Openings
“BODY OF LIES”
(To be reviewed tomorrow)
“CITY OF EMBER”
(Not reviewed)
“THE EXPRESS”
(To be reviewed tomorrow)
“QUARANTINE”
(Not reviewed)
“RACHEL GETTING MARRIED” 
(See review)
“TROUBLE THE WATER”
(See review)
Running
“ALLAH MADE ME FUNNY” ½
A documentary that revolves around a taped performance at an Orange County concert hall by three Muslim-American comics – Bryant “Preacher” Moss, an African-American convert; Arab-American Mohammed; and Azhar Usman, whose parents are of Indian descent. It's difficult to carry the momentum for a show that's mostly someone standing in front of a microphone, but we're reminded that this film is as much an outlet as it is an outreach. That alone may be worth the price of admission. (Sandi Dolbee) Not rated; 1 hr., 23 min.
“AN AMERICAN CAROL”
“APPALOOSA”
Ed Harris and his “History of Violence” co-star Viggo Mortensen play longtime partnered hired guns who have traveled through the Old West for a dozen years keeping the peace and developing an easy rapport. Their interplay – often silly, always deeply felt – is the chief attraction here, but the movie could have delivered so much more. (Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Daily News) Rated R; 1 hr., 54 min.
“BATTLE IN SEATTLE” ½
Stuart Townsend's portrayal of that city's 1999 World Trade Organization protests suffers greatly – as do we – from an overdose of noblesse oblige. Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Ray Liotta and Connie Nielsen are among the bigger names involved, and their characters all inhabit a world in which people are wellsprings of righteous indignation, as well as oratorical flourish. (John Anderson, Washington Post) Rated R; 1 hr., 40 min.
“BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA”
“BLINDNESS”
A metaphor disguised as movie, in which most of a city goes suddenly blind – and the one woman who doesn't becomes a sort of saint, as every man-made institution breaks down around her. Julianne Moore is, as ever, wonderful as this modern angel, but there are no real characters here, and whatever the situation is meant to symbolize (wide-spread ignorance? agnosticism? inhumanity?) it's a poor substitute for drama. (Stephen Whitty, Newhouse News Service) Rated R; 2 hr., 2 min.
“FLASH OF GENIUS” ½
The story of the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper isn't a bad film. But producer-turned-director Marc Abraham, the writers and star Greg Kinnear don't give us a reason to care about the lonely, dull quest of the inventor to be paid, and get credit, for the device that changed rainy-day driving forever. It's a toothless “Tucker,” a movie that never lets us appreciate “the man and his dream.” (Roger Moore, the Orlando Sentinel) Rated PG-13; 1 hr., 51 min.
“HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE”
Simon Pegg plays a British tabloid journalist who is recruited by a Vanity Fair-style magazine to write profiles of celebrities in the States. Sidney, who doesn't believe in coddling his subjects and has gotten into more than a few drunken scrapes at parties, is taken aback by the softball approach he's asked to use for his new job. This is a movie that plays it too safe, one that wants to give a comforting shoulder rub when it should be jabbing you in the side. (Robert Philpot, McClatchy Newspapers) Rated R; 1 hr., 50 min.
“NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST”
A Gen Whatever twist on a Hollywood romantic comedy that takes two kids from New Jersey, drops them off in New York and then sends them on an all-night, downtown pursuit of a rumored club gig by an underground band called Where's Fluffy. (Stephen Whitty, Newhouse News Service) Rated PG-13; 1 hr., 30 min.
“RELIGULOUS”
Bill Maher's film isn't really a documentary so much as it's propaganda. Funny at times. Mocking often. Certainly clever. But in the end, his fervor unravels into a fire-and-brimstone conversion message for the other team. (Sandi Dolbee) Rated R; 1 hr., 41 min.
