Movies Released September 23, 2011

Friday, September 23

Moneyball PG-13

Billy Beane, the Oakland A's general manager, assembles a contending ballclub despite having a payroll much lower than other teams.
Brad Pitt, Bennett Miller, Robin Wright, Stephen Bishop, Scott Rudin, Aaron Sorkin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Andrew Karsch
Drama Biography Sports

Dolphin Tale PG

A young boy befriends Winter, an injured dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap, and motivates everyone around him to help save the dolphin by creating a prosthetic appendage to replace the dolphin's missing tail. Harry Connick Jr. plays a vet who rescues the mammal and brings her to runs the marine hospital he runs. Ashley Judd plays the boy's mother while Morgan Freeman is a doctor who creates a prosthetic limb for Winter.
Austin Highsmith, Andrew Kosove, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Ingber, Jordan Roberts, Harry Connick Jr., Morgan Freeman, Charles Martin Smith
Drama Family 3D Shot-In-3D

Abduction PG-13

Taylor Lautner will star in "Abduction" as a teen who has long felt disconnected from his parents, and figures out why, which unleashes a chain of violent events.
Doug Davison, Jason Isaacs, Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Denzel Whitaker, John Singleton, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Alfred Molina
Drama
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Killer Elite R

Recounts the true story of an elite group of vigilantes drawn from the ranks of England's select paramilitary operatives, who were charged with eliminating four contract killers so deft that their hits appeared to be merely accidents.
Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Gary McKendry, Ben Mendelsohn, Lachy Hulme, Grant Bowler, Joni Sighvatsson
Action Adventure Gangster

Machine Gun Preacher R

Gerard Butler will star in Machine Gun Preacher, the story of Sam Childers. Childers is a former drug dealer and gang member who turned around his life and now dedicates his time to rescuing children in war-torn Sudan.
Michelle Monaghan, Jason Keller, Gerard Butler, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Brad Simpson, Louise Rosner, Marc Forster
Action Adventure Biography
New York / Los Angeles
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Limelight

A documentary about legendary NYC nightclub owner Peter Gatien. Profiles Gatien’s rise and fall in the world of nightspot dominance as owner of Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium and Club USA.
Billy Corben, Jen Gatien
Documentary
98 mins

Red State R

A horror film in which a group of misfits encounter fundamentalism gone to the extreme in Middle America.
John Goodman, Kyle Gallner, Kevin Pollack, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Angarano, Kevin Smith, Stephen Root, Michael Parks
Drama Thriller Suspense Horror

Thunder Soul PG

Thunder Soul tells the true story of Conrad O Johnson and the Kashmere Stage Band, a mediocre jazz band into a legendary funk powerhouse.
Mark Landsman, Keith Calder, Jessica Wu
Documentary

Puncture R

The story follows a troubled young attorney who must come to terms with his own demons when taking on a healthcare giant.
Chris Evans, Brett Cullen, Jesse L. Martin, Kate Burton, Marshall Bell, Mark Kassen, Adam Kassen, Jordan Foley
Drama
105 mins

Archie's Final Project NR

Archie Williams (Gabriel Sunday) is a 17-year old media geek who has suddenly found himself the most talked-about kid in school. He has announced that he's going to kill himself - on camera - for a class project. His classmates, parents, Sierra - the most beautiful girl in school (Brooke Nevin), and a "Shady Bunch" of shrinks, doctors, pill-pushers, and counselors descend on Archie. Some are hoping to save him, some want to imitate him, others try to push him over the brink. Archie films every moment of his high school experience, hiding nothing from his audience: realities of life, death, violence, sex, drugs, and the intense media overload and hypocrisy that bombard all teenagers.
Gabriel Sunday, David Lee Miller, David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway, Brooke Nevin, Nora Dunn, Michael Welch
Drama Comedy
96 mins

Weekend

On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. Just before closing, he meets Glen. And so begins a weekend that will resonate throughout their lives
Andrew Haigh, Tom Cullen, Chris New
Drama

A Bird of the Air PG-13

A loner highway patrolman is inspired to search for his long-lost parents after meeting a sexy librarian.
Rachel Nichols, Jackson Hurst, Margaret Whitton, Anjanette Comer, Linda Emond
Drama Romance
90 mins

U.N. Me PG-13

One man's journey to uncover the true nature of the United Nations.
Matthew Groff, Ami Horowitz
Documentary

Mardi Gras: Spring Break R

Three college pals, depressed with their current social situation, decide to venture to New Orleans, a magical place where a man and his beverage can walk the streets undisturbed in pursuit of the happiness that has thus far eluded them.
Arielle Kebbel, Phil Dornfeld, Carmen Electra, Bret Harrison, Josh Gad, Zanne Divine, Josh Heald, Danneel Harris
Comedy
104 mins

The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

Exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director William Colby told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl.
Grace Guggenheim
Historical Documentary

Friday, September 23