At area theaters 58 AN AMERICAN CAROL, PG-13 A contemporary Ebenezer Scrooge (Kelsey Grammer ) takes on Hollywood. With Trace Adkins, Jon Voight; directed by David Zucker. Fiesta Square 16 in Fayetteville, Rogers Towne Cinema. (85 minutes ) 86 APPALOOSA, R A marshal (Ed Harris ) and his deputy (Viggo Mortensen ) in 1882 New Mexico take on a ruthless rancher who’s terrorizing a small mining community. With Renee Zellweger, Lance Henriksen; directed by Harris. Razorback 12 Cinema in Fayetteville, Rogers Towne Cinema, Siloam Springs 6. (114 minutes ) 77 BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA, PG A luxury-loving little dog (voice of Drew Barrymore ), lost in Mexico, must rely on a rough-and-ready Chihuahua (voice of George Lopez ) to help her find her way home to Beverly Hills. With Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis, Placido Domingo; directed by Raja Gosnell. Fiesta Square 16 and Razorback 12 Cinema in Fayetteville, Sunset Cinema 9 in Springdale, Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers, Siloam Springs 6. (85 minutes ) 79 BLINDNESS, R A woman unaffected by a mysterious wave of sudden blindness pretends to have lost her sight so she can be quarantined with her husband. With Gael Garcia Bernal, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover; directed by Fernando Meirelles. Fiesta Square 16 and Mall Twin Cinema in Fayetteville, Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers. Rogers Towne Cinema. (118 minutes ) 90 BURN AFTER READING, R Two gym workers get their hands on the memoir of an ousted CIA operative and plan to make their new possession work to their advantage. With John Malkovich, George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt; directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Fiesta Square 16 and Razorback 12 Cinema in Fayetteville, Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers. (96 minutes ) 90 THE DARK KNIGHT, PG-13 Batman (Christian Bale ) intends to end organized crime in Gotham for good; then he encounters a criminal known as the Joker (Heath Ledger ). With Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman; directed by Christopher Nolan. Fiesta Square 16 in Fayetteville, Rogers Towne Cinema. (152 minutes ) 78 EAGLE EYE, PG-13 Two strangers become pawns of an unknown blackmailer and must work together to save themselves. With Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson; directed by D. J. Caruso. Fiesta Square 16 and Razorback 12 Cinema in Fayetteville, Sunset Cinema 9 in Springdale, Rogers Towne Cinema, Siloam Springs 6. (108 minutes ) 77 THE FAMILY THAT PREYS, PG-13 Two very different matriarchal families share the woes brought on by greed and scandal. With Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Tyler Perry; directed by Perry. Fiesta Square 16 in Fayetteville. (111 minutes ) 71 FIREPROOF, PG A firefighter finds his beliefs challenged when his marriage starts to deteriorate. With Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea; directed by Alex Kendrick. Razorback 12 Cinema in Fayetteville, Rogers Towne Cinema, Siloam Springs 6. (99 minutes ) 84 FLASH OF GENIUS, PG-13 The inventor of intermittent-speed windshield wipers vows to get justice from the automobile industry, which embraces the invention but shuns the inventor. With Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney; directed by Marc Abraham. Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers. (119 minutes ) 88 GHOST TOWN, PG-13 A cranky dentist (Ricky Gervais ) can see dead people, all of whom are annoying because they want something from him. With Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni; directed by David Koepp. Mall Twin Cinema in Fayetteville, Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers. (102 minutes ) 74 THE HOUSE BUNNY, PG-13 A Playboy bunny (Anna Faris ), evicted from the Playboy Mansion, ends up in a sorority house coaching a bunch of socially clueless coeds. With Colin Hanks, Rumer Willis; directed by Fred Wolf. Fiesta Square 16 in Fayetteville. (98 minutes ) 71 HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE, R An undiplomatic journalist (Simon Pegg ), hired by a society magazine in New York, manages to offend nearly everyone he encounters. With Kirsten Dunst, Gillian Anderson; directed by Robert B. Weide. Fiesta Square 16 in Fayetteville, Rogers Towne Cinema. (110 minutes ) 75 IGOR, PG The hunchbacked laboratory assistant of a mad scientist yearns to win first place at the Evil Science Fair. Animated. With voices of John Cusack, Eddie Izzard, Steve Buscemi, Jay Leno; directed by Tony Leondis. Fiesta Square 16 in Fayetteville, Sunset Cinema 9 in Springdale, Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers. (80 minutes ) 88 KUNG FU PANDA, PG A panda who works as a waiter in a noodle eatery dreams of becoming a kung fu master. Animated with the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Ian McShane; directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne. Sunset 9 Cinema in Springdale. (95 minutes ) 82 LAKEVIEW TERRACE, PG-13 A biracial couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington ) move next door to a neighbor who makes it clear he disapproves of their relationship. With Samuel L. Jackson; directed by Neil LaBute. Fiesta Square 16 and Razorback 12 Cinema in Fayetteville, Sunset Cinema 9 in Springdale, Rogers Towne Cinema. (110 minutes ) 78 MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA, R One of four black American soldiers stationed in Tuscany during World War II risks his life to save an Italian boy. With Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, John Leguizamo, Joseph Gordon Levitt; directed by Spike Lee. Razorback 12 Cinema in Fayetteville. (166 minutes ) 79 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR, PG-13 Explorer Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser ) returns, with son Alex (Luke Ford ) and wife Evelyn (Maria Bello ), to square off against the resurrected Emperor Han (Jet Li ). With Michelle Yeoh; directed by Rob Cohen. Siloam Springs 6. (114 minutes ) 68 MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL, R Dumped guys hire Tank (Dane Cook ) to take out their former girlfriends on the worst date of their lives so they’ll come running back, a scheme that works fine for Tank until he meets the girl who unloads his best friend. With Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs; directed by Howard Deutch. Rogers Towne Cinema. (101 minutes ) 85 NICK & NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST, PG-13 A broken-hearted bass player (Michael Cera ) and a girl with similar musical tastes (Kat Dennings ) spend a New York night searching for the location of a famous band’s secret show. Directed by Peter Sollett. Fiesta Square 16 and Razorback 12 Cinema in Fayetteville, Sunset Cinema 9 in Springdale, Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers, Siloam Springs 6. (90 minutes ) 75 NIGHTS IN RODANTHE, PG-13 A conflicted woman retreats for a weekend to a tiny Outer Banks town in search of solutions to personal problems. With Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Scott Glenn; directed by George C. Wolfe. Fiesta Square 16 and Razorback 12 Cinema in Fayetteville, Sunset Cinema 9 in Springdale, Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers. (97 minutes ) 70 RIGHTEOUS KILL, R Al Pacino and Robert De Niro play New York detectives investigating a run of vigilantestyle murders. With 50 Cent, Carla Gugino; directed by Jon Avnet.
Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers. (101 minutes )
75 STEP BROTHERS, R Two selfcentered, worthless no-accounts (Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly ) find themselves living under the same roof when one’s mother (Mary Steenburgen ) marries the other’s father (Richard Jenkins ). Directed by Adam McKay. Sunset Cinema 9 in Springdale. (95 minutes ) 88 TROPIC THUNDER, R Five actors making a war movie on location must draw on personal experience to survive a confrontation that isn’t part of a movie plot. With Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte; directed by Stiller. Fiesta Square 16 in Fayetteville. (107 minutes ) 90 WALL-E, G A determined but underutilized robot finds his true purpose. Animated with voices of Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger; directed by Andrew Stanton. Sunset Cinema 9 in Springdale. (92 minutes ) 69 THE WOMEN, PG-13 Another remake of George Cukor’s 1939 classic, with Meg Ryan as a New Yorker who leaves her cheating husband and bonds with a group of society women. With Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bette Midler, Candice Bergen, Cloris Leachman; directed by Diane English. Pinnacle Cinema in Rogers. (114 minutes ) Movie-rating point system Movies are rated on a scale from 50 to 100. Guidelines for moviegoers: 96-100 Transcendent 90-95 Exceptional 80-89 Better than most to remarkable 70-79 Average 60-69 Awful to mediocre 50-59 Irredeemable
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