Capsules by Michael Sragow or Chris Kaltenbach, unless noted. Full reviews are at baltimore sun.com/movies.
Atonement -- The crush of an upper-class teen on her housekeeper's son (James McAvoy) catalyzes a devastating accusation that ruins his life and that of the girl's older sister (Keira Knightley). This beautifully acted, remarkably visualized adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel sums up the need for charity and generosity in art and life. (M.S.) R 123 minutes A
Cloverfield -- A big nasty something-or-other begins destroying Manhattan, and it's all captured on this guy's video cam. Not much story or script, but plenty of style. (C.K.) PG-13 84 minutes B-
Definitely, Maybe -- imagines a world where happy endings are de rigueur, but getting there is no picnic. As romantic comedies go, that may not qualify as a revelation, but in the hands of writer-director Adam Brooks and his uniformly charming cast - including Ryan Reynolds as the poor guy whose heart belongs to either Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher or Rachel Weisz - it's a welcome wrinkle in a genre that rarely ventures beyond the predictable. Abigail Breslin is the young girl transfixed by her father's tale and anxious to find out which of based-on-fact girlfriends he's telling her about is her mother. (C.K.) PG-13 111 minutes B
Diary of the Dead -- A film student decides to record his and his pals' efforts to escape the undead. Too much hand-held camera and not enough of a fresh take on the whole zombie scene suggests writer-director George Romero may have gone to the zombie well once too often. (C.K.) R 95 minutes C+
Fool's Gold -- An undersea-treasure hunter and his ex-wife renew their love connection over the prospective bounty from a sunken Spanish fleet. Formulaic and cliched, but Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson have a winning chemistry. (C.K.) PG-13 110 minutes B-
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert -- It's a 3-D version of the Disney darling's concert that's driven tweens to distraction and parents to scalper Web sites. The 3-D camera throws drumsticks and confetti in our faces, but the technical effects seem superfluous to the star's bona fide energy. (Newsday) G 74 minutes C+
How She Move -- sure has got the moves, even if we've seen so many of them before. Rutina Wesley is a teenager determined to escape a dead-end world of drugs and shattered dreams that has already claimed the life of her sister. She uses stepping - a combination of breakdancing and military-style drill formations - as a means to that end. (C.K.) PG-13 91 minutes B-
