Flickers: Mini-reviews of this week's films

Babylon A.D., *

In a post-Apocalyptic world, a hardened killer is entrusted with the future of mankind. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Bangkok Dangerous, * ½

A hit man on assignment in Bangkok meets a deaf pharmacist and discovers his conscience. 100 minutes. Rated R.

Bottle Shock, *** ½

Based on the true story of how, in the bicentennial year of 1976, an unknown Napa Valley vineyard defeated famous French wines in a blind taste-testing. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Brideshead Revisited, ***

A middle-class youth becomes enamored of the aristocratic Marchmain family and their estate. 135 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Burn After Reading, ***

The memoir of a fired CIA analyst falls into the hands of two bumbling gym employees. 96 minutes. Rated R.

College, ½

Three college freshmen pledge a rowdy fraternity. 94 minutes Rated R.

The Dark Knight, *** ½

Edgy follow-up to 2005's "Batman Begins" pits Batman against a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker. 152 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Death Race, *½

Prisoners try to win their freedom by racing heavily-armed cars. 89 minutes. Rated R.

Disaster Movie, ½

Earthquakes, asteroids and tornados are among the terrors a group of friends attempts to survive. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Elegy, **½

A 70-something professor has an affair with a beautiful young student, finding he can neither let her go nor commit to her. 108 minutes. Rated R.

Fly Me to the Moon, **

Three flies join the Apollo 11 crew for the first lunar landing. 89 minutes. Rated G.

Frozen River, ***½

Down on their luck, two woman transport Chinese and Pakistani illegal immigrants across the Mohawk Reserve into the U.S. 97 minutes. Rated R.

Fugitive Pieces, ***½

A young Jewish boy survives the Nazi occupation of Poland, but the emotional scars stay with him after he emigrates to Canada. 108 minutes. Rated R.

Hamlet 2, **½

A high school drama teacher stages an offensive sequel to "Hamlet." 88 minutes. Rated R.

Henry Poole is Here, ***½

An angry, bitter man finds his dying interrupted when a neighbor sees the face of Jesus on his house wall. 101 minutes. Rated PG.

House Bunny, **½

A perky Playboy bunny gets kicked out of Hef's mansion and becomes the house mother for Zeta Alpha Zeta, a sorority full of misfits. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Journey to the Center

of the Earth, **½

An absent-minded geologist, his nephew and a woman they meet along the way encounter multiple creatures and other dangers as they descend to the Earth's center. 93 minutes. Rated PG.

The Longshots, *½

A shy girl is taught to play football by her down-and-out uncle. 94 minutes. Rated PG.

Mamma Mia! ** ½

Based on the Broadway musical of the same name, a young woman invites three of her mom's old flames to her wedding, one of whom she is sure must be her father. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13.

A Man Named Pearl, ***

Racist comments prompted an African American man to create an extraordinary garden. Documentary. 78 minutes. Rated G.

Mirrors, *½

Revenge for the fiery death of an employee comes to a department store and its remaining employees from "the other side," through the mirrors. 107 minutes. Rated R.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, ***

Having exhausted Egyptian mummies in the earlier two movies, adventurers Rick and Evelyn O'Connell journey to China, where their son Alex (Luke Ford) has awakened the dragon emperor. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Pineapple Express, ***½

Seth Rogen and James Franco star as stoner friends who start a drug war after sampling Pineapple Express, a new blend of weed so good that even smoking it, Franco says, is a crime "like killing a unicorn." 112 minutes. Rated R.

Righteous Kill, *½

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro team up for another cops-and-robbers thriller, playing veteran members of the force on the trail of a murderer who is killing his victims in ways that resemble a killer they put behind bars many years ago. 101 minutes. Rated R.

The Rocker, * ½

A washed-up former musician gets another shot at fame when his nephew's high school band loses its drummer. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Singh is Kinng, ** ½

An accident-prone but good-hearted klutz is sent by his village to bring home a former neighbor turned gangster. In Hindi with English subtitles. 135 minutes. Not Rated.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, ***

The sharing of a fabulous pair of pants is the vehicle for telling the stories of four young women. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Space Chimps, **½

A group of chimpanzees searches for intelligent life in the universe. 81 minutes. Rated G.

Star Wars: Clone Wars, ** ½

Animated installment of the Star Wars saga includes Anakin, Obi-Wan Kenobe, Yoda, Jabba the Hutt and some new recruits. 98 minutes. Rated PG.

Step Brothers, *½

Two 40-year-olds who've never left home are forced to share a bedroom when their parents get married. 112 minutes. Rated R.

Traitor, *½

FBI agents track a military explosives expert gone wrong. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Tell No One, ***½

A Paris pediatrician is implicated, eight years later, in the death of his wife. 125 minutes. Not rated.

Tropic Thunder, ***½

A troupe of actors, thinking they're making a Vietnam War movie, gets lost in the jungle and captured by druglords who think the actors are narcs. 106 minutes. Rated R.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona, *** ½

Two young women travelling in Spain become involved with a passionate and hedonistic artist. 91 minutes. Rated PG-13.

WALL-E, ****

In 2700 A.D., a robot teaches the human race how to regain their humanity. 92 minutes. Rated G.

The Women **

Friends rally around a wealthy Connecticut wife and mother who learns that her husband is having an affair. 114 minutes. Rated PG-13.

NOT REVIEWED

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

Tyler Perry's latest flick is a sprawling family saga about the Pratts and the Cartwrights, who go from friends to rivals thanks to extramarital affairs, shady dealings and the odd paternity suit. Sounds like an average day in Tyler Perry land. Rated PG-13.