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November 7

Cars [2006] [G], The - 2.3.2
Pixar animated feature about Lightning McQueen (with the voice of Owen Wilson), a cocky, ambitious rookie race car that crashes into the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs, destroying the main street. Sentenced to community service, the hotshot gets to know the town's offbeat characters and learns that there's pleasure in the journey, not just getting there. Also with the voices of Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin and Larry the Cable Guy. Directed by John Lasseter & Joe Ranft. [1:56]

Little Man [2006] [PG-13] - 5.5.4
When a couple (Shawn Wayans and Kerry Washington) finds what they think is an abandoned baby (Marlon Wayans) on their front porch, the husband, who's very anxious to start a family, thinks that this is their opportunity to become parents by adopting. What he does not realize is that the baby is actually a man of very small stature, who is on the lam after stealing a precious diamond. Also with Tracy Morgan, John Witherspoon, Brittany Daniel and Dave Sheridan. Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. [1:30]

November 14

The Da Vinci Code [2006] [PG-13] - 5.7.4
Based on Dan Brown's best-selling thriller, the story starts with Tom Hanks as a famous symbologist who's called to the Paris Louvre one night in order to decipher ancient symbols found scrawled on the body of a murdered curator. With the help of a French police cryptologist (Audrey Tautou) he uncovers a 2,000-year-old conspiracy to keep the true status of Mary Magdalene a secret from the faithful. Also with Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina and Jurgen Prochnow. Directed by Ron Howard. [2:29]

John Tucker Must Die [2006] [PG-13] - 5.3.4
Three young women take on the challenge of systematically destroying a young man's life after they find out that he is dating all three of them, at the same time. The idea is to make him fall in love with someone and then break his heart in order to teach him a lesson. With Jesse Metcalfe, Sophia Bush, Ashanti, Brittany Snow and Sophia Bush. Directed by Betty Thomas. [1:27]

Accepted [2006] [PG-13] - 4.3.5
A young man (Justin Long) is turned down from every college he applies to, and realizing he's not the only one to have been so thoroughly rejected, he decides to create his own institution of higher learning. Also with Blake Lively, Lewis Black, Adam Herschman and Jonah Hill. Directed by Steve Pink. [1:32]

Strangers with Candy [2006] [R] - 7.5.5
A prequel to the television show "Strangers With Candy" that ran on Comedy Central, about a 46 year-old ex-junkie (Amy Sedaris) who returns home after many years in prison and goes back to high school, vowing to live her life over again, and this time to be good. Her father has been in a coma for three decades, and she is convinced that if she could be special in some way he would recover. Also with Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker. Directed by Paul Dinello. [1:27]

November 21

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown [2006] [PG] - 1.4.2
Sequel to the popular "Ice Age": Three friends, a mammoth, a saber-tooth tiger and a sloth (voiced by Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo, respectively) try to escape across the melting ice plain, while vultures and newly thawed, hungry water animals are after them. Their unlikely herd is soon joined by a female mammoth (Queen Latifah) and her possum "brothers." Also with the voices of Josh Peck, Jay Leno, Will Arnett and Seann William Scott. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. [1:30]

An Inconvenient Truth [2006] [PG] - 0.3.1
A documentary film about former Vice President Al Gore's travels around the world, in order to present the scientific consensus on the issue of global warming and the argument that devastating results will result from inaction. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. [1:40]

You, Me and Dupree [2006] [PG-13] - 6.3.5
Shortly after returning from his honeymoon, a man runs into his best and oldest friend Dupree (Owen Wilson) who's been fired and sleeps on a cot in the back room of a bar after he's kicked out of his apartment. Unemployed -- and seemingly unemployable -- Dupree is invited to stay with the newlyweds (Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon), just for a few days. However, weeks pass and the unconventional household arrangement takes its toll on everybody's life. Also with Michael Douglas and Amanda Detmer. Directed by Joe & Anthony Russo. [1:49]

Scoop [2006] [PG-13] - 5.3.4
A recently departed British reporter is determined to have someone follow a hot tip even though he is dead, and manages to inspire a young college journalist (Scarlett Johansson) who thinks she has landed the biggest scoop of the century, the identity of the "Tarot Card Killer." But she soon falls in love with the subject of her exposé. Also with Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Woody Allen and Kevin McNally. Directed by Woody Allen. [1:36]

November 28

Superman Returns [2006] [PG-13] - 3.6.2
Brandon Routh assumes the mantle of the Man of Steel in this new series based on the classic comic: After a long absence Superman comes back to Earth to find that his old enemies are still determined to take away his powers, while Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth), whom he's still in love with, has moved on with her life. Also with James Marsden, Kevin Spacey, Parker Posey and Frank Langella. Directed by Bryan Singer. [2:34]

Clerks II [2006] [R] - 10.4.10
In this sequel that takes place 10 years after "Clerks," best friends Dante and Randal return (Brian Christopher O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson) as the indefatigably unambitious New Jersey friends. The quick mart where they worked has burned to the ground and now they are flipping burgers at a fast food restaurant, while continuing to abuse the customers. Also with Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith. Directed by Kevin Smith. [1:38]

The Ant Bully [2006] [PG] - 2.4.1
A 10-year-old boy who is bullied by bigger neighborhood kids, becomes a bully himself when he takes his frustrations out on the anthill in his yard. An ant wizard in the colony is determined to teach the boy a lesson and develops a potion that shrinks the boy to ant size. Now he has to live among the ants before being able to return home. With the voices of Lily Tomlin, Larry Miller, Julia Roberts, Paul Giamatti and Zach Tyler Eisen. Directed by John A. Davis. [1:28]