Bedtime Stories (PG)
Rated for some mild rude humor and mild language
Adam Sandler,Keri Russell - 95 min.
The life of Skeeter Bronson, a hotel handyman, is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true. He attempts to take advantage of the phenomenon, incorporating his own aspirations into one outlandish tale after another, but it's the kids' unexpected contributions that turn Skeeter's life upside down.
 
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (PG-13)
Rated for brief war violence, sexual content and smoking
Brad Pitt,Cate Blanchett - 168 min.
"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins "Benjamin Button," adapted from the classic 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his 80s and ages backwards--a man, like any of us, unable to stop time. We follow his unusual story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century. "Benjamin Button" is a time traveler's tale about the people and places he bumps into along the way, the loves he loses and those he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
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Marley & Me (PG)
Rated for thematic material, some suggestive content and language
Jennifer Aniston,Owen Wilson - 120 min.
John Grogan, and his bride, Jenny, move to a Florida, buy a house and adopt a Labrador puppy they name Marley. Marley quickly becomes a rollicking force in their lives. In no time at all, the cute, 12-pound yellow Labrador grows into a 100-pound steamroller that turns the Grogan home into a disaster area. Amidst the mayhem he generates through the years, Marley sees the Grogans through the ups and downs of family life, through job and home changes, and most of all, through the myriad challenges of a growing family. John and Jenny come to realize that Marley--"the world's worst dog"--somehow brings out the best in them.
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The Spirit (PG-13)
Rated for intense sequences of stylized violence and action, some sexual content and brief nudity
Scarlett Johansson,Samuel L. Jackson - 103 min.
Adapted from the legendary comic strip, "The Spirit" is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister Frank Miller. It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as The Spirit to fight crime in Central City. His arch-enemy, the Octopus has a different mission: to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront--all the while dealing with a cacophony of curious characters and facing a bevy of beautiful women, who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader.
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Valkyrie (PG-13)
Rated for violence and brief strong language
Tom Cruise,Kenneth Branagh - 120 min.
A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler's own emergency plan--known as Operation Valkyrie--these men plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow his Nazi government from the inside. With everything in place, Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to the one who must kill Hitler himself.
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Seven Pounds (PG-13)
Rated for thematic material, some disturbing content and a scene of sensuality
Will Smith,Rosario Dawson - 118 min.
Ben Thomas, an IRS agent with a fateful secret, embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
 
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The Tale of Despereaux (G)
Matthew Broderick,Robbie Coltrane -
Tiny and graced with oversized ears, Despereaux was born a mouse too big for his little world. Refusing to live his life cowering, he befriends a Princess named Pea and learns to read (rather than eat) books--reveling in stories of knights, dragons and fair maidens. Banished from Mouseworld for being more man than mouse, Despereaux is rescued by another outcast, Roscuro, who also wants to hear the tales. But, when the princess dismisses Roscuro's friendship, he becomes the ultimate rat and plots revenge with fellow outsider Mig. When Princess Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux discovers that even the tiniest mouse can find the courage of a knight in shining armor.
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Yes Man (PG-13)
Rated for crude sexual humor, language and brief nudity
Jim Carrey,Zooey Deschanel - 104 min.
Carl Allen's 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, he soon discovers that his willingness to embrace every opportunity and open up his life to endless possibilities can have its drawbacks. It might just be too much of a good thing.
 
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (PG-13)
Rated for some sci-fi disaster images and violence
Keanu Reeves,Jennifer Connelly - 110 min.
In this contemporary reinvention of the 1951 science fiction classic, renowned scientist Dr. Helen Benson finds herself face to face with an alien called Klaatu, who travels across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. When forces beyond Helen's control treat the extraterrestrial as a hostile and deny his request to address the world's leaders, she and her estranged stepson Jacob quickly discover the deadly ramifications of Klaatu's claim that he is "a friend to the Earth." Now Helen must find a way to convince the entity who was sent to destroy us that mankind is worth saving--but it may be too late. The process has begun.
 
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Cadillac Records (R)
Rated for pervasive language and some sexuality
Emmanuelle Chriqui,Adrien Brody - 108 min.
"Cadillac Records" chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its founder Leonard Chess as well as the company's many recording artists. This tale of sex, violence, race and rock'n'roll in 1950s Chicago follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's best known musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
 
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Four Christmases (PG-13)
Rated for some sexual humor and language
Vince Vaughn,Reese Witherspoon - 82 min.
When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple, Kate and Brad, find their flight plans fogged in on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation morphs into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation--and unable to escape--they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities. 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.
 
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