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Portrait of Amy Renner Amy Renner

Last modified: Jan. 2, 2013

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With Anjelica Huston Marcia Gay Harden Matthew Modine Alain Gagnol Dominique Blanc Jean-Loup Felicioli

Dino is a pet cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little mute girl whose mother, Jeanne, is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night he sneaks out the window to work with Nico--a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion--as he evades captors and slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline. The cat's two worlds collide when young Zoe decides to follow Dino on his nocturnal adventur ...

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With Sacha Baron Cohen Ben Stiller Bryan Cranston Martin Short Jessica Chastain Chris Rock David Schwimmer Noah Baumbach Cedric the Entertainer Frances McDormand Andy Richter Jada Pinkett-Smith Mark Swift Paz Vega Eric Darnell Mireille Soria

Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple; King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are along for the adventure. This time the road takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent Madagascar style!

PG Action 1 hr, 33 mins
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With Emma Thompson Billy Connolly Kelly MacDonald Julie Walters Kevin McKidd Robbie Coltrane Craig Ferguson Brenda Chapman Katherine Sarafian Mark Andrews

Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin, surly Lord Macintosh and cantankerous Lord Dingwall. Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Witch for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it's too late.

PG Action 1 hr, 41 mins
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With Elizabeth Banks Jon Favreau Olivia Wilde Alex Kurtzman Michelle Pfeiffer Chris Pine Mark Duplass Bobby Cohen Robert Orci Jody Lambert

Chris Pine stars as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie whom he never knew about (Elizabeth Banks). As their relationship develops, Sam is forced to rethink everything he thought he knew about this family—and re-examine his own life choices in the process.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 55 mins
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