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 Funny
People
Over the past few years, writer/director Judd Apatow (The
40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) has shown that nothingnot
even losing your virginity or the miracle of childbirthis
sacred. About his third film behind the camera, he says,
Im trying to make a very serious movie that is twice as
funny as my other movies. Wish me luck! Apatow directs
Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann in Funny People,
the story of a famous comedian who has a near-death experience.
Adam Sandler, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, RZA and newcomer
Aubrey Plaza join a cast that reunites Judd Apatow with
Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Jonah Hill in their third
comedy together. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
In the sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, and
in both wizard and muggle worlds Lord Volemort and his
henchmen are increasingly active. With vacancies to fill
at Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledor persuades Horace Slughorn,
back from retirement to become the potions teacher, while
Professor Snape receives long awaited news. Harry Potter,
together with Dumbledore, must face treacherous tasks
to defeat his evil nemesis. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 G-Force
The story is about a team of trained secret agent guinea
pigs that takes on a mission for the US government. A
specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to
stop a diabolical billionaire, who plans to taking over
the world with household appliances. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 The
Ugly Truth
A romantically challenged morning show producer (Heigl)
is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests
by her chauvinistic correspondent
(Butler) to prove his theories on relationships and help
her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected
result. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Aliens
in the Attic
ALIENS IN THE ATTIC, co-scripted by one of the writers
of "Madagascar" and the Academy Award®-winning
"Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,"
is an adventure/comedy about kids on a family vacation
who must fight off an attack by knee-high alien invaders
with world-destroying ambitions. At the same time, the
youngsters work hard to keep their parents in the dark
about the battle upstairs. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Orphan
The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated
Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage
and Kate's fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares
and haunted by demons from her past. Struggling to regain
some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple
decides to adopt a child. At the local orphanage, both
John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young
girl named Esther. Almost as soon as they welcome Esther
into their home, however, an alarming series of events
begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there's
something wrong with Esther--this seemingly angelic
little girl is not what she appears to be. Concerned
for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John
and others to see past Esther's sweet facade. But her
warnings go unheeded until it may be too late-for everyone.
Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Ice
Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
After the events of "Ice Age: The Meltdown",
life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat
is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn,
while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed
squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since
become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny
anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when
his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated
like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming
too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his
own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to
Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his
herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing
danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed
weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently. Read
more at www.imdb.com
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 The
Hangover
Doug (Justin Bartha) is about to be married, so his
friends -- Stu (Ed Helms), a dentist planning on proposing
to his girlfriend of three years, Phil (Bradley Cooper),
a schoolteacher bored of the married life, and Doug's
soon to be brother-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis),
who is smart yet socially-inept -- take him to Las Vegas
for a bachelor party. Stu's girlfriend is very controlling,
thereby forcing Stu to lie to her about their destination.
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The Proposal
When high-powered book editor Margaret faces deportation
to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares
that she's actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon
assistant Andrew, who she's tormented for years. He
agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few
conditions of his own. The unlikely couple heads to
Alaska to meet his quirky family and the always-in-control
city girl finds herself in one comedic fish-out-of-water
situation after another. With an impromptu wedding in
the works and an immigration official on their tails,
Margaret and Andrew reluctantly vow to stick to the
plan despite the precarious consequences. Read more
at www.imdb.com
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 Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen
The battle for Earth has ended but the battle for the
universe has just begun. After returning to Cybertron,
Starscream assumes command of the Decepticons, and has
decided to return to Earth with force. The Autobots
believing that peace was possible finds out that Megatron's
dead body has been stolen from the US Military by Skorpinox
and revives him using his own spark. Now Megatron is
back seeking revenge and with Starscream and more Decepticon
reinforcements on the way, the Autobots with reinforcements
of their own, may have more to deal with then meets
the eye.
Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Public
Enemies
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious
bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and
could imagine little else that would make him happier.
Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the
city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities.
It's there that he meets Billie Frechette with whom
he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin
Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger
down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director
J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image
that so dominated the organization through his lifetime.
Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger,
he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate
men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed
by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where
to find him on a given night. Read more at www.imdb.com
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Brüno
Borat trickster Sacha Baron Cohen returns to the big
screen to offer yet another stinging dose of sociopolitical
satire in this comedy that finds him assuming the persona
of gay fashionmonger Bruno, the self-proclaimed "voice
of Austrian youth TV." Originally conceived as
part of Cohen's cult television series Da Ali G Show,
the character of Bruno offered a cleverly costumed Cohen
the opportunity to highlight the absurdities of the
fashion industry by interviewing unsuspecting fashion
icons and other haute couture hangers-on. Read more
at www.imdb.com
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 Julie
& Julia
Frustrated secretary Julie Powell (Adams) tries to shake
up her life by chronicling her attempt to cook all 524
recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French
Cooking in a year's time. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Shorts
Toe Thompson's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting
rock causes a stir in the suburban town of Black Falls,
and grand-scale chaos occurs when the object falls into
the hands of local adults. Can Toe and his two newfound
friends save the residents of Black Falls from themselves?
Read more at www.imdb.com
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 A
Perfect Getaway
Two pairs of lovers (Zahn & Jovovich, Olyphant &
Sanchez) on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths
are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.
Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Cold
Souls
Paul (Giamatti) is an actor who feels bogged down by
his participation in a production of Chekov's play,
Vanya. His condition which leads him to an organization
that will store his soul while he treads the boards,
though complications (and international travel) arise
when his soul goes missing. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 G.I.
Joe: The Rise of Cobra
An elite military unit comprised of operatives known
as the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity look
to dismantle Cobra, an organization headed by a Scottish
arms dealer. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 District
9
A sci-fi/action story set in a fictional world, where
extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa.
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 Ponyo
An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and
his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs
to become human. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Bandslam
An outcast (Connell) bonds with the popular girl on
campus (Michalka) over their shared love of music, and
together they decide to form a rock group and enter
their school's upcoming battle of the bands competition.
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 The
Time Traveler's Wife
A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian (Bana) with
a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel,
and the complications it creates for his marriage. Read
more at www.imdb.com
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 Paper
Heart
Artist Charlyne Yi blends fiction, fantasy, and documentary
in her exploration of what loves means to different
people; all the while, she is courted by her real-life
boyfriend, Michael Cera. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 The
Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Used-car liquidator Don Ready (Piven) is hired by a
flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July
sale into a majorly profitable event. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 It
Might Get Loud
A documentary on the electric guitar from the point
of view of three significant rock musicians: The Edge,
Jimmy Page and Jack White. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Spread
In Los Angeles, Nikki (Kutcher) is a sexual grafter
who uses his assets to enjoy the city's richest women
and their lifestyle. Soon he finds himself torn between
two very different women: Samantha (Heche), a lawyer
who gives Nikki more than he's ever had before, and
Heather (Levieva), a waitress and equally savvy grafter
in her own right. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Grace
After losing her unborn child, Madeline Matheson (Ladd)
insists on carrying the baby to term. Following the
delivery, the child miraculously returns to life, with
an appetite for human blood. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Inglourious
Basterds
An American-led killing squad known as "The Basterds"
terrorize the Nazis in German-occupied France during
World War II. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Post
Gard
When recent college graduate Ryden Malby (Bledel) discovers
she can't land a good job because of the working world's
harsh climate, she moves back in with her oddball family
in order to reconsider her options. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 My
One and Only
A 1950s-set comedy in which the glamorous Anne Deveraux
(Zellweger) leaves her adulterous husband and embarks
on a drive down the Eastern Seaboard on a quixotic search
for a wealthy man to fund a new life for her and her sons.
Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Halloween
II
Laurie Strode (Taylor-Compton) struggles to come to terms
with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield,
Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion
with his sister. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 Taking
Woodstock
When Woodstock organizers have the plug pulled on their
event, Elliot Tiber (Martin), a young man who is spending
the summer working on his parents' farm, helps the event
land a permit, and puts the organizers in touch with Max
Yasgur (Levy), a dairy farmer whose plot of land could
serve as a perfect spot for the concert. Read more at
www.imdb.com
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 The
Final Destination
After Hunt's (Zano) premonition of a deadly race-car crash
helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to
collect those who evaded their fate. Read more at www.imdb.com
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 St.
Trinian’s
The students at St. Trinian's, a rundown private school
whose headmistress celebrates freedom and anarchy, plan
a heist in order to save their financially troubled institution
from bankruptcy. Read more at www.imdb.com
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