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  Fighting (PG-13, 2009)

  Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Luis Guzman, Brian J. White

  Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur (Channing Tatum) has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the stre...[ read more ]ets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard) sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership. As Shawn’s manager, Harvey introduces him to the corrupt bare-knuckle circuit, where rich men bet on disposable pawns. Almost overnight, he becomes a star brawler, taking down professional boxers, mixed martial arts champs and ultimate fighters in a series of staggeringly intense bouts. But if Shawn ever hopes to escape the dark world in which he’s found himself, he must now face the toughest fight of his life.

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  The Soloist (PG-13, 2009)

  Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Jamie Foxx, Nelsan Ellis

  Journalist Steve Lopez discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers , a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeav...[ read more ]ors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives.

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  Obsessed (PG-13, 2009)

  Ali Larter, Beyonce Knowles, Bruce McGill, Candice Cunningham

  A successful professional man with a beautiful wife finds his idyllic life threatened by a temp in his office who reveals herself as a stalker.

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  Earth (Disneynature's Earth) (Planet Earth) (G, 2009)

  James Earl Jones, Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, Sophokles Tasioulis

  The first film in the Disneynature series, earth, narrated by JAMES EARL JONES, tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their a...[ read more ]mazing journeys across the planet we all call home. earth combines rare action, unimaginable scale and impossible locations by capturing the most intimate moments of our planet’s wildest and most elusive creatures. Directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield, the acclaimed creative team behind the Emmy Award-winning “Planet Earth,” combine forces again to bring this epic adventure to the big screen, beginning Earth Day, April 22.

  Disneynature, the first new Disney-branded film label to be introduced in 60 years, will celebrate its premiere film, EARTH, by planting a tree in honor of every moviegoer who sees the film in its opening week.

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  Mutant Chronicles (R, 2009)

  Aaron Yoo, Anna Walton, Benno Furmann, Devon Aoki

  In the year 2707, war rages between earth's four giant corporations as they battle over the planet's dwindling resources. In an era marked by warfare ...[ read more ]and social regression, the earth is on the verge of ruin, destruction is everywhere; battles explode on every ravaged continent.

  Amidst heavy combat, an errant shell shatters an ancient buried seal releasing a horrific mutant army from its eternal prison deep within the earth. As the mutant scourge threatens human extinction, a single squad of soldiers descends into the earth to fulfill the ages-old prophesy of the MUTANT CHRONICLES and save mankind.

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  The Informers (R, 2009)

  Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Renfro, Cameron Goodman

  Sex, drugs, and new wave...Los Angeles in the early 1980s: a time of excess and decadence, and nobody captures it better than Bret Easton Ellis as he ...[ read more ]coadapts his own acclaimed novel for the screen. Its multistrand narrative deftly balances a vast array of characters, who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman and an amoral ex-con). Connecting his intertwining strands are the quintessential Ellis protagonists-a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs-and one another-with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of an abyss. Gregor Jordan returns to Sundance (Two Hands and Buffalo Soldiers played at previous Festivals) with a glamorous and gritty exposé of a culture where too much was never enough. He presents both the seductive and repellent sides of a time when safe sex meant being on the pill. Featuring a truly all-star cast who are at the top of their game, The Informers is a scathing descent into the morally bankrupt core beneath L.A.'s superficial beauty. It is both titillating and horrifying as it captures an era on the verge of an implosion whose effects we are still feeling today.

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  Tyson (R, 2009)

  Mike Tyson, James Toback, Mike Tyson, Nick Jarecki

  Traces the rise and fall of former Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson.

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  Treeless Mountain (Unrated, 2009)

  Hee-yeon Kim, Mi-hyang Kim, Song-hee Kim, Soo-ah Lee

  A portrait of a young girl coming to terms with loss and abandonment, Six-year-old Jin and her younger sister Bin live on the edge of disaster, but th...[ read more ]ey are not aware of it. In the small apartment where they reside with their single mother, the menacing sounds of the outer world disturb their precarious cocoon. One day, their mother packs all their belongings. For Jin, the days of going to school are over. Mommy is gone, leaving her and Bin in a hostile home with their alcoholic Big Aunt and a piggy bank to slowly fill with coins. Once the bank is full, their mother will be back.

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  Five Dollars a Day, ($5 a Day) (PG, 2009)

  Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, Beth Bailey, Christopher Dempsey

  The conservative son of a thrifty conman begrudgingly joins his father on the road -- after being released from jail for one of his dad's earlier crim...[ read more ]es.

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  Red Velvet (Unrated, 2009)

  Henry Thomas, Kelli Garner, Lateef Crowder, Kevin Wheatley

  A man and a young woman have a chance encounter at a laundry mat which leads to a story about a birthday party where everyone has been killed by a mad...[ read more ]man in a white jumpsuit.

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Top Box Office

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  Hannah Montana: The Movie (G, 2009)

  Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso

  Walt Disney Pictures takes the Disney Channel phenom to the big screen in a feature film extravaganza. Miley Stewart (MILEY CYRUS) struggles to juggl...[ read more ]e school, friends and her secret pop-star persona; when Hannah Montana’s soaring popularity threatens to take over her life – she just might let it. So her father (BILLY RAY CYRUS) takes the teen home to Crowley Corners, Tenn., for a dose of reality, kicking off an adventure filled with the kind of fun, laughter and romance even Hannah Montana couldn’t imagine.

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  Fast and Furious (PG-13, 2009)

  Gal Gadot, Jordana Brewster, Laz Alonso, Michelle Rodriguez

  As he is released from prison, Brian O'Conner teams up with Dominic Toretto work with the feds to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his ope...[ read more ]ration.

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  Monsters vs. Aliens (PG, 2009)

  Hugh Laurie, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Rudd, Rainn Wilson

  When a meteorite from outer space hits a young girl and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a...[ read more ] ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years.

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  Observe and Report (R, 2009)

  Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Pena, Ray Liotta

  Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But...[ read more ] when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective, is recruited to close the case.

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  Knowing (PG-13, 2009)

  Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Adrienne Pickering

  A teacher (Cage) opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have alrea...[ read more ]dy occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

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  I Love You, Man (R, 2009)

  Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Rashida Jones, Jon Favreau

  A successful real estate agent, who upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male ...[ read more ]friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates," before meeting Sydney Fife, a charming, opinionated man with whom he instantly bonds. But, the closer the two men get, the more Peter's relationship with Zooey suffers, ultimately forcing him to choose between his fiancee and his new found "bro," in a story that comically explores what it truly means to be a friend.

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  The Haunting in Connecticut (PG-13, 2009)

  Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas

  After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, which turns out to be a ...[ read more ]former mortuary.

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  Dragonball Evolution (PG, 2009)

  Emmy Rossum, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Justin Chatwin

  A young boy named Goku seeks out upon his grandfather's dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls (of which he ha...[ read more ]s one) in order to prevent Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world.

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  Adventureland (R, 2009)

  Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig

  A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad (Eisenberg) who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to ...[ read more ]find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.

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  Duplicity (PG-13, 2009)

  Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti

  A pair of corporate spies who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job.

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More Movies In Theaters

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  Crank 2: High Voltage (R, 2009)

  Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Jr., Bai Ling

  Chev Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regula...[ read more ]r jolts of electricity to keep working.

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  Seventeen Again (17 Again) (PG-13, 2009)

  Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon

  A guy whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is sevent...[ read more ]een again and gets the chance to rewrite his life.

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  Sleep Dealer (PG-13, 2009)

  Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Luis Fernando Pena, Giovanna Zacarías

  Mexico. The near future. Memo Cruz has always dreamed of leaving his tiny village and heading north. But, when he is ultimately forced to leave, Memo ...[ read more ]finds a future so bizarre--border walls, shantytowns, hi-tech factories, remote control drones and aqua-terrorists--that it looks a lot like today.

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  Gigantic (R, 2009)

  Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, Edward Asner, Aryn Cole

  An offbeat comedy revolving around Brian, a mattress store worker who wants to adopt a Chinese baby. Brian meets Happy, a hot, potty-mouthed girl who ...[ read more ]he falls head over heels for. Together, they negotiate their increasing intimacy, and the appearances of their many eccentric relatives, as Brian awaits the call from the adoption agency.

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  State of Play (PG-13, 2009)

  Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren

  A congressman's mistress is killed, and a team of investigative reporters secretly works with a police detective to solve the murder. Crowe plays a re...[ read more ]porter who was once close to the congressman, but now heads an investigation that leads to the highest levels of government and industry.

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  Lymelife (R, 2009)

  Rory Culkin, Alec Baldwin, Kieran Culkin, Jill Hennessy

  "Lymelife", a story about the dark side of suburban paradise and the loss of innocence centers on two deeply troubled, dysfunctional families during t...[ read more ]he late 1970s. The film revolves around an awkward, sensitive 15-year old boy, Scott Bartlett, whose family life is turned upside-down after an outbreak of Lyme disease hits the community spreading illness and paranoia. Scott's parents -- a workaholic father, Mickey and an overprotective mother, Brenda -- are on the verge of a divorce as his older brother Jim is about to ship off for war. Scott also has a longtime crush on his next door neighbor, Adrianna Bragg, who seems to be the only person in the world to understand him. Adrianna has an equally troubled, less affluent family including an uptight mother, Melissa, carrying on a not-so-clandestine love affair, and a father, Charlie, slowly slipping away from the effects of Lyme disease. Both profoundly funny and deeply moving, "Lymelife" looks at first love and families in transition during a time of drastic economic and cultural change.

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  American Violet (PG-13, 2009)

  Alfre Woodard, Jackson Beals, Malcolm Barrett, Michael Beasley

  Inspired by a true story, AMERICAN VIOLET follows the struggle of a young, single African-American mother to clear her name after being wrongly accuse...[ read more ]d and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas. An honest woman with a clean record and no hard evidence to justify the accusation, she is forced to make the most difficult decision of her life: to risk everything she has in order to fight unfair prosecution and the criminal justice system.

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  Is Anybody There? (PG-13, 2009)

  Michael Caine, Bill Milner, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey

  Set in 1980s seaside England, this is the story of Edward, an unusual ten year old boy growing up in an old people's home run by his parents. Whilst h...[ read more ]is mother struggles to keep the family business afloat, and his father copes with the onset of mid-life crisis, Edward is busy tape-recording the elderly residents to try and discover what happens when they die. Increasingly obsessed with ghosts and the afterlife, Edward's is a rather lonely existence until he meets Clarence, the latest recruit to the home, a retired magician with a liberating streak of anarchy. Is There Anybody There? tells the surprising, touching story of this odd couple - a boy and an old man - facing life together, with Edward learning to live in the moment and Clarence coming to terms with the past.

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  Sugar (R, 2009)

  Algenis Perez Soto, Andre Holland, Ann Whitney, Ellary Porterfield

  Miguel Santos, a.k.a Azucar, a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macoris, struggles to make it to the big leagues and pull himself and his family ou...[ read more ]t of poverty. Playing professionally at the Kansas City Knights baseball academy, Miguel finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances to the United States' minor league system. Miguel travels from his tight knit community in the Dominican Republic to a small town in Iowa, corn country, where he and a couple other Latin American teammates are the only Spanish-speaking people in the vicinity. As Miguel struggles with the new language and culture, despite the welcoming efforts of his host family, he is faced with an isolation he never before experienced. When his play on the mound falters, he begins examining more closely the world around him and his place within it, and ultimately questions the single-mindedness of his life's ambition.

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  Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Unrated, 2009)

  Glenn Gyorffy, Kevin Goocher, Robb Reiner, Steve Kudlow

  At fourteen years old, best friends Lips and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band Anvil, hailed as the “demi-gods of Canadian ...[ read more ]metal,” influenced a musical generation including Met­allica, Slayer and Anthrax. Though Anvil never made it, they never stopped playing or believing. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now well into their fifties, set off to record their thirteenth album, “This is Thirteen,” in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dream.

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