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Russian remake of "12 Angry Men," which earned a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination in 2008: A jury of twelve men deliberate the guilt, and determine the fate, of a Chechen teenager charged with murdering his stepfather. Featuring: Sergey Makovetsky, Sergei Makovetsky. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. In Russian with English subtitles.
17 Again
In the class of 1989, Mike O’Donnell is a star on his high school basketball team with a college scout watching him play and a bright future ahead. He decides instead to share his life with girlfriend Scarlett and the baby they are expecting. Almost 20 years later, Mike is given another chance when he is transformed back to the age of 17.
Adventureland
In this irresistible, critically acclaimed coming-of-age comedy, it’s the summer of 1987, and an uptight recent college grad can’t wait to embark on his dream tour of Europe. But when his parents announce they can no longer afford to subsidize his vacation, our hero is forced to take a lowly job at a local amusement park. It looks like he’s headed for the worst summer ever—until he meets his captivating coworker.
Bride Wars
Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) are always there for each other. Even their respective bridal engagements happen within hours. Together they plan their weddings, each to take place at New York’s Plaza Hotel. But a clerical error and subsequent clash in wedding dates pits the two brides against each other in a competition that escalates into all-out war.
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sweet, charming New Yorker Rebecca has a problem that is becoming a nightmare: She’s hopelessly addicted to shopping and drowning in debt. When her compulsive spending threatens to destroy her love life and derail her career, she struggles to keep it all from spiraling out of control—and discovers what’s really important in life. Based on the novel by Sophie Kinsella.
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
This adaptation of a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about the life of a man who ages in reverse. At age 50, he falls in love with a 30-year-old woman and then must come to terms with the relationship as they literally grow in opposite directions. Featuring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett.
Defiance
Based on a true story, this rough-and-tumble World War II epic depicts the Nazis marching through Eastern Europe in 1941. Four Jewish brothers flee into the forest to hide, and they form a small community for other Jews escaping prison camps. Soon enough, the two eldest brothers, Tuvia (Daniel Craig) and Zus (Liev Schrieber), lead a resistance movement. Despite power struggles between the two brothers, they sabotage Nazis, save thousands, and, as in any good epic, the hero finds love. Featuring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber. May contain material unsuitable for children.
Dragonball Evolution
A live action adaptation of the hugely popular manga, Dragonball centers on a humanoid alien named Goku who is trying to fulfill the wish of his dying grandfather: He must collect all seven mystical Dragon Balls in the world—which are said to grant the holder one perfect wish—to keep them out of evil hands.
Duplicity
This thriller, written and directed by Tony Gilroy, stars Academy Award–winner Julia Roberts and Academy Award–nominee Clive Owen as longtime lovers and corporate spies who team up to stage an elaborate con to rip off their rival companies.
Fast & Furious
When fugitive Dominic Toretto returns to Los Angeles to avenge a loved one’s death, it reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner. But as they race through city streets and across international lines, they must test their loyalties by joining together to bring down a shared enemy. From big-rig heists to precision tunnel crawls, Fast & Furious takes you back into the high-octane world, which lives for speed, drives for the rush and breaks all the rules. Viewer discretion advised.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Celebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women—in that order. His mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill for his kid brother, Paul, and a houseful of well-wishers on the eve of Paul’s wedding. Just when it looks like Connor may single-handedly ruin the wedding, he is visited by the ghosts of his former jilted girlfriends, who take him on an odyssey through his failed relationships—past, present and future.
Great Buck Howard
The Great Buck Howard may seem like a magician, but he’s a mentalist. He can read minds and hypnotize a room full of people. In his heyday, he had a marquis act in Vegas and was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 61 times. Still, when Troy Gable tries to explain to his dad why he dropped out of law school to work for a mentalist, it doesn’t go over well. It’s obvious to everyone that Buck’s act has lost its luster. But Buck is convinced his big comeback is around the corner. And, for reasons he can’t explain, Troy sticks around to find out.
He's Just Not That Into You
An all-star cast is featured in the stories of a group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirtysomethings as they navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life. Trying to read the signs of the opposite sex, each hopes to be the exception to the “no exceptions” rule. Featuring: Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson
Hotel for Dogs
When their foster parents forbid 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, from having a pet, Andi uses her quick wit to find their dog a new home. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel, and using Bruce’s mechanical genius they transform it into a magical dog paradise. But barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, and the kids go to elaborate lengths to avoid discovery. Featuring: Don Cheadle, Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin. 1 hr. 40 min.
I Love You Man
Getting engaged to Zooey, an attractive brunette and the woman of his dreams, should make Los Angeles realtor Peter Klaven, the happiest man in the world, but as the big day approaches he realizes he has no close guy friend to be his best man. Not wanting to look ridiculous or sad, he decides to pull out all the stops in an effort to make some guy friends. He embarks on a series of awkward “man-dates” to make guy friends, which, it turns out, is no easy task.
InkHeart
Mo Folchart (Brendan Fraser) and his daughter, Meggie (Eliza Hope Bennett), share a secret ability to bring book characters to life when they read stories aloud. Mo finds a book he’s been searching for since Meggie’s mother vanished into its mystical world, and it turns his and Meggie’s lives upside-down. Mo brings together a disparate group of friends—from both real life and books—and embarks on a journey to set things right. Featuring: Brendan Fraser, Eliza Hope Bennett, Rafi Gavron, Helen Mirren. 1 hr. 46 min.
Last Chance Harvey
Harvey Shine goes to London for his estranged daughter’s wedding—but she asks her stepfather to give her away. Things deteriorate even further when Harvey misses his flight home, and his boss fires him. At the airport bar, Harvey bumps into Kate. The meeting leads to lunch, a walk around London and an unlikely last chance for happiness.
Monsters vs Aliens
When Susan Murphy is clobbered by a meteor, she mysteriously grows to 49 feet, 11 inches tall and is labeled a “monster” named Ginormica. She is captured and held in a secret government compound with a motley crew of monsters. Their confinement time is cut short, however, when an alien robot begins storming the country. The monsters must save the world.
New in Town
Lucy Hill, an up-and-coming executive, is offered a temporary assignment in the middle of nowhere, restructuring a manufacturing plant. After enduring a frosty reception from the locals, icy roads and freezing weather, she warms up to the small town. Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life—and finds the man of her dreams.
Pink Panther 2
In The Pink Panther 2, the sequel to the 2006 hit, Steve Martin reprises the role of intrepid-if-bumbling French police detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau. When the priceless Pink Panther Diamond is stolen, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) is forced to assign Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts. Featuring: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, John Cleese.
Revolutionary Road
Based on the novel by Richard Yates, this film examines whether it’s possible to live by one’s ideals. Newlyweds Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) buy a house in the suburbs in the 1950s. Determined not to be the average couple, they’re irreverent and progressive. Still, they find themselves falling into the dull patterns of their neighbors. April devises a plan to move to Paris. Will it save them, or spell the end? Featuring: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kathy Bates.
Soloist
Investigative journalist Steve Lopez discovers a violin-playing vagrant named Nathaniel Anthony Ayers—a classical music prodigy whose life has spiraled out of control due to schizophrenia. Lopez brings Ayers to a shelter where he can practice his music, and by writing about him in his column, Lopez turns Ayers into a local celebrity. The two also develop a unique friendship that transforms their lives.
Star Trek
The story chronicles the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members during their time at Star Fleet Academy, with adventures stretching from earth to Vulcan. Spock is still logical and Scotty still complains bitterly about the ship’s overworked engines. Kirk and Spock are brought center stage as the film tracks the origins of their friendship and how they became officers aboard the Enterprise.
Uninvited
After Anna returns home from the hospital, where she was recovering from the tragic death of her mother, she discovers her father is engaged to her mother’s former nurse, Rachel. Anna is then visited by her mother’s ghost, who warns her of Rachel’s intentions. Together, Anna and her sister try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she pretends to be. Featuring: Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn. May contain material unsuitable for children.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The first chapter in the X-Men saga unites Wolverine with several other legends of the X-Men universe in an epic revolution that pits the mutants against powerful forces determined to eliminate them. Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar, as the fierce fighting machine who possesses amazing healing powers, adamantium claws and a primal fury known as “berserker rage.” Viewer discretion advised.
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