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Blind Side


Critics' Consensus: Perhaps too pat, but with a strong performance from Bullock.

Synopsis: Drama. "The Blind Side" depicts the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher'… [More...]

Rated: PG-13
Runtime: N/A
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Wide)
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, [More..]

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Planet 51


Critics' Consensus: Planet 51 squanders an interesting premise with an overly familiar storyline, stock characters, and humor that alternates between curious and potentially offensive.

Synopsis: The tables are turned in this animated sci-fi adventure featuring the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, and John Cleese. In PLANET 51, an astronaut arrives on a distant planet, but he's not… [More...]

Rated: PG
Runtime: N/A
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Wide)
Directed by: Jorge Blanco
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, [More..]

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29%
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Twilight Saga: New Moon


Critics' Consensus: Outsiders are likely to be turned off by its slow pace.

Synopsis: In the second installment of Stephenie Meyer’s TWILIGHT series, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as BELLA SWAN (Kristen Stewart) delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part o… [More...]

Rated: PG-13
Runtime: N/A
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Wide)
Directed by: Chris Weitz
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, [More..]

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans


Critics' Consensus: benefits from a delightfully unhinged Nicolas Cage in the title role.

Synopsis: In Werner Herzog’s new film “The Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans,” Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as oft… [More...]

Rated: R
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, [More..]

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Broken Embraces


Critics' Consensus: Almodovar brings his signature visual brilliance to this noirish tale.

Synopsis: A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car rash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost , thef his life. Lena love o This man uses two na… [More...]

Rated: R
Runtime: N/A
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Lluis Homar, [More..]

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Defamation


Critics' Consensus: N/A

Synopsis: What is anti-Semitism today, two generations after the Holocaust? In his continuing exploration of modern Israeli life, director Yoav Shamir (Checkpoint, 5 Days, Flipping Out) travels the world in search of the most modern manifestations of t… [More...]

Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: N/A
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: Yoav Shamir
Starring: N/A

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53%
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Mammoth


Critics' Consensus: N/A

Synopsis: Mammoth revolves around successful New York couple Leo (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Ellen (Michelle Williams). Leo is the creator of a booming website, and has stumbled into a world of money and big decisions. Ellen is a dedicated emergency surge… [More...]

Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: N/A
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: Lukas Moodysson
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, [More..]

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Missing Person


Critics' Consensus: N/A

Synopsis: Premiering at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, THE MISSING PERSON is a present-day film noir where there isn’t necessarily a bad guy or good guy but more of an internal fight of good and evil. What happens when your world has been blown up… [More...]

Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: N/A
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: Noah Buschel
Starring: Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, [More..]

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N/A

Mr. Sadman


Critics' Consensus: N/A

Synopsis: 1990, Baghdad: Mounir, an impressionable and sheltered Saddam Hussein body-double, is blissfully unaware of the impending events that vow to unravel his life. When an angry dissenter attacks him and leaves behind an unsightly facial scar, Mou… [More...]

Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: N/A
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: Patrick Epino
Starring: Al No'mani, Scoot McNairy, [More..]

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N/A

My Dear Enemy


Critics' Consensus: N/A

Synopsis: Heui-Su shows up unexpectedly at the betting haunt of her former boyfriend and demands that he pay up the 3.5 million won (about $2,600) that he owes her from more than a year ago. This beautifully crafted film teases out the intricacies of m… [More...]

Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: N/A
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: Yoon-jin Kim
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Ha Jung-Woo, [More..]

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Red Cliff


Critics' Consensus: A lavish and impressive return to form for John Woo.

Synopsis: After directing stylish action films such as THE KILLERS and FACE-OFF, director John Woo turns to Chinese history for inspiration with RED CLIFF. The Han Dynasty is facing its death in third century China, and the emperor raises a million-man… [More...]

Rated: R
Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins
Release Date: Nov 18, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: John Woo
Starring: Tony Leung, Zhang Fengyi, [More..]

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14%
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Staten Island


Critics' Consensus: N/A

Synopsis: Ethan Hawke reteams with his ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 screenwriter James DeMonaco for the latter's directing debut with this independent drama focusing on three New Yorkers (Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Seymour Cassel) whose lives intersect in… [More...]

Rated: R
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Release Date: Nov 20, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: James DeMonaco
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, [More..]

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90%
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Sun


Critics' Consensus: N/A

Synopsis: August 15, 1945: a shocked Japan hears the voice of divine leader Emperor Hirohito for the first time, as he implores his people to cease all military activity, initiating a formal end to WWII and the beginning of a new period of American Occ… [More...]

Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Release Date: Nov 18, 2009 (Limited)
Directed by: Aleksandr Sokurov
Starring: Issey Ogata, Kaori Momoi, [More..]

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