Film Times & Brief Film Reviews 

Our rating system uses zero to four stars. If a movie has no rating, it has not been reviewed by Laura Boyes (LB), Godfrey Cheshire (GC), David Fellerath (DF), Kathy Justice (KJ), Neil Morris (NM) or Zack Smith (ZS).

Opening This Week

AAJA NACHLE (COME AND DANCE)—Madhuri Dixit plays Dia, a New York transplant who heeds a call from her dying guru back home and returns to the small town dance academy that forged her art and joie de vivre. Madhuri was a '90s superstar and this carefully crafted comeback, after she married a doctor, moved to Denver and had two babies, is rapturously anticipated. Not rated. —LB

AWAKE—hayden Christensen plays a man who undergoes major heart surgery but stays fully conscious during the procedure. Don't you hate it when that happens, especially when people are plotting your murder? The film's advertising insists that the unpleasant phenomenon called "anesthetic awareness" occurs once every 700 operations, but there's little doubt that more than one in 700 multiplex attendees will opt for this thriller that also features Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard and Lena Olin. Rated R.

KHUDA KAY LIYE (IN THE NAME OF GOD)—A rare film from Pakistan to reach these shores, Khuda Kay Liye examines the post 9/11 crisis within the Muslim community between educated, Westernized Muslims and the fundamentalist sects of Islam. Director Shoaib Mansoor travels to three continents with an international cast to demystify a faith sometimes viewed with suspicion in a terrorism-obsessed world. Not rated. —LB

MAMA'S BOY—In director Tim Hamilton's Hollywood feature debut there's not a lot of funny or finesse. Diane Keaton continues her bad run of mother roles as Jan Mannus, a neurotic whose only son Jeffrey (Jon Heder) refuses to cut the apron strings, preferring to hunker down in his bedroom, gaze at the stars and schedule Friday night Scrabble dates with dear old mom. But when self-help guru Mert Rosenbloom (a chintzy Jeff Daniels) enters the picture and sweeps Jan off her feet, Jeffrey must sabotage their love fest to keep his mother devoted to him alone. Although the Oedipal premise has potential, this film's plot is stretched way too thin to feel remarkable, and Heder's quotidian slapstick falls flat for anyone who's seen his last three films. But the blame shouldn't fall on Heder's shoulders alone: Veterans Keaton and Daniels also offer lackluster performances. Rated PG-13. —KJ

REDACTED—Brian De Palma's entrée into the snake-bitten genre of Global-War-on-Terror movies attempts a worthwhile narrative experiment, namely by telling his fact-based tale of rape and murder in Iraq using communications techniques that are unique and/or ubiquitous in our time, including blogs, Internet chats, Web videos, surveillance cameras and a French documentary. The trouble is, his narrative experimentation can't compensate for some basic failures of old-fashioned craft: The weak, unsubtle script is the biggest problem. See full review on page 61. Rated R. —DF

Current Releases

AMERICAN GANGSTER—With Denzel Washington playing an N.C.-born Harlem drug kingpin of the late '60s/early '70s, and Russell Crowe as the cop chasing him, Ridley Scott wastes loads of star power and his own technical prowess on a tale that plays like a tired mish-mash of much better movies, from The Godfather and Scarface to Superfly. Rated R. —GC

AUGUST RUSH—A newborn is sloughed off at a New York boys' home but grows up believing that through music, he will find his parents who, naturally, are a Julliard-trained cellist (Keri Russell) and a rock star (Jonathan Rhys Meyer). The boy, Evan (Freddie Highmore), is a musical prodigy, too, who can beat out symphonies on a guitar and compose concertos from city noises. His parents follow Evan's musical bread crumb all the way back to the Big Apple and reclaim their misplaced (but never forgotten) child in one magical evening. Rated PG. —KJ

BEE MOVIE—Jerry Seinfeld may headline this honey-basted animated film, but audiences would have benefited from more than the paltry five minutes of screen time dedicated to Chris Rock's acerbic wit. The setting is an entertaining and somewhat educational rendering of a bee's life through the eyes of young Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), who longs for a life beyond his hive-bound, work-a-bee subsistence. Rated PG. —NM

BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD—With a gritty urban energy that recalls his own Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico and Prince of the City, veteran director Sidney Lumet traces the dreadful consequences of a misbegotten crime mounted by two suburban New York brothers, world-class screw-ups played by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke. Though Kelly Masterson's ambitious script relies too heavily on fashionable time-chopping, the film is unique among recent crime dramas for achieving the force of tragedy, and for Hoffman's frighteningly powerful performance. Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei co-star. Rated R. —GC

BELLA—Although the plot is a tad soapy, with a single day bringing the central couple's separate sagas of repressed grief bubbling to the surface, Bella contains three intrinsically appealing cinematic themes: the cooking and eating of food as a sign of affection, a cross-cultural romance (especially welcome as a sign of solidarity with the burgeoning Latino population) and the healing balm of a loving family, all of which smooth over the "well-made play" clichés. While not particularly pulse-pounding, it will bring a tear to the eye of anyone who has loved a child. Rated PG-13. —LB

BEOWULF—This CGI version of the English 101 mainstay offers a Faustian update on the classic tale of a warrior (Ray Winstone) battling the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover at his most manic) and his mother (interpreted as a naked, 3-D Angelina Jolie). Director Robert Zemeckis has improved the quality of his motion-capture filmmaking since the creepiness of The Polar Express, but the computerized actors still suffer from Botoxed foreheads and unmoving eyebrows. The violence and sexuality makes this inappropriate for kids, and yet it doesn't go far enough to be entertaining for adults. There's a great mature-oriented animated film out there, but this isn't it. Rated PG-13. —ZS

DAN IN REAL LIFE—Hollywood loves to neuter its comedians for the sake of playing artsy over archetype, and with Steve Carell, it started either with Little Miss Sunshine or when they marketed Evan Almighty to evangelical groups. His slow ascent over the shark tank continues with this cloying, derivative dramedy in which he plays Dan, a writer and widower rearing three young daughters. Together they travel to his extended family's annual fall get-together in Rhode Island for a flannel-clad weekend of word games, living room talent shows and pancake breakfasts. Rated PG-13. —NM

THE DARJEELING LIMITED—This film might well be viewed as the anchor leg to Wes Anderson's unofficial Daddy trilogy, steeped in the paradox that while family is ostensibly the strongest of bonds, it is the one human relationship not formed by free association or commonality of personality. This is Anderson's most accessible, poetic and poignant to date. Rated R. —NM

ENCHANTED—Amy Adams gives an energetic performance as a cartoon fairy tale princess sent to the real world, but the film doesn't really explore the possibilities of its premise. And how many times can James Marsden not get the girl? Rated PG. —ZS

FRED CLAUS—The Halloween candy is starting to disappear, so it must be time for Christmas movies. In this one, Santa invites his ne'er do-well brother to work in his toy shop. What follows proposes to be funny and heartwarming. Still, there's an impressive array of talent here that's generally associated with more ambitious fare: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Spacey and director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers). Rated PG.

HITMAN—The titular video game is adapted into this tepid, uninspired Bourne retread about a ghostly gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant). Bred at an early age to become an expert assassin, 47 is able to evade legal authorities for years because, as we all know, nothing is as inconspicuous as a six-foot-tall bald guy with a bar code tattooed onto the back of his head. Rated R. —NM

I'M NOT THERE—Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan biopic is a cinematic manifestation of its subject—elusive and surreal, yet strangely calculated and manipulative. Six actors, each cast under a different character pseudonym, portray distinct stages of the singer-songwriter's life, with the two strongest segments featuring Heath Ledger and Cate Blanchett. Still, while the inherent contradictions of Dylan and this vehicle are undoubtedly intentional, at some point they become less provocative than debilitating. Ultimately, Dylan has always been what he claims to be—a master songwriter and storyteller—and what he will not admit to being—a brilliant, strategic self-marketer. Rated R. —NM

INTO THE WILD—Sean Penn delivers the finest film of his directorial career in telling the fascinating true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who, after graduating college in 1990, spends two years bumming around America before disappearing into the Alaskan wilderness. Evoking everything from The Odyssey to Easy Rider, this tale of a self-imposed initiatory ordeal will split viewers according to whether the main character is found sympathetic or not. But it asks all the right questions, and Penn's energetic direction is constantly inventive. Emile Hirsch gives a brave, ambitious performance as Chris. Rated R. —GC

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL— Ryan Gosling is a long way from his romantic turn in The Notebook as Lars, a painfully repressed young man who orders a "RealDoll" off the Internet and talks to it as though she's real, forcing his small town to cater to his delusion. The film avoids all sexual angles, instead veering between a sitcom update of Harvey and a darker character study of Lars' pain. It could be this fall's Little Miss Sunshine—take that as you will. Rated PG-13. —ZS

LIONS FOR LAMBS—Amid the torrent of war-on-terror fare currently coming out of Hollywood, this is the singularly sanctimonious, heavy-handed and counterproductive of the lot. The three-act screenplay rotates randomly from the congressional office of Sen. Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise) to that of university professor Stephen Malley (director Robert Redford) to an Afghan mountaintop where two Army Rangers (Michael Peña and Derek Luke) are pinned down by approaching Taliban rebels. The sad irony of this "I-told-you-so" talkathon, in which Hollywood lefties controlled the plot and every word of dialogue, is that it unintentionally confirms the reasons why the Democratic Party keep seeing presidential elections slip from their grasp. Rated R. —NM

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA—Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote the novel about love and devotion through a lifetime that inspired this film, and neither Antonio Banderas nor Salma Hayek is in it. These facts alone are cause for hope. Rated R.

MICHAEL CLAYTON—Playing a bottom-drawer Manhattan lawyer sucked into a web of corporate corruption, George Clooney gives a dead-on performance that may well be what gets this riveting, downbeat thriller to the Oscars. Yet the film's most striking virtue is Tony Gilroy's inventive script, which withholds just enough information to leave the viewer both off-center and thoroughly absorbed. Rated R. —GC

THE MIST—As an indictment of fractured humanity, writer-director Frank Darabont's third adaptation of a Stephen King story comes about three or four years past the point of relevance. A strange fog envelopes a small Maine village and carries with it strange, bloodthirsty creatures. However, the beseiged villagers' prejudices and distrust devolve into social fragmentation and a slow descent into anarchy, wherein the dangers within the store become almost as perilous as those outside. Rated R. —NM

MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM—A film too aware of its role as a cinematic ode to children's literature and whimsical fantasy, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is one of the weaker offerings of children's film fare for the holiday season. The plot is simplistic: Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman), 243-year-old, bushy-browed toy impresario, decides it's time for his departure from earth (read: death) and must leave his magical shop in the capable, but unwilling hands of Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman), his 22-year-old assistant. Rated G. —KJ

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN—Set in 1980 along the desolate Tex-Mex border, the Coen Brothers' fastidiously faithful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's literary crime novel follows a world-weary sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) and a cold-blooded killer (Javier Bardem, in an Oscar-bound knockout turn) as they pursue a hapless cowboy (Josh Brolin) who's stumbled across millions in drug money. Faultlessly mounted, with terrific performances and a formal sheen worthy of Hitchcock, the movie only stumbles in its final section, where McCarthy's apocalyptic allegorizing overwhelms dramatic sense. Rated R. —GC

OM SHANTI OM—The King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, earns his moniker because he can pack a theater with gleeful patrons like nobody else can. Paired with choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan, who harbors a mad movie love both for the conventions of Hindi cinema and for her leading man, Om Shanti Om delivers the glitter and glamour, the comedy and thrills, religion and the supernatural, mother love, fashion and eye-popping production numbers in proper masala fashion. Not rated. —LB

THIS CHRISTMAS—Home for the holidays with the Whitfields, in this writing-and-directing two-fer from the resonantly named Preston Whitmore II. While the plot doesn't promise surprises, the cast includes such live wires as Delroy Lindo, Loretta Devine and Regina King. Rated PG-13.

TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED?—Much of what Tyler Perry deems wrong with marriage has to do with powerful women who speak their minds and clock in too many hours in the office—and never mind the men who cheat on their women or demand an open and available womb. Rated PG-13. —KJ

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Raleigh

Beaver Creek Cinema 12

Beaver Creek Shopping Center, off NC 55, Apex, 676-3456

Call theater for schedule.

Carmike Blue Ridge 14 Cinema

600 Blue Ridge Rd 645-1111

3:10 to Yuma—Fri-Mon: 1, 4, 7, 9:40. The Bourne Ultimatum—Fri-Mon: 1:15, 4:10, 7, 9:45. The Brave One—Fri-Mon: 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 9:50. Dragon Wars (D-War)—Fri-Mon: 1:10, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45, 9:55. Good Luck Chuck—Fri-Mon: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10. Halloween—Fri-Mon: 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix—Fri-Mon: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10. The Nanny Diaries—Fri-Mon: 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:30. P2—Fri-Mon: 1:40, 4:15, 7, 9:30. Ratatouille—Fri-Mon: 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45. The Simpsons Movie—Fri-Mon: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 9:55. Superbad—Fri-Mon: 1:15, 4, 7, 9:40. Things We Lost in the Fire—Fri-Mon: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10. Underdog—Fri-Mon: 1:30, 3:30, 5:35, 7:45, 9:55

Regal Brier Creek Stadium 14

8611 Brier Creek Pkwy 484-9994

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Carmike 15

5501 Atlantic Springs Rd 645-1111

American Gangster—Fri-Mon: (12:30, 3:45), 7, 10:15. August Rush—Fri-Sat: (1:10, 4:20), 7:10, 9:50, 12:30 AM; Sun-Mon: (1:10, 4:20), 7:10, 9:50. Awake—Fri-Sat: (1:20, 3:20, 5:20), 7:20, 9:30, 11:40; Sun-Mon: (1:20, 3:20, 5:20), 7:20, 9:30. Bee Movie—Fri-Sat: (12:30, 2:45, 5), 7:15, 9:30, 11:45; Sun-Mon: (12:30, 2:45, 5), 7:15, 9:30. Bella—Fri-Sat: (12:45, 3, 5:15), 7:30, 9:45, 12 AM; Sun-Mon: (12:45, 3, 5:15), 7:30, 9:45. Beowulf—Fri-Sat: (1:30), 9:35, 12:10 AM; Sun-Mon: (1:30), 9:35. Beowulf: Digital 3D—Fri-Mon: (12, 2:30, 5), 7:35, 10:10. Enchanted—Fri-Sat: (12, 12:30, 2:30, 3, 5), 5:30, 7:30, 8, 10, 10:30; Sun-Mon: (12, 12:30, 2:30, 3, 5), 5:30, 7:30, 8, 10. Fred Claus—Fri-Sat: (1, 4), 7, 9:35, 12:10 AM; Sun-Mon: (1, 4), 7, 9:35. Hitman—Fri-Sat: (12:10, 2:20, 4:45), 7:30, 9:50, 12:10 AM; Sun-Mon: (12:10, 2:20, 4:45), 7:30, 9:50. Lions for Lambs—Fri-Mon: (4:15), 7. The Mist—Fri-Sat: (12:50, 4), 7:10, 10, 12:30 AM; Sun-Mon: (12:50, 4), 7:10, 10. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—Fri-Sat: (12:45, 3, 5:15), 7:30, 9:45, 12 AM; Sun-Mon: (12:45, 3, 5:15), 7:30, 9:45. This Christmas—Fri-Sat: (1, 4:10), 7, 9:45, 12:30 AM; Sun-Mon: (1, 4:10), 7, 9:45

Colony Theatres

Colony Shopping Center, 5438 Six Forks Rd 856-0111

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead—Fri-Sun: (2, 4:30), 7:10, 9:30; Mon-Thu: 7:10, 9:30. The Darjeeling Limited—Fri-Sun: (4:45), 7; Mon-Thu: 7. Redacted—Fri-Sun: (2:15), 9:15; Mon-Thu: 9:15

Crossroads 20

501 Caitboo Ave, Crossroads Shopping Center, Cary, 226-2000

American Gangster—Fri-Thu: (12:45, 2:20, 4:20), 6:15, 8:20, 9:35. August Rush—Fri-Thu: (1:40, 4:40), 7:20, 10. Awake—Fri-Thu: (12:10, 2:40, 5), 7:30, 9:40. Bee Movie—Fri-Thu: (12:40, 3:30), 6:40, 9. Beowulf—Fri-Thu: (1:20, 2:30, 4:10, 5:10), 6:50, 8:10, 9:30. Dan in Real Life—Fri-Thu: (1:50, 4:15), 6:45, 9:15. Enchanted—Fri-Thu: (12:20, 1:10, 2, 2:50, 3:40, 4:30, 5:20), 6:20, 7:10, 8, 8:50, 9:45. Fred Claus—Fri-Thu: (12, 3:10, 5:50), 8:30. Hitman—Fri-Thu: (1, 2:10, 3:20, 4:50, 5:40), 7:40, 8:40, 10:05. Lions for Lambs—Fri-Thu: 10:15. Mama's Boy—Fri-Thu: (12:30, 3, 5:30), 7:50, 10:10. Michael Clayton—Fri-Thu: (3:05), 8:25. The Mist—Fri-Thu: (12:25, 3:25), 6:25, 9:20. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—Fri-Thu: (1:30, 2:45, 4, 5:05), 6:30, 7:25, 9:10. This Christmas—Fri-Thu: (12:50, 3:50), 7, 9:50. Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?—Fri-Thu: (12:05, 5:45)

Galaxy Cinema

770 Cary Towne Blvd, Cary, 463-9989

Aaja Nachle—Fri-Sun: (3), 9:45; Mon-Thu: (3:30). Before the Devil Knows You're Dead—Fri-Thu: (1:25, 4:15), 6:55, 9:20. The Darjeeling Limited—Fri-Thu: (1, 4:25), 7:20. I'm Not There—Fri-Thu: (1:05, 4:05), 7, 9:40. Into the Wild—Fri-Thu: (1:10), 9:25. Khuda Kay Liye—Fri: (3:20), 9:45; Sat: 9:45; Sun: (3:20), 9:45; Mon-Thu: 7:30. Lars and the Real Girl—Fri-Thu: (1), 7:25. No Country for Old Men—Fri-Thu: (1:20, 4), 7:05, 9:35. Om Shanti Om—Fri-Sun: 6:10; Mon-Thu: (3:30)

UA Garner Town Square 10

2600 Timber Dr, Garner, 779-2212

American Gangster—Fri-Thu: (1, 4:30), 8. August Rush—Fri-Sat: (1:20, 4:45), 7:45, 10:20; Sun-Thu: (1:20, 4:45), 7:45. Awake—Fri-Sat: (12:20, 2:40, 5:05), 7:35, 10:15; Sun: (12:20, 2:40, 5:05), 7:35; Mon-Thu: (2:40, 5:05), 7:35. Bee Movie—Fri-Sat: (12:15, 2:25, 4:40), 7:10, 9:35; Sun: (12:15, 2:25, 4:40), 7:10; Mon-Thu: (2:25, 4:40), 7:10. Beowulf—Fri-Sat: (1:25, 4:25), 7:05, 9:50; Sun-Thu: (1:25, 4:25), 7:05. Enchanted—Fri-Sat: (12, 2:30, 5), 7:30, 10; Sun: (12, 2:30, 5), 7:30; Mon-Thu: (2:30, 5), 7:30. Hitman—Fri-Sat: (12:10, 2:35, 4:50), 7:40, 9:55; Sun: (12:10, 2:35, 4:50), 7:40; Mon-Thu: (2:35, 4:50), 7:40. The Mist—Fri-Sat: (1:05, 4:20), 7:15, 10:10; Sun-Thu: (1:05, 4:20), 7:15. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—Fri-Sat: (12:05, 2:20, 4:55), 7:20, 9:40; Sun: (12:05, 2:20, 4:55), 7:20; Mon-Thu: (2:20, 4:55), 7:20. This Christmas—Fri-Sat: (1:10, 4:35), 7:25, 10:05; Sun-Thu: (1:10, 4:35), 7:25

Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum

201 E Hargett St, Raleigh, 834-4040

Beowulf: Digital 3D—Fri-Sun: 2:10, 4:30, 7, 9:20; Mon: 4:30, 7, 9:20; Tue-Wed: 2:10, 4:30, 7, 9:20; Thu: 4:30, 7, 9:20. Hurricane on the Bayou—Fri: 11 AM; Sat: 10 AM; Sun: 12; Wed: 11 AM; Thu: 11 AM, 2. Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure—Fri: 10 AM, 1; Sun: 1; Tue: 1; Thu: 10 AM, 1, 3. Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure—Sat: 11 AM, 1; Wed: 10 AM, 1. Sharks 3D—Fri-Sat: 12; Sun: 11 AM; Tue-Thu: 12

Mission Valley Cinema

2109-124 Avent Ferry Rd 834-2233

American Gangster—Fri-Thu: (1:15, 4:45), 8. Beowulf—Fri-Thu: (1:30, 4), 7:15, 9:45. Hitman—Fri-Thu: (1:45, 4:20), 7:25, 9:40. The Mist—Fri-Thu: (1:10, 4:10), 7:05, 9:50. This Christmas—Fri-Thu: (1:20, 4:15), 7:20, 9:50

Regal North Hills Stadium 14

4150 Main at North Hills St 786-4511

American Gangster—Fri-Sat: (12:25, 3:45), 7:05, 10:25; Sun: 10:25; Mon-Thu: (12:25, 3:45), 7:05, 10:25. August Rush—Fri-Thu: (12:45, 4:50), 7:35, 10:20. Awake—Fri-Sat: (12:15, 2:35, 5:10), 8, 10:05, 12:20 AM; Sun-Thu: (12:15, 2:35, 5:10), 8, 10:05. Bee Movie—Fri-Sat: (12:40, 3, 5:20), 7:50, 10:10, 12:35 AM; Sun-Mon: (12:40, 3, 5:20), 7:50, 10:10; Tue: (12:40, 3), 10:10; Wed-Thu: (12:40, 3, 5:20), 7:50, 10:10. Beowulf—Fri-Sat: (4:45); Fri-Sat: 9:35, 12:10 AM; Fri-Thu: (11:55 AM, 2:30, 5:05), 7:40, 10:35; Sun-Mon: (4:45), 9:35; Tue-Thu: (4:45), 9:35. Dan in Real Life—Fri-Thu: (12:05, 2:25), 7:15. Enchanted—Fri-Sat: (12, 1, 2:30, 3:50, 5), 7, 7:30, 9:30, 9:55, 12 AM, 12:25 AM; Sun: (12, 1, 2:30, 3:50, 5), 7, 7:30, 9:30, 9:55; Mon-Thu: (12, 1, 2:30, 3:50, 5), 7, 7:30, 9:30, 9:55. Fred Claus—Fri-Thu: (12:50, 4), 7:25, 10:05. Hitman—Fri-Sat: (12:30, 2:45, 5:15), 7:55, 10:15, 12:30 AM; Sun-Thu: (12:30, 2:45, 5:15), 7:55, 10:15. Mama's Boy—Fri-Sat: (12:35, 2:55, 5:30), 7:45, 10, 12:15 AM; Sun-Thu: (12:35, 2:55, 5:30), 7:45, 10. The Mist—Fri-Thu: (12:55, 3:55), 7:20, 10:30. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—Fri-Sat: (12:20, 2:40, 4:55), 7:10, 9:25, 11:40; Sun-Mon: (12:20, 2:40, 4:55), 7:10, 9:25; Tue: (12:20, 4:55), 7:10; Tue: (2:40), 9:25; Wed: (12:20), 7:10; Wed: (2:40, 4:55), 9:25; Thu: (12:20, 4:55), 7:10; Thu: (2:40), 9:25. St. Olaf Christmas Festival - NCM Event—Sun: 4. This Christmas—Fri-Thu: (12:10, 2:50, 5:25), 8:05, 10:40

Carmike Park Place 16

9525 Chapel Hill Rd, Morrisville, 645-1111

American Gangster—Fri-Mon: (12:30, 3:45), 7, 10:15. August Rush—Fri-Mon: (1:10, 4:20), 7:10, 9:50. Awake—Fri-Mon: (1:20, 3:20, 5:20), 7:20, 9:30. Bee Movie—Fri-Mon: (12:30, 2:45, 5), 7:15, 9:30. Beowulf—Fri-Mon: (1:30, 4:15), 7, 9:35. Beowulf: Digital 3D—Fri-Mon: (12, 2:30, 5), 7:35, 10:10. Dan in Real Life—Fri-Mon: (1:45, 4:30), 7:15, 9:35. Enchanted—Fri-Sat: (12, 12:30, 2:30, 3, 5), 5:30, 7:30, 8, 10, 10:30; Sun-Mon: (12, 12:30, 2:30, 3, 5), 5:30, 7:30, 8, 10. Fred Claus—Fri-Mon: (1, 4), 7, 9:35. Hitman—Fri-Mon: (12:10, 2:20, 4:45), 7:30, 9:50. Lions for Lambs—Fri-Mon: (12:45, 3, 5:15), 7:30, 9:45. The Mist—Fri-Mon: (12:50, 4), 7:10, 10. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—Fri-Mon: (12:45, 3, 5:15), 7:30, 9:45. This Christmas—Fri-Mon: (1, 4:10), 7, 9:45

Raleigh Grande Cinema

Corner of Glenwood Ave and Lynn Rd 226-2000

American Gangster—Fri-Thu: (1:30, 5), 8:30. August Rush—Fri-Sun: (12:15, 3), 6:45, 9:30; Mon-Thu: (1:40, 4:20), 6:55, 9:35; Wed: (11 AM). Awake—Fri-Sat: (1:15, 3:30, 5:45), 8:15, 10:30; Sun-Thu: (1:15, 3:30, 5:45), 7:50, 9:55. Bee Movie—Fri-Thu: (12:30, 3:15), 6:15, 9. Beowulf—Fri-Sat: (1:10, 2:15, 3:50, 4:50), 6:25, 7:25, 9:10, 10:05; Sun-Thu: (1:10, 2:15, 3:50, 4:50), 6:25, 7:25, 9:10, 10. Dan in Real Life—Fri-Thu: (12:50, 4:05), 6:40, 9:25. Enchanted—Fri-Thu: (12, 1, 2:30, 3:45, 5:15), 6:30, 8, 9:15. Fred Claus—Fri-Thu: (12:10, 2:45, 5:30), 8:10. Hitman—Fri-Sat: (2, 4:30), 7:45, 10:15; Sun-Thu: (2, 4:30), 7:20, 9:40. Into the Wild—Fri-Sat: (12:05, 3:35), 7:15; Sun-Thu: (12:05, 3:35), 6:50. Lions for Lambs—Fri-Sat: 10:25; Sun-Thu: 10. Mama's Boy—Fri-Sat: (1:45, 4:45), 7:30, 10:10; Sun-Thu: (1:45, 4:45), 7:30, 9:45. The Mist—Fri-Sat: (1:20, 4:15), 7:10, 10; Sun-Thu: (1:20, 4:15), 7:05, 9:55. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—Fri-Thu: (12:35, 3:20), 6:20, 8:45. This Christmas—Fri-Thu: (12:45, 4), 7, 9:45

Raleighwood Cinema Grill

Falls Village Shopping Center 847-0326

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Rialto Theatre

1620 Glenwood Ave 856-0111

No Country for Old Men—Fri: 7, 9:30; Sat-Sun: (1:30, 4), 7, 9:30; Mon-Wed: 7, 9:30. The Rocky Horror Picture Show—Fri: 12 AM

Six Forks Station Cinema

9500 Forum Dr 846-3904

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White Oak Village Cinema 14

1205 Timber Dr East, Garner, 676-FILM

American Gangster—Fri-Mon: (1:50, 5:20), 8:50. August Rush—Fri-Mon: (1:15, 4), 6:45, 9:40. Awake—Fri-Sun: (12:45, 3, 5:30), 7:50, 10; Mon: (3, 5:30), 7:50, 10. Bee Movie—Fri-Mon: (2:15, 4:35), 6:50, 9:15. Beowulf—Fri-Mon: (1:30, 4:20), 7:05, 9:45. Dan in Real Life—Fri-Sun: (1:10), 6:30; Mon: (3:50), 9:20. Enchanted—Fri-Sun: (2, 4:45), 7:20, 9:55; Fri-Sun: (12:35, 2, 3:10, 4:45, 5:50), 7:20, 8:30, 9:55; Mon: (1, 2, 3:35, 4:45), 6:10, 7:20, 8:45, 9:55. Fred Claus—Fri-Mon: (1:40, 4:25), 7:10, 10:05. Hitman—Fri-Sun: (12:55, 5:10), 7:40, 10:10; Mon: (2:45, 5:10), 7:40, 10:10. Mama's Boy—Fri-Sun: (2:30, 5), 7:30, 10:15; Mon: (2:30, 5), 7:30, 10:10. The Mist—Fri-Sun: (12:30, 3:20), 7:40, 10:10; Mon: (1, 3:55), 6:55, 9:50. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—Fri-Sun: (1, 3:30), 6:20, 8:40; Mon: (1:10, 3:40), 6:20, 8:40. This Christmas—Fri-Mon: (1:20, 4:10), 7, 9:50. Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?—Fri-Sun: (3:40), 9; Mon: (1:05), 6:30

Durham

Carolina Theatre

309 W Morgan St 560-3030

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead—7:10, 9:40. Also Sat-Sun 2:10, 4:40. Holiday Bawl—The Way We Were—Sun 2; Steel Magnolias—Sun 4:30. Into the Wild—7. No Country for Old Men—7:05, 9:35. Also Sat-Sun 2, 4:30.

Northgate Stadium 10

1056 W Club Blvd 286-1001

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Southpoint Cinemas

8030 Renaissance Pkwy 676-3456

American Gangster—1 (Mon-Thu 1:55), 5 (Sun 4:50; Mon-Thu 5:30), 9. August Rush—1: 25, 4, 6:35, 9:15 (Sun 9:10). Awake—1:15 (Mon-Thu 1:20), 3:30, 5:45, 7:55 (Sun-Thu 7:50), 10:15 (Sun-Thu 10). The Bee Movie—12:55 (Mon 1), 3:15, 6:15, 8:30. Beowulf—12:45, 1:45, 3:25 (Mon-Thu 3:20), 4:30, 6:20, 7:05, 8:55, 9:55 (Sun-Thu 9:45). Dan in Real Life—2:05, 4:50, 7:15 (Sun-Thu 7:10), 9:50 (Sun-Thu 9:35). Enchanted—12 (No Mon-Thu), 1:35, 2:40, 4:15, 5:15 (Mon-Thu 5:10), 7 (Sun-Thu 6:45), 8 (Sun-Thu 7:45 ), 9:35 (Sun-Thu 9:15). Fred Claus—12:15 (Mon-Thu 12:50), 3 (Mon-Thu 3:35), 6:05, 8:50. Hitman—12:10 (No Mon-Thu), 2:35, 5:20 (Sun-Thu 5), 7:45 (Sun-Thu 7:25), 10:20 (Sun-Thu 9:50). Love in the Time of Cholera—3:35 (Mon-Thu 3:40), 9:30 (Sun-Thu 9:25). Mama's Boy—12:25, 2:45 (No Mon-Thu), 5:05 (Sun-Thu 5), 7:30 (Sun-Thu 7:20), 10 (Sun-Thu 9:40). Michael Clayton—12:40 (Mon-Thu 12:55), 6:45 (Sun-Thu 6:40). Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—12:30 (Mon-Thu 12:50), 3:05, 5:50, 8:15. Mist—Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:05; Sun-Thu 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:40. This Christmas—12:45 (Mon-Thu 1:10), 3:50, 6:55 (Sun-Thu 6:35), 9:45 (Sun-Thu 9:30).

Carmike Wynnsong 15

1800 Martin Luther King Blvd 489-9020

American Gangster—Fri-Mon: 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15. August Rush—Fri-Sat: 1:10, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50, 12:30 AM; Sun-Mon: 1:10, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50. Awake—Fri-Sat: 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:20, 9:30, 11:40; Sun-Mon: 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:20, 9:30. Bee Movie—Fri-Sat: 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30, 11:45; Sun-Mon: 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30. Bella—Fri-Sat: 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45, 12 AM; Sun-Mon: 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45. Beowulf: Digital 3D—Fri-Mon: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:35, 10:10. Enchanted—Fri-Sat: 12, 12:30, 2:30, 3, 5, 5:30, 7:30, 10, 12:15 AM; Sun-Mon: 12, 12:30, 2:30, 3, 5, 5:30, 7:30, 10. Fred Claus—Fri-Sat: 1, 4, 7, 9:35, 12:10 AM; Sun-Mon: 1, 4, 7, 9:35. Hitman—Fri-Sat: 12:10, 2:20, 4:45, 7:30, 9:50, 12:10 AM; Sun-Mon: 12:10, 2:20, 4:45, 7:30, 9:50. Lions for Lambs—Fri-Sat: 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45, 12 AM; Sun-Mon: 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45. The Mist—Fri-Sat: 12:50, 4, 7:10, 10, 12:30 AM; Sun-Mon: 12:50, 4, 7:10, 10. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—Fri-Sat: 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45, 12 AM; Sun-Mon: 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45. This Christmas—Fri-Sat: 1, 4:10, 7, 8, 9:45, 10:35, 12:30 AM; Sun-Mon: 1, 4:10, 7, 8, 9:45, 10:35

Chapel Hill

Chelsea Theater

Timberlyne Village Mall, 1129 Weaver Dairy Rd 968-3005

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead—Fri: 7, 9:30; Sat-Sun: (2, 4:30), 7, 9:30; Mon-Thu: 7, 9:30. The Darjeeling Limited—Fri: 7:15, 9:15; Sat-Sun: (2:15, 4:40), 7:15, 9:15; Mon-Thu: 7:15, 9:15. Lars and the Real Girl—Fri: 7:10; Sat-Sun: (2:10), 7:10; Mon-Thu: 7:10. Love in the Time of Cholera—Fri: 9:25; Sat-Sun: (4:20), 9:25; Mon-Thu: 9:25

Lumina

Southern Village, NC 15-501 South 932-9000

August Rush—Fri-Thu: (1:30, 4:15), 7:10, 9:40. Bee Movie—Fri-Thu: (1, 3, 5), 7, 9:15. Enchanted—Fri-Thu: (12:30, 2:45, 5), 7:15, 9:45. Fred Claus—Fri-Thu: (12:15, 2:35, 4:55), 7:20, 9:35. Michael Clayton—Fri-Thu: (1:15, 4), 7:15, 9:45

Regal Timberlyne 6

Timberlyne Shopping Center, 120 Banks Dr off Weaver Dairy Rd 933-8600

American Gangster—Fri-Thu: (1:15, 4:35), 8. Awake—Fri-Sat: (1:20, 4:50), 7:25, 9:45; Sun-Thu: (1:20, 4:50), 7:25. Bee Movie—Fri-Sat: (1:40, 4:40), 7, 9:40; Sun-Thu: (1:40, 4:40), 7. Beowulf—Fri-Sat: (1:30, 4:45), 7:30, 10; Sun-Thu: (1:30, 4:45), 7:30. Enchanted—Fri-Sat: (1:35, 4:20), 7:05, 9:50; Sun: (1:35, 4:20), 7:05; Mon-Thu: (1:35, 4:20), 7:05. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—Fri-Sat: (1:25, 4:55), 7:20, 9:35; Sun-Thu: (1:25, 4:55), 7:20

Varsity Theatre

123 E Franklin St 967-8665

I'm Not There—Fri: 6:50, 9:20; Sat-Sun: (1:40, 4:15), 6:50, 9:20; Mon-Thu: 6:50, 9:20. No Country for Old Men—Fri: 7:10, 9:35; Sat-Sun: (2, 4:35), 7:10, 9:35; Mon-Thu: 7:10, 9:35

Graham

Graham Cinema

119 N Main St (336) 226-1488

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Roxboro

Palace Theater

5050 Durham Rd (336) 598-5050

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Special Showings

Chronological by date and time

NCSU Campus Cinema: Thu, Nov 29-Sun, Dec 2, 7 pm & 9:30 pm: Superbad: Best friends attempt to boost their popularity by scoring booze for a popular girl's high-school party, but their plans go awry. Witherspoon Student Center, NCSU campus, Raleigh. www.ncsu.edu/cinema.

Duke Screen/Society: Wed, Nov 28, 7 pm: Buddhism & Modernity: Yonder & Enlightenment Guaranteed. Richard White, East Campus.—Mon, Dec 3, 8 pm: Cine-East: East Asian Cinema: Paprika. Griffith, West Campus.—Tue, Dec 4, 8 pm: FVD Showcase: Water. Griffith, West Campus.—Wed, Dec 5, 7 pm: Buddhism & Modernity: The Mountain Signs & The Wheel of Time. Richard White, East Campus.

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1st Annual Holiday Bawl: Free 35mm screenings of classic weepies, hankies not included. Sun, Dec 2, 2 pm: The Way We Were. 4:30 pm: Steel Magnolias. Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan St, Durham. www.carolinatheatre.org.

CHICLE: Sun, Dec 2, 5 pm: ¡Salud!/Health!: Looks at the case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls "one of the world's best health systems." The stories of Cuban health pros bring home the competing agendas that mark the battle for global health and the complex realities confronting the movement to make healthcare everyone's birthright. 101 E Weaver St, Third Floor, Ste G1, Carrboro. www.chi-cle.com.

Short Circuit Traveling Film Fest: Wed, Dec 5, 7 pm: 12 short films selected for their artistic merit by a panel of media arts pros. Ranges from fiction & animation to experimental & documentary. Free. Carroll Hall 111, UNC Campus. www.southarts.org/shortfilms.