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Last modified: Oct. 28, 2012

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With Luc Besson David Thewlis Michelle Yeoh

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris and the epic story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement.

R Drama 2 hrs, 7 mins
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With Carey Mulligan Michael Fassbender Steve McQueen James Badge Dale Abi Morgan Nicole Beharie Emile Sherman Ian Canning

Michael Fassbender will play Brandon, a 30-something man living in New York, who is unable to manage his sex life.

NC-17 Drama
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With Ashley Greene Adam Beach Chris Potter Kellan Lutz William Mapother Gabrielle Anwar Chord Overstreet Michael F. Sears Martin Dugard

In shock and denial over his Marine father's death in combat, high school lacrosse star Conor Sullivan (Kellan Lutz) starts acting out in self destructive ways until he's kicked off the team and sent to a wilderness lacrosse camp run by his dad's combat buddy (Adam Beach). Strengthened by the support and understanding of his new found love (Ashley Greene) and though a deep understanding of the game and its Native American roots, he opens his eyes to the true meaning of sportsmanship, love and life.

PG Drama 1 hr, 26 mins
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With Dane Cook Elizabeth Mitchell Gillian Vigman Zach Gilford Julie Benz Amanda Marshall Matt Leutwyler Miranda Bailey Kali Hawk

Lost souls throughout Los Angeles search for meaning and redemption and affect each other in ways they don’t always see.

R Drama
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With Emily Browning Jessica Brentnall Julia Leigh

A haunting erotic fairy tale about a student who drifts into prostitution and finds her niche as a woman who sleeps, drugged, in a ‘Sleeping Beauty chamber’ while men do to her what she can‘t remember the next morning.

Drama
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With Bruce Willis Kate Mara Malin Akerman Forest Whitaker George Furla Nikki Reed Randall Emmett Jimmy Pressimono Curtis Jackson Deborah Ann Woll Aaron Harvey Megan Ellison Ted Schipper

Tells the story of three friends, Tes, Dawn and Kara who work for an enigmatic, reclusive crime boss, Mel. When Mel sends the girls to intercept a drug deal at a desolate diner, the girls think nothing of it...until a sociopathic killer, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook appear and thrust the situation into chaos. A standoff ensues as the mystery of what brought them together slowly starts to unravel - and it quickly becomes apparent that things are not as they seem.

R Drama
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With Ashley Greene Adam Beach Chris Potter Kellan Lutz William Mapother Gabrielle Anwar Chord Overstreet Michael F. Sears Martin Dugard

In shock and denial over his Marine father's death in combat, high school lacrosse star Conor Sullivan (Kellan Lutz) starts acting out in self destructive ways until he's kicked off the team and sent to a wilderness lacrosse camp run by his dad's combat buddy (Adam Beach). Strengthened by the support and understanding of his new found love (Ashley Greene) and though a deep understanding of the game and its Native American roots, he opens his eyes to the true meaning of sportsmanship, love and life.

PG Drama 1 hr, 26 mins
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With Charlize Theron Patrick Wilson John Malkovich Patton Oswalt Kelli Konop Beth Kono Jason Reitman Brian Bell Helen Estabrook Elizabeth Reaser Nathan Kahane Mason Novick Russell Smith Diablo Cody Mary Lee

A writer of teen literature returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart. When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate who hasn’t quite gotten over high school, either.

R Drama
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With Jeremy Piven Sasha Grey Carla Gugino Rob Lowe Thomas Jane Christian McKay Mark Pellington Neil LaBute Rob Cowan Glenn Porter Norman Reiss

An intense character drama about four men who look within themselves and find emptiness.

R Drama
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With Ezra Miller Steven Soderbergh John C. Reilly Luc Roeg Jennifer Fox Robert Salerno Lynne Ramsay Rory Stewart Kinnear Tilda Swinton Christine Langan Paula Jalfon

The movie, based on Lionel Shriver's novel, tells the story of a smart, educated New York mother who does her best to raise a son she never wanted in the first place. He turns out to be extremely difficult and is at the center of the woman's marital breakdown before going on a killing spree at his high school with a crossbow.

R Drama
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With Natalie Dormer Oscar Isaac James D'Arcy Kris Thykier Madonna Abbie Cornish Alex Keshishian James Fox Andrea Riseborough Richard Coyle Laurence Fox Colin Vaines Scott Franklin David Parfitt

The year is 1998, and Manhattan is abuzz with anticipation about the upcoming auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. But the auction is far more than a diversion for Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish), a transplanted Southerner trapped in an unhappy and abusive marriage. Transfixed by the exquisite artifacts of the Windsors' lives, Wally becomes obsessed with the love story of Wallis Simspon (Andrea Riseborough), the chic, charismatic American who captured the heart of King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy). As she learns more about the sacrifices Wallis made in choosing to be with Edward, Wally finds the courage to follow her own heart and create her own happiness.

R Drama
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With Agnieszka Holland

In Nazi-occupied Poland, a sewer worker and petty thief begin sheltering Jews in underground tunnels for profit.

R Drama
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With Charlize Theron Patrick Wilson John Malkovich Patton Oswalt Kelli Konop Beth Kono Jason Reitman Brian Bell Helen Estabrook Elizabeth Reaser Nathan Kahane Mason Novick Russell Smith Diablo Cody Mary Lee

A writer of teen literature returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart. When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate who hasn’t quite gotten over high school, either.

R Drama
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With Kate Winslet Jodie Foster John C. Reilly Christoph Waltz Matt Dillon Roman Polanski

Two sets of parents meet after their sons are involved in a schoolyard fight. The meeting goes disastrously wrong when each pair attacks the other’s parenting skills before turning on each other about problems in their own marriages.

R Drama
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With Anson Mount Ryan Donowho David Pomes Xander Berkeley

An absentee father returns home to a small town in East Texas and discovers a household of crystal meth addicts.

Drama
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With Stellan Skarsgard Daniel Craig David Fincher Scott Rudin Elodie Yung Christopher Plummer Rooney Mara Joely Richardson Robin Wright Max von Sydow Goran Visnjic Yorick van Wageningen Steven Berkoff Steve Zaillian Ole Sondberg David Dencik

A journalist-investigator and a precocious computer hacker become embroiled in life-threatening mysteries as they attempt to expose institutions that pull the strings behind the scenes.

R Drama
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With Peter Jackson Daniel Craig Edgar Wright Nick Frost Jamie Bell Andy Serkis Toby Jones Simon Pegg Steven Spielberg Mackenzie Crook Kathleen Kennedy Stephane Sperry Joe Cornish John Williams Steven Moffat Ken Kamins Gad Elmaleh Nick Rodwell

A junior reporter follow stories to the ends of the earth, even though he often finds his own life in jeopardy. His able assistants include a white dog named Snowy, the lunatic Captain Haddock, the muddled genius Professor Calculus and the Thompson Twins.

PG Drama
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With Mia Wasikowska Aaron Johnson Michael Gambon Bonnie Curtis Glenn Close Janet McTeer Brenda Fricker Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Rodrigo Garcia Julie Lynn Alan Moloney John Banville

Set in a luxury hotel in Dublin, "Albert Nobbs" is a Gosford Park-style “below stairs” drama featuring Glenn Close as a woman in Nineteenth Century Ireland who disguises herself as a man in order to survive.

R Drama
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With Scarlett Johansson Matt Damon Elle Fanning Julie Yorn Thomas Haden Church Marc Gordon J.B. Smoove John Fox Aline Brosh-McKenna John Michael Higgins Patrick Fugit Colin Ford Angus MacFadyen Cameron Crowe Rick Yorn

A single dad decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory.

PG Drama
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With Angelina Jolie Tim Headington Rade Serbedzija Zana Marjanovic Graham King

A love story about a man and a woman meeting on the brink of the Bosnian war in 1992.

R Drama 2 hrs, 7 mins
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With Benedict Cumberbatch Tom Hiddleston Jeremy Irvine Peter Mullan Steven Spielberg Richard Curtis David Thewlis David Kross Frank Marshall Kathleen Kennedy Niels Arestrup Revel Guest Emily Watson Nicolas Bro Lee Hall

Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets--British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter--before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man's Land. The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse--an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure.

PG-13 Drama
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With Tom Hanks Sandra Bullock John Goodman Viola Davis Jeffrey Wright Scott Rudin James Gandolfini Eric Roth Stephen Daldry Thomas Horn

Eleven-year-old Oskar Schell is an exceptional child: amateur inventor, Francophile, pacifist. And after finding a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11, he embarks on an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New York. As Oskar roams the city, he encounters a variety of individuals, all survivors in their own way. Ultimately, Oskar’s journey ends where it began, but with the solace of that most human experience: community.

PG-13 Drama
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With Edward Burns

Buzzy and Katie are a newly married couple when Buzzy's impulsive half-sister Linda arrives at their doorstep expecting to stay for an indefinite period in their Tribeca loft.

Drama
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With Dee Rees

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Drama
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With Asghar Farhadi

Set in Contemporary Iran, Nader And Simin, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin goes back to her parents’, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader…

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 3 mins
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With Jeremy Piven Lynn Collins Mira Sorvino Kate Walsh Thomas Dekker Gaby Dellal Colin A. Campbell Rachel Clentworth Julian Domingues Chris Ippolito

The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Ethan (Thomas Dekker), one of the town's residents, is a young father but not much more than a kid himself. He has no choice but to look after his three-year-old son Nate, since mom Cindy (Lynn Collins) is an alcoholic. But one snowy day, Ethan's good intentions are thwarted by a moment of thoughtlessness, resulting in tragedy. A local prosecutor (Jeremy Piven) haunted by his past goes after Ethan, and the ensuing confusion and casting of blame begins to tear the town apart.

R Drama 1 hr, 32 mins
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With Meryl Streep Harry Lloyd Richard E. Grant Anthony Head Jim Broadbent Damian Jones Abi Morgan Phyllida Lloyd Michael Hirst

Story will focus on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the 17 days before the Falklands War in 1982.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 45 mins
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