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Title:
Marley & Me
Stars:
Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston
Plot:
An impossibly cute, but impossible-to-live-with yellow Labrador retriever named Marley teaches his newlywed owners a thing or two about patience and parenthood.
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Title:
Bedtime Stories
Stars:
Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Courteney Cox
Plot:
Somehow, someway, the lavish bedtime stories that a hotel handyman (Sandler) tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.
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Title:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Stars:
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton
Plot:
Benjamin Button (Pitt) was born under unusual circumstances. As everyone around him grew older, he aged backwards, making the challenges of life such as creating friendships, finding a job and falling in love all the more difficult and heartbreaking.
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Title:
Valkyrie
Stars:
Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten
Plot:
Near the end of WWII, Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) leads to group of fellow German army colonels in an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler; the event would later be called the July 20 Plot of 1944.
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Title:
Yes Man
Stars:
Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel
Plot:
What happens when you agree with everyone and say "yes" to everything? Carl (Carrey) is about to find out when he chooses to become overly agreeable for an entire year.
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Title:
Seven Pounds
Stars:
Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson
Plot:
A professional man (Smith) who is close to suicide for his role in an auto accident that claimed the lives of seven people finds a reason to live, and to atone, when he falls for a woman (Dawson) who wants to help him deal with his grief.
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Title:
The Tale of Despereaux
Stars:
Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman
Plot:
Banished from his home for being more man than mouse, Despereaux (Broderick) is befriended by Princess Pea (Watson) who teaches him the value of reading books (instead of eating them) as well as a fellow outcast, Roscuro the Rat (Hoffman), who is interested in hearing the stories Despereaux has learned. When Roscuro is shunned by the princess, however, he plots her kidnapping, putting Desperaux's human-sized bravery to the test.
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Title:
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Stars:
Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates
Plot:
Aliens land on Earth with an important message for its citizens. A remake of the classic 1951 sci-fi film directed by Robert Wise.
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Title:
Doubt
Stars:
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Plot:
The principal (Streep) of a Catholic school in the Bronx grows suspicious of a priest (Hoffman) who might have crossed the line with one of their students; her subsequent accusation leads to a tense confrontation that also involves a young nun (Adams) who might have proof of the priest's wrongdoing.
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Title:
Slumdog Millionaire
Stars:
Dev Patel, Freida Pinto
Plot:
The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik (Patel) became a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?" -- an endeavor made without prize money in mind, rather, an effort to prove his love for his friend Latika (Pinto), who is an ardent fan of the show.
