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November 4

Get Smart [2008] [PG-13] - 4.5.4
Based on the eponymous 1960s television series, Maxwell Smart, a.k.a. Agent 86 (Steve Carell) is back with his sexy, skilled partner, Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), to help CONTROL protect the world from the evil scheming of the criminal organization KAOS. Also with Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Bill Murray and James Caan. Directed by Peter Segal. [1:50]

November 9

Kung Fu Panda [2008] [PG] - 1.3.1
Po (the voice of Jack Black) is a slow moving, clumsy, good-natured, wise-cracking, chubby, Kung-Fu loving panda. His dreams are dominated by Kung-Fu adventures, and when an accidental encounter takes him away from his family's noodle restaurant and he ends up under the instruction of a martial arts master he must prove that he can protect the village from an evil snow leopard. Also with the voices of Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, James Hong and Michael Clarke Duncan. Directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson. [1:28]

November 11

Hellboy II: The Golden Army [2008] [PG-13] - 2.7.4
Hellboy (Ron Perlman) and the secretive Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense are enlisted to defend humanity from elfish leader Prince Nuada (Luke Goss), who is planning to wage war against humankind by reviving an army of invincible mechanical warriors, which has been dormant for centuries. Also with Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Doug Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Anna Walton and John Alexander. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. [1:50]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars [2008] [PG] - 1.3.1
Animated feature that fits between "Episode II - Attack of the Clones" and "Episode III - Revenge of the Sith": The Clone Wars have begun and the Jedi force is spread out, and as a result, crime has taken over in some planetary systems. When the baby son of Jabba the Hut, leader of a large crime syndicate, is kidnapped, Jedi masters Anakin Skywalker (voice of Matt Lanter) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice of James Arnold Taylor) must rescue Hut's son and strike a deal with the crime boss before separatists have a chance to do the same. Also with the voices of Ashley Eckstein and Tom Kane. Directed by Dave Filoni. [1:38]

This Christmas [2007] [PG-13] - 5.4.4
A family comes together for Christmas and each member seems to arrive with a secret or an agenda. As the visit gets underway, the secrets begin to come to light and the family actually becomes closer because of the strife. With Delroy Lindo, Laz Alonso, Chris Brown, Loretta Devine, Idris Elba and Regina King. Directed by Preston Whitmore. [1:57]

November 18

WALL-E [2008] [G] - 1.2.1
Wall-E (with the voice of Ben Burtt) is the last working robot on Earth and spends his days cleaning up the massive amounts of trash humans have left behind. He also takes a little time to watch old movies and hang out with his pet cockroach. Things change when a visitor from space arrives and gives Wall-E something else to do -- like save humankind and find a lasting friendship. Also with the voices of Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenburger, Kathy Najimy and Sigourney Weaver. Directed by Andrew Stanton. [1:37]

Tropic Thunder [2008] [R] - 5.7.10
A group of pampered, spoiled actors (Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Brandon T. Jackson and Jay Baruchel) set out to make a big budget war movie. When their behavior angers the director and the studio head, the actors are dumped into the middle of the jungle to act out their scenes away from the trappings of celebrity. Through a series of mishaps the actors are forced to become real soldiers after all. Also with Steve Coogan, Tom Cruise and Nick Nolte. Directed by Ben Stiller. [1:47]

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 [2008] [PG-13] - 5.2.3
Four friends (America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn) continue on their journey to adulthood and keep in touch throughout the summer by letter and the sharing of a pair of well-worn jeans. They experience love, heartache, scares and awakenings. Also with Blythe Danner, Lucy Hale and Kyle MacLachlan. Directed by Sanaa Hamri. [1:57]

November 25

Hancock [2008] [PG-13] - 2.6.5
The people of LA have had enough of superhero John Hancock (Will Smith): though he possesses superhuman powers and fights crime, he always manages to leave a mess behind, and he can be sarcastic, mean and even rude. When Hancock saves a PR executive (Jason Bateman) he returns the favor by encouraging Hancock to change his image. Also with Charlize Theron. Directed by Peter Berg. [1:32]

Fred Claus [2007] [PG] - 2.3.2
The Christmas season is in crisis when an efficiency expert (Kevin Spacey) is sent to the North Pole to evaluate Santa Claus's (Paul Giamatti) operation. To complicate things further, Santa's estranged brother, Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn), a fast-talking repo man who's out of luck and money, comes for a visit. Also with John Michael Higgins, Kathy Bates and Elizabeth Banks. Directed by David Dobkin. [1:44]

Space Chimps [2008] [G] - 0.2.1
When a space probe is sucked into a wormhole and communication is lost, two astronaut chimpanzees and a circus chimpanzee with a stellar pedigree (his grandfather was the first simian astronaut) are sent to the stars to find out what happened. With the voices of Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Kath Soucie, Stanley Tucci and Zach Shada. Directed by Kirk de Micco. [1:21]

Meet Dave [2008] [PG] - 2.3.2
Eddie Murphy stars both as the tiny alien captain of an extraterrestrial ship, and as the spaceship, which is in the shape of a regular sized man and resembles Murphy. His mission is to return to his dying planet with all the salt from the Earth's oceans. Also with Elizabeth Banks, Ed Helms, Gabrielle Union, Judah Friedlander, Pat Kilbane, Brandon Molale, Marc Blucas, Austyn Myers and Nick Berman. Directed by Brian Robbins. [1:30]