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Ice Age PG 94 minutes-WEDNESDAY OPENING

The sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbusters ‘Ice Age’ and ‘Ice Age: The Meldown’ are back, on an incredible adventure…for the ages. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while, maybe, finding true love); Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth, Sid the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs; and Diego the saber-toothed tiger wonders if he’s growing too ’soft’ hanging with his pals. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna run amuck and meet a relentless, one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck.

Public Enemies R 140 minutes –WEDNESDAY OPENING

Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in the incredible story of criminal folk hero John Dillinger (Depp), whose wave of bank robberies and the subsequent FBI manhunt, commanded by J. Edgar Hoover and run by Special Agent Melvin Purvis (Bale), fascinated the nation in the 1930s.

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Lions Den (Leonara) NR 113 minutes

Julia wakes up in her apartment, surrounded by the bloody corpses of Ramiro and Nahuel. Ramiro is still alive; Nahuel is dead. Both have been, obscure and simultaneously, her lovers and one made Julia pregnant. Julia is sent to a prison housing mothers and pregnant inmates. There she spends her first days absorbed and aloof. Two characters enter her life. One is Marta, a fellow inmate who has reared two children in prison and who becomes her guide and counselor; the other is Sofia, Julia’s own mother, an ambiguous character who Julia meets up with again after many years. Sofia attempts to repair the mistakes of the past; she helps her daughter, gets her a good lawyer, sends her baby clothes, and slowly reestablishes her relationship with Julia. The legal case involving the death of Nahuel, has two possible guilty parties: Julia and Ramiro, both in prison in different penitentiaries. Their testimonies are contradictory, one incriminating the other. The child is born, a baby boy whose name is Tomas. Bringing up a child in prison is difficult. At the same time, Julia begins to feel that she is a mother almost against her will. She understands that the only thing that matters to her is this new being that accompanies her now, that there is no life for her beyond that of her child. Julia decides to visit Ramiro in the Men’s prison where he is held. The events of the night of the crime remain muddled for both, just as their feelings towards each other. In the trial, Ramiro’s testimony will prove crucial to determine Julia’s sentence. Her friend Marta becomes her ally; her mother, her opponent. One attempts to teach her how to be a mother to her child in the least appropriate place; the other wishes to take over bringing up of the child, so that he could grow up outside prison, in freedom. The duel between Julia and Sophia expresses the dilemma of what is better for the child, to be brought up in prison next to his mother or without her, in freedom. After several years in prison, Julia, grown accustomed to the prison environment, has become hard, a woman who must struggle to recover her freedom and that of her son.

I Hate Valentine’s Day PG-13 89 minutes

A story of a woman who loves romance, but keeps her relationships short because of her ‘five date’ rule. Her theory is tested when her whirlwind romance with Greg, the new restaurateur in town, reaches the end of their fifth date, and she realizes she wants more.

The Girl from Monaco (Fille de Monaco) R 95 minutes

A brilliant and neurotic attorney (Fabrice Luchini) goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil (Louise Bourgoin), who turns him into a complete wreck…Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard (Roschdy Zem) will step in and put everything back in order… Or will he

The Beaches of Agnes NR 110 minutes

A magnificent new film from the great Agnes Varda, an innovative and whimsical journey through her life and work.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hits $201.2 million within five days of play.  This would make Transformers the second-largest movie opening next to The Dark Knight.  Transformers has also hit a few records along the way including highest opening for Michael Bay, Shia LeBeouf biggest opening,  Largest opening for Imax and biggest five day IMAX gross.  Transformers also surpasses the first Transformers in gross for opening weekend.

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $112 million

2. The Proposal $18.5 million

3. Hangover $17.2 million

4. Up $13 million

5. My Sisters Keeper $12 million

6. Year One $5.8 million

7. Taking of Phelam 1 2 3 $5.4 million

8. Star Trek $3.6 million

9. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $3.5 million

10. Away We go $1.7 million

Transformers has set a new record for Wednesday openings at $60.6 million.  Previous record holder was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at $44.2 from 2007.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen midnight shows grossed roughly $16 million.  This gross puts Transformers as the third highest midnight show  grossing performer.  The first being Dark Knight at $18.5 and second Star Wars: Episode III at $16.9.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen PG-13 150 minutes WEDNESDAY OPENING

For centuries, two races of robotic aliens - the Autobots and the Decepticons - have waged a war, with the fate of the universe at stake. When the battle comes to Earth, all that stands between the evil Decepticons and ultimate power is a clue held by young Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf). An average teenager, Sam is consumed with everyday worries about schools, friends, cars and girls. Unaware that he alone is mankind’s last chance for survival, Sam and his friend Mikaela (Megan Fox) find themselves in a tug of war between the Autobots and the Decepticons.

My Sisters Keeper PG-13 110  minutes

After their daughter is stricken with leukemia, a couple conceives a younger sister who can provide a donor match, but the family is torn apart when, after years of medical procedures, the healthy younger sibling sues her parents for the right to decide how her body is used.

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Cheri R 92 minutes

It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is underfoot. The sensational tale begins as the ravishing Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris’s most envied seductress to the rich and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by a former courtesan and arch rival, the barb-throwing gossip Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates), who encourages Lea to teach her disaffected 19 year-old son - a bon vivant nicknamed ‘Cheri’ (Rupert Friend) - a thing or two about women. The resulting escapades involve power struggles over sex, money, age and society - and, unexpectedly, love itself - as a boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young forever. Director Stephen Frears (’The Queen’) and screenwriter Christopher Hampton (’Atonement’) reunite (’Dangerous Liasons’) to playfully bring Colette’s unconventional romance, CHERI, to the screen.

New York NR 150 minutes

NEW YORK is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of a city often described as the center of the world. For most of us, larger events in the world are just headlines in the newspapers but these events can change our lives… forever. NEW YORK is one such story of 3 young friends whose beautiful lives are turned upside down by larger events beyond their control.

The Stoning of Soraya M R 116 minutes

A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam (Caviezel), whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra (Aghdashloo), who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya (Marno), whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a tragic ending.

The Hurt Locker R 131 minutes

The Hurt Locker is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military’s technicians of the bomb squad, who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives in one of the world’s most dangerous places. A thrilling and heart-thumping look at the effects of combat and danger on the human psyche, The Hurt Locker is based on the first-hand observations of journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal.

1. The Proposal $34,114,000

2. Hangover $26,885,000

3. Up $21,336,000

4. Year One $20,200,000

5. Taking of Phelam 1 2 3 $11,300,000

6. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $7,300,000

7. Star Trek $4,700,000

8. Land of the Lost $3,976,000

9. Imagine That  $3,100,000

10. Terminator Salvation $3,070,000

Several of the theaters I book for Sisters, Pix, and Mos’art Theaters will be participating in the Manhattan Short Festival.  Here is the information for film submission, venues, and more Manhattan Short Festival.  This looks to be a great event showing all over the world.   The festival will run September 20-27th 2009, check listings for specific dates.

Their mission:

Mission: The Manhattan Shorts mission is to unite audiences from all seven continents of the globe for one week via the twelve most compelling short films submitted each year. One World One Week One Festival is emblazoned within the rings that surround the Festivals Logo and it is this mantra that sets us apart from any other film event of the year.

In 2009 we are inviting venues in Asia and The Middle East with venues in Africa scheduled for 2010 and ice stations in Antarctica in 2011.

For up-and-coming filmmakers what greater test for your film is there than to be judged in cinemas by a global audience?

The Proposal PG-13 108 minutes

When high-powered book editor Margaret (SANDRA BULLOCK) faces deportation to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she’s actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew (RYAN REYNOLDS), who she’s tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his own.

Year  One PG-13 97 minutes

When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Jack Black and Michael Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world in Columbia Picture’s comedy, Year One.

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Daytime Drinking (Not sool) NR 116 mimutes

After breaking up with his girlfriend, Hyuk-jin hits a bar in Seoul with his friends. Totally drunk, they decide to take a trip to a festival in Joengseon, a small town out in the Korean countryside, to console Hyuk-jin’s broken heart. They agree to leave first thing the next day. However, when Hyuk-Jin gets off the bus the next afternoon, he finds out he’s the only one that made the trip. He calls his friends, but they all had horrible hangovers and completely forgot. Worse, he quickly finds that the festival they were headed to was weeks ago, and the tiny beach town is shuttered- the shops aren’t open, there are no other tourists there, and the beach is freezing cold. Hyuk-jin is truly, honestly, alone. When one of his friends suggests Hyuk-jin wait for them at a hostel run by an old pal from college, he agrees. He seeks it out, not realizing that not only is the place he’s sleeping in not the right hotel in the slightest, but that this is just the beginning of a very strange adventure. Over the next few days, Hyuk-jin finds himself in a series of increasingly bizarre situations, most of them aided by the fact that, due to his respect for the etiquette of Korean drinking culture, Hyuk-jin finds it difficult to refuse a drink when someone offers him one. With his friends still saying they’ll come, but not showing up, and his wallet gone, Hyuk-jin has to figure out how get out of what must surely be the world’s worst hangover, get back to Seoul, and end his drunken odyssey.

Dead Snow (Dod sno) NR 90 minutes

A group of teenagers had all they needed for a successful ski vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains had other plans.

Brighton Rock Reissue NR 92 minutes

Pinky, a small-time gang leader in the English seaside town of Brighton, spins into a self-destructing spiral after murdering a rival.

Under Our Skin NR 103 Minutes

A dramatic tale of microbes, medicine and money, UNDER OUR SKIN plays like a taut thrillerbut it is our own lives that may be at stake. This riveting film, a documentary with the propulsion of a narrative, investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic larger than AIDS. Each year thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, told that their symptoms are ‘all in their head.’ Following the stories of patients and physicians as they battle for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings into focus a haunting picture of our health care system and its ability to cope with a silent and growing terror, and the even more terrifying response the medical status quo has given it.

1. Hangover $32,794,387 2 Weeks #1

2. Up $30,762,280

3. Taking of Phelam $23,373,102

4. Night at the Museum $9,616,907

5. Land of the Lost $8,994,030

6. Imagine That $5,503,519

7.  Star Trek $5,454,563

8. Terminator Salvation $4,787,487

9. Angels & Demons $4,111,457

10. Drag Me to Hell $3,932,585