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October 2

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [2007] [PG] - 3.4.3
The second installment in the series begins with Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) and Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) planning their wedding ceremony, when a mysterious figure, The Silver Surfer, starts showing up on different parts of the planet, creating huge craters and wreaking havoc with the environment. As The Fantastic Four try to understand what's going on, their old nemesis, Dr. Doom, shows up and this time he's working with the U.S. Army. Also with Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahon. Directed by Tim Story. [1:32]

1408 [2007] [PG-13] - 1.6.5
A writer (John Cusack) of books about paranormal and supernatural occurrences, who visits sites that are deemed haunted, takes a trip to New York to stay overnight in room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel, even though the manager (Samuel L. Jackson) has forbidden anyone from ever staying there. It seems that there has been one too many unexplained deaths in the room. Also with Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony and Christopher Carey. Directed by Mikael Hafstrom. [1:34]

October 9

Evan Almighty [2007] [PG] - 2.2.3
Morgan Freeman, as the God from "Bruce Almighty," visits Evan (Steve Carell), a newly elected congressman who plans to change the world. When he prays for help to make it happen, it comes as a delivery of ancient tools, large quantities of lumber and a directive from God to build a Ark. Also with Lauren Graham, John Goodman and Jimmy Bennett. Directed by Tom Shadyac. [1:30]

28 Weeks Later [2007] [R] - 6.9.7
In this sequel to "28 Days Later" six months have passed, and the rage virus seems to have been defeated. A small number of people have survived the epidemic that turned people into flesh-eating maniacs. However, the survivors soon discover that one of them is a carrier of the virus, while having immunity from its effects. With Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau Jr, Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne and Catherine McCormack. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. [1:31]

You Kill Me [2007] [R] - 4.6.7
An alcoholic hit-man (Ben Kingsley) working for the Polish mob in Buffalo, New York botches an important assignment. Frustrated, his uncle Roman (Philip Baker Hall) becomes fed up and sends him to dry out in San Francisco, where he starts attending AA meetings, takes a job in a funeral home, and falls in love with the stepdaughter (Téa Leoni) of a client. Also with Luke Wilson, Dennis Farina and Philip Baker Hall. Directed by John Dahl. [1:32]

Reign Over Me [2007] [R] - 4.5.7
Adam Sandler stars as a man who's still struggling with overwhelming grief over the loss of his entire family on one of the planes involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks five years earlier. After a chance encounter on a Manhattan street corner with his college roommate (Don Cheadle) he may finally have found someone who can help him achieve a modicum of normalcy. Also with Saffron Burrows, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Liv Tyler. Directed by Mike Binder. [2:08]

Surf's Up [2007] [PG] - 1.3.3
A penguin who doesn't feel like he fits in dreams of being a great surfer. Determined to leave the ice, he hitches a ride on a whale, and ends up in the tropics. There he can compete against the best surfers, as well as make new friends. With the voices of Jeff Bridges, Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel, James Woods and Jon Heder. Directed by Ash Brannon & Chris Buck. [1:25]

October 16

Transformers [2007] [PG-13] - 4.6.5
Shia LaBeouf stars as a high school student swept into an intergalactic war between two alien robot races, the Autobots and the Decepticons. Both are able to change at will into a variety of mechanical objects, such as cars, planes and other devices. Also with Josh Duhamel, Bernie Mac, John Turturro and Tyrese Gibson. Directed by Michael Bay. [2:20]

The Hoax [2007] [R] - 6.4.7
Richard Gere stars as Clifford Irving, the writer who penned a controversial autobiography of Howard Hughes during the mid-1970s. Irving claimed the book was based on interviews with the reclusive billionaire, but it was soon revealed that it was all a scam, and Hughes was never interviewed. Based on actual events. Also with Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Julie Delpy and Hope Davis. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. [1:55]

Planet Terror [2007] [R] - 8.10.10
Rose McGowan stars in Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror," about the development of a biochemical weapon that when released turns people into zombie-like creatures with large oozing boils and a taste for human flesh; also with Marley Shelton, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey, Bruce Willis and Michael Biehn. [3:12]

A Mighty Heart [2007] [R] - 4.4.6
While working in Pakistan in 2002, journalist Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman) disappears the night before he and his wife Mariane Pearl (Angelina Jolie) are scheduled to leave for home. When a terrorist group claims to have kidnapped him, and begins threatening his life if their demands are not complied with, the events spark an international effort to find him. Based on Mariane Pearl's memoir and based on actual events. Also with Archie Panjabi, Irrfan Khan, Adnan Siddiqui, Alyy Khan and Denis O'Hare. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. [1:43]

The Reaping [2007] [R] - 7.7.5
Hilary Swank stars as an ex-missionary minister who uses reason and science to debunk supernatural events. When she's called to investigate strange happenings, such as frogs falling from the sky and swarms of locusts, in a small Southern parish, she discovers that at the center of the plagues is a 12-year-old girl. Also with AnnaSophia Robb, David Morrissey, Idris Elba and Stephen Rea. Directed by Stephen Hopkins. [1:38]

The Invisible [2007] [PG-13] - 3.7.4
After being brutally beaten, a young man (Justin Chatwin) is tossed in a storm drain and left for dead. Now in limbo, he moves invisibly among the people who tried to kill him, while trying to find a way to tell someone that he is still alive. Also with Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher Marquette and Michelle Harrison. Directed by David S. Goyer. [1:37]

October 23

Meet the Robinsons [2007] [G] - 1.3.1
A young orphan is desperate to find someone to adopt him, when he meets a mysterious boy from the future named Wilbur Robinson. Wilbur takes him to meet a family and convinces him that he must not give up on his dreams. With the voices of Angela Bassett, Jordan Fry, Tom Kenny, Harland Williams and Adam West. Directed by Stephen J. Anderson. [1:32]

Hostel: Part II [2007] [R] - 8.10.10
Sequel to the story of murder and torture for sale in Eastern Europe: Three young women traveling in Europe hope for some fun and frivolity but end up as the subjects of rich people who pay to murder them in very brutal ways. With Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips, Roger Bart and Richard Burgi. Directed by Eli Roth. [1:34]

Mr. Brooks [2007] [R] - 7.8.8
A respected business man (Kevin Costner), loving father and husband, is also a successful serial killer, who struggles with an inner voice (William Hurt) that urges him to commit murder. One night he murders a couple without realizing that a neighbor (Dane Cook) has seen everything through an open window, and now he wants to become his accomplice. Meanwhile, a relentless police investigator (Demi Moore) is on their trail. Also with Matt Schulze and Stephen Michael Ayers. Directed by Bruce Evans. [2:00]

October 30

Spider-Man 3 [2007] [PG-13] - 2.6.3
In this installment Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is well established as a popular superhero. He's also happy with his life with M.J. (Kirsten Dunst) and plans to ask her to marry him, but everything begins to fall apart when a malevolent extra-terrestrial organism attaches itself to his uniform and changes his personality, a new girl enters his life, an ex-con is transformed into an indestructible giant made out of sand, and his former best friend is trying to kill him. Also with Thomas Haden Church, Bryce Dallas Howard, Topher Grace and James Franco. Directed by Sam Raimi. [2:20]

Talk to Me [2007] [R] - 7.5.9
Biopic based on the real life story of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. (Don Cheadle), an ex-con turned radio DJ in Washington, DC, whose claim to fame was being brutally frank about the things that affected real people in the turbulent '60s and '70s. Also with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji Henson, Cedric the Entertainer and Mike Epps. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. [1:58]

License to Wed [2007] [PG-13] - 5.3.5
Robin Williams stars as a priest who makes it his mission to make sure young couples are prepared for marriage, and so requires any couple married in his church to pass his matrimony class before the ceremony. But this program becomes quite a strain for one young couple (Mandy Moore and John Krasinski) and they begin to question whether they are indeed right for each other. Also with Christine Taylor and Roxanne Hart. Directed by Ken Kwapis. [1:40]