OPENING FRIDAY, NOV. 6

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Based on the true events described in Jon Ronson's same-titled book, this comedy follows reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan MacGregor) on an adventure into a top-secret government program that attempts to use psychic powers to end war as we know it. An all-star cast also includes George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey.

The Fourth Kind

In 1972, ufologist J. Allen Hynek established a classification system to describe alien encounters. The fourth kind is the rarest-alien abduction. This first major film from writer-director Olatunde Osunsanmi, which claims to be based on actual events, investigates a disproportionately high number of reported alien abductions in Nome, Alaska, over the last 40 years. Milla Jovovich stars as psychotherapist Dr. Abigail Tyler.

OPENING FRIDAY, NOV. 13

2012

Never before have so many religions, cultures, scientists, and goverments so fearfully anticipated a single year. When a global cataclysm threatens to wipe out humanity, a U.S. government agency attempts to use ships to ensure the survival of our species. John Cusack stars as science-fiction writer Jackson Curtis.

Pirate Radio (aka The Boat that Rocked)

Radio Rock is a pirate radio ship that roams the waters off the coast of the U.K. Carl (Tom Sturridge) arrives on board in a last-ditch effort to get his life on track. The ship's band of ramshackle DJs, led by The Count (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), soon find Carl on a search for love and his true father.

OPENING FRIDAY, NOV. 20

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Acclaimed director Wes Anderson brings to life the tale of the Fox family in his first animated film, based on Roald Dahl's book of the same name. Mr. Fox (featuring the voice of George Clooney) is forced to steal a meal from one of the three miserly farmers who live near his family's den under a hill. The greedy farmers band together to end Mr. Fox once and for all.

Planet 51

In this animated adventure from Madrid-based Ilion Animation Studios, human astronaut Captain Chuck Baker (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) lands on Planet 51, thinking he's the first to set foot on its sunny surface. However, he soon discovers that green people inhabit the planet in a white-picket-fence society reminiscent of the 1950's U.S.

The Blind Side

Based on Michael Lewis' 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, this film follows Baltimore Ravens' offensive lineman Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) from his impoverished upbringing, through his days at Briarcrest Christian School, his adoption by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy (Tim McGraw and Sandra Bullock, respectively), and on to his days as a highly coveted college football star.

OPENING FRIDAY, NOV. 25

Ninja Assassin

When he was a child, Raizo (South Korean star Rain) was kidnapped and raised by the mythical Ozunu Clan to be an assassin. When the clan executes his friend, Raizo goes into hiding, only to return for revenge. Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris), a Europol agent investigating the suspicious activity of the Ozunu Clan, joins Raizo in his quest to take them out.

Nine

World-famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) reaches a massive creative and personal crisis while juggling the seven women in his life: his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson of Black Eyed Peas fame) and his mother (Sophia Loren).