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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.
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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.
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Angels & Demons
When Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the Illuminati (the most powerful underground organization in history) he also faces a threat to the Catholic Church—the organization’s enemy. Langdon jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, an enigmatic Italian scientist. The two follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that reveal the Vatican’s only hope for survival.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Easy Virtue
A young Englishman marries an American divorcee somewhat spontaneously in the South of France and then must return home to face his family. Based on the play by Noel Coward, which was first adapted by Alfred Hitchcock during the silent era, Easy Virtue is the epitome of British wit. The cast is led by Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas and—as the American interloper—Jessica Biel, and the result is a wicked, high-toned comedy.
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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.
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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.
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Hangover
Two days before his wedding, Doug and three friends drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they’ll never forget. But, in fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can’t remember a thing. For some reason, they find a tiger in the bathroom and a six-month-old baby in the closet of their suite at Caesars Palace. The one thing they can’t find is Doug.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Imagine That
Eddie Murphy stars as a successful financial executive who has more time for his BlackBerry than his seven-year-old daughter. When he has a crisis of confidence and his career starts going down the drain, he finds the solution to all his problems in his daughter’s imaginary world. As his career rebounds, though, will he manage to balance his priorities?
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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.
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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.
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Proposal
Margaret, a high-powered book editor in New York, faces deportation to her native Canada. The quick-thinking exec declares that she’s engaged to her assistant, Andrew, who she’s tormented for years. She clues in the unsuspecting Andrew, and surprisingly, he agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his own. When the couple heads to Alaska to meet his family, the city girl finds herself in one chaotic, comedic situation after another. With a wedding in the works and an immigration official on their tails, Margaret and Andrew vow to stick to the plan, no matter the consequences.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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State of Play
Academy Award–winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in this blistering thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist embroiled in a case of seemingly unrelated, brutal killings. Crowe portrays the D.C. reporter who untangles a mystery of murder and collusion that connects unexpectedly to an unflappable young politician (Ben Affleck) who is the future of his political party. As the investigation continues, it reveals a cover-up that threatens to shake the nation’s power structures to their very core.
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Terminator Salvation
John Connor is fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future that Connor believes in is altered by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is on death row. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind. Viewer discretion advised.
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Tyson
Tyson is director James Toback’s stylistically inventive portrait of a mesmerizing Mike Tyson. Toback allows Tyson to reveal himself without inhibition and with eloquence and a pervasive vulnerability. Through a mixture of interviews and archival footage and photographs, a startlingly complex human being emerges. The film ranges from Tyson’s earliest memories of growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn through his entry into the world of boxing, to his rollercoaster ride in the funhouse of worldwide fame and fortunes won and lost. Viewer discretion advised.
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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.
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