ARTHUR (12A)

ARTHUR Bach (Russell Brand) is heir to his family's fortune, presided over by his emotionally cold mother, Vivienne (Geraldine James). Vivienne informs Arthur he will marry corporate executive Susan Johnson (Jennifer Garner) to ensure she can take charge of the company. If Arthur refuses, he will be cut off from his inheritance. Arthur resigns himself to marital hell, only to run into tour guide Naomi (Greta Gerwig). Arthur goes ahead with the nuptials while secretly seeing Naomi, aided and abetted by his nanny Hobson (Helen Mirren).

STAR RATING: ***

CEDAR RAPIDS (15)

NICE guy Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) works for an insurance firm. Gregarious agent Roger Lemke (Thomas Lennon) is the chief reason for the firm's success and every year, he travels to a conference to compete against rival insurance firms. After Roger dies, boss Bill Krogstad (Stephen Root) asks Tim to represent the company at the conference. So Tim nervously flies to Iowa where he room-shares with Ronald Wilkes (Isiah Whitlock Jr) and party animal Dean Ziegler (John C Reilly). The men introduce Tim to sassy agent Joan Ostrowski-Fox (Anne Heche) and to conference leader Orin Helgesson (Kurtwood Smith), who ultimately decides which agency claims the prize.

STAR RATING: ***