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All About Steve Eccentric crossword puzzle constructor Mary Horowitz, after one short but sweet blind date, falls for handsome cable news cameraman Steve. Convinced they are soulmates, Mary follows Steve across the country, encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter Hartman Hughes. Starring: Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper, Katy Mixon, Sara Sanderson. Rated PG-13 for sexual content including innuendos.

District 9 Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. The aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when Wikus van der Merwe contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. He quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable -- he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Starring: Robert Hobbs, Jason Cope, Sharlto Copley. Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language.

Extract A flower extract plant owner deals with workplace issues and a stream of bad luck, including his wife's affair with a gigolo. Starring: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, J. K. Simmons, David Koechner. Rated R for language, sexual references and some drug use.

The Final Destination On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition of a bizarre sequence of events, brutally killing himself and his friends. Nick persuades his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave... escaping seconds before Nick's frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they've cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but it is only the beginning. Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination. In 3-D. Starring: Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo, Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella. Rated R for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language and a scene of sexuality.

Food Inc. The veil on our nation's food industry is lifted, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Rated PG for some thematic material and disturbing images.

Gamer Set in the near future, a time when mind-control technology has taken society by storm. Humans control other humans in a mass-scale, multiplayer online game. At the center is Kable, the superstar and cult hero of "Slayers," the savage, ultra-violent first person shooter game. Kable is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star status who continues to defy all odds by guiding Kable to victory each week. Taken from his family, imprisoned and forced to fight against his will, the modern day gladiator must survive long enough to escape the game to free his family, regain his identity and to save mankind from Castle's ruthless technology. Starring: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman, Logan Lerman. Rated R for frenetic sequences of strong brutal violence throughout, sexual content, nudity and language.

G.I Joe: Rise of Cobra From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols. Rated Rated PG-13 for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.

Halloween 2 Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business. Unleashing a trail of terror that only horror master Rob Zombie can, Myers will stop at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past. Starring: Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Chris Hardwick, Mark Christopher-Lawrence, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips. Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, terror, disturbing graphic images, language, some crude sexual content and nudity.

Hurt Locker In the summer of 2004, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge of Bravo Company are at the volatile center of the war, part of a small counterforce specifically trained to handle the homemade bombs, or Improvised Explosive Devices. When Staff Sergeant William James takes over the team, Sanborn and Eldridge are shocked by what seems like his reckless disregard for military protocol and basic safety measures, and yet, in the fog of war, appearances are never reliable for long. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce. Rated R for war violence and language.

Inglorious Basterds Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality.

Julie and Julia Based on two true stories, Julie & Julia intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible. Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Jane Lynch. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality.

Ponyo Centers on a 5-year-old boy named Sosuke and his relationship with a goldfish princess named Ponyo who longs to become human. Starring the voices of Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Frankie Jonas. Rated G.

Taking Woodstock Based on the memoirs of Elliot Tiber, the comedy stars Demetri Martin as Elliot, who inadvertently played a role in making 1969's Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Starring: Demetri Martin, Kevin Chamberlin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Groff. Rated R for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language.

The Time Traveler's Wife Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler--cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love. Starring: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Ron Livingston, Jane McLean. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, brief disturbing images, nudity and sexuality.

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