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Movies Released September 19, 2008

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Nov. 30, 2009

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Taking place in the 1960s American South, Dakota Fanning plays Lewellen. a troubled 12-year old girl who finds solace from an abusive life through blues music. Blues music is delicately woven throughout this touching film to create a colorful tapestry of a melancholy life that finds release and healing through the music of Elvis Presley, whose character appears in the movie, albeit briefly, and the singing of the Blues.

Dakota Fanning, Jen Gatien, Raye Dowell, Rebecca Cleary, Deborah Kampmeier, Isabelle Fuhrman, Cody Hanford, Terry Leonard

R Drama

38%

  • 4.5
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A playfully irreverent comedy with a new twist to the classic monster genre, "Igor" is the story of a mad scientist's hunchbacked lab assistant who has big dreams of becoming a scientist in his own right and winning the coveted first place award at the annual Evil Science Fair.

Jay Leno, John Cusack, Eddie Izzard, Chris McKenna, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, Molly Shannon

PG Comedy Animation 1 hr, 26 mins

73%

  • 2.8
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When guys get dumped, they hire Tank to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives--an experience so horrible it sends them running gratefully back to their beaus. So when Tank's best friend, Dustin, is dumped by his new girlfriend, Tank naturally offers to help out--and ends up meeting the challenge of a lifetime. Smart, beautiful and headstrong, Alexis is the first girl who knows how to call his bluff, and Tank soon finds himself torn between his loyalty to Dustin and his love for his best friend's girl.

Dane Cook, Guymon Casady, Barry Katz, Lizzy Caplan, Howard Deutch, Greg Lessans, Adam Herz, Josh Shader

R Comedy

73%

  • 2.9
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In the comedy "Ghost Town," Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Téa Leoni).

David Koepp, John Kamps, Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Kristen Wiig, Téa Leoni, Billy Campbell

PG-13 Comedy Romance

75%

  • 4
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A vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time is trapped in an unhappy triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal.

Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Francois Ivernel, Saul Dibb, Carolyn Marks-Blackwood, Jeffrey Hatcher, Keira Knightley, Dominic Cooper

PG-13 Drama Adaptation

50%

  • 4.5
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In "Lakeview Terrace", a young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD officer (Samuel L. Jackson) has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly harassing to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives ultimately turn tragic when the couple decides to fight back.

Kerry Washington, Patrick Wilson, Will Smith, Regine Nehy, Jaishon Fisher, John Cameron, Neil LaBute, James Lassiter

PG-13 Thriller Suspense

42%

  • 4
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