OPENING TODAY The Dark Knight **** It's hard to come up with a reason to not see this movie, unless sequences of "some menace" disturb you. It's one of Heath Ledger's last films. The creative team is the same as the one on the excellent "Batman Begins," with the exception that they've upgraded from Katie Holmes to Maggie Gyllenhaal. Just go. Review, Page 4. 150 minutes (PG-13; intense sequences of violence and some menace) ...more

July 18, 2008

OPENED WEDNESDAY Hancock ** It's Independence Day. You know what that means - a new Will Smith movie. This time he plays Hancock, a hard-living superhero who's fallen from favor with the people he's supposed to help. Also stars Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman. 92 minutes. (PG-13; some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence and language) ...more

July 4, 2008

OPENING Mongol (not Reviewed) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, this action-adventure movie recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia, in 1206. In Mongolian with English subtitles. 126 minutes (R; sequences of bloody warfare) ...more

June 26, 2008

OPENING Atonement ***½ A girl changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he didn't commit. Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave, Saoirse Ronan and Romola Garai star in this sweeping, historical romance. Review, Page 4. 123 minutes (R; disturbing war images, profanity, sexuality) ...more

January 2, 2008

OPENING Alvin and the Chipmunks In this CGI/live action comedy, three homeless chipmunk brothers with helium voices find refuge in the home of a struggling songwriter (Jason Lee). Review, Page 5. 90 minutes (PG; for mild rude humor) ...more

December 13, 2007

OPENING Across the Universe **½ Inspired by the music of the Beatles, director Julie Taymor's sprawling musical starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess is visually imaginative but frequently plays like a bad night at a karaoke bar. 134 minutes (PG-13; drug content, nudity, sexuality and violence) ...more

September 28, 2007