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OPENING FRIDAY

The Girl From Monaco (La Fille De Monaco) (**1/2) A repressed, middle-aged lawyer (Fabrice Lucini) from Paris arrives in Monaco for a high profile murder case. He accidentally meets and begins an intimate relationship with a flighty weather-woman (Louise Bourgoin). Constantly hovering over them as a guardian devil is the lawyer’s protective bodyguard (Roschdy Zem). As the trial progresses, so does the unlikely relationship. Uneven mix of romance, comedy and drama, with an unsatisfying, overly sentimental ending. Not rated, 94 minutes. At the Angelika Dallas. — Boo Allen

Moon (***) Sam Rockwell takes a double role: first, as an astronaut working for a mining company on the moon, and then later, as a clone who enters the picture and sets off alarm bells. Kevin Spacey voices the creepy HAL-like computer. Director Duncan Jones (yes, son of David Bowie) creates an ominous setting with minimal effects, while building a sense of danger and doom. Rated R, 96 minutes. At the Angelika Dallas. —B.A.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (**) Latest installment of the prehistoric animated franchise has the genial protagonists — two mammoths, a saber-toothed tiger and a dim-witted sloth — fighting for survival after becoming trapped in a world of dinosaurs. The idea is simply an excuse to show off some 3-D effects that enhance the crisp animation. It might be passable for small kids, but the antics and concept have become stale and dramatically desperate by now. Rated PG, 94 minutes. — Todd Jorgenson

Revanche (***1/2) Low-key, Oscar-nominated psychological thriller from Austria follows four troubled and lonely characters whose rural lives intersect around the accidental death of a prostitute. This dark and intriguing film knows just when and how to reveal its character-driven secrets. Even if some of the twists seem far-fetched and somewhat frustrating in the end, the script by director Gotz Spielmann is tightly wound and the ensemble cast is excellent. Not rated, 121 minutes. At the Angelika Dallas. — T.J.

NOW PLAYING

Drag Me to Hell (****) Director Sam Raimi returns to the kind of cheeky horror that made him a cult favorite with the low-budget Evil Dead trilogy, but he applies all the high-tech tricks he’s acquired with the blockbuster Spider-Man franchise. A bank loan officer (Alison Lohman) denies a creepy old woman (Lorna Raver) an extension on her mortgage loan, then gets a powerful curse placed on her. Rated PG-13, 99 minutes. — The Associated Press

The Hangover (**1/2) This so-foul-it’s-funny comedy sees four male friends spending the weekend in Las Vegas for the obligatory bachelor party. After the first night, three wake up with a hangover and one is missing and no one knows what happened. Director Todd Phillips then flashes back, finding strippers, a tiger, a baby, a stolen police car and a wedding chapel. And Mike Tyson. Rated R, 100 minutes. — B.A.

My Sister’s Keeper (**) Earnest tearjerker based on the Jodi Picoult novel about a family torn apart when a teenager is diagnosed with leukemia, causing her mother (Cameron Diaz) and sister (Abigail Breslin) to go to unusual lengths to try and save her. It raises some intriguing moral dilemmas, but is compromised by an uneven narrative structure and an aggressively sentimental approach that’s more exhausting than poignant. Directed by Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook). Rated PG-13, 109 minutes. — T.J.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (**) Sequel to the 2006 original sees more of the same, just duller. Ben Stiller returns as Larry Daley, who travels to Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian museum, where it looks like all his pals are about to be stored away. They become entangled with an ancient Egyptian potentate (Hank Azaria) and Daley must save the day. Routine retelling, marginally similar to the first. Rated PG, 105 minutes. — B.A.

The Proposal (**) Generic romantic comedy reverses the gender roles from what you might expect, with Sandra Bullock as a ruthless publishing executive who is forced to play nice with her personal assistant (Ryan Reynolds) after a visa problem puts her in need of a quick arranged marriage. A weekend with his eccentric family in Alaska allows Betty White to steal a few scenes, but star appeal can carry this uninspired, mechanical script only so far. Rated PG-13, 107 minutes. — T.J.

Star Trek (***1/2) TV maven J.J. Abrams directs this new edition of the revered franchise, and he begins at the beginning, when James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) first meet. On the Starship Enterprise, they and their now-familiar mates face off against Nero (Eric Bana), the Klingon warrior. Fine mix of involving story, engaging characters, and impressive special effects. Rated PG-13, 126 minutes. — B.A.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (***) In this remake of a 1974 action-adventure thriller, Denzel Washington plays a subway dispatcher on duty when a gang, headed by a snarling John Travolta, hijacks a subway and holds the passengers hostage. Director Tony Scott delivers plenty of suspense, action and mind games. With John Turturro as a hostage negotiator and James Gandolfini as the city’s mayor. Rated R, 106 minutes. — B.A.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (**) Sequel to the 2007 mega-hit shows more of the same, as expected from action director Michael Bay. Shia LaBeouf returns as budding college student Sam Witwicky, who now possesses something wanted by the evil, revenge-seeking Autobots. Bay succeeds in turning out a succession of brainless action scenes, while the special-effects department works overtime. Rated PG-13, 150 minutes. — B.A.

Up (****) The latest Pixar animated film sees an old man (voiced by Ed Asner) hitching balloons to his house and traveling to South America as a bewildered boy (Jordan Nagai) tags along. There, they hook up with a goofy talking dog and a huge bird named Kevin. Charming and exceedingly colorful. Rated PG, 90 minutes. — B.A.

Year One (**) Making a solid summer comedy starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross and Hank Azaria should be so easy, a caveman could do it. Somehow, despite the presence of those reliable actors and the highly advanced skills of comic veterans Harold Ramis and Judd Apatow behind the scenes, Year One manages to be a dud. Black and Cera star as hunter Zed and gatherer Oh, mismatched Neanderthals who set off on a road trip that takes them from their primitive land to a series of biblical settings. Rated PG-13, 97 minutes. — AP