Movies Released April 17, 2009

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Nov. 26, 2009

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Jason Statham will face a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

Jason Statham, Brian Taylor, Amy Smart, Glenn Howerton, Bai Ling, Mark Neveldine, Tom Rosenberg, Skip Williamson

R Drama Action Sequel Thriller 1 hr, 25 mins

91%

  • 3.3
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What would you do if you got a second shot at life? Class of 1989, Mike O'Donnell is a star on his high school basketball court with a college scout in the stands and a bright future in his grasp. But instead, he decides to throw it all away to share his life with his girlfriend Scarlett and the baby he just learned they are expecting. Almost 20 years later, Mike's glory days are decidedly behind him. His marriage to Scarlett has fallen apart, he has been passed over for a promotion at work, his teenage kids think he is a loser, and he has been reduced to crashing with his high school nerd-turned-techno-billionaire best friend Ned. But Mike is given another chance when he is miraculously transformed back to the age of 17. Unfortunately, Mike may look 17 again, but his thirtysomething outlook is totally uncool in the class of 2009. And in trying to recapture his best years, Mike could lose the best things that ever happened to him.

Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Jason Filardi, Burr Steers, Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot, Matthew Perry, Michelle Trachtenberg

PG-13 Comedy Teen 1 hr, 42 mins

93%

  • 3.8
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Oscar® winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in a blistering thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist embroiled in an case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders. Crowe plays D.C. reporter Cal McAffrey, whose street smarts lead him to untangle a mystery of murder and collusion among some of the nation's most promising political and corporate figures in "State of Play," from acclaimed director Kevin Macdonald ("The Last King of Scotland").

Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.

McAffrey has the dubious fortune of both an old friendship with Collins and a ruthless editor, Cameron (Oscar® winner Helen Mirren), who has assigned him to investigate. As he and partner Della (Rachel McAdams) try to uncover the killer's identity, McAffrey steps into a cover-up that threatens to shake the nation's power structures. And in a town of spin-doctors and wealthy politicos, he will discover one truth: when billions are at stake, no one's integrity, love or life is ever safe.

Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Jeff Daniels, Billy Ray, Helen Mirren

PG-13 Drama Thriller Suspense 2 hrs, 12 mins

74%

  • 2.9
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New York / Los Angeles

Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line."

Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern

R Documentary

13%

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New York

The true story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.

Eran Riklis, Suha Arraf

Drama

71%

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A woman takes on a powerful District Attorney in Texas when she was caught up in a drug raid.

Bill Haney, Tim Disney, Nicole Beharie

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 43 mins

75%

  • 4
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New York

Daniel Burman

Drama Comedy 1 hr, 31 mins

25%

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Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

Alex Rivera, Anthony Bregman, David Riker, Jacob Vargas

PG-13 Sci-Fi

New York / Los Angeles

A young boy fascinated with death, strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

Michael Caine, John Crowley, David Heyman, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Peter Harness

PG-13 Drama

83%

  • 1
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81%

  • 4.3
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Comedy

93%

  • 3.8
Fast & Furious Movie Poster
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96%

  • 4.3
Adventureland Movie Poster
Comedy

92%

  • 3.4
State of Play Movie Poster
Drama

74%

  • 2.9
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Adaptation

73%

  • 4.5
Sugar Movie Poster
Drama

58%

The Soloist Movie Poster
Drama

88%

  • 3.7
Obsessed Movie Poster
Suspense

91%

  • 4.4
earth Movie Poster
Documentary

80%

  • 4.7
Every Little Step Movie Poster
Documentary

13%

The Garden Movie Poster
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Animation

45%

  • 2.6
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