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January 4

Case 39 [2010] [R] - 2.8.5
After a diligent social worker (Renee Zellweger) brings an abused child (Jodelle Ferland) to live with her, mysterious and gory murders begin taking place all around her, and she soon discovers that the child is not as innocent as she thought. Also with Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper and Callum Keith Rennie. Directed by Christian Alvart. [1:49]

Catfish [2010] [PG-13] - 4.2.4
Ostensibly a documentary about a young New York photographer (Nev Schulman), who develops an online relationship with a family in rural Michigan -- first with a talented 8-year-old girl who reproduces his photos as paintings and then with her 19-year-old half-sister. However, the circumstances may not be as they seem. Also with Megan Faccio and Melody C. Roscher. Directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman. [1:34]

Dinner for Schmucks [2010] [PG-13] - 6.5.5
In a remake of the 1998 French farce "The Dinner Game," a powerful businessman (Bruce Greenwood) encourages his employees to gather social misfits for the company's monthly Dinner for Idiots, so that his executives can use them for sport. One company man (Paul Rudd) thinks he's found the perfect idiot (Steve Carell), for entertaining his boss and an overseas client. However, in the resulting chaos it is difficult to recognize the businessmen from the idiots. Also with Zach Galifianakis, Andrea Savage, Jemaine Clement, Jeff Dunham and Ron Livingston. Directed by Jay Roach. [1:50]

The Last Exorcism [2010] [PG-13] - 3.8.4
A man, who has been preaching at his father's church since he was a young man, has a crisis of faith after a near tragedy in his family and decides that his mission is to stop exorcisms on people convinced that they are possessed by demons. When he goes to Louisiana with a film crew to make a documentary, he is asked to perform an exorcism on a 16-year-old girl. Also with Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum, Caleb Landry Jones, Tony Bentley, John Wright Jr., Shanna Forrestall and Justin Shafer. Directed by Daniel Stamm. [1:30]

Machete [2010] [R] - 8.10.8
Inspired by the trailer featured in Robert Rodriguez's "Grindhouse": With the help of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent (Jessica Alba) and a taco truck driver (Michelle Rodriguez), a former Federale (Danny Trejo) begins a Mexican-American uprising after being framed in the assassination attempt of an unscrupulous anti-immigration proponent (Robert De Niro). Also with Steven Seagal, Jeff Fahey, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Lindsay Lohan. Directed by Robert Rodriguez & Ethan Maniquis. [1:45]

January 11

Alpha and Omega [2010] [PG] - 2.4.1
A female Alpha wolf and a male Alpha wolf are promised to each other by their fathers in order to unite their packs and make it easier for them to find food. The wolves in question have different ideas, and they fall in love with other wolves that are not Alphas but Omegas. Also with Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Danny Glover and Dennis Hopper. Directed by Anthony Bell & Ben Gluck. [1:28]

Piranha 3D [2010] [R] - 10.10.8
After an underwater tremor opens a hidden lake under popular spring break hotspot Lake Victoria, Arizona, and releases countless prehistoric man-eating piranhas, the local sheriff (Elisabeth Shue) and a seismologist (Adam Scott) must band together to save as many people as possible. Also with Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd, Eli Roth and Jerry O'Connell. Directed by Alexandre Aja. [1:29]

The Social Network [2010] [PG-13] - 5.2.5
The story of the creation of social network giant Facebook, follows its creator, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), through the inception of the idea in his university dorm room to the company's current fiscal and social impact. Also with Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Dakota Johnson and Armie Hammer. Directed by David Fincher. [2:00]

January 18

Animal Kingdom [2010] [R] - 4.7.10
The story follows the Cody crime family, known in Australia for armed robbery and drugs: Three brothers teach their teen nephew (James Frecheville) criminal skills after his mom dies of a drug overdose, while their mom (Jacki Weaver) supervises the training and blackmails authorities. The oldest brother (Ben Mendelsohn) is a psychopath, the middle brother (Sullivan Stapleton) is a cocaine dealer and junkie, and the youngest (Luke Ford) just goes along. Also with Joel Edgerton and Guy Pearce. Directed by David Michôd. [1.52]

Buried [2010] [R] - 1.6.8
A U.S. contractor (Ryan Reynolds) is working as a truck driver in Iraq when his convoy is attacked and he is taken hostage. He awakens to find himself buried alive in a coffin, with only a lighter and a cell phone, as he races against time to escape suffocating death. Also with Jose Luis Garcia Perez, Robert Paterson, Samantha Mathis and Stephen Tobolowsky. Directed by Rodrigo Cortes. [1:35]

Takers [2010] [PG-13] - 4.6.5
A band of bank robbers (Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy, T.I.) pull off their biggest heist, but their seemingly perfectly laid plans begin to crumble after a run in with a rival band of criminals and a hard-nosed police detective (Matt Dillon). Also with Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez. Directed by John Luessenhop. [1:47]

The Virginity Hit [2010] [R] - 9.3.10
When four friends (Matthew Bennett, Zack Pearlman, Jacob Davich and Justin Kline) vow to record how and when they lose their virginity, we see their experiences in a mash up of YouTube-esque amateur videos. Also with Nicole Weaver and Krysta Rodriguez. Directed by Andrew Gurland & Huck Botko. [1:26]

January 25

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest [2010] [R] - 8.7.5
In the third part of the "Millennium Trilogy" a woman (Noomi Rapce), a reporter (Michael Nyqvist) and his sister and attorney (Annika Hallin) gather evidence against a rogue section of Sweden's Secret Services and a Soviet defector (Georgi Staykov) they are protecting. As the evidence builds from 1960 onwards, with drug trafficking, prostitution, pornography and gunrunning, threats and attempts on their lives increase. Also with Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp, Jacob Eriksson, Askel Morisse, Niklas Hjulstrom, Anders Ahlbom and Micke Preitz. Directed by Daniel Alfredson. In Swedish with English subtitles. [2:27]

Red [2010] [PG-13] - 2.7.5
A retired Black-Ops Specialist (Bruce Willis) finds his new civilian life turned upside down when assassins target him. Hence, he joins forces with his old cohorts (Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Brian Cox) to uncover the assassins' hit list and the reasons behind it. Also with Karl Urban, Richard Dreyfuss and Mary-Louise Parker. Directed by Robert Schwentke. [1:51]

Saw 3D [2010] [R] - 1.10.10
Marketed as the final installment in the "Saw" series of torture films: a group of Jigsaw survivors form a support group and seek the advice of a fellow survivor (Sean Patrick Flanery), who has his own dark past and is confronted with an unfamiliar side of the Jigsaw mazes. Also with Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell and Dean Armstrong. Directed by Kevin Greutert. [1:31]

Stone [2010] [R] - 8.7.10
When a convicted arsonist (Edward Norton) meets his parole officer (Robert De Niro), their interview process changes both of their lives after the convict uses his beautiful wife (Milla Jovovich) to manipulate the system. Also with Frances Conroy and Peter Lewis. Directed by John Curran. [1:45]

Secretariat [2010] [PG] - 2.3.3
In the story of the U.S. Hall of Fame racehorse Secretariat, which won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1973, its owner (Diane Lane) is a Denver homemaker with a lawyer husband and four children. She takes the reins of her dad's (Scott Glenn) failing stables and proves that gender does not prevent greatness. Also with John Malkovich, Amanda Michalka, Dylan Walsh, Scott Glenn, Fred Thompson, James Cromwell, Kevin Connolly and Nestor Seranno. Directed by Randall Wallace. [1:55]