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With Dennis Quaid Matthew Fox Forest Whitaker Sigourney Weaver Neal H. Moritz Barry L. Levy William Hurt Pete Travis

Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) an American tourist video-taping the historic event to show his kids when he returns home. Also there is Rex (Sigourney Weaver) an American TV news producer who is reporting on the conference. It's only as we follow each person's perspective of the same 15 minutes prior to and immediately after the shooting that the terrifying truth behind the assassination attempt is revealed.

PG-13 Drama
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With Seth Rogen Owen Wilson Chris Brown Judd Apatow Alex Frost Casey Boersma Dylan Boersma Troy Gentile Nate Hartley Steven Brill John Hughes

Two high school freshmen are targeted by the school bully on the first day of school. The boys hire what they think is a low-budget soldier of fortune to protect them, but he turns out to be anything but.

PG-13 Comedy
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With Natalie Portman Kevin Spacey Jude Law Rachel Weisz Ed Harris Norah Jones Wong Kar-wai Wong Kar Wai Jean Louis Piel Jacky Pang Wang Wei Lawrence Block

a Wong Kar Wai's debut English language feature, the internationally acclaimed director takes his audience on a dramatic journey across the distance between heartbreak and a new beginning.

After a rough break-up, Elizabeth (played by songstress Norah Jones in her screen debut) sets out on a journey across America, leaving behind a life of memories, a dream and a soulful new friend – a café owner (Jude Law) – all while in search of something to mend her broken heart. Waitressing her way through the country, Elizabeth befriends others whose yearnings are greater than hers, including a troubled cop (David Strathairn) and his estranged wife (Rachel Weisz) and a down-on-her luck gambler (Natalie Portman) with a score to settle.

Through these individuals, Elizabeth witnesses the true depths of loneliness and emptiness, and begins to understand that her own journey is part of a greater exploration within herself.

PG-13 Comedy
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With Darlan Cunha Douglas Silva Paulo Morelli Regina Case Andrea Barata Ribeiro

Growing up in a culture dictated by violence and run by street gangs, teenagers Acerola and Laranjinha have become close as brothers. With their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own young son. But when they suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends are forced to confront a shocking secret from their shared past.

R Drama 1 hr, 53 mins
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With Winona Ryder Leslie Bibb Julie Bowen Simon Baker Dash Mihok Daniel Waters Cary Brokaw Aaron Craig Geller Elizabeth Zox Friedman

The story follows a man (Baker) whose life is upended by a mysterious e-mail containing the names of every woman he has had sex with and, eerily, every woman he will have sex with in the future.

R Drama
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With Sofia Vergara Tyler Perry Angela Bassett David Mann Chloe Bailey Lance Gross Rick Fox Irma P. Hall Tamela Mann Mariana Tolbert

A single mother rediscovers the joys of family and the possibility of second chances when meeting the fun-loving family of her father, whom she never knew.

PG-13 Comedy
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With Christopher Nolan Morgan Freeman Liam Neeson Christian Bale Cillian Murphy Michael Caine Gary Oldman Ken Watanabe Katie Holmes Emma Thomas David S. Goyer Tom Wilkinson Rutger Hauer Charles Roven Larry Franco Michael Uslan Ben Melniker

The film explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect, and an array of high-tech tools to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.

PG-13 Action
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With Channing Tatum Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ryan Phillippe Scott Rudin Abbie Cornish Kimberly Peirce Timothy Olyphant Mark Richard

A soldier returns home to Texas from Iraq but is then recalled with the "stop-loss" procedure, the controversial statute now used by the U.S. Defense Dept. to extend soldiers' combat time. The soldier refuses to return to battle.

R Drama
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With Ben Stiller Jena Malone Laura Ramsey Joe Anderson Chris Bender Jonathan Tucker Shawn Ashmore Carter Smith Stuart Cornfeld Scott B. Smith

Four American friends on vacation in Cancún, Mexico, meet a German tourist that persuades them to join his hunt for his younger brother, who was last seen with his girlfriend near some mysterious ruins.

R Drama
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With Charlize Theron AnnaSophia Robb Woody Harrelson A.J. Dix Mike Stirling Dennis Hopper Bill Maher Bill Shively Zac Stanford

The movie centers on a girl (AnnaSophia Robb) who forms a bond with her uncle (Nick Stahl) after she is abandoned by her mother, portrayed by Charlize Theron.

Drama
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With Kevin Hart Harvey Weinstein Brent Spiner Jeffrey Tambor Christopher McDonald Sara Paxton Craig Mazin Ryan Hansen Bob Weinstein Leslie Nielsen Drake Bell Marion Ross David Zucker Robert K. Weiss John Unholz

Finally, the guys behind the outrageously silly "Scary Movie" franchise have used their own 'special powers' to spoof superhero movies. After being bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly, high school loser Rick Riker develop superhuman abilities like incredible strength and armored skin. Rick decides to use his new powers for good and becomes a costumed crime fighter known as "The Dragonfly". However, standing in the way of his destiny is the villainous Lou Landers. After an experiment gone wrong, Lou develops the power to steal a person's life force and in a dastardly quest for immortality becomes the supervillain, "The Hourglass." With unimaginable strength, unbelievable speed and deeply uncomfortable tights, will the Dragonfly be able to stop the sands of The Hourglass and save the world? More importantly, will we stop laughing long enough to notice?

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 25 mins
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With Ellen Page Bruce McDonald Slim Twig Maxwell McCabe-Lokos Ari Cohen Paul Barkin Sarah Timmins Kryssta Mills

Fifteen-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a tattered shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he's a dog. Tracey's journey leads her into the dark underbelly of the city, into the emotional cespool of her home, through the brutality of her high school, the clinical cat and mouse games with her shrink and her soaring fantasies of Billy Zero--her boyfriend and rock 'n' roll savior. Her travels also put her in contact with the seedier inhabitants of the city. Like Lance, her would-be savior who ultimately puts her life in jeopardy. Tracey's stories begin to intertwine truth with lies, hope with despair as she moves closer to the truth of Sonny's disappearance.

Drama 1 hr, 17 mins
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With Martin Lawrence Roger Kumble Raven Symone Will Sasso Donny Osmond Andrew Gunn Cinco Paul Ken Daurio Kristin Burr LouAnne Brickhouse

Choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time of a young woman's life...unless your overprotective father isn't quite ready to let you go. In the Disney family comedy, "College Road Trip," Melanie (Raven Symone) is eagerly looking forward to her first big step towards independence when she plans a "girls only" road trip to check out prospective universities. But when her overbearing police chief father (Martin Lawrence) insists on escorting her instead, she soon finds her dream trip has turned into a hilarious nightmare adventure full of comical misfortune and turmoil.

PG Comedy
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With Joshua Jackson Roy Lee John Hensley Doug Davison Luke Dawson Rachael Taylor David Denman James Kyson Lee Masayuki Ochiai

For photographer Ben and his new wife Jane, his new assignment--a lucrative fashion shoot in Tokyo--was supposed to be a kind of working honeymoon. With this exotic professional opportunity and the limitless possibilities of a new marriage, Ben and Jane arrive in Japan. But as they make their way on a mountain road leading to Mt. Fuji, their new life together comes to, literally, a crashing halt. Their car smashes into a woman standing in the middle of the road, who has materialized out of nowhere. Upon regaining consciousness after the accident, Ben and Jane cannot find any trace of the girl Jane believes she hit with the car. Shaken by the accident and by the girl's disappearance, Ben and Jane arrive in Tokyo, where Ben begins his glamorous assignment. Having worked in Japan before and fluent in the language, Ben is comfortable there, and he eagerly reunites with old friends and colleagues. Jane, a newcomer to the city, feels very much like a stranger in a strange land as she makes tentative, unsettling forays through the city. Ben, meanwhile, has discovered mysterious white blurs--eerily evocative of a human form--that have materialized on an entire day's work from the expensive photo shoot. Jane's concerns escalate as she believes the blurs in Ben's photos are the dead girl from the road, who is now seeking vengeance for them leaving her to die.

PG-13 Thriller
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With Jon M. Chu Adam G. Sevani Adam Shankman Karen Barna Patrick Wachsberger Briana Evigan Robert Hoffman Telisha Shaw Erik Feig Toni Ann Johnson

When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer Chase to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets, she ultimately finds a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds.

PG-13 Comedy
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With Jason Statham Stephen Campbell Moore Daniel Mays Colin Salmon Craig Fairbrass Alki David Michael Jibson Gary Hamilton Ian La Frenais Saffron Burrows Richard Lintern Peter Bowles Keeley Hawes Peter De Jersey James Faulkner Sharon Maughan Don Gallagher Gerard Horan Alistair Petrie David Suchet Roger Donaldson Alex Gartner Dick Clement

Inspired by an extraordinary true event, "The Bank Job" is a highly-charged thriller which interweaves a heady combination of intrigue, danger and scandal in early ‘70s London. In September 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in London's Baker Street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewelry worth millions and millions of pounds. None of it was recovered. Nobody was ever arrested. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then suddenly disappeared - the result of a UK Government ‘D' Notice, gagging the press. This film reveals what was hidden in those boxes, involving murder, corruption and a sex scandal with links to the Royal Family - a story in which the thieves were the most innocent people involved.

R Action
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With Jon Bernthal Mila Kunis Adrian Grenier Priscilla Lopez Krista Allen Joseph McIntyre Daisy Eagan Dean Edwards John Fiore Donnie Keshawarz Richard Portnow Mary Testa Tony Travis Roger Paradiso

"Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding" is based on the long-running interactive stage show that follows the nuptials of two working-class Italian New Yorkers and their wacky, diverse families. "Wedding", originally created by Chris Fracchiolla and Nancy Cassaro, began its run in 1988 and has played around the world as a cult classic for 15 years.

Comedy
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With Reese Witherspoon James McAvoy Christina Ricci Peter Dinklage Richard E. Grant Catherine O'Hara Mark Palansky Jennifer Simpson Leslie Caveny

In this modern day romantic tale, "Penelope" is about a young girl's inspiring journey, a mysterious family secret and the power of love. With all odds against her, in order for Penelope to break the family curse, she must find true love with "one of her own kind." The warm and funny adventure leads her to realize the most important life lesson, "I like myself the way I am."

Penelope Wilhern (Christina Ricci), born to wealthy socialites (Catherine O'Hara and Robert E. Grant), is afflicted by the Wilhern spell that can only be broken when she finds love. Hidden away in her family's estate, the lonely girl meets a string of suitors in her parent's futile attempt to break the curse. Each eligible bachelor is enamored with Penelope and her sizable dowry... until her curse is revealed.

Lemon (Peter Dinklage), a mischievous and eager tabloid reporter wants a photograph of the mysterious Penelope and hires Max (James McAvoy) to pose as a prospective suitor to get the shot. The handsome down-on-his luck gambler finds he falling for Penelope, but not wanting to disappoint her or to expose his surreptitious ways, he decides to disappear.

Fed up by his latest betrayal and determined to live life on her own terms, Penelope breaks free from her family and ventures into the world alone. She finds adventure and Annie, her first friend (Reese Witherspoon) and becomes the person she was meant to be.

PG Comedy 1 hr, 41 mins
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With Peter Stormare Olivia Munn Jesse Metcalfe Kiele Sanchez Jeff Buhler Kevin Sussman

In the movie, Jesse Metcalfe will play a man who pretends to be crazy in order to save his sister (Kiele Sanchez) from being involuntarily hospitalized. Once inside the institute, the siblings discover that a doctor (Peter Stormare) is using his patients like lab rats, forcing them to take a drug that turns them into flesh-eating psychopaths.

Suspense
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With Josh Gad Kevin Spacey Laurence Fishburne Allan Loeb Kate Bosworth Masi Oka Liza Lapira Dana Brunetti Jim Sturgess Robert Luketic Peter Steinfeld

In this film based on a true story, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor (Kevin Spacey) teaches a group of students to use mathematics to count cards and increase their odds of winning at Las Vegas casinos. The students are able to bring home millions as a result.

PG-13 Drama
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With America Ferrera

The bilingual thriller is from writer-director Antonio Negret and focuses on the final 90 minutes in the life of a kidnapped Colombian. His family, a ransom delivery man, and a special ops team attempt to save him.

Drama
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With Adrian Lester Neil Marshall Alex Heineman Sean Pertwee Rhona Mitra Bob Hoskins Steven Paul Trevor Macy Benedict Carver Marc D. Evans

In "Doomsday", a lethal virus spreads throughout a major country and kills hundreds of thousands. To contain the newly identified Reaper, the authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The literal walling-off works for three decades – until Reaper violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair (Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

R Action 1 hr, 45 mins
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With Amber Heard Djimon Hounsou Evan Peters Sean Faris Affion Crockett Jeff Wadlow Leslie Hope Lauren Leech Ryan Watson Craig Baumgarten David Zelon Chris Hauty

Set against the action-packed world of Mixed Martial Arts, "Never Back Down" is the story of Jake Tyler, a tough kid who leads with his fists, and, often, with his heart. Jake Tyler, played by Sean Faris, is the new kid in town with a troubled past. He has recently moved to Orlando, Florida with his family who has relocated to support his younger brother's shot at a professional tennis career. Jake was a star athlete on the football team at home, but in this new city he is an outsider with a reputation for being a quick tempered brawler.

Making an attempt to fit in, at the invitation of a flirtatious classmate, Baja (Amber Heard) Jake goes to a party where he is unwittingly pulled into a fight with a bully named Ryan McDonald (Cam Gigandet). While he is defeated and humiliated in the fight, a classmate introduces himself to Jake and tells him about the sport known as Mixed Marshall Arts (MMA). He sees a star in Jake and asks that he meet with his mentor, Jean Roqua, played by Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond).

It is immediately apparent to Jake that MMA is not street fighting, but rather an art form he wants to master. Roqua will take Jake under his wing, but it is up to Jake to find the patience, discipline, willingness and reason within him to succeed. For Jake, there is much more at stake than mere victory. His decision will not just settle a score; it will define who he is.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 46 mins
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With Angelina Jolie Anthony Hopkins Robert Zemeckis Brendan Gleeson Crispin Glover Jack Rapke Robin Wright Steve Starkey Ray Winstone Neil Gaiman Richard Avary

In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother, who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuing epic battle resonates throughout the ages, immortalizing the name of Beowulf.

PG-13 Thriller 1 hr, 53 mins
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With Ed Helms Neil Patrick Harris John Cho Kal Penn Greg Shapiro Rob Corddry David Krumholtz Roger Bart Christopher Meloni Eddie Kaye Thomas Jon Hurwitz Hayden Schlossberg Joe Drake Danneel Harris Eric Winter Paula Garces Jack Conley Nathan Kahane Carsten Lorenz

"Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay" marks the triumphant return of these two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes. The movie stars John Cho as Harold and Kal Penn as Kumar, two stoners who can't seem to get a break. Their last adventure found them traveling across country to find a White Castle hamburger in order to satisfy a weed-induced case of "the munchies."

This time, the boys get themselves in trouble trying to sneak a bong onboard a flight to Amsterdam. Now, being suspected of terrorism, they are forced to run from the law and try to find a way to prove their innocence. What follows is an irreverent and epic journey of deep thoughts, deeper inhaling and a wild trip around the world that is as "un-PC" as it gets.

R Comedy
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With Stuart Gillard

The storyline follows a teenage hacker whose world gets turned upside after he plays an online terrorist-attack simulator game against a government supercomputer designed to profile potential terrorists. All hell breaks loose when Homeland Security is convinced that he's a terrorist intent on disrupting the fabric of society.

Drama
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With Merwin Mondesir Corey Feldman Corey Haim P.J. Pesce Shaun Sipos Autumn Reeser Tad Hilgenbrink Kyle Cassie Moneca Delain Chris Foss Hans Rodionoff

This sequel takes us to the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson (Hilgenbrink) and his younger sister, Nicole (Reeser). Having just lost their parents in a car accident, the siblings move in with their eccentric Aunt Jillian and become new prey for the locals' way of life. When Nicole unwittingly falls for a local vampire, Chris must locate and destroy the gang's lifeline before his sister's transformation is complete; to do this Chris finds himself relying on the expertise of none other than Edgar Frog (Feldman). Subtle references to characters from the original film, and cameos from returning actors offer homage to the Lost Boys legend and set a sinister tone of impending doom

R Thriller
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With Martin Scorsese Mick Jagger Keith Richards Victoria Pearman Charlie Watts Ron Wood Steve Bing Michael Cohl Zane Weiner

This Rolling Stones documentary focuses on the two concerts from the group's current "A Bigger Bang" tour and includes scenes from a recent concert in Austin, Texas. It also includes behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.

PG-13 Documentary
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