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'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, and Rosemary Harris. A debt-ridden broker needs some quick cash. He ropes his younger brother into a scheme to commit the perfect crime: to rob their parents' jewelry store. The scheme goes horribly awry, and the family patriarch takes justice into his own hands, unaware that the criminals he is hunting are his own sons. Rated R for a scene of strong graphics sexuality, nudity, violence, drug use and language, running time 117 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'This Christmas'

Starring Delroy Lindo, Loretta Devine, Regina King, Idris Elba, Mekhi Phifer, and Columbus Short. This year, Christmas with the Whitfield's promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family. Rated PG-13 for comic sexual content and some violence, running time 117 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

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'30 Days of Night'

Starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston and Ben Foster. Rated R for violence and language, running time 115 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'American Gangster'

Starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Josh Brolin. Rated R for violence, pervasive drug content and language, nudity and sexuality, running time 157 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'August Rush'

Starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Terrence Howard and Robin Williams. Rated PG some thematic elements, mild violence and language, running time 114 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Bee Movie'

Starring the voices of Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Matthew Broderick and John Goodman. Rated PG for mild suggestive humor, running time 90 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Beowulf'

Starring the voices of Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover and Angelina Jolie. Rated PG for intense sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sexual material and nudity, running time 113 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Dan in Real Life'

Starring Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche and Dane Cook. Rated PG-13 for some innuendo, running time 94 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Enchanted'

Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Susan Sarandon and Timothy Spall. Rated PG for some scary images and mild innuendo. (Cape West Cine)

'Fred Claus'

Starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, John Michael Higgins, Miranda Richardson and Rachel Weisz. Rated PG for mild language and some rude humor, running time 116 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'The Game Plan'

Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kyra Sedgwick, Morris Chestnut, Roselyn Sanchez and Madison Pettis. Rated PG for some mild thematic elements, running time 110 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Hitman'

Starring Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen and Henry Ian Cusick. Not yet rated, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Lions for Lambs'

Starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Pena and Derek Luke. Rated R for some war violence and language, running time 90 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Love in the Time of Cholera'

Starring Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Hector Elizondo and Liev Schreiber. Rated R for sexual content/nudity and brief language, running time 138 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Mist'

Starring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher and Toby Jones. Rated R for violence, terror and gore and language, running time 127 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Mr. Magorium's

Wonder Emporium'

Starring Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman and Jason Bateman. Rated G, running time 93 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Saw IV'

Starring Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell and Lyriq Bent. Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout and for language, running time 108 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

-- From staff reports