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Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges stars in this drama based on Thomas Cobb’s first novel about an alcoholic country singer. The musician’s career is going downhill as he watches his protégé’s star ascend, but his encounters with a journalist (THE DARK KNIGHT’s Maggie Gyllenhaal) might just keep him from hitting rock bottom. Oscar winner Robert Duvall costars and serves as one of the film’s producers.

Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces

After LIVE FLESH, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, and VOLVER, director Pedro Almodóvar and his muse Penélope Cruz unite for a fourth time with this drama. Here, Almodóvar delves into noir style to tell a tale of a man (BAD EDUCATION’s Lluis Homar) with dual identities who tries to compartmentalize his life after he loses his love (Cruz) and his sight in a car crash.

Bronson

Bronson

This drama tells the real-life story of the infamous British prisoner Charles Bronson (not to be confused with the American actor of the same name). Though Bronson was initially sentenced to seven years for burglary, his bad behavior–including attacking violently, taking hostages, and staging protests from the roof–has had him imprisoned for more than three decades, most of it in solitary confinement.

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Based on Flaubert’s masterpiece. A concupiscent and beautiful woman has a series of affairs and finds herself in conflict with conservative 19th century France. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Black-and-White) Art Direction-Set Decoration.

Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Tyler Perry returns as Madea (and director, screenwriter, and producer) in this drama about family, love, and redemption. Madea discover three kids trying to steal from her, and she sends them to their only relative. Their aunt April (Taraji P. Henson) is an alcoholic who is having an affair with a married man, but the three children–and an attractive new tenant–may represent a chance for a fresh start.

Amelia

Amelia

Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank (MILLION DOLLAR BABY) takes the biopic route in her title role as Amelia Earhart. Mira Nair (MONSOON WEDDING) directs this drama that also features Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor.

Hurt Locker

Hurt Locker

This thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow (POINT BREAK) travels to Baghdad with a U.S. military bomb detonating unit. THE HURT LOCKER stars Jeremy Renner, Guy Pearce, and Ralph Fiennes.

My Sister’s Keeper

My Sister’s Keeper

THE NOTEBOOK’s Nick Cassavetes directs another tear-jerking literary adaptation with this drama based on Jodi Picoult’s novel. When married couple Sara and Brian learn that their baby daughter has a serious illness, they make a surprising choice that has ramifications for years to come. MY SISTER’S KEEPER stars Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alex Baldwin, and Joan Cusack.

Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich

A man takes a new job on the 7th-and-a-half floor of an office building and stumbles upon a membranous room that leads inside the head of stage and screen actor John Malkovich. There he can see life through Malkovich’s eyes before being systematically ejected from the room and onto the New Jersey turnpike. The man then rents out Malkovich’s head to others, eventually letting his wife inside where she falls in love with another woman who, in turn, thinks she has fallen in love with John Malkovich.

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