Ratings as appeared in Beacon Journal film critic and wire-service reviews:♥=Weak
♥♥=Mediocre
♥♥♥=Worth Seeing
♥♥♥♥=Shouldn't Be Missed
Opening Friday
BRUNO — ♥1/2
(R — pervasive strong, crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language) The title character is a flamboyant, deliberately provocative gay man who ambushes innocent bystanders in his desperate bid for celebrity. Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) places himself in real situations in front of a rabid wrestling crowd and an outraged TV studio audience. 1 hour, 28 minutes.
Cinemark Aurora 10, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Lake Cinema 8, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10
FOOD, INC. — ♥♥♥
(PG — some thematic material, disturbing images) Alarming documentary that says our food is produced on assembly lines by multinational corporations, and the ''family farm'' is a myth. Paints an overall picture more frightening because the situation has grown out of control. Do you realize the odds are the steak you eat came from beef cattle raised on concrete floors and standing more than ankle deep in manure? 1 hour, 33 minutes.
Cedar Lee
I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER — ♥
(PG-13 — crude, sexual content, language, some teen drinking and drug references, brief violence) A teen romantic comedy about a nerd (Paul Rust) who harbors a secret love for the most popular girl in school (Hayden Panettiere), and declares this during his valedictory speech. Achieves no similarity to any real situation or teenagers, and doesn't seem to want to. 1 hour, 41 minutes.
Cinemark Aurora 10, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10
MOON — ♥♥♥
(R — language) Sam Rockwell plays a man serving the end of a three-year tour of duty on a lonely mining outpost on the far side of the moon. What kind of a man would volunteer for such duty? What kind of a corporation would ask him to? We find out. Superior hard science fiction. 1 hour, 37 minutes.
Cedar Lee
Opening Wednesday
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE — No star rating
(PG — scary images, some violence, language, mild sensuality) In his sixth year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter discovers even more about the evil Lord Voldemort's past, thanks to his mentor Dumbledore and a mysterious textbook marked ''This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince.'' 2 hours, 33 minutes.
Carnation Cinema, Cinemark Aurora 10, Garrettsville Cinemas, Great Oaks Cinema, Highland Theatre, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10, Magic City Drive-In, Midway Twin Drive-In
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ANGELS & DEMONS — ♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material) Professor Tom Hanks is back on the trail again, racing through Rome against a ticking time bomb to save four kidnapped cardinals and reach a vial of anti-matter that could vaporize the Vatican. Meanwhile, there's intrigue within the College of Cardinals and evidence the previous pope was murdered. Prequel to The Da Vinci Code. 2 hours, 18 minutes.
Interstate Park Cinemas 18
AWAY WE GO — ♥♥♥1/2
(R — language, some sexual content) Verona and Burt (Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski) are thirty-somethings with a bun in the oven, ready to abandon their impoverished student lifestyle and settle down to grown-up lives. They engage in visits to family and friends in the U.S. and Canada, doing some lifestyle comparison shopping, in a whimsical, charming, sometimes heart-tugging movie of both edge and charm. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Cedar Lee
THE BROTHERS BLOOM — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — violence, some sensuality and brief strong language) Brothers named Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) are con men from early childhood, until Bloom tires of the game at about the time they meet the beautiful millionaire Penelope (Rachel Weisz). Lovely Eastern European locations, an ingenious plot and persuasive actors. 1 hour, 49 minutes.
Big Picture
CHERI — ♥♥1/2
(R — some sexual content, brief drug use) Michelle Pfeiffer plays a 50ish courtesan who makes the mistake of falling in love with a friend's son (Rupert Friend), who is 24 years younger. Based on two novels by Colette. With Kathy Bates. 1 hour, 33 minutes.
Cedar Lee
DANCE FLICK — ♥1/2
(PG-13 — crude, sexual content throughout, language) Street dancer Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr.) is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White (Shoshana Bush) might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles. 1 hour, 23 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10
DRAG ME TO HELL — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — strong language, violence) A loan officer (Alison Lohman) ordered to evict an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse that turns her life into a nightmare. Desperate, she turns to a seer for help, and learns she only has a short period of time before she is literally ushered into hell. 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10
EARTH — No star rating
(G) Feature-length version of the documentary TV series Planet Earth (2006), following the migration paths of four animal families. 1 hour, 36 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10
EVERY LITTLE STEP — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — strong language, including sexual reference) A backstage documentary about the auditions for a recent Broadway revival of A Chorus Line. Beginning with a line reaching down the street at an open call, the film follows dancers through every step of an arduous and often heartbreaking ordeal. Ironically, that's what the musical is about. Powerful. 1 hour, 36 minutes.
Cedar Lee
GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST — ♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — sexual content throughout, some language, a drug reference) Matthew McConaughey stars as committed bachelor who thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call. His mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill on the eve of his brother's wedding. Just when it looks like he may single-handedly ruin the wedding, McConaughey is visited by the ghosts of his former jilted girlfriends, who take him on a revealing odyssey through his failed relationships — past, present and future. Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas co-star. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10
THE HANGOVER — ♥♥1/2
(R — pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, some drug material) A raunchy comedy about a disastrous bachelor party in Las Vegas. When the bridegroom (Justin Bartha) disappears, his buddies (Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms) search for him, starting with such questions as: How in the hell do you wake up in a $4,200-a-night suite with a tiger, a chicken, a crying baby and a missing tooth? 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, Montrose 12, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10
HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE — ♥♥
(G) As Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart (Miley Ray Cyrus), urged on by her father (Billy Ray Cyrus), takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tenn., to get some perspective on what matters in life the most. 1 hour, 46 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10
ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS — ♥♥
(PG — some mild rude humor, peril) When Sid gets into some trouble, it's up to Manny, Ellie, Diego and Scrat to save their friend. Their mission leads them to an underground world where they encounter dinosaurs, flora, and fauna — as well as a one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck. 1 hour, 34 minutes.
Carnation Cinema, Cinemark Aurora 10, Garrettsville Cinemas, Great Oaks Cinema, Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Kent Plaza Theatre, Lake Cinemas 8, Linda Theatre, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10, Blue Sky Drive-In, Midway Twin Drive-In
LAND OF THE LOST — ♥1/2
(PG-13 — crude and sexual content, language including a drug reference) Will Ferrell, Anna Friel and Danny McBride co-star in this big-screen take on the 1970s TV series about a family that travels back in time to the dinosaur era. 1 hour, 46 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS — ♥♥1/2
(PG — sci-fi action, some crude humor, mild language) Monsters from the 1950s are released from a secret federal prison to join the 49-foot, 11-inch Ginormica (voice by Reese Witherspoon) in saving Earth from hostile aliens. Animated. In 3-D in some theaters. 1 hour, 34 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10
MY SISTER'S KEEPER — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language, brief teen drinking) An 11-year-old girl files suit to prevent her parents from making her donate a kidney for her very ill 16-year-old sister. An effective tear-jerker, well acted, based on the best-seller by Jodi Picoult. Persuasive performances by Abigail Breslin as the girl who is suing, Sofia Vassilieva as her sister, Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric as her parents, and Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack. 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Cedar Lee, 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, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN — ♥♥1/2
(PG — mild action, brief language) Security guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) infiltrates the Smithsonian Institute in order to rescue Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Octavius (Steve Coogan), who have been shipped to the museum by mistake. 1 hour, 45 minutes.
Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Jackson Township Movies 10, Lake Cinemas 8, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Blue Sky Drive-In, Midway Twin Drive-In
OBSESSED — ♥
(PG-13 — sexual material including some suggestive dialogue, some violence) A successful asset manager (Idris Elba), who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage. But after a temp worker (Ali Larter) starts stalking him, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy. With Beyonce Knowles. 1 hour, 40 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10
THE PROPOSAL — ♥♥
(PG-13 — sexual content, nudity and language) A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada. With Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. 1 hour, 44 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, Montrose 12, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10, Midway Twin Drive-In
PUBLIC ENEMIES — ♥♥♥
(R — gangster violence, some language) FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) sets his sights on American gangster John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and others in an attempt to curb a rampant Chicago crime spree during the 1930s. 2 hours, 23 minutes.

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Carnation Cinema, Cinemark Aurora 10, Garrettsville Cinemas, 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, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10, Magic City Drive-In
STAR TREK — ♥♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — sci-fi action, violence, brief sexual content) The story of Captain James T. Kirk, Spock and the crew of the USS Enterprise before they had boldly gone where no man had gone before. 2 hours, 6 minutes.
Big Picture, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Magic City Drive-in
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 — ♥♥♥
(R — violence, pervasive language)
Denzel Washington and John Travolta in a remake of the 1974 film that takes place in New York City. Directed by Tony Scott. Well-designed and swiftly paced thriller driven by tight editing and two balanced performances. 1 hour, 46 minutes.
Big Picture, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Montrose 12, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Magic City Drive-In
TERMINATOR SALVATION — ♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, language) John Connor (Christian Bale) is joined in his attempt to defeat Skynet and its army of Terminators by Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a man who apparently has been rescued from the past, though Connor wonders if instead he's been sent from the future as a foil to his plan. As Connor and Wright push deep into the heart of Skynet, they get closer and closer to learning the secret behind the organization's mission to wipe humankind off the planet. 1 hour, 55 minutes.
Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Magic City Drive-In
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN — ♥
(PG-13 — intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude, sexual material, brief drug material) Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle. 2 hours, 29 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 Cinema 8, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Shaker Square Cinemas, Tinseltown USA, Tower City Cinemas, Valley View 24, Wooster Movies 10, Magic City Drive-In, Midway Twin Drive-In
UP — ♥♥♥1/2
(PG — some peril and action) In this Disney/Pixar animated film, 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America — but discovers too late that he has a stowaway, an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. In 3-D in some theaters. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Hudson Cinema 10, Huntington Street Cinema 16, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Macedonia Cinemark 15, Massillon 12, Montrose 12, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill, Tinseltown USA, Valley View 24
WHATEVER WORKS — ♥♥♥
(PG-13 — vulgar language, brief nudity, sexual situations and adult themes) Larry David stars in Woody Allen's comic moral tale about a life-hating physicist who learns about his emotions from a homeless Southern waif (Evan Rachel Wood). Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley Jr. co-star as the waif's parents, who can't believe their innocent little girl lives with this bundle of neurosis. Primarily a verbal comedy, but what words. 1 hour, 35 minutes.
Cedar Lee, Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE — ♥♥1/2
(PG-13 — intense sequences of action, violence, some partial nudity)
This comic-book prequel follows the early life of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). The chronicle of his younger years as a mutant connects to his relationship and eventual falling out with Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) and his fateful entry into the Weapons X project, the governmental program that turns willing and unwilling beings into living weapons. 1 hour, 47 minutes.
Jackson Township Movies 10
YEAR ONE — ♥1/2
(PG-13 — crude, sexual content throughout, brief strong language, comic violence) Jack Black and Michael Cera are cavemen exiled from their village. They get caught up in all sorts of wacky misadventures. Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) produced, and Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters) directed. 1 hour, 40 minutes.
Huntington Street Cinema 16, Independence 10, Interstate Park Cinemas 18, Valley View 24