By Amy Renner Feb. 9, 2011
Friday, November 20
Precious
In 1980s Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teenager who is abused by her parent and pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Sherri Shepherd, Lee Daniels, Gabourey Sidibe, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness, Damien Paul, Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz
Drama Teen
The Blind Side
The true story of football player Michael Oher who was a homeless black teen from a broken home. He was taken in by a well-to-do white family that saw extraordinary promise in him.
Gil Netter, Lily Collins, Sandra Bullock, John Lee Hancock, Tim McGraw, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Erwin Stoff
Drama Comedy Sports
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
In "New Moon", Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.
Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Chris Weitz, Robert Pattinson, Chaske Spencer, Peter Facinelli, Erik Feig
Drama Sequel Romance
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Planet 51
The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, he has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home.
Dwayne Johnson, Joe Stillman, John Cleese, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott, Jorge Blanco, Guy Collins, Ignacio Pérez Dolset
Adventure Animation
The Messenger
An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Jena Malone, Oren Moverman, Alessandro Camon, Samantha Morton
Drama
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
In the movie, a re-imagining of the original movie starring Harvey Keitel, Nicolas Cage stars as a "cop on the edge". Val Kilmer will play his partner while Xzibit will play a baddie named "Big Fade".
Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Shawn Hatosy, Avi Lerner, Werner Herzog, Edward R. Pressman
Action Adventure Crime Remake
Broken Embraces
"Broken Embraces" is a four-way tale of amour-fou, shot in the style of '50s American film noir at its most hard-boiled, and will mix references to works like Nicholas Ray's "In a Lonely Place" and Vincente Minnelli's "The Bad and the Beautiful," with signature Almodóvar themes such as Fate, the mystery of creation, guilt, unscrupulous power, the eternal search of fathers for sons, and sons for fathers.
Blanca Portilla, Pedro Almodovar, Angela Molina, Penelope Cruz, Kiti Manver, Chus Lampreave
Drama Thriller
