Movies Released October 2, 2009

Friday, October 2

The Invention of Lying PG-13

Set in a contemporary world where no one has ever lied, a performer tells the first lie and harnesses its power for personal gain. The man pretends he's found lost stories and becomes the greatest storyteller in the world.
Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill, Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, Patrick Stewart, Lynda Obst, Oly Obst
Comedy
81 mins

Zombieland R

In a world overrun by zombies, a guy described as "the most frightened person on Earth" looks to find refuge a band of people to safety.
Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Gavin Polone, Rhett Reese, Ruben Fleischer, Paul Wernick, Abigail Breslin
Comedy Suspense Horror Zombies

Toy Story in 3-D G

Originally released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1995, "Toy Story" was the first feature film from Pixar Animation Studios and director John Lasseter. The film went on to receive Oscar® nominations for Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Original Screenplay, and earned Lasseter a Special Achievement Award (Oscar®) "for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film." The 3-D version of this landmark film is being personally overseen by Lasseter with his acclaimed team of technical wizards handling all the necessary steps in the conversion process.
Tom Hanks, Ralph Guggenheim, John Ratzenberger, John Lasseter, Bonnie Arnold, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney
Adventure Family Kids Animation
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Toy Story 2 in 3-D G

Originally released in 1999, "Toy Story 2" went on to become one of the most popular animated features of all time. The film picks up as Andy is heading off to Cowboy Camp and the toys are left to their own devices. When an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggin (owner of Al's Toy Barn) kidnaps Woody, and Woody learns that he's a highly valued collectable from a 1950s TV show called "Woody's Roundup," the stage is set for a daring rescue attempt by the gang from Andy's room. The film introduced such other memorable characters from "Woody's Roundup" as Jessie the cowgirl, Bullseye the horse, and the Prospector.
Estelle Harris, Tom Hanks, Doug Chamberlin, Andrew Stanton, John Ratzenberger, John Lasseter, Helene Plotkin, Karen Robert Jackson
Adventure Family Kids Animation 3D Post-3D
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Whip It! PG-13

Ellen Page will play a Texas teen who is always being pushed into entering beauty pageants. But she winds up finding herself after joining a roller derby team.
Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Kirsten Kiwi Smith, Drew Barrymore, Peter Douglas, Nathan Kahane, Barry Mendel, Shauna Cross
Comedy
127 mins

Capitalism: A Love Story R

Michael Moore's follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11" will further explore the Bush administration's foreign and domestic policies and its continued response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Rumored to be about the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy.
Michael Moore
Documentary
105 mins

A Serious Man R

The new film from Academy Award-winning writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen. The film is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F-Troop” is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny (Aaron Wolf) is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah (Jessica McManus) is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry’s chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person – a mensch – a serious man?
Joel Coen, Fred Melamed, Peter Breitmayer, Tim Bevan, Ethan Coen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Aaron Wolff, Richard Kind
Drama Comedy
105 mins

More Than a Game PG

The movie, which will mix archival footage and family memorabilia with fresh interviews, follows LeBron James' high school basketball days, following the five starters on the varsity team at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio. The team travels a winding road from a rundown gymnasium to national glory and NBA riches, seeking to remain a tight-knit quintet even as James becomes a megamillionaire. James was drafted out of high school in 2003 and led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA Finals in 2007. He becomes a free agent in 2010.
LeBron James, Kristopher Belman, Brad Hogan
Sports Documentary

Friday, October 2