives on an island where her father has gone missing. Two problems the author faces: her crippling fear of leaving her house, and Alex is merely the main character in her best-selling novels. 1 hour, 35 minutes.
Big Picture, Cinemark Aurora 10, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Tinseltown USA, Valley View 24, West Market Plaza 7

PROM NIGHT — ♥
(PG-13 — violence, terror, some sexual material, underage drinking, language) — A remake of a 1980 slasher film. The man who killed a high school's girl's family stalks her at her prom. Stars Brittany Snow. 1 hour, 28 minutes.
Carnation Cinema, Garrettsville Cinemas, Great Oaks Cinema, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Lake Cinemas 8, Massillon 12, Rolling Acres Cinema, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, West Market Plaza 7, Wooster Movies 10, Magic City Drive-In

SHUTTER — ♥1/2
(PG-13 — terror, disturbing images, sexual content, language) — A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved. 1 hour, 25 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES — ♥♥
(PG — scary creature action and violence, peril) — A family moves into a creepy old mansion and discovers it is already inhabited by creatures from the spirit world. Starring Freddie Highmore as twins, Sarah Bolger as their sister, and Mary-Louise Parker as their mom. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10

STREET KINGS — ♥1/2
(R — strong violence, language) — Keanu Reeves is a renegade cop who does not play by the rules. He follows a twisted trail of corruption that leads all the way to the highest levels of the LAPD. With Forest Whitaker, Chris Evans, Common and Hugh Laurie. 1 hour, 48 minutes.
Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24

UNDER THE SAME MOON — ♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — some mature thematic elements) — There is a little bit of fairy-tale moon dust sprinkled over this story of a 9-year-old boy who runs away from his home in Mexico to find his mother in Los Angeles. The story is formulaic and a little syrupy, but sensitive performances and skillful storytelling hold our interest. 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Cedar Lee

VANTAGE POINT — ♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language) — An edgy, action-packed reprising of an attempted presidential assassination that not only gives us glimpses into an innocent bystander's recollections, but also reveals the viewpoints of the participants — on both sides of the attack. Starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker and Sigourney Weaver. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10

THE VISITOR — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — brief strong language) — Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) gets caught up in the lives of a couple of foreigners, who are in the country illegally. The film carries a harsh statement about post-9/11 immigration procedures, and while timely, relevant and compelling, it doesn't overshadow the heart of the story, which about human connection. 1 hour, 46 minutes.
Cedar Lee, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill