Opening in theaters this week (November 6)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Plot: An animated retelling of the Charles Dickens novel about Ebenezer Scrooge (Carrey), a Victorian-era miser who is taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Keep reading to see the rest of this week’s movies.
THE FOURTH KIND
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Stars: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton
Studio: Universal Pictures
The Plot: An investigator (Jovovich) is dispatched to Nome, Alaska to puzzle out a 40-year-long mystery involving an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances in the town. Her videotaped evidence looks to present the most convincing evidence of alien abduction ever documented.
THE BOX
Director: Richard Kelly
Stars: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
The Plot: A young couple is gifted with a mysterious box that promises them a handsome windfall with deadly consequences.
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
Director: Grant Heslov
Stars: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey
Studio: Overture Films
The Plot: In Iraq, reporter Bob Wilton (McGregor) meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), whose seemingly wild claim – that he’s a member of the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions – causes Wilton to join Cassady’s hunt for the battalion’s founder, whose gone missing.
PRECIOUS (limited release)
Director: Lee Daniels
Stars: Gabourey ‘Gabby’ Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton
Studio: Lionsgate
The Plot: In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen (Sidibe) who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Source IMDb
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