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December 1

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian [2009] [PG] - 2.3.1
Since the first "Night at the Museum," the disappointed museum security guard (Ben Stiller) has made a success of himself as an inventor. When he visits the Museum of Natural History and discovers their plans to do away with the exhibits that he had grown so fond of, he is determined to get them back. Also with Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Dick Van Dyke, Ricky Gervais, Christopher Guest, Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon and Robin Williams. Directed by Shawn Levy. [1:45]

Terminator Salvation [2009] [PG-13] - 2.7.4
In this fourth installment in the "Terminator" series the war between humanity and the machines rages on. The leader of the resistance (Christian Bale) faces time-traveling paradoxes, which he is trying to unravel with the help of a recording left by his mother. Also with Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Common, Helena Bonham Carter and Bryce Dallas Howard. Directed by McG. [1:55]

December 8

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [2009] [PG] - 4.6.3
The sixth in the series finds Harry, Hermione and Ron (Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint) uncovering some of Voldemort's history, as his allies, the Death Eaters, grow more and more powerful and deadly. As Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) prepares Harry for what may be his final battle, the students of Hogwarts are also struggling with adolescent hormones. Also with Tom Felton, Helena Bonham Carter, David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Natalia Tena, David Thewlis, Bonnie Wright and Jim Broadbent. Directed by David Yates. [2:33]

Julie & Julia [2009] [PG-13] - 5.3.5
The story of how famed chef Julia Child (Meryl Streep) brought French cooking into American kitchens and how Julie Powell (Amy Adams) cooked her way through Julia Child's cook book and blogged about it. Also with Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Jane Lynch, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Vanessa Ferlito, Linda Emond, Helen Carey and Joan Juliet Buck. Directed by Nora Ephron. [2:03]

Public Enemies [2009] [R] - 5.8.5
During the Depression Era crime wave federal agents attempt to apprehend notorious gangsters, including John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum). One agent (Christian Bale) is hard pressed to stop Public Enemy Number One, Dillinger, under the new FBI and orders from J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup). Also with James Russo, David Wenham, Stephen Dorff, Giovani Ribisi and Marion Cotillard. Directed by Michael Mann. [1:43]

December 15

G-Force [2009] [PG] - 3.5.2
A group of specially trained guinea pigs (voiced by Tracy Morgan, Penelope Cruz, Sam Rockwell and Jon Favreau) combine forces with special agents (Zach Galifianakis and Will Arnett) to prove that their Special Forces team can take on anyone, including a power-hungry billionaire gadget maker (Bill Nighy). Directed by Hoyt Yeatman. [1:29]

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard [2009] [R] - 8.4.10
When a failing car dealership looks for help to save it from closing, a maverick used car salesmen (Jeremy Piven) rolls into town and turns their Fourth of July sale into a spectacular event. Also with Ving Rhames, Kathryn Hahn, David Koechner, James Brolin, Ed Helms, Jordana Spiro, Alan Thicke and Will Ferrell. Directed by Neal Brennan. [1:30]

The Hangover [2009] [R] - 10.7.10
Four friends (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha) celebrate the last moments of bachelorhood for one of them by taking a trip to Las Vegas. When they wake up the next morning with no memory of what happened the night before and one of them is missing, they have to follow clues to retrace their steps. Also with Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Sasha Barrese, Bryan Callen, Rachael Harris, Jeffrey Tambor and Mike Tyson. Directed by Todd Phillips. [1:39]

Inglourious Basterds [2009] [R] - 6.10.7
A group of mostly Jewish-American soldiers are let loose in German-occupied France during WWII with a simple mission: terrorize German soldiers by killing and maiming them in particularly grisly ways. When they find out that the leadership of the Third Reich is going to be attending a movie premiere in Paris, their leader (Brad Pitt) plans to use them to blow up the movie theater while a Nazi officer (Christoph Waltz) plots to capture them. Also with, Eli Roth, BJ Novak, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbender, Samm Levine, Diane Kruger, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent and Julie Dreyfus. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. [2:32]

Taking Woodstock [2009] [R] - 8.4.8
A young man (Demetri Martin) returns home to the family motel in upstate New York hoping to help his parents avoid bankruptcy. When he reads about a concert that was refused in a nearby town, he decides it might be good for business to bring it to their town, and thus a history-making event is set in motion. Also with Eugene Levy, Kevin Chamberlin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Liev Schreiber, Henry Goodman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Dano Zoe Kazan, Dan Fogler and Mamie Gummer. Directed by Ang Lee. [2:00]

December 22

All About Steve [2009] [PG-13] - 5.4.4
A crossword organizer and single woman (Sandra Bullock) meets a cameraman (Bradley Cooper) who is also single and becomes infatuated with him. Having little else to occupy herself with, she becomes obsessed with finding signs that she believes point to the inevitability of their being together as a couple. However, he thinks she is stalking him and concludes that she must be insane. Also with Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong, D.J. Qualls, Howard Hesseman, Keith David, Beth Grant and Katy Mixon. Directed by Phil Traill. [1:38]

District 9 [2009] [R] - 4.10.10
After years of having an alien population reside on Earth without understanding their motives for coming, the government decides to relocate them to a more secluded area. The leader of the relocation operation (Sharlto Copley) is accidentally contaminated by an alien chemical and begins to take on some alien attributes, and the government wants to dissect him while the aliens want him to help them leave the planet. Also with Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, John Sumner, William Allen Young, Greg Melvill-Smith, Jed Brophy and Kenneth Nkosi. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. Sometimes in Alien with subtitles. [1:53]

Extract [2009] [R] - 5.4.5
A man's (Jason Bateman) business is threatened when an injury in his factory might lead to a lawsuit that will surely bankrupt the company. At the same time, frustrated by the lack of romance in his marriage, he tries to get his wife to have an affair so that he won't feel guilty about having an affair with a sexy new employee (Mila Kunis). Also with Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck, J. K. Simmons, Clifton Collins Jr., Dustin Milligan and David Koechner. Directed by Mike Judge. [1:30]

(500) Days of Summer [2009] [PG-13] - 6.4.5
Joseph Gordon-Levitt narrates the story of his 500 days of almost-love with a co-worker (Zooey Deschanel): Working together for a greeting card company, they have entirely different ideas about relationships -- he is more serious about love and describes roller coaster happiness ruined by bitterness. Also with Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Grace Moretz, Minka Kelly, Clark Gregg, Rachel Boston and Matthew Gray Gubler. Directed by Marc Webb. [1:35]

December 29

Jennifer's Body [2009] [R] - 7.9.7
A young woman (Megan Fox) makes the fateful choice to join the members of a rock band for a ride in their van, and when young men in her small town begin dying in gruesome ways, her best friend (Amanda Seyfried) suspects that she might have something to do with it. Also with Johnny Simmons, J. K. Simmons, Amy Sedaris, Adam Brody, Sal Cortez, Juan Riedinger, Chris Pratt, Juno Ruddell and Kyle Gallner. Directed by Karyn Kusama. [1:42]

Paranormal Activity [2009] [R] - 4.6.8
A couple (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) living together discover that something that has been haunting the woman since she was eight is back and seems to be getting angrier. When the man sets up a camera to film what happens while they sleep, their fears intensify. Also with Michael Bayouth. Directed by Oren Peli. [1:39]