Movies Released January 5, 2007

Friday, January 5

Code Name: The Cleaner PG-13

Action comedy "Code Name: The Cleaner" stars Cedric the Entertainer as Jake, a mild-mannered janitor with amnesia who gets himself comically entangled in a government conspiracy. Jake gets in over his head when he is duped into believing that he is an undercover agent who subconsciously holds a key piece of information that could expose an arms conspiracy involving the CIA and FBI.
Nicolette Sheridan, Brett Ratner, Lucy Liu, Cedric the Entertainer, Les Mayfield, Jay Stern, Brad Jensen, Anthony Rhulen
Drama Crime Gangster

Happily N'Ever After PG

Inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales (the second best-selling book in the world, after the Bible), this feature CGI comedy explores what would happen if the balance of good and evil were set out of whack in Fairy Tale Land.

Tired of the status quo, an unholy alliance of bad guys led by Frieda, Cinderella's evil stepmother, takes on the good guys. Cinderella (aka Ella) starts out as a damsel in distress (your typical Prince dreamer), but when her own fairy tale takes a radical left turn she is forced to form and eventually lead a resistance group without her Prince Charming.

Set against a backdrop of fractured fairy tales spinning wildly out of control, Ella and her unknown true love Rick, the palace dishwasher, ultimately must choose their own destinies in a world of happy endings gone wrong.

The race for control of the kingdom is on, and the power mad Frieda, fuelled by a total disdain for goodness, is set to change the age-old storyline to "Happily N'Ever After"!
Sigourney Weaver, Paul J. Bolger, John H. Williams, Rainer Soehnlein, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., George Carlin, Michael McShane
Comedy Family Kids Animation

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The film follows a police profiler and an insurance agent who help a shy graduate student when the latter is targeted by a bomber who uses riddles to terrify his victims.
Robby Henson, Alan McElroy, Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan
Drama
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Freedom Writers PG-13

Academy Award winner Hilary Swank stars in an inspirational film, based on the true story of teacher Erin Gruwell and her students the Freedom Writers. This group of inner city, at risk students defied the odds to be heard, as Gruwell urges her class to tell their stories through journals writing. Given the ability to express themselves through words and not violence, the kids begin to see connections to eachother that they never knew existed.
Danny DeVito, Scott Glenn, Richard LaGravenese, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey
Drama

The Painted Veil PG-13

A love story set in the 1920s about a young English couple (a doctor and a society girl) who marry hastily, relocate to Hong Kong where they betray each other easily, and find an unexpected chance at redemption and happiness while on a deadly journey into the heart of ancient China. Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
Sara Colleton, Ron Nyswaner, Toby Jones, Jean-Francois Fonlupt, Ed Norton, Bob Yari, Mark Gordon, Edward Norton
Drama Romance
95 mins

Venus R

The story will follow a seasoned if unsuccessful thesps in their 70s who are forced to re-evaluate their lives after the introduction of an inquisitive young woman.
Jodie Whittaker, Hanif Kureshi, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter O' Toole, Leslie Phillips, Richard Griffiths
Drama Comedy
147 mins

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer R

The story is set in 18th-century Paris and follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), who becomes obsessed with a young woman, fixating on the idea of bottling her aroma, which eventually leads to murder. Dustin Hoffman plays Guiseppe Baldini, a perfumer, and Alan Rickman plays the father of the girl Grenouille is fascinated by.
Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger, Tom Tykwer, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Karoline Herfurth
Thriller Suspense

Friday, January 5