The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters:

Elizabeth: The Golden Age — Growing keenly aware of the changing religious and political tides of late 16th-century Europe, Queen Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) finds her rule openly challenged by the Spanish King Philip II (Jordi Molla) — with his powerful army and sea-dominating armada — determined to restore England to Catholicism. Preparing to go to war to defend her empire, Elizabeth struggles to balance royal duties with an unexpected vulnerability in her love for Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen). Unable and unwilling to pursue her love, Elizabeth encourages her favorite lady-in-waiting, Bess (Abbie Cornish), to befriend Raleigh to keep him near. As she charts her course abroad, her trusted advisor, Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush), continues his masterful puppetry of Elizabeth’s court  — and her campaign to solidify power. Through an intricate spy network, Walsingham uncovers an assassination plot that could topple the throne. (PG-13 for violence, some sexuality and nudity.) Pony Village Cinemas.

The Game Plan — Quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) is known as one of the toughest players to ever take the field. Kingman’s Boston-based pro football team, The Rebels, is chasing its long-awaited championship and Joe has been living the ultimate bachelor fantasy: He’s cool, rich, famous and the life of every party. But his dream is suddenly sacked for a loss when he discovers Peyton (Madison Pettis), the 8-year-old daughter he never knew existed, on his doorstep. (PG for some mild thematic elements.) Florence Cinemas, Pony Village Cinemas, Redwood Theater.

Good Luck Chuck — A man (Dane Cook) breaks up with his long-time girlfriend (Jessica Alba) only to see her get engaged to the next guy she dates. The same pattern occurs with his next girlfriend and continues to repeat. All of a sudden he finds himself becoming a lucky charm for women, who all want to date him. (R for sequences of strong sexual content including crude dialogue, nudity, language and some drug use.) Pony Village Cinemas, Savoy Theatre.

The Heartbreak Kid — After years of bachelorhood and ample pressure from his father, Doc (Jerry Stiller), and best friend Mac (Robert Corddry), Eddie Cantrow (Ben Stiller) starts to wonder if he is being too picky about the women he meets. So when a chance encounter with an alluring blonde named Lila (Malin Akerman) leads to a sweet romance, Eddie impulsively proposes. But right after the wedding, Eddie begins to realize he’s made a terrible mistake. Soon after reaching their exotic Mexican hideaway, he falls for the down-to-earth Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), who has no clue he’s on his honeymoon. (R for strong sexual content, crude humor and language.) Pony Village Cinemas.

In the Valley of Elah — On his first weekend back after serving in Iraq, Mike Deerfield (Jonathan Tucker) goes missing and is reported AWOL. When Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones), a former military MP and his wife, Joan (Susan Sarandon), get the phone call with the disturbing news, Hank sets out to search for their son. Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron), a police detective where Mike was last seen, reluctantly helps him in his search. As the evidence grows, her missing person’s case begins to look more and more like foul play, and soon Sanders finds herself in a fight with the military brass over control of the investigation. (R for violent and disturbing content, language and some sexuality/nudity.) Florence Cinemas, Pony Village Cinemas.

The Kingdom — A team of U.S. investigators (Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman) sets out to find the perpetrators behind a deadly attack in a Middle Eastern country. (R for intense sequences of graphic brutal violence, and for language.) Florence Cinemas, Pony Village Cinemas, Redwood Theater.

Michael Clayton — Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house “fixer” at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen’s dirtiest work at the behest of the firm’s co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack). Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, debt problems have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) rests on the multimillion dollar settlement of a class-action suit that Clayton’s firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach’s brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life. (R for language including some sexual dialogue.) Pony Village Cinemas.

Moliere — This film imagines what happened in a period that is undocumented in famous French playwright Moliere’s (Romain Duris) own biography: the years between his release from prison in 1645 at age 22 (because his theatre company went bankrupt) and his return to Paris 13 years later after a triumphant career as a traveling playwright and actor. It focuses on Moliere’s relationship with Monsieur Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini), a rich bourgeois who wants to learn how to act. Jourdain’s wife Elmire (Laura Morante) catches the eye of Moliere, while Jourdain himself becomes enamored of the young Celimene (Ludivine Sagnier). (PG-13) Pony Village Cinemas.

Mr. Woodcock — When John Farley (Seann William Scott) returns to his small hometown to receive the community’s highest honor, he learns, to his horror, that his widowed mother, Beverly (Susan Sarandon), is engaged to none other than Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton), the gym teacher whose sadistic exploits were the bane of John’s youth. Abetted by his nerdy old pal, Nedderman (Ethan Suplee), John plots to break-up the relationship. (PG-13 for crude and sexual content, thematic material, language and a mild drug reference.) Pony Village Cinemas.

Once — This tale follows “the Guy” (Glen Hansard), who works part-time helping his father run a small vacuum cleaner repair business, but dreams of one day having his songs recorded and landing a record deal. Emotionally vulnerable, he lacks the conviction and passion to move on in his pedestrian life. One day, he meets “the Girl” (Marketa Irglova), an Eastern European immigrant who has moved to Dublin to start a new life for herself. Currently working as a house cleaner in an upper-class residence, she is struggling financially. She yearns for what she cannot afford — a piano to help her escape from the daily grind of finding her way through this strange new land. (R for language.) Pony Village Cinemas.

Paprika — A machine allows therapists to enter patients’ dreams. When it’s stolen, all hell breaks loose, and only a woman therapist nicknamed Paprika (voice of Megumi Hayashibara) seems able to stop it. (R for violent and sexual images.) Pony Village Cinemas.

Resident Evil: Extinction — Alice (Milla Jovovich), now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps), along with new survivors Claire (Ali Larter), K-Mart (Spencer Locke) and Nurse Betty (Ashanti) to try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being undead ... and to seek justice. (R for nonstop violence, language and some nudity.) Pony Village Cinemas.

The Seeker: The Dark is Rising — A young man, Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig), discovers he is the last of a group of immortals dedicated to fighting the dark forces of evil. Traveling back and forth through time, Will uncovers a series of clues, some dating back to biblical times, that lead him to a showdown with forces of unimaginable power. (PG for fantasy action and some scary images.) Florence Cinemas, Pony Village Cinemas, Redwood Theater.

3:10 to Yuma — A rancher (Christian Bale) struggles to support his ranch and family during a long drought. Desperately needing money to build a well, he takes an assignment to transport a notorious felon (Russell Crowe), in the hands of authorities, to Yuma for imprisonment. But, once the two meet, the criminal tries to tempt him with — in exchange for allowing him to escape — an offer of much more money than the rancher ever expected, the result of a hidden loot. (R for violence and some language.) Florence Cinemas, Pony Village Cinemas.

Vitus — Vitus (Teo Gheorghiu) is a 12-year-old boy who almost seems to be from another planet — he has hearing like a bat, he plays piano like a virtuoso and studies encyclopedias. However, the daily pressure of hours of musical practice, his overprotective but well-meaning mother (Julika Jenkins) and his father’s (Urs Jucker) precarious financial situation lead the boy to seek refuge at his eccentric grandfather’s (Bruno Ganz) house. Vitus and his grandfather’s shared love of flying, mischief and adventure offers Vitus an opportunity at a normal childhood. (PG for mild thematic elements and language.) Pony Village Cinemas.