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New York, NY: The Lord of the Rings at Radio City Music Hall - Oct. 9 & 10, 2009

Howard Shore's original Academy Award-winning score for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring will be played live to film at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on October 9-10, 2009. The performance will feature the 21st Century... (more)

TV Guide Network to Air Patrick Swayze "Dirty Dancing" Interview Tonight

With the recent passing of actor Patrick Swayze, the TV Guide Network has been airing related content this week. Tonight at 8pm ET/PT, they will be showing "Patrick Swayze: The Unseen Interview," in which the actor recounts his favorite moments from... (more)

New Search Feature: Search for Theater Owner

The Search tool has just been upgraded with the ability to search for a theater owner! This new feature requires an exact match, so the best way to activate it is from the Information Page of a theater. For example, check out the Information Page... (more)

Frisco, TX: AMC Stonebriar 24 to Get IMAX Screen, But Doesn't Measure Up

The Frisco Enterprise Star is reporting that the AMC Stonebriar 24 in Frisco, Texas will see the debut of a new IMAX screen on Friday, September 18, 2009. Unfortunately, it appears that the new screen will be closer to what some call "LIEMAX" than... (more)

20 New Photos for "Zombieland"

I just added 20 new photos for the upcoming zombie comedy Zombieland starring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn't have fears. If he... (more)

Photos from the Premiere of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" Added to Photo Gallery

Sony Pictures has provided photos from the premiere of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs that was held Saturday, September 12, 2009. I've added 18 photos of the stars, filmmakers, and other celebrities attending the premiere to the Photo Galleries... (more)

"Spider-Man 4" Will Have the IMAX Experience in 2011

IMAX Corporation and Columbia Pictures announced today that the next installment of the Spider-Man franchise will be released in IMAX theaters as well as standard theaters when it's released on May 5, 2011. Spider-Man 4 will see the return of... (more)

Knoxville, TN: Benefit Screening of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" for Charity at Regal Cinemas Pinnacle Stadium 18 on 11/17/2009

Regal Cinemas announced today that they will host a screening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon to benefit Variety - The Children's Charity of Eastern Tennessee at the Regal Cinemas Pinnacle Stadium 18 & IMAX in Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday,... (more)

Top Box Office Movies for the Weekend of September 11, 2009

  1. I Can Do Bad All by Myself
  2. 9
  3. Inglourious Basterds
  4. All About Steve
  5. The Final Destination
  6. Sorority Row
  7. Whiteout
  8. District 9
  9. Gamer
  10. Julie & Julia

For more details, see our Top Box Office Movies page.

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That's it for this week, so take a look at what's new in theaters and what's coming up in the next couple of weeks. Have a good weekend!

Scott Jentsch
Publisher, The BigScreen Cinema Guide

New Releases

The following are new releases opening in theaters in the next week.

Bright Star
London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion.

This unlikely pair started at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. It was the illness of Keats' younger brother that drew them together.

Keats was touched by Fanny's efforts to help and agreed to teach her poetry. By the time Fanny's alarmed mother and Keats's best friend Brown realized their attachment, the relationship had an unstoppable momentum.

Intensely and helplessly absorbed in each other, the young lovers were swept into powerful new sensations, "I have the feeling as if I were dissolving", Keats wrote to her. Together they rode a wave of romantic obsession that deepened as their troubles mounted. Only Keats's illness proved insurmountable.

Starring Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider, Thomas Sangster, Kerry Fox

Genre - Drama
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Rated PG
thematic elements, some sensuality, brief language and incidental smoking

The Burning Plain
A drama that explores the mysterious connection between several characters separated by time and space -- Mariana, a 16-year-old girl trying to put together the shattered lives of her parents in a Mexican border town; Sylvia, a woman in Portland who must undertake an emotional odyssey to burnish a sin from her past. Gina and Nick, a couple who must deal with an intense and clandestine affair; and Maria, a young girl who helps her parents find redemption, forgiveness and love.

Starring Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Basinger, Joaquim de Almeida, Tessa Ia, John Corbett, Robin Tunney

Genre - Drama
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Rated R
sexuality, nudity and language

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Bill Hader, star of “Saturday Night Live” and Night of the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, will voice Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone's life. Anna Faris, who recently turned heads as the star of the comedy hit The House Bunny, takes on the role of Sam Sparks, a weathergirl covering the phenomenon who hides her intelligence behind a perky exterior. James Caan plays Tim Lockwood, Flint's technophobic father. Andy Samberg plays Brent, the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Bruce Campbell plays Mayor Shelbourne, who figures out that Flint's invention can put the town, and more importantly himself, on the map and Mr. T plays the by-the-rules town cop Earl Devereaux.

Starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Mr. T, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell

Genre - Animation
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Rated PG
brief mild language

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3D
Bill Hader, star of “Saturday Night Live” and Night of the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, will voice Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone's life. Anna Faris, who recently turned heads as the star of the comedy hit The House Bunny, takes on the role of Sam Sparks, a weathergirl covering the phenomenon who hides her intelligence behind a perky exterior. James Caan plays Tim Lockwood, Flint's technophobic father. Andy Samberg plays Brent, the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Bruce Campbell plays Mayor Shelbourne, who figures out that Flint's invention can put the town, and more importantly himself, on the map and Mr. T plays the by-the-rules town cop Earl Devereaux.

Starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Mr. T, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell

Genre - Animation
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Rated PG
brief mild language

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: An IMAX 3D Experience
Bill Hader, star of “Saturday Night Live” and Night of the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, will voice Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone's life. Anna Faris, who recently turned heads as the star of the comedy hit The House Bunny, takes on the role of Sam Sparks, a weathergirl covering the phenomenon who hides her intelligence behind a perky exterior. James Caan plays Tim Lockwood, Flint's technophobic father. Andy Samberg plays Brent, the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Bruce Campbell plays Mayor Shelbourne, who figures out that Flint's invention can put the town, and more importantly himself, on the map and Mr. T plays the by-the-rules town cop Earl Devereaux.

Starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Mr. T, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell

Genre - Animation
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Rated PG
brief mild language

Disgrace
Set in Cape Town, a twice-divorced literature professor retreats to his daughter's farm after having an impulsive affair with a student.

Starring Scott Cooper, Eriq Ebouaney, Jessica Haines, John Malkovich, Fiona Press

Genre - Drama
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The Informant!
What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.

But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's rambling imagination.

Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.

Starring Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Tony Hale

Genre - Comedy
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Rated R
language

Jennifer's Body
Jennifer, a cheerleader possessed by a demon, begins feeding off the boys in a Minnesota farming town.

It is then up to her "plain Jane" best friend Needy to kill Jennifer, escape from a correctional facility and go after lead singer Nikolai and his Satan-worshiping rock band who are responsible for the transformation.

Starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, J.K. Simmons

Genre - Comedy
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Rated R
sexuality, bloody violence, language and brief drug use

Love Happens
When a self-help author arrives in Seattle to teach a sold-out seminar, he unexpectedly meets the one person who might finally be able to help him help himself.

Dr. Burke Ryan (Eckhart) is on the precipice of a major multimedia deal, but the therapist who asks his patients to openly confront their pain is secretly unable to take his own advice.

Eloise Chandler (Aniston) has sworn off men and decided to focus on her floral business. However, when she meets Burke at the hotel where he's speaking, there is an instant attraction. But will two people who have met the right person at exactly the wrong time be able to give love another chance?

As each struggles with the hurt of love and loss, they realize that in order to move forward, they need to let go of the past. And if they can, they'll find that, sometimes, love happens when you least expect it.

Starring Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Martin Sheen, Sasha Alexander

Genre - Drama
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Rated PG-13
some language including sexual references

Lynch Mob

Starring Tony Darrow, John J. Cornetta, Michael H. Cole, Paul Borghese, Dolan Wilson

Genre - Horror
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Rated R
pervasive strong bloody horror violence and gore, sexuality, nudity and language

My Heart Goes Hooray! (Dil Bole Hadippa!)
"Dil Bole Hadippa," a romantic comedy set in Punjab. In a village where girls don't play cricket, Veera Kaur has to become a man to fulfill her dreams. Diguished by a turban and fake beard, she becomes Veer Pratap Singh, and her brilliance on the field earns her a place in Rohan's team. Then begins a roller-coaster journey of Veera, Rohan and Veer filled with music, romance and comedy through Punjab and beyond.

Starring Rani Mukherjee, Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher

Genre - Romance
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Paris
While waiting for a heart transplant that could save his life, Pierre (Duris) grows close again with his sister (Binoche) and her lively children.

This rediscovery of his family and observation of the teeming streets outside his window give Pierre a new, hopeful sense of how he might spend the time still left to him.

A cinematic love letter to the city that seems to hide a story behind every shop window, small alley, street market or grand apartment building, the film explores the life and love possible only in PARIS.

Starring Xavier Robic, Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, François Cluzet, Fabrice Luchini

Genre - Drama
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Rated R
language and some sexual references

The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry

Starring Robert Guillaume, Jansen Panettiere, Gavin MacLeod, Frankie Ryan Manriquez, Mary Jean McAdams

Genre - Drama
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Rated PG
mild thematic elements

Wanted (2009)
Radhe, a seasoned gangster, is a sharpshooter with a sharp brain. He works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies in the process than he bargained for. He's astounded when the young and pretty Jhanvi professes her liking for him. Inspector Talpade's lustful eyes fall on Jhanvi. He doesn't know that Jhanvi has developed a soft corner for Radhe. Whether it's the Golden Gang or Data Pawle's Gang, everybody wants the biggest piece of the lucrative cake that is Mumbai and the only way to get it is to eliminate whoever gets in the way. As Mumbai reels under bloody gang wars, Commissioner Ashraf Khan vows to make the city crime free and starts his campaign by arresting 200 criminals in a single day. It's a free for all with gangsters from rival gangs out to get each other and the police out to get the whole lot of them. And, in a surprising twist, Radhe becomes the most wanted man in Mumbai. Wanted dead by the gangsters because he knows too much. Wanted alive by the police because they're desperate to know what he knows.

Starring Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia, Vinod Khanna, Om Puri, Mahesh Manjrekar

Genre - Action/Adventure
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Mayweather vs. Marquez Fight Live

Genre - Program
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The Age of Stupid Live From New York

Genre - Program
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The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

Starring Rosario Dawson, Paul Giamatti, Danny Trejo, Sheri Moon Zombie, Clint Howard, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Papa, Brian Posehn

Genre - Action/Adventure
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Rated R
strong crude and sexual content throughout, nude graphics, language, violence and gore

The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary High-Def Event
NCM Fathom, Warner Home Video and Turner Classic Movies present "The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Hi-Def Event" featuring the first ever High Definition presentation of The Wizard of Oz.

This One Night Event will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. (local time). In addition to the feature presentation of The Wizard of Oz, this exclusive event will include a special introduction by Robert Osborne, a classic film historian and host of Turner Classic Movies, followed by "We're Off to See the Wizard," a look into how L. Frank Baum's classic novel was transformed into one of the most beloved films of all time including archival interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and rare musical outtakes.

Whether seeing it for the first time or the 100th time, it is only fitting that audiences nationwide will have the chance to enjoy the 70th Anniversary of this multi-generational favorite in movie theatres for an exclusive One Night celebratory event. This presentation is suitable for all audiences.

Starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton

Genre - Program
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Eureka Seven - Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers
This is another version of the story of Renton and Eureka. For almost half a century, mankind has battled a mysterious organism from space called "Image." In 2054, there is a young soldier on board the fighter aircraft commanded by Holland, GEKKO, of the renegade group GEKKOSTATE, who is battling Image. The young soldier's name is Renton.

He boards Nirvash and heads for the battlefield. He has only one dream: to rescue his childhood friend, Eureka, who was kidnapped eight years ago and return to his hometown. Fate, however, brings tribulations to test the young love between Renton and Eureka -- mission and emotion, truth and lie, past and future, life and death, reality and dream and even Holland - the entire world stand in the way of the two as the final battle with Image approaches.

Genre - Program
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Old Partner (Wonangsori)
"Old Partner" is the story of 30 years companionship between a 40-year-old Ox and an 80-year-old man. Neither time nor civilization can go against their companionship!

At 80 years old, Choi has an old ox that has worked for him for some 30 years. However, there's something special about the way Old Choi treats this ox, which is so worn-out that it might be dead any minute. The old man is single-mindedly focused on the ox, instinctively turning to the beast when he hears the cowbell even though he's nearly deaf.

One spring day, however, old man Choi learns that his ox only has a year to live, which will make big troubles for him.

Starring Choi Won-kyun, Lee Sam-soon, Moo

Genre - Documentary
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For a complete list of recent movies playing in theaters, please see our "New Movies" page.

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