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AT THE MOVIES

Enchanted

A classic Disney animated fairy tale meets with the modern, live-action romantic comedy in Walt Disney Pictures' Enchanted. Featuring an all-star cast, the film follows the beautiful princess Giselle (Amy Adams) as she is banished by an evil queen (Susan Sarandon) from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan.

Starring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Susan Sarandon and Julie Andrews.

Rated PG

American Gangster

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country in the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.

Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Carla Gugino and Cuba Gooding Jr.

Rated R

Dan In Real Life Dan Burns is a single father who dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch Burns.

Starring: Steve Carell, Juliette Binioche, Dane Cook, Alison Pill, Dianne West and John Mahoney.

Rated PG-13

Run time: approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes.

Hitman

A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. hired by a group known as "The Agency" to kill targets for cash.

Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen and Henry Ian Cusick.

Rated R

Run time: approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes.

Starts Friday, Dec. 7.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Molly Mahoney (Portman) is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store (Hoffman), bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium.

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Ted Ludzik, Zach Mills, Mike Realba and Jason Bateman.

Rated G

Run time: approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes.

Starts Friday, Dec. 7.

The Mist

A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Audre Braugher, William Sadler and Frances Sternhagen.

Rated R

Run time: approximately 2 hours, 10 minutes.

Starts Friday, Dec. 7.

Coming Soon

I Am Legend Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

Confirmed for Friday, Dec. 14.

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Based on the 1960s cartoon series about a music group of chipmunks comprised of mischievous group leader Alvin; tall and quiet Simon; and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

Confirmed for Friday, Dec. 14.