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Alice in Wonderland (2010) Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny. Stars Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, and Mia Wasikowska. Rated PG FAMILY Check Availability
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Back-Up Plan, The Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) wants a baby, but has a problem letting anyone get close to her. The perfect solution is to become artificially inseminated. Shortly after she conceives twins, she finally meets the man of her dreams (Alex O'Loughlin). Will he stick around when he finds out? Rated PG-13 COMEDY Check Availability
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Book of Eli, The Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or, in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Stars Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Bounty Hunter, The Milo (Gerard Butler), a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole (Jennifer Aniston). He thinks it's an easy payday, until she gives him the slip to chase a lead on a murder cover-up. Rated PG-13 COMEDY Check Availability
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Brooklyn's Finest After enduring extremely different career paths, the lives of three disheartened Brooklyn police officers will collide with destiny when they all wind up at the same fatal crime scene. Stars Ellen Barkin, Don Cheadle, Vincent D'onofrio, Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Chloe Catherine (Julianne Moore) is suspicious that her husband David (Liam Neeson) is having an affair, and hires Chloe (Amanda Seyfried), an alluring young escort, to test his fidelity. As Catherine becomes caught up in a web of sexual desire herself, she begins a journey that will put her family in grave danger. Is it too late to stop Chloe? Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares. Rated PG-13 DRAMA Check Availability
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City Island Vince Rizzo is a family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, but longs to become an actor. He would rather let his wife believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an affair than admit he is secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that turns his mundane suburban life upside down. Stars Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Emily Mortimer, and Alan Arkin. Rated PG-13 COMEDY Check Availability
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Clash of the Titans The ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on Earth. Rated PG-13 DRAMA Check Availability
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Cop Out Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, and Paul is his 'partner against crime' whose preoccupation with his wife's alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball. Stars Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. COMEDY Check Availability
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Crazies, The After a strange toxin contaminates the water supply in a small town in Iowa, the residents are suddenly turned into bloodthirsty psychopaths. The town sheriff does all he can to make sense of the outbreak, as his wife and two other unaffected people fight for their survival. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Date Night Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops, and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' 'date night' turns into a wild ride they'll never forget! Stars Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mila Kunis, Common and Mark Wahlberg. Rated PG-13 COMEDY Check Availability
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Death at a Funeral When Aaron's father dies, he must organize the funeral and give the eulogy. Keeping things civil is a problem right from the start when the undertaker makes a horrifying mistake. Then his brother refuses to pay for anything. But this is nothing compared to information received from a mysterious dwarf at the funeral who exposes way too many family secrets. Stars Peter Dinklage, Danny Glover, Regina Hall, Martin Lawrence, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock, Zoe Saldana, and Luke Wilson. Rated R COMEDY Check Availability
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Diary of A Wimpy Kid The hysterically funny, best selling book comes to life in this smash-hit family comedy! Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid's life: middle school! That won't be easy, considering he's surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies, and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties! Rated PG FAMILY Check Availability
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From Paris With Love A low-ranking intelligence operative (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) working in the office of the U.S. ambassador in France takes on more than he bargained for when he partners with a wisecracking, fast-shooting, high-ranking U.S. agent (John Travolta) who's been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Ghost Writer, The When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever. Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams and Kim Cattrall. Rated PG-13 DRAMA Check Availability
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Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved uncle is convinced she was murdered. He employs disgraced investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed and troubled yet resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. In Swedish with English subtitles. Rated R FOREIGN Check Availability
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Green Zone During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Greenberg Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is single, fortyish, and deliberately doing nothing. In search of a place to restart his life, he agrees to housesit for his brother in LA and tries to reconnect with his former bandmate and successful ex-girlfriend. Rated R COMEDY Check Availability
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Harry Brown Harry Brown (Michael Caine) lives in a world that has been taken over by drug dealers and gangsters. But when his only companion and best friend is senselessly murdered just feet from his own apartment, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Utilizing the skills he learned while fighting the IRA, Harry takes on these hooligans as he doles out his own form of justice. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Hot Tub Time Machine Four friends share a crazy night of drinking in a ski resort hot tub, only to wake up with serious hangovers in 1986 - back when girls wore leg warmers, guys watched Red Dawn, and Michael Jackson was black! Stars John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover and Chevy Chase. Rated R COMEDY Check Availability
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Is Anybody There? Ten-year-old Edward lives in his family-run retirement home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a midlife crisis, Edward leads an increasingly lonely existence until he meets Clarence, a retired magician (Michael Caine) who refuses to give in gracefully to old age. Rated PG-13 DRAMA Check Availability
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Kick-Ass Ordinary teenager and rabid comic-book geek Dave Lizewski captures the imagination of the public when he becomes the no-nonsense vigilante Kick-Ass. After he teams up with the fearless father-daughter crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, the three work together to take down the criminal empire of local mafioso Frank D'Amico. But when D'Amico's son Chris is reborn as Red Mist, the showdown between the forces of good and evil will force Kick-Ass to live up to his name, or die trying. Rated R COMEDY Check Availability
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Last Song, The Seventeen, angry, and alienated from her estranged father (Greg Kinnear), Ronnie Miller's (Miley Cyrus) life gets turned inside out when her mother forces her to spend the summer with him in the small Georgia beach town where he lives. Here, Ronnie finds salvation, friendship, second chances, and first love. Rated PG DRAMA Check Availability
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Last Station, The In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy. For the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren), his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw! Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Letters to God Eight-year-old Tyler is armed with strong faith and courage as he faces a battle against cancer. His prayers take the form of letters he sends to his ultimate pen pal, God, on a daily basis. These letters find their way into the hands of Tyler's postman, Brady, who is at a crossroads in his life and searching for meaning. Brady is at first confused over what to do, but his decision ultimately is a testament to the power of Tyler's shining spirit, bravery, and grace. Rated PG DRAMA Check Availability
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Losers, The An explosive tale of double cross and revenge centers upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch, and Cougar find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score. Stars Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, and Columbus Short. Rated PG-13 DRAMA Check Availability
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Marmaduke In this fun family comedy, the 'Duke' is livin' large in Orange County, California. But fitting in with his new four-legged friends isn't always easy for a super-sized teenage dog. Stars Owen Wilson, George Lopez, Kiefer Sutherland, Fergie, and Judy Greer. Rated PG FAMILY Check Availability
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My Name is Khan Rizwan, an Indian man with a unique way of looking at the world, moves to San Francisco and meets a vivacious single mother named Mandira. They form a special bond and fall in love against all odds, but fate and tragedy conspire to tear them apart. That's when Rizwan embarks on a remarkable journey across America to win back the love of his life. Rated PG-13 FOREIGN Check Availability
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Our Family Wedding When college students Marcus and Lucia make a surprise engagement announcement, their feuding fathers threaten to turn a dream wedding into a battle royal. Throw in eccentric relatives and clashing cultures, and you've got a recipe for laugh-out-loud lunacy and nonstop fun! Stars Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Regnia King and Lance Gross. Rated PG-13 COMEDY Check Availability
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager. He's the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt, and prevent a war among the gods that could destroy our world! Rated PG FAMILY Check Availability
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Propeht, A Malik el Djebena, who is condemned to six years in prison, cannot read or write, but soon figures out the politics of the prison. Though Malik is only 19 years old, the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison corners him and gives him certain 'missions' to carry out. He quickly gains the confidence of the gang leader, as these assignments begin to toughen him up. But Malik soon develops some plans of his own. In French with English subtitles. Rated R FOREIGN Check Availability
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Remember Me In the summer of 2001, New York college student Tyler (Robert Pattinson) is still feeling lost from the tragedy that has strained his relationship with his father when he meets Ally (Emile de Ravin), a girl who understands his pain. The last thing Tyler's looking for is love, but through their passionate relationship, he finds new possibilities for happiness. Chris Cooper, Lena Olin, Sean Bean and Pierce Brosnan also star. Rated PG-13 DRAMA Check Availability
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Repo Men Humans have extended and improved their lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called the Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, the Union sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property, with no concern for your comfort or survival. Stars Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, and Liev Schreiber. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Runaways, The Follows the outrageous success, and then inevitable split, of an all-girl teenage rock band lead by rebellious Southern California friends Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning). With Jett's tough-girl image and Currie's sex-kitten looks the band easily rose to the top under the tutelage of rock impresario Kim Fowley. After Currie pushes her life to the edge, she decides to leave the group, which causes the girls' friendship to suffer. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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She's Out of My League Average guy Kirk can't believe his luck when, against all odds, Molly, a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe, falls for him. Kirk is stunned and so are his friends, his family, and even his ex-girlfriend. Now he must go to great lengths to figure out how to make the relationship work and prove to himself, and everyone else, that she is not out of his league. Rated R COMEDY Check Availability
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Shutter Island When U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Daniels uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he also learns there are some places that never let you go. Stars Leonardo Dicaprio, Jackie Earle Haley, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo, Max Von Sydow, and Michelle Williams. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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Single Man, A After the death of his longtime partner, a British college professor (Colin Firth) struggles to find meaning in his life. As he dwells in the past, he begins to contemplate suicide. A series of events and encounters will lead him to question if there really is a meaning to his life after all. Rated R DRAMA Check Availability
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To Save A Life High school all-star Jake Taylor has it all. Roger, his childhood best friend, has nothing. Since the two have drifted apart, Roger feels that he has no friends, no hope, and a heart full of nothing but pain. When Roger walks onto campus with a gun, the tragic move he makes will change Jake's idyllic life forever. Rated PG-13 DRAMA Check Availability
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Twilight Saga, The: New Moon Bella (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward (Robert Pattinson), but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she is drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested. Rated PG-13 DRAMA Check Availability
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Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing news about their lives and relationships. But their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sheila's ex-husband, Mike, who hopes to break up her new marriage with Troy and win her back. Stars Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Jill Scott, Sharon Leal, Richard T. Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., and Cicely Tyson. Rated PG-13 COMEDY Check Availability
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When in Rome An ambitious young New Yorker, disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome, where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors. Stars Kristen Bell, Danny Devito, Will Arnett, Josh Duhamel, Jon Heder, and Anjelica Huston. Rated PG-13 COMEDY Check Availability
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White Ribbon, The In a north German village prior to the outbreak of World War I, strange events, accidents, and deaths are occurring. The village citizens are beside themselves with worry and can't figure out what to do. After the school teacher starts to unravel the mystery, he discovers that the children of the town may be guilty of the crimes and have formed a secret society. In German with english subtitles. Rated R FOREIGN Check Availability
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Wolfman, The Lawrence Talbot is lured back to his family estate to investigate the savage murder of his brother by a bloodthirsty beast. There, Talbot must confront his childhood demons, his estranged father, his brother's grieving fiancee, and a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector. When Talbot is bitten by the creature, he becomes eternally cursed and soon discovers a fate far worse than death. Stars Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins. Not Rated DRAMA Check Availability
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Youth in Revolt Nick Twisp is a pleasant teen who has trailer trash parents but likes the finer things in life. While on a family vacation, Nick meets and falls desperately in love with the beautiful, free-spirited Sheeni Saunders. But when circumstances continue to force them apart, Nick develops a rebellious alter ego who will stop at nothing to be with Sheeni. Stars Michael Cera, Steve Buscemi, Zack Galifiankis, Ray Liotta, Justin Long, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart, and Fred Willard. Rated R COMEDY Check Availability
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