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Capsule reviews by Thomas Delapa (TD) as indicated.

After the Wedding

Mads Mikkelsen portrays a Dane named Jacob hiding out in India, struggling to keep an orphanage afloat. Sent to solicit funds in Copenhagen, Jacob encounters his past, embodied by catlike Sidse Babett Knudsen, who plays the wife of a potential philanthropic savior. The secrets are spilled and the script has its soft spots but the actors are superlative. Rated R (for some language and a scene of sexuality). At Esquire. –– Michael Phillips.

Air Guitar Nation

Air Guitar Nation is the feature documentary about the year that air guitar swept America from New York to Los Angeles and then all the way to nothern Finland. The film chronicles the birth of the U.S. Air Guitar Championships and the personal journeys of those talented contestants who are vying to become the first World Air Guitar Champion from the United States. Full of triumph and disappointment, patriotic spirit and political tension — and of course invisible guitars — this tension-filled competition quickly turns very real as the contest becomes fierce. At Starz. — Denver Film Society

Away From Her

Bergmanesque and beautiful, this is a quiet film made with jewel-like craft and deep human understanding. Based on Alice Munro's poignant story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" — about a long-married academic couple threatened by the wife's approaching Alzheimer's disease — it's flawlessly acted by Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Gordon Pinsent and the rest of the cast, and made with uncommon brilliance by first time feature director Sarah Polley. PG-13 (some strong language). At Chez Artiste and Crossroads. — Michael Williams

Battlefield Earth

Described by Scientologist John Travolta as "like Star Wars, only better," this adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's novel seeps with sci-religious overtones in the telling of a young man (Barry Pepper) who liberates Earth from alien slave driver Travolta. Rated PG-13. At Starz. — Denver Film Society.

Black Book

A World War II thriller that focuses on the Dutch underground in 1944. Friends and enemies are called into question as characters fall for one another while trying to unravel mysteries and betrayal. Rated R (for some strong violence, graphic nudity, sexuality and language). At Starz.

Bug

In an Oklahoma motel, a woman helps a paranoid war veteran who believes there are bugs everywhere. Rated R. At Flatiron, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

Disturbia

In this teen-slanted rehash of themes and plot from Alfred Hitchcock's great Rear Window, Shia LaBeouf plays a suburban kid under house arrest who suspects his next-door neighbor (David Morse) is a serial killer. Directed by D. J. Caruso (The Salton Sea), with all the gaudy gadgetry at his disposal, it's full of high-tech shocks, sub-John Hughes comedy, flashy Rogier Stoffers cinematography and violent set-pieces. PG-13 (sequences of terror and violence and for some sensuality). At Flatiron. — Michael Wilmington

Fracture

A low-keyed legal thriller may not be the stuff of 300 grosses, but both the dialogue and the ensemble work in this drama. Anthony Hopkins plays a murderous smoothie who does not enjoy being a cuckold and shoots his wife (Embeth Davidtz). Then he generally makes life difficult for his adversary, a hotshot assistant DA (Ryan Gosling). Rated R (language and some violent content). At Flatiron and Colony Square. — Michael Phillips

Garfield and Friends (1988)

Based on the comic strip created by Jim Davis, this cartoon features Garfield, a lazy orange house cat, and his numerous animal and human friends. Rated G. At Starz.

Georgia Rule

Director Garry Marshall and writer Mark Andrus introduce us to three generations of women thrown together in a small, largely Mormon, Idaho town: feisty grandma Georgia (Jane Fonda), ex-alcoholic Lilly (Felicity Huffman) and hell-raising granddaughter Rachel (Lindsay Lohan) — a troublemaker whom Lilly sends to Grandma Georgia in Hull (rhymes with "dull") to cool out. Instead, Hollywood hell breaks loose. Rated R (sexual content and some language). At Flatiron, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Williams

WEEKLY PICK

Hot Fuzz

This gory lark from the Shaun of the Dead team hurls a Bad Boys II fireball at a quaint English town peopled by Agatha Christie archetypes. Simon Pegg deadpans his role of a by-the-book London police officer reassigned to a quaint Gloucestershire village. There, among the pub goers and errant swans, he learns that murder's afoot. Nick Frost is the easygoing yin to Pegg's tightly coiled yang. Rated R (violent content including some graphic images, and language).At Flatiron and Mayan. — Michael Phillips

Into Great Silence

A selected work from the Toronto Film Festival, this documentary delves deep into the head monastery of the French Carthusian Order, the Grande Chartreuse. Not Rated. At Chez Artiste.

The Iron Wall

The Iron Wall is a documentary concerning the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The film addresses the Israeli settlements and outposts built upon Palestinian Territories. Not rated. At Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center.

Knocked Up

Ben and Alison, two very different people, meet up at a bar and hook up for a one-night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben sees Alison again and realizes that she is pregnant. The two decide to try and make a relationship work for the sake of the pregnancy. Rated R. At Esquire.

La Strada (1954)

In this Italian black and white film, a girl is sold to a traveling entertainer and suffers physical and emotional trauma. Not rated. At Starz.

The Namesake

Mira Nair's The Namesake is a profound and beautiful film about love and conflict within an Indian family, the Gangulis, who move from Calcutta to New York and experience intense culture clash through several decades and personal tragedy. Nair's movie, adapted from an equally wonderful 2003 novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, brims with intelligence, compassion and sensuous delight in the textures, sights and sounds of life — all the way from the Taj Mahal to Pearl Jam. In English and Bengali, with English subtitles. Rated PG-13 (sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language). At Starz. —Michael Wilmington

Paris, Je T'aime

A French film that revolves around the love stories of several Parisian couples. Rated R. At Mayan.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

After Elizabeth (Keira Knightly), Will (Orlando Bloom), and Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) rescue Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from the clutches of the Kraken, they must face their foes, Davey Jones (Bill Nighy) and Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander). Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Delma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng (Chow-Yun Fat), to a gathering that will make their final stand against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman and the entire East India Trading Company. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Colony Square, Crossroads and Twin Peaks. — J. Curcio.

Shrek the Third

See full screen review. At Flatiron, Colony Square, Crossroads and Twin Peaks.

Spider-Man 3

Just as Superman did in Superman III, Spidey (Tobey Maguire) wrestles with his surly dark side. He deals also with the Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) and Venom (Topher Grace). Kirsten Dunst and James Franco return for more soap operatics, but in a protracted (and pretty violent) affair, it's J.K. Simmons who scores as J. Jonah Jameson, meanest editor on the planet. PG-13 (sequences of intense action violence). At Flatiron, Colony Square, Crossroads and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips

Trail of the Cougar

A nature film by PBS concerning cougars. Not rated. At Boulder Public Library.

28 Weeks Later

The sequel to the apocalyptic zombie tale 28 Days Later improves on the original with a rougher presentation, more politically subversive message. R (strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity). At Flatiron, Colony Square, Crossroads and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips

Waitress

See full screen review. At Flatiron, Crossroads, Chez Artiste and Mayan.

Year of the Dog

Director-writer Mike White's bent comedy is about a woman (Molly Shannon) who loses the love of her life, her beagle Pencil, and falls apart, before finding a new dog, new friends and new causes. That kind of story and theme suggests a preachy drama, but White has made this movie his directorial debut into another oddball modern comedy about obsessions and outsiders. Rated PG-13 (some suggestive references). At Starz. –– Michael Williams