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November 2009 

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In Theatres

Your monthly guide to new releases


By Ingrid Randoja

November 6

 

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (pictured above)

One thing you can say about filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, he’s loyal, or is that stubborn? Zemeckis filmed his last two pics — The Polar Express and Beowulf — using motion-capture technology and the results were mixed. He employs it once again in this retelling of Dickens’ classic tale of miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey), who’s visited by three spirits (all played by Carrey) on Christmas Eve.


THE FOURTH KIND

Nome, Alaska, has had a high rate of disappearances in the past 40 years. Could it be alien abductions? Psychotherapist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) talks to people who have “lost time” to see if aliens are cherry-picking humans. The film claims it’s based on actual events, and includes footage from the real Dr. Tyler’s interview sessions.

 

THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS

Inspired by weird, real-life events, this war comedy stars George Clooney as U.S. soldier Lyn Cassady, who’s trained by the hippy-dippy Bill Django (Jeff Bridges) to use his paranormal abilities to fight the enemy. (The title refers to soldiers testing their powers by killing goats with their minds.) The mysterious Cassady and an American reporter (Ewan McGregor) slip into Iraq to fulfill a secret mission.


THE BOX

A mysterious stranger (Frank Langella) presents a box to an unhappily married couple (Cameron Diaz and James Marsden) and tells them if they push the button on the box they’ll become rich, but a stranger will die.

 

John Cusack has a stressful day in 2012

November 13

2012

“Disaster porn” director Roland Emmerich plies his trade with this destructo-vision pic that imagines the end of the world in the year 2012 (as predicted by the ancient Mayans). John Cusack stars as the decent husband and father who keeps his dignity as the Earth undergoes a series of horrific events — the advent of meteors, earthquakes, tsunamis and lofty speeches about mankind’s resilience. Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson and Chiwetel Ejiofor round out the cast.

 

PIRATE RADIO

If you lived in Europe in the 1960s you didn’t hear a lot of rock ’n’ roll on the government-operated radio stations, which meant you tuned into the off-shore stations that played rock 24/7. Written and directed by Richard Curtis (Love, Actually), this comedy is set in the North Sea on a boat that houses a rebel rock station manned by eight deejays, including the boisterous Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman), bossy Quentin (Bill Nighy) and sexy Gavin (Rhys Ifans).


November 20

BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS

No, this is not a sequel to the 1992 cop flick Bad Lieutenant, but an entirely new cop flick directed by Werner Herzog and starring Nicolas Cage as a drug-addicted officer investigating the murder of a family in post-Katrina New Orleans.



PLANET 51

This animated pic finds astronaut Chuck Baker (Dwayne Johnson) landing on Planet 51. Thinking he’s claiming an uninhabited world, Chuck is a bit surprised to discover the planet is populated by little green people living in a placid, 1950s-era civilization.

 

Fantastic Mr. Fox

FANTASTIC MR. FOX

Originally, Wes Anderson was set to co-direct this stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s tale, about a fox trying to outsmart a trio of farmers, with stop-motion master Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas). But Selick left to make Coraline, so Anderson was on his own. And it seems his irreverent voice translates to his puppet characters, voiced by an A-list cast, including George Clooney and Meryl Streep.

THE BLIND SIDE

Based on a true story, this sports drama focuses on Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless, six-foot-five, 350-pound African-American teen who’s recruited to play football at a white Christian prep school in Memphis by school supporter Sean Touhy (Tim McGraw) who, along with his wife Leigh Anne (Sandra Bullock), adopts the boy.

  

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON

The second Twilight film finds vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) leaving true love Bella (Kristen Stewart) for her own good. The devastated Bella finds comfort with werewolf hunk Jacob (Taylor Lautner), but her heart lies with Eddie, and she wants to reunite.


PRECIOUS

Clareece “Precious” Jones (Gabby Sidibe) is an overweight, pregnant, African-American teen who is treated horribly by her mother (Mo’Nique), sexually abused by her stepfather and taunted by her Harlem neighbours. But this girl posesses some serious inner strength.

 

November 25

NINE

Pity Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), an Italian film director juggling the various women in his life — his mother (Sophia Loren), wife (Marion Cotillard), mistress (Penélope Cruz), film star muse (Nicole Kidman), a wise costume designer (Judi Dench) and an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson). Based on the Broadway musical.

 

The Road’s Viggo Mortensen

THE ROAD

This adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is set in a desolate, post-apocalyptic America where a father (Viggo Mortensen) and son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) slowly travel south toward the ocean. Along the way they fend off desperate survivors — including cannibals — while trying to hold onto their own humanity.

OLD DOGS

Dan (Robin Williams) and Charlie (John Travolta) are business partners who take on a new project when Dan is given custody of the seven-year-old twins he never knew he had. Look for the late Bernie Mac in his final on-screen appearance.

 

NINJA ASSASSIN

Korean pop star Rain stars as a Raiza, who was adopted by a ruthless clan of assassins as a child and trained to kill using ancient ninja ways. The Wachowski Brothers produced the film, while their long-time pal James McTeigue (V For Vendetta) directs.

SPECIAL EVENTS ON THE BIG SCREEN

Hillsong United: We’re All in This Together

Hillsong United’s lead singer Joel Houston introduces the program that includes a performance by the band and a screening of the documentary The I Heart Revolution: We’re All in This Together

Wed., Nov. 4


NY Times Talks – A Conversation with Stephen King

Tues., Nov. 10


Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival 2009

Thurs., Nov. 19


WWE-PAY-PER-VIEW

Survivor Series

Sun., Nov. 22


METROPOLITAN OPERA

Turandot (Puccini)

Live: Sat., Nov. 7

 

Aida (Verdi)

Encore: Sat., Nov. 21

 


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