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| Click here or on the above image for information on how you can attend an exclusive, free advance screening of United States of Tara on Tuesday, January 13, 2009! Drinks and snacks will be served; 21 and older please. |
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| "I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. We follow his story set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any mans life can be. Directed by David Fincher (Zodiac, Fight Club, Seven), the dramatic fantasy is a time travelers tale of the people and places he bumps into along the way, the loves he loses and finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett star. Official Web Site |
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| Writer/director John Patrick Shanley brings his Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play to the screen as a gripping story about the quest for truth, the forces of change and the devastating consequences of blind justice in an age defined by moral conviction. It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Muller. But when Sister James (Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence. Co-starring Viola Davis. Official Web Site |
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In a country in the grips of evil, in a police state where every move is
being watched, in a world where justice and honor have been subverted, a group
of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action. Tom
Cruise stars in a suspense film based on the true story of Colonel Claus von
Stauffenberg (Cruise) and the daring and ingenious plot to eliminate one of
the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. Director Bryan Singer (The
Usual Suspects, X-Men) re-teams with Academy Award-winning Usual Suspects
screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie to bring to life the story of the men who
led the operation to assassinate Hitler. The film also stars Kenneth Branagh,
Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Eddie Izzard,
Christian Berkel and Terence Stamp. Official Web Site |
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| In post-WWII Germany, teenager Michael Berg (David Kross) becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna (Kate Winslet), a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank herdrawing the two into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. She is enthralled as he reads to her from The Odyssey, Huck Finn and The Lady with the Little Dog. Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while he is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, Michael is stunned to find Hanna back in his lifethis time as a defendant in the courtroom. A haunting story about truth and reconciliation, and how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. Also starring Ralph Fiennes. Directed by Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot). Official Web Site |
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| Will Smith reunites with the director (Gabriele Muccino) and producers of The Pursuit of Happyness for the emotional drama Seven Pounds. In the film, Smith plays Ben Thomas, an IRS agent with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers. Co-starring Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy and Barry Pepper. Official Web Site |
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Jim Carrey stars as Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere—the
operative word being "NO"—until he signs up for a self-help
program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything...and anything.
Unleashing the power of "YES" begins to transform Carl's life in
amazing and unexpected ways, getting him promoted at work and opening the
door to a new romance. But his willingness to embrace every opportunity soon
becomes too much of a good thing. Co-starring Zooey Deschanel and Terence
Stamp. Official Web Site |
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| When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate (Reese Witherspoon) and Brad (Vince Vaughn) find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligationand unable to escapethey trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities, increasingly mortified to find childhood fears raised, adolescent wounds reopened and their very future together uncertain. As Brad counts the hours to when he can get away from their parents, step-parents, siblings and an assortment of nieces and nephews, Kate is starting to hear the ticking of a different kind of clock. And by the end of the day, she is beginning to wonder if their crazy families choices are not so crazy after all. A romantic comedy directed by Seth Gordon (The King of Kong). Official Web Site |
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| Clint Eastwood stars in the drama Gran Torino, marking his first film role since his Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby. Eastwood also directs the film, in which he plays Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed veteran living in a changing world. Kowalski is forced to confront his own long-held prejudices after taking a particular shine to the shy teenage son of his immigrant neighbors. Official Web Site |

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| When Claude Gerstle, a surgeon and athlete, suffers a tragic bicycle accident that leaves him paralyzed from the neck down, he and his daughter, director Jessica Gerstle, discover hope in the politicized area of science called stem cells. The Accidental Advocate is a wheelchair odyssey of a father and daughter who track down thinkers, the politicians, the crusaders and the naysayers in an effort to understand the promise of the science and why a political quagmire is stalling a cure. Official Web Site |
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| Based on an extraordinary true story, Defiance is an epic tale of family, honor, vengeance and salvation in World War II. The year is 1941 and the Jews of Eastern Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death, three brothers take refuge in the dense surrounding woods they have known since childhood. There they begin their desperate battle against the Nazis. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell star as brothers who turn a primitive struggle to survive into something far more consequentiala way to avenge the deaths of their loved ones by saving thousands of others. As a brutal winter descends, they work to create a community, and to keep faith alive when all humanity appeared to be lost. Directed and co-written by Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, Glory). Official Web Site |
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| Back in the late '80s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey. Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any real relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the show and the adoration of his fans. However, a heart attack forces him into retirement. As his sense of identity starts to slip away, he begins to evaluate the state of his life, trying to reconnect with his daughter, and striking up a blossoming romance with an aging stripper (Marisa Tomei). Yet all this cannot compare to the allure of the ring and passion for his art, which threatens to pull Randy back into his world of wrestling. Director Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream) presents a powerful portrait of a battered dreamer, who despite himself and the odds stacked against him, lives to be a hero once again in the only place he considers homeinside the ring. Official Web Site |