For Friday through Feb. 9

STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE in 3D, 3 1/2 stars, rated PG. Two Jedi knights uncover a wider, far more sinister plot when they are asked to assist with the trade negotiations on the blockaded planet Naboo. Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Ian McDiarmid, Pernilla August. new this week

SAFE HOUSE, 1 1/2 stars, rated R. After a decade off the grid and on the run, the most dangerous C.I.A. renegade resurfaces and is remanded to a safe house in South Africa under the watch of a C.I.A. rookie operative yearning for advancement and experience. The safe house is promptly attacked by mercenaries and the two are forced on the the run trying to work together to establish who it is that wants them dead. Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Shepard, Brendan Gleeson, Vera Farmiga, Robert Patrick. new this week

THE VOW, (NR), rated PG-13. A newlywed couple is recovering after a car accident that leaves the wife in a coma. When she awakens with severe memory loss, her husband endeavors to win her heart again. Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange. new this week

THE WOMAN IN BLACK, 2 1/2 stars, rated PG-13. A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he finds the ghost of a scorned woman terrorizing the local population. Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciaran Hinds.

CHRONICLE, 3 stars, rated PG-13. Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery. Soon, however, they find their lives spinning out of control and the bonds of friendship are tested with the exposure of their darker sides. Dane DeHaan, Alex Russel, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly.

THE GREY, 2 stars, rated R. When a plane carrying an unruly group of roughneck oil rig workers crashes in the remote Alaskan wilderness, the survivors must battle compromising injuries, extreme weather, and a pack of hungry wolves in hopes of making it out alive. Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts. THE DESCENDANTS, 3 stars, rated R. An indifferent husband and father is forced to re-establish a relationship with his daughters and come to grips with his wife’s infidelidy after she has a boating accident in Hawaii. George Clooney, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause.

ONE FOR THE MONEY, (NR), rated PG-13. Stephanie Plum can’t catch a break. At 30 years old, she finds herself recently divorced, unemployed and living with her hamster in Trenton, N.J. Broke and desperate she takes a job working for her slimy cousin at his bailbonds business. In need of fast cash, she latches onto the biggest case he has — a local cop accused of murder that just happened to have broker her heart in high school. Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo.

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JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, 1 1/2 stars, rated PG. Sean receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island, where, according to modern maps, no island should exist at all. Aided by his reluctant stepfather, a helicopter pilot and the pilot’s daughter, they set forth on a quest to rescue the mystery island’s lone human inhabitant and discover a world of wonders. Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Luis Guzman, anessa Hudgesn, Michael Caine. NEW THIS WEEK

HUGO in standard and 3D, 3 stars, rated PG. Set in 1930s Paries, this is the story of an orphan that lives in a busy train station. Hugo, the orphan, soon becomes involved in a mystery that revolves around his late father and an automaton. Asa Butterfield, Jude Law, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Emily Mortimer, Ray Winstone.

UNDERWORLD AWAKENING in standard and 3D, (NR), rated R. Selene escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both vampires and lycans and are waging war to eradicate both immortal clans. Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James.

RED TAILS, 2 stars, rated PG-13. A crew of African American pilots from the Tuskegee training program, after having faced segregation while kept mainly on the ground during World War II, are called into action to test their skills in combat. Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Bryan Cranston, Davie Oyelowo.

EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE, 2 1/2 stars, rated PG-13. Oskar is convinced that his father, killed in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, has left a final message for him hidden in the city. Prompted to find a the lock that fits a mysterious key found in his father’s closet, Oskar travels the five boroughs on a journey that transcends his personal loss and gives him a greater understanding of the world that exists around him. Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis.

Star ratings: 4 stars – Excellent, 3 stars – Good, 2 stars – Fair, 1 star – Poor, (NR) – No rating available