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topWednesday, November 4, 2009

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  Defamation 

  An Israeli director travels the world to find out what anti-Semitism means in the modern world.

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topFriday, November 6, 2009

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  Disney's A Christmas Carol  (Wide; 3,683 theaters)

  Jim Carrey Cary Elwes Colin Firth

  "Disney's A Christmas Carol", a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of th... more »

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  Precious  (Limited; 18 theaters)

  Paula Patton Lenny Kravitz Sherri Shepherd

  With sheer audacity and utter authenticity, director Lee Daniels tackles "Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire" and creates an unforgettable film that sets a new s... more »

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  That Evening Sun  (NY; 1 theaters)

  Hal Holbrook Ray McKinnon

  An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.

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  The Box  (Wide; 2,635 theaters)

  Cameron Diaz James Marsden Frank Langella

  What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars...but simultaneously take the life of someone you don't know?... more »

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  The Fourth Kind  (Wide; 2,529 theaters)

  Milla Jovovich Elias Koteas Enzo Cilenti

  In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collec... more »

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  The Men Who Stare at Goats  (Wide; 2,443 theaters)

  George Clooney Ewan McGregor Kevin Spacey

  Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is in search of his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady (Academy Award winner George Clooney), a shadowy figure who c... more »

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topFriday, November 13, 2009

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  2012  (Wide; 3,000 theaters)

  John Cusack Chiwetel Ejiofor Oliver Platt

  Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. "2012" is an epic adventure about a gl... more »

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  Dare  (NY/LA; 2 theaters)

  Emmy Rossum Zach Gilford Ana Gasteyer

  Three very different teenagers discover that, even in the safe world of a suburban prep school, no one is who she or he appears to be.

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  Fantastic Mr. Fox  (NY/LA; 4 theaters)

  George Clooney Cate Blanchett Jason Schwartzman

  Mr. and Mrs. Fox (George Clooney and Meryl Streep) live an idyllic home life with their son Ash (Jason Schwartzman) and visiting young nephew Kristofferson (Eric ... more »

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  Pirate Radio  (Wide; 900 theaters)

  Philip Seymour Hoffman Bill Nighy Rhys Ifans

  Inspired by the British pirate radio revolution in the '60s, the majority of the film's shoot will take place in a large rusty metal fishing trawler moored off the... more »

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  The Messenger  (Limited)

  Woody Harrelson Ben Foster Samantha Morton

  In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned t... more »

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  Uncertainty (NY; 1 theaters)

  Lynn Collins Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  A young couple find one seemingly ordinary July 4th cleaved in two by the flip of a coin on the Brooklyn Bridge.

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  Women in Trouble  (Limited)

  Carla Gugino Adrianne Palicki

  A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc.... more »

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topFriday, November 20, 2009

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  Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orl...  (NY/LA)

  Nicolas Cage Eva Mendes Val Kilmer

  In Werner Herzog's new film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs... more »

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  Broken Embraces  (NY)

  Angela Molina Penelope Cruz Blanca Portilla

  "Broken Embraces" is a four-way tale of amour-fou, shot in the style of '50s American film noir at its most hard-boiled, and will mix references to works like Nic... more »

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  Planet 51  (Wide)

  John Cleese Gary Oldman Dwayne Johnson

  The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, he ha... more »

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  Red Cliff  (Limited)

  Chow Yun-Fat Tony Leung Zhang Fengyi

  In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minister Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to decla... more »

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  The Blind Side  (Wide)

  Sandra Bullock Tim McGraw Kathy Bates

  "The Blind Side" depicts the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do... more »

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  The Twilight Saga: New Moon  (Wide)

  Kristen Stewart Robert Pattinson Cam Gigandet

  In "New Moon", Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled... more »

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  Until the Light Takes Us (Limited)

  A documentary chronicling the history, ideology and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal.

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topWednesday, November 25, 2009

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  Me and Orson Welles  (Limited)

  Zac Efron Ben Chaplin George Coulouris

  Zac Efron will star as high school senior Richard Samuels—an age and grade level the actor knows well—who, while walking the streets of Manhattan one day, comes ac... more »

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  Ninja Assassin  (Wide)

  Rain Naomie Harris Ben Miles Sho

  Raizo is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret socie... more »

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  Old Dogs  (Wide)

  Robin Williams Kelly Preston John Travolta

  Two best friends—one unlucky-in-love divorcee (Robin Williams) and the other a fun-loving bachelor (John Travolta)—have their lives turned upside down when they’r... more »

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  The Princess and the Frog  (NY/LA)

  Anika Noni Rose Keith David Jenifer Lewis

  When the free-spirited, jazz-loving Prince Naveen of Maldonia comes to town a deal with a shady voodoo doctor goes bad and the once suave royal is turned into a fr... more »

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  The Road  (Wide; 800 theaters)

  Charlize Theron Viggo Mortensen Robert Duvall

  Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and 12-year-old Kodi Smit McPhee star in the big-screen ... more »

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topFriday, November 27, 2009

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  Brooklyn's Finest  (Limited)

  Richard Gere Ethan Hawke Don Cheadle

  The story is a dramatic ensemble with three interweaving story lines involving Brooklyn cops.

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