November 10

A Good Year

Genre: Drama

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language and some sexual content)

Cast: Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Abbie Cornish, Marion Cotillard, Valeria Bruni- Tedeschi, Didier Bourdon, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore

Story:Oscar-winner Russell Crowe reunites with “Gladiator” director Ridley Scott in “A Good Year.” London-based investment expert Max Skinner (Crowe) moves to Provence to sell a small vineyard he has inherited from his late uncle. As Max reluctantly settles into what ultimately becomes an intoxicating new chapter in his life, he encounters a beautiful California woman who also lays claim to the property.

Director: Ridley Scott

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Website: AGoodYearmovie.com

Harsh Times

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, language

and drug use)

Cast: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria

Story: Jim Davis (Christian Bale) is an ex- Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. While seeking a position with the LAPD that will allow him to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her to the United States, Jim kills time chilling with his best friend, Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). Mike is feeling the heat from his longtime girlfriend, Sylvia (Eva Longoria): either get a job or get out. But the love of a beautiful woman can’t compare to the bonds of friendship, and Jim and Mike are soon cruising the streets of South Central, slipping back into a deceitful life of drugs, violence and petty crime, just like when they were kids.

Director:David Ayer

Studio: MGM, Bauer Martinez Distribution

Website: HarshTimes.com

The Return

Genre: Drama, Supernatural Thriller

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, terror and

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kate Beahan, Peter O’Brien, Adam Scott, Sam Shepard

Story: A new supernatural thriller starring Sarah Michelle Gellar (“The Grudge,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) as Joanna Mills, a tough young Midwesterner determined to learn the truth behind the increasingly terrifying supernatural visions that have been haunting her. Joanna has made a successful career for herself, as sales representative for a trucking company. But her private life has been difficult; estranged from her father (Sam Shepard), stalked by an obsessed exboyfriend (Adam Scott), and with few friends, Joanna fears that she is losing control. She sees and feels the brutal murder of a young woman she’s never met, at the hands of a heartless killer – a man who appears to be making Joanna his next target. Determined to fight back, Joanna is guided by her nightmares to the murdered woman’s hometown. Once there, she will discover that some secrets can’t be buried; some spirits never die; and that the murder she is trying to solve may be her own.

Director:Asif Kapadia

Studio: Rogue Pictures (Focus)

Website:TheReturnmovie.net

Stranger Than Fiction

Genre:Comedy

Cast:Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson

Story: Columbia Pictures and Mandate Pictures’ “Stranger Than Fiction” is an inventive comedy about a novelist (Emma Thompson) struggling to complete her latest, and potentially finest, book — she only has to find a way to kill off her main character, Harold Crick, and she’ll be done. Little does she know that Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is inexplicably alive and well in the real world and suddenly aware of her words. Fiction and reality collide when the bewildered and hilariously resistant Harold hears what she has in mind and realizes he must find a way to change her (and his) ending.

Director: Marc Forster

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Website: StrangerThanFiction.com

November 17

Casino Royale

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Tobias Menzies, Ivana Milicevic, Clemens Schik, Ludger Pistor, Claudio Santamaria, Isaach de Bankole

Story: Daniel Craig stars as “007” James Bond, the smoothest, sexiest, most lethal agent on Her Majesty’s Secret Service in “Casino Royale.” Based on the first Bond book written by Ian Fleming, the story, which has never been told on film until now, recounts the making of the world’s greatest secret agent.

Director:Martin Campbell

Studio: Columbia Pictures, MGM

Website: CasinoRoyalemovie.com

Happy Feet

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

MPAA Rating: PG (for some mild peril and rude humor)

Cast: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia

Story: In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, you’re nobody unless you can sing—which is unfortunate for Mumble (Elijah Wood), who is the worst singer in the world. He is born dancing to his own tune… tap dancing. Though Mumble’s mom, Norma Jean (Nicole Kidman), thinks this little habit is cute, his dad, Memphis (Hugh Jackman), says it “just ain’t penguin.” Besides, they both know that, without a Heartsong, Mumble may never find true love.

Director: George Miller

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Website: HappyFeetmovie.com

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Genre:Comedy, Musical

Cast: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Will Ferrell, David Koechner, Jason Reed, Ronnnie James Dio

Story: Comedians/musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to the big screen in the comedy “Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny.” The film tells the story of how “The D” became the self-proclaimed greatest band on earth and is being directed by Liam Lynch.

Director: Liam Lynch

Studio: New Line Cinema

Website: TenaciousDMovie.com

November 22

Deck the Halls

Genre: Comedy, Family

Cast: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Sabrina Aldridge, Kelly Aldridge

Story: A family comedy about one-upsmanship, jealousy, clashing neighbors, home decoration…and the true spirit of the holidays. Steve (Matthew Broderick), a suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, leads a well-ordered, well-planned, and wellorganized life. His new neighbor, Danny DeVito, is Steve’s polar opposite: a big personality with big dreams, which have yet to materialize. But Danny’s latest dream – to create the biggest holiday light display in the world, visible from outer space – is turning Steve’s disciplined world into a chaotic nightmare. As Danny’s home explodes with festive lights of incredible design, increasing complexity, and exponentially- growing wattage, Steve becomes a man on a mission. At any cost, he will thwart Danny – or top him.

Director: John Whitesell

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Website: DecktheHalls.com

Déjà Vu

Genre: Suspense Thriller

Cast: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Bruce Greenwood, Adam Goldberg, Jim Caviezel

Story:Everyone has experienced the unsettling mystery of déjà vu n that flash of memory when you meet someone new you feel you’ve known all your life or recognize a place even though you’ve never been there before. But what if the feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to the future? In the captivating new actionthriller from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott, written by Terry Rossio & Bill Marsilii, it is déjà vu that unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe is only in their heads is actually something far more powerful n and will lead him on a mind-bending race to save hundreds of innocent people.

Director:Tony Scott

Studio: Touchstone Pictures

Website: DejaVu.movies.com

The Fountain

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi

MPAA Rating: R (for some violence)

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Gullette, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy

Story: “The Fountain” is an odyssey about one man’s thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th century Spain, where conquistador Tomas Creo (Hugh Jackman) commences his search for the Tree of Life, the legendary entity believed to grant eternal life to those who drink of its sap. As modern-day scientist Tommy Creo, he desperately struggles to find a cure for the cancer that is killing his beloved wife Isabel (Rachel Weisz). Traveling through deep space as a 26th century astronaut, Tom begins to grasp the mysteries of life that have consumed him for more than a century.

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Website: TheFountainmovie.com

Let’s Go to Prison

Genre: Comedy

MPAA Rating: R (for language, sexual content, some violence and drug material)

Cast: Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, Dylan Baker, Steve Dahl, David Koechner, Michael Shannon

Story: Felon John Lyshitski (Shepard) has figured out the best way to get revenge on the now-dead judge who sent him to jail: watch the official’s obnoxious son, Nelson Biederman IV (Arnett), survive the clink. John strikes gold when Nelson is wrongly convicted of a crime and sent to the pen he used to call home. He gleefully gets sent back to become Nelson’s cellmate and to ensure that his new buddy gets the “full treatment.” Let the games begin.

Director: Bob Odenkirk

Studio: Universal Pictures

Website: LetsGotoPrison.com

Opal Dream

Genre: Drama, Family

Cast: Sapphire Boyce, Christian Byers, Abigail Gudgeon, Jacqueline McKenzie, Vince Colosimo, Peter Callan, Robert Menzies

Story: A movie for children and grown-ups of all ages, “Opal Dream” tells the touching story of a young girl, Kellyanne Williamson, whose unshakable faith in her two imaginary friends resonates through her small hometown in the Australian Outback. She lives with her family in a town that is wellknown for its reserves of precious stones. Kellyanne is an average little girl, but there’s something odd about her friends, Pobby and Dingan, because apart from Kellyanne herself, nobody can see them.

Director:Peter Cattaneo

Studio: Strand Releasing

Website: Not Available