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Alvin and the Chipmunks
In this animated feature, three chipmunks, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, leave their forested home and find their way into Dave Seville’s house. The down-on-his-luck songwriter sees the potential of the singing chipmunks and tries to mold them into a superstar pop act. But his old college roommate, a scheming record executive, has plans of his own. Now the chipmunks must deal with their newfound fame and decide whether to be loyal to Dave. Voices include: Justin Long, Jesse McCartney. A 20th Century Fox release.
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Atonement
In the steamy summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a growing relationship between her older sister, Cecilia, and their housekeeper’s educated son, Robbie. But Briony has her own crush on Robbie. When the opportunity presents itself, she accuses Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Her accusation forever changes the lives of all three youths. And as Briony grows up to become a successful writer, she is plagued by guilt. Featuring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy. A Universal Pictures release. May contain material unsuitable for children.
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August Rush
Abandoned 11-year-old Evan insists that he can hear his parents in the wind. He believes that he will find them if he can only play the right music. He runs away from his orphanage to New York City. There, he meets Wizard, a street musician, who renames him August Rush. As August becomes known for his music, his mother, Lyla, learns that her son is still alive. As she frantically searches for him, the man she shared one wonderful night with looks for her. Featuring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell. A Warner Bros. release.
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Becoming Jane
Loosely based on an incident in Jane Austen’s life, this historical drama follows 20-year-old Jane in her search for the perfect mate. Although her family and friends want her to marry the nephew of the rich Lady Gresham, Jane wants to marry for love. When she meets Tom Lefroy, an Irish rogue visiting her country hamlet, Jane initially despises him. He mocks her writing and insists that she open her mind to love, the world, and literature. Featuring: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy. A HanWay Films release.
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Bee Movie
After graduating from bee college, Barry Benson is expected to choose a job at the Honex corporation and spend the rest of his life helping to make honey. But Barry doesn’t want to do the same thing forever. He decides to see the world outside the hive with the “pollen jocks.” Out there, he meets a friendly florist, Vanessa Bloome, and discovers that humans steal honey from bees. With Vanessa’s help, Barry sues the human race. Voices include: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger. A Paramount Pictures release.
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
In this sequel, Queen Elizabeth I of England meets adventurer Walter Raleigh. Fascinated by his charm, Elizabeth asks her trusted lady-in-waiting, Bess, to talk to him and keep him entertained at court. Elizabeth hopes to keep Raleigh in her presence. But her plan backfires as Bess and Raleigh fall in love. Elizabeth struggles to come to terms with her own loneliness while facing assassination plots orchestrated by Spain’s king and her cousin, Mary Stuart. Featuring: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen. A Universal Pictures release.
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Enchanted
Princess Giselle lives at peace in the animated land of Andalasia. She has just met her Prince Edward and is about to be married when his jealous stepmother pushes her down a well. Giselle ends up in the very real world of New York City. When a cynical divorce lawyer and his daughter offer to help Giselle, she is quite grateful. As she waits for her prince to rescue her, Giselle experiences all the city has to offer. Will she want to go home? Featuring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey. A Walt Disney Pictures release.
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The Golden Compass
Orphan Lyra lives in an alternate universe, where humans’ souls exist outside their bodies in animal counterparts called daemons. Her uncle, Lord Asriel, believes he can access other universes through a substance called Dust. But this prospect horrifies the ruling council. The glamorous Mrs. Coulter, who works for the council, offers to take Lyra to the North on an expedition. But before Lyra leaves, she is given a golden compass and warned to tell no one of her magical possession. Featuring: Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman. A New Line Cinema release.
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The Great Debaters
Teacher Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team at Wiley College, a black school in 1930s East Texas. Tolson assembles an unusual squad, including the group’s first woman and a 14-year-old prodigy, and the team racks up win after win against other black colleges. Times are dangerous, however, especially for Tolson, who is attempting to organize local tenant farmers into a union. But change is in the wind, and when the group is invited to debate at Harvard, anything seems possible. Featuring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker. A Weinstein Co. release.
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I Am Legend
An epidemic hits New York City, turning the infected into crazed mutants who cannot stand the light of day. Brilliant scientist Robert Neville was tasked with finding a cure but was unable to before the plague overran the city. Immune to the sickness, he stays behind to continue his work even after the mutants take over the city. He works tirelessly with his own blood to develop a cure, even when he is the last human left in New York, and, perhaps, the world. Featuring: Will Smith, Alice Braga. A Warner Bros. release. May contain material unsuitable for children.
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Ben Gates has always revered his great-grandfather as the man who prevented the Confederacy from finding a vast treasure and winning the Civil War. But a historian accuses Ben’s ancestor of being a coconspirator in Lincoln’s assassination and offers a page from John Wilkes Booth’s diary as proof. To clear his family’s name, Ben and his team embark on a hunt to find the fabled Book of Secrets. But only the current U.S. president knows where it is. Featuring: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight. A Walt Disney Pictures release.
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Persepolis
Based on a best-selling autobiographical graphic novel, this animated film tells the story of 9-year-old Iranian Marjane, who watches as fundamentalists take power in the 1970s. Outspoken and precocious, she avoids the “social guardians” and enjoys such Western pleasures as dancing and punk music. With the onset of the Iran/Iraq war and increased government oppression, Marjane’s parents send her to Europe. She finds freedom but risks losing her identity. Voices include: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve. A Sony Pictures Releasing release. May contain material unsuitable for children.
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The Savages
Siblings Wendy and Jon Savage do not get along. Wendy lives in New York City, working as a temp while she tries to write a play. She resents her brother’s success as a theater history professor at a college in Buffalo, New York. Jon, however, suffers from writer’s block on his latest project. When their father, Lenny, shows signs of dementia, the siblings must travel to Arizona to figure out what to do with the man they barely know. Featuring: Laura Linney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman. A 20th Century Fox release. May contain material unsuitable for children.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Barber Benjamin Parker’s life is destroyed when a nefarious judge accuses him of a crime, just to steal his beautiful wife. Benjamin goes to prison, never to see his wife and daughter again. Years later, he returns to London as Sweeney Todd, a man bent on revenge. He reopens his barbershop on Fleet Street, above Mrs. Lovett’s Meat Pies. Todd delivers the closest shaves in London—shaves that few of his victims walk away from. Featuring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter. A Paramount Pictures release. May contain material unsuitable for children.
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
In this over-the-top spoof of musical biographies, Dewey Cox is a famous rock ’n’ roll star. He has married three times, had hundreds of lovers, and fathered many children. He also has ingested his share of drugs, had his own television show, and hung out with rock legends. Through it all, he writes hit songs. Now, he wants to win the heart of his backup singer, Darlene. But can this wild man truly settle down with just one woman? Featuring: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer. A Sony Pictures Releasing release. May contain material unsuitable for children.
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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
In World War II–era Scotland, a young boy named Angus finds a strange egg on the shores of Loch Ness. It hatches into a creature that Angus has never seen before, and he calls it Crusoe. Angus struggles to keep the rapidly growing water-loving animal a secret from his mother, sister, and the soldiers occupying his village. When Crusoe gets too big for the bathtub, Angus must find somewhere safe to keep his unusual friend: the loch, perhaps? Featuring: Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin. A Sony Pictures Releasing release.
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