New this week
Alice in Wonderland: Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror. Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
Brooklyn's Finest: Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. Rated R for bloody violence throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, drug content and pervasive language.
Munyurangabo: Rwandan film about two boys and their journey as they leave the city to return to their villages. Part of the Bay Select Film Series 2 and 5 p.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay.
Showing locally
Avatar: A band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet's indigenous population. Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.
The Blind Side: A poor, oversized and undereducated teenager is recruited by a major college football program where he is groomed into an athletically and academically successful NFL prospect. Rated PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references.
The Crazies: Inhabitants of a small Iowa town are suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. Rated R for bloody violence and language.
Crazy Heart: Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages. Rated R for language and brief sexuality.
Cop Out: A veteran NYPD cop whose rare baseball card is stolen recruits his partner to track down the thief, a memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Rated R for pervasive language including sexual references, violence and brief sexuality.
Dear John: A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave. Rated PG-13 for some sensuality and violence.
An Education: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking.
The Last Station: Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. Rated R for a scene of sexuality/nudity.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Lightning Thief: A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an ongoing battle between the gods. Rated PG for action violence and peril, some scary images, and suggestive material and mild language.
Shutter Island: U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. Rated R for disturbing violent content, language and some nudity.
Tooth Fairy: A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence. Rated PG for mild language, some rude humor and sports action.
Valentine's Day: Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles breakup and makeup based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day. Rated PG-13 for some sexual material and brief partial nudity.
Movie capsules are compiled by Jodee Taylor. Information is based on data available at press time from Traverse City area Carmike theaters, the State Theatre and The Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay. Movie descriptions are from www.imdb.com. Ratings information is from the Motion Picture Association of America.
