This week at the movies, we've got middle-aged love (Nights in Rodanthe, starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane); techno terror (Eagle Eye, starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan); World War II heroics (Miracle at St. Anna, starring Derek Luke); and a forlorn fireman (Fireproof, starring Kirk Cameron). What do the critics have to say?

After sharing the screen twice before in The Cotton Club and Unfaithful, Diane Lane and Richard Gere heat things up for a third time in Nights in Rodanthe.  Unfortunately, even their admirable efforts and palpable chemistry can't save the tale of strangers who fall in love after sharing their respective mid-life crises one stormy weekend in a seaside bed-and-breakfast.  Critics say Rodanthe is riddled with clichés, contrivances, and the heartbreaking schmaltz that one might expect from a Nicholas Sparks adaptation, resulting in a gooey and intolerable weeper that makes Lifetime movies and Harlequin novels seem subtle by comparison.  At 33 percent on the Tomatometer, avoid spending your movie Night in Rodanthe.

Shia LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso's last collaboration, 2007's Disturbia, was a surprise $80 million hit for everyone involved. Who knew LaBeouf could open a movie? Who knew a Caruso movie could actually make money? For their second effort, the duo leave the MTV Hitchcock arena for more adult fare with Eagle Eye, a paranoia action/thriller starring LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan as two innocents impelled by phone calls to commit increasingly dangerous activities. But Eagle Eye is unlikely to duplicate Disturbia's warm response, with critics deriding it as hysterically preposterous and firmly unbelievable, and lacking any emotional anchor within the explodey action and destruction. At 24%, avert your Eyes from Eagle.

The heroics and sacrifices of African American soldiers in World War II have been unjustly overlooked for too long. Who better to bring their stories to the big screen than Spike Lee? Unfortunately, critics say Miracle at St. Anna is a well-intentioned but overlong, disjointed affair. Miracle stars Derek Luke as a member of an all-black division stationed in Tuscany who find themselves under fire behind enemy lines with an orphaned Italian boy and a mysterious sculpture. The pundits say this is one of Lee's weakest films, which lacks plot focus and never justifies its epic length. At 28 percent on the Tomatometer, Miracle falls far short of cinematic sainthood. (Check out this week's Total Recall, in which we run down Spike Lee's collected joints.)

It looks like the folks behind Fireproof weren't certain their film would be critically flame-retardant, since it went unseen by scribes before its release. This Christian-themed drama stars Kirk Cameron as a firefighter who undergoes a period of spiritual growth in order to save his flailing marriage. Hey kids, put on your asbestos gear and guess that Tomatometer!

Also opening this week in limited release:

• Silent Light, about a man's spiritual crisis within a Mennonite community in Mexico, is at 81 percent.

• Choke, starring Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston in the sordid tale of a sex addict, is at 57 percent (check out source writer Chuck Palahniuk's five favorite films here).

• The Lucky Ones, starring Rachel McAdams and Tim Robbins in the story of soldiers on leave reflecting on their lives, is at 36 percent.

• Forever Strong, starring Sean Faris as a young rugby player who undergoes a life change in prison, is at 17 percent.

Finally, mad props to medikboi_84 for correctly guessing that My Best Friend's Girl would land at 10 percent on the Tomatometer.

Recent Shia LaBeouf Movies:

• 77% -- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• 57% -- Transformers (2007)
• 78% -- Surf's Up (2007)
• 67% -- Disturbia (2007)
• 45% -- Bobby (2006)