Columbia Pictures
Lisa Lu (left) and Amanda Peet in "2012," the doomsday flick by Roland Emmerich, starring John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Our critics' selections
2012 Nobody makes doomsday movies with happy endings like Roland Emmerich. And this one, starring John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor, is the biggest, loudest example of Emmerich's philosophy that it's OK if eight billion people die so long as eight movie stars - and the dog - live. PG-13
An Education Carey Mulligan shines as the Oxford-bound honors student courted by a mysterious suitor twice her age (Peter Sarsgaard) in this resonant story directed by Lone Scherfig from Lynn Barber's memoir. PG-13
The Twilight Saga: New Moon In Chris Weitz's swoony sequel to Twilight, Our Heroine Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is dropped by her beloved Vampire Boy (Robert Pattinson), and caught on the rebound by a Teen Werewolf (Taylor Lautner), who fight for her affections. Is the werewolf's bark worse (or better) than the vampire's bite? PG-13
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