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A Christmas Carol - 1.3.3

Animated Disney remake of the Dickens classic: Ebenezer Scrooge (with the voice of Jim Carrey) is shown various stages of his life by ghosts that bring the miser's life and indifference to those who are less fortunate into perspective. Filmed in 3-D, it contains many scenes that show objects, people, etc. coming out of the screen and seemingly toward the audience; also many scenes create the feeling of a roller coaster ride as the audience seems to fly over landscapes and between buildings. Also with the voices of Gary Oldman, Steve Valentine, Daryl Sabara, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins, Sage Ryan and Ryan Ochoa. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. [1:36 - PG]

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The Fourth Kind - 2.6.4

Based on 40 years of alleged UFO sightings, radar anomolies and unexplained human disappearances in northern Alaska, this film follows a psychotherapist (Milla Jojovich) as she investigates sleep disturbances and UFO sightings with the help of her mentor (Elias Koteas) and a local sheriff (Will Patton). The film mixes allegedly real footage of alien abductees with re-enactments by actors. Also with Corey Johnson, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Enzo Cilenti, Daphne Alexander, Alisha Seaton, Tyne Rafaeli and Mia McKenna Bruce. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. [1:38 - PG-13]

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A Serious Man - 7.4.7

Michael Stuhlbarg stars as a 1960s Minnesota physics professor, whose wife (Sari Lennick) leaves him for one of his arrogant friends (Fred Malemed). The split is blamed on his gambling brother (Richard Kind), who lives on their couch, while his teen children (Aaron Wolff and Jessica McManus) goof off at school and seek plastic surgery and drugs as hobbies. Also with Adam Arkin, Fyvush Finkel, Amy Landecker, Peter Breitmayer, Alan Mandell, Stephen Park, Allen L. Rickman, Yelena Shmulenson, Ronald Schultz, Raye Birk, Jane Hammill, Claudia Wilkens, Simon Helberg, James Cada, Michael Lernerand and George Wyner. Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen. [1:45 - R]

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An Education - 6.1.4

Set in London in 1961, this coming-of-age story involves a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl (Carey Mulligan) who is seduced by a charming thirtyish playboy (Peter Sarsgaard) and learns more than she bargains for about love, life and herself. Based on the memoir of Lynn Barber. Also with Emma Thompson, Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams, Dominic Cooper and Rosamund Pike. Directed by Lone Scherfig. [1:40 - PG-13]

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Motherhood - 5.2.5

A day in the life of a harried Manhattan mother (Uma Thurman) who desperately tries to raise her two young children, as well as keep alive her dreams of doing something more with her life. Also with Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver. Directed by Katherine Dieckmann. [1:30 - PG-13]

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Good Hair - 5.3.5

Documentary with Chris Rock looking at all aspects of the African-American hair care industry: He speaks with celebrities and interviews customers, stylists, and owners of barbershops and beauty shops, hair labs and hair weave manufacturing plants in India. Also with Nia Long, Al Sharpton, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Raven Simone, Ice-T, Maya Angelou, Paul Mooney and Salt-N-Pepa. Directed by Jeff Stilson. [1:35 - PG-13]

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The Men Who Stare at Goats - N/A

The studio did not provide us with an advance screening for this film and therefore we were not able to review it. We will have a review as soon as possible.

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The Box - N/A

The studio did not provide us with an advance screening for this film and therefore we were not able to review it. We will have a review as soon as possible.

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Michael Jackson: This Is It - 3.3.1

Documentary of rehearsals prior to the late Michael Jackson's long awaited return to the stage. Also with Daniel Celebre, Shannon Holtzapffel and Charles Klapow. Directed by Kenny Ortega. [1:51 - PG]

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Saw VI - 1.10.8

The sixth installment in the "Saw" torture film series, finds Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) as the unchallenged successor to the Jigsaw Killer's legacy. More bloody mayhem ensues. Also with Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Peter Outerbridge. Directed by Kevin Greutert. [1:30 - R]

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Amelia - 4.3.3

Biopic with Hilary Swank staring as the renowned mid-20th century aviator, Amelia Earhart, who made the first solo flight across the Atlantic and endeavored to circumnavigate the globe but was lost at sea. Also with Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones, Mia Wasikowska and Aaron Abrams. Directed by Mira Nair. [1:51 - PG]

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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - 4.7.4

Film adaptation of the young adult fiction series "The Saga of Darren Shan": a young man (Chris Massoglia) finds himself in a difficult situation since he has to become a half-vampire to save the life of his best friend (Josh Hutcherson). After being taken under the wing of a vampire (John C. Reilly), he begins to discover the pros and cons of vampire immortality. Also with Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayak, Jane Krakowski and Ken Watanabe. Directed by Paul Weitz. [1:48 - PG-13]

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Astro Boy - 1.4.1

A brilliant scientist, who has developed a robot technology that he envisions being used to help humanity, is convinced to share his creation with a power-hungry politician who wants to use robots as a weapon. When the scientist's young son is killed during the testing, he is determined to build a new robotic boy in his likeness. But he realizes that seeing the boy robot only makes his grief deeper, and the boy robot ends up abandoned in a junkyard where he befriends humans left behind when almost everyone abandoned the planet surface for a spiffy new home hovering in the sky. With the voices of Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas and Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by David Bowers. [1:34 - PG]

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