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He's Just Not That Into You

Director: Ken Kwapis
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly (Full Cast)
Studio: New Line Cinema

The Plot: Romantic woes affect an interconnected group of Baltimore singles and marrieds.

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This is the first theatrical trailer for He's Just Not That Into You, directed by Ken Kwapis.

The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

THE BUZZ: We thought 2008 was all about 80s retro, but this movie looks to kick up the breezy nostalgia of the late 90s -- back when most of Into You's cast was in ascension. The source material here, the best-selling book by former Sex and the City story editor Greg Behrendt, is also responsible for the wayback effect. We wish star/producer Drew Barrymore would have shelled out for more reliable behind-the-camera talent, since the writer-direction trio makes us say yikes. Speaking of Ms. Barrymore, who is directing her first feature with Ellen Page in the lead role, she hooked up with co-star Justin Long during filming; elsewhere, Jennifer Aniston was linked to Bradley Cooper for a bit. But no one wanted to even flirt with Ben Affleck. Here'zzzzz the trailer.

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Pink Panther 2

Director: Harald Zwart
Stars: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer (Full Cast)
Studio: Columbia Pictures

The Plot: Insp. Jacques Clouseau (Martin) teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.

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Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.

THE BUZZ: Ooh, they pulled a Rachel Dawes here and replaced Kevin Kline with John Cleese in the role of Chief Inspector Dreyfus. Shawn Levy passed on the sequel in order to helm Night at the Museum 2, making way for Agent Cody Banks director Harald Zwart (we'd like to hear Martin-as-Clouseau say his name). That must have saved the production beaucoup dollars. All of this switcheroo neatly conceals the plot, which sounds like Clouseau hunting down Nic Cage in National Treasure. Luckily, this one has even cuter support staff, with a band of inspectors that includes Andy Garcia, Aishwarya Rai, and Alfred Molina.

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Coraline

Director: Henry Selick
Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman (Full Cast)
Studio: Focus Features

The Plot: A secret door in her family's new house offers a passage way to an unusual parallel world for young Coraline.

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THE BUZZ: Director Selick (the unsung hero behind Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas) finally gets his chance to shine, or at least step out of Burton's shadow and with the perfect material for him. By perfect, we mean super creepy. And by unsung, we mean he directed Nightmare not Burton (look it up). If you're a Burton fan or thought the underwater claymation scenes from The Life Aquatic were the best part of that movie, then Selick's solo work is for you. If you're a fan of 3-D stop-motion animation, then the LA Times' behind-the-scenes photo gallery is just for you.

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Dance Flick

Director: Damien Wayans
Stars: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans (Full Cast)
Studio: Paramount Pictures

The Plot: In this spoof of dance movies, aspiring professional dancers Megan and Thomas work together to try and make their dreams a reality.

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A comedy about a rich, suburban white girl named Tracy Transfat who gets into a series of misadventures when she moves to the inner-city.

THE BUZZ: Little is known about the new Wayans Bros. comedy, but if that plot outline holds true, the brothers could be retreating back to White Chicks territory in order to put the uninspired Little Man behind them. (Remember when the "baby" hit his adoptive father with a frying pan?) I'm probably in the minority here, but I truly wish Keenen Ivory Wayans would get in more of a 90s mindset, when he wrote scripts like I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and Hollywood Shuffle. If that can't happen, strive to create scenarios that as are funny as the best bits from the first two Scary Movies.

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Fanboys

Director: Kyle Newman
Stars: Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell (Full Cast)
Studio: Weinstein Company, The

The Plot: Four guys and their galpal plan a cross-country trip in order to steal a print of Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace from Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see it before its world premiere.

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THE BUZZ: Here's the trailer. Director Kyle Newman's comedy, which traveled a bumpy road to its theatrical release, restores a sense of nostalgia -- we just wish it traveled all the way back to those halcyon days before the Star Wars episodes were renumbered and Jar Jar Binks was under wraps at Skywalker Ranch. Still, you have to hand it to the real-world fanboys and girls who lobbied Harvey Weinstein until the big softie agreed to release Newman's cut of the film. If I were being called "Darth Weinstein" for stripping a film of its context, I'd probably cave after a few rounds with the Faithful, too ...

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Push

Director: Paul McGuigan
Stars: Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans (Full Cast)
Studio: Summit Entertainment

The Plot: In Hong Kong, a trio of young people with special abilities are pursued by a clandestine U.S. government agency who wants the gifted ones back in their fold.

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THE BUZZ: I think director Paul McGuigan (Wicker Park, Lucky Number Slevin) has a thing for too-intricate storylines; during Push's 2008 Comic-Con panel, poor Camilla Belle stumbled through a plot explanation that began to sound like playing rounds of Magic: The Gathering. Djimon Hounsou, meanwhile, could barely remember his role in the movie. Good thing Dakotah Fanning then popped out to, like, tell the crowd she finally lost all of her baby teeth. Or something.

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Confessions of a Shopaholic

Director: P.J. Hogan
Stars: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter (Full Cast)
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The Plot: Charming Manhattanite Rebecca Bloomwood (Fisher) is an out-of-control spender/fashionista, so it's a bit ironic when she lands a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine, and she becomes an instant celebrity -- complete with access to all the fabulous things she so desires. But will her compulsive habits ruin her career, and her new-found romance?

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THE BUZZ: It's a chick-lit showdown this month, with Isla Fisher in Shopaholic and a clutch of serious contenders that is the principal cast of He's Just Not That Into You. We love an underdog, especially one as otherworldly beautiful as Ms. Fisher (when will she and Sacha Baron Cohen tie the knot?), but Shopaholic descends from the massively popular novels by real-life financial journalist Madeleine Wickham (pen name: Sophie Kinsella), whose Undomestic Goddess is being developed by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal. The trailer is a bit of a puzzle -- as in, just because someone is good at slapstick, that doesn't mean you have to incorporate it into your script. Also, we can't tell if the tone is supposed to be highbrow, low, or just kinda all over the place.

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The International

Director: Tom Tykwer
Stars: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts (Full Cast)
Studio: Columbia Pictures

The Plot: An Interpol agent (Owen) attempts to break up an international arms dealing ring financed by a high-profile bank.

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THE BUZZ: Has it really taken ten years for Hollywood to get the Run, Lola, Run director to make his first American, big-budget action-thriller? Embarrassing. Still, who cares, with Owen and Watts also on board, all is forgiven. What we also love the most about this picture sight unseen? The fact that we finally get to see what Clive Owen would have been like as 007 ... Hey, here's a link to the trailer ...

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Friday the 13th

Director: Marcus Nispel
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Derek Mears (Full Cast)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

The Plot: A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees (Mears) and his deadly intentions.

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THE BUZZ: Most of the behind-the-camera dudes who made the well-received Texas Chainsaw Massacre are present here, including director Marcus Nispel and producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller. Form and Fuller sneaked some footage and addressed fan concerns at Comic-Con this year, a sign of their commitment to the horror genre and its never-ending barrage of remakes and reboots. Expect to be treated to an old-school horror movie, heavy on slasher tension and a more aggressive Jason -- Derek Mears described his take on Voorhees as more of a fast-moving predator who sets up his prey. Also, Jason's mom figures into the action somehow!

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Under the Sea 3D

Director: Howard Hall
Stars: Jim Carrey (Full Cast)
Studio: IMAX

The Plot: Jim Carrey narrates this underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea, and the Indo-Pacific areas, and the impact of global warming on the oceans.

THE BUZZ: Deep Sea is like the Dark Side of the Moon of IMAX movies, in that it has been in general release since for over two years, and has grossed nearly $60 million in that time. No wonder Disney is rushing this sequel into theaters, with all the right behind-the-camera talent back in place. (Though I feel like they traded down a bit in the narrator department?)

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Madea Goes to Jail

Director: Tyler Perry
Stars: Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Derek Luke (Full Cast)
Studio: Lionsgate

The Plot: When Madea's (Perry) trouble-making antics land her behind bars, among the cast of characters she meets is Candy (Pulliam), a prostitute whose life is off-track and in need of the type of tough love that only Madea can provide.

THE BUZZ: Though you can buy the stage version of this story on DVD at your grocery store, something tells me Tyler Perry is going to experience his biggest success here, since he's back in hysteria-comedy mode (and in drags), with a fully grown Rudy Huxtable playing a streetwalker in the clink.

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Youth in Revolt

Director: Miguel Arteta
Stars: Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Ray Liotta (Full Cast)
Studio: Dimension Films

The Plot: Like most teens, young Nick Twisp (Cera) is ruled by his libido. And from the recesses of a trailer park in Northern California, Twisp concocts a plan -- make that multiple schemes -- to lose his virginity to a local girl, the precocious Sheeni Saunders (Doubleday).

THE BUZZ: The search for Sheeni is over with the announcement that Portia Doubleday, soon to be seen on Showtime's new series, "The United States of Tara," has won the role that could give rise to Ellen Page-like sudden fame. Doubleday joins a phenomenal cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Jean Smart, and Zach Galifianakis in this year-end comedy that is sort of like a boy version of Juno? Michael Cera's role here should be a natural extension of the characters he's played thus far, seeing that YiR plays a bit more with teen identity and the imaginable embarrassments that come to those who try to find a place to masturbate while living with dysfunctional parents in an RV. (Is that more difficult than having a crush on your cousin? Hard to say.) Though Twisp is written as a 14 year old, I imagine his age will be blurred to be more Cera-appropriate.

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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Stars: Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Michael Clarke Duncan (Full Cast)
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

The Plot: Interpol agent Chun-Li (Kreuk) enters an underground fighting tournament, with her eyes set on M. Bison (McDonough), the contest's founder and leader of a crime syndicate who may have been responsible for the death of Chun-Li's father.

THE BUZZ: You have a few more months to tighten up your Lightning Kick and get your hair into two perfect buns before Fox either a) "ruins" another fanboy property or b) launches the first film in a potential franchise with X-Men potential. Or both? Please note: I make that comparison in terms of the number of characters with shadowy pasts the story can explore, but I don't think this legend is going to break any box-office records (or put out two great movies, then a crappy third installment). So you're going to have to hit the theaters and pick this up on Blu-ray if you want to see Ken or Ryu in the future, and, while Kristen Kreuk was strung up with wires in order to simulate the moves that made Chun-Li the first lady of fighting games, there seems to be plenty of gun-toting action present here that will certainly upset purists (this is, after all, brought to you by the director of Doom). Meanwhile, another member of Black Eyed Peas goes rogue in order to, like, expand the pop group's "brand," or something. I think this interview with screenwriter Justin Marks is revelatory, and hopefully someone involved with the production will update their blog before Christmas.

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Untitled Jonas Brothers 3D Project

Director: Bruce Hendricks
Stars: Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas (Full Cast)
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

The Plot: A 3-D concert film of the 2008 Jonas Brothers "Burning Up" concert tour, as well as documentary footage on the lives of the three brothers.

THE BUZZ: Director Bruce Hendricks is like the Kenny Ortega of all things Jonas Bros. and Miley Cyrus, having turned the latter phenomenon's movie debut into a quote-unquote surprise hit earlier this year. So why shouldn't Nick, Joe, and Kevin enjoy copycat success this February? Meanwhile, you know the Miley Cyrus camp is gearing up to stick it to ex-b.f. Nick two months from now when Hannah Montana: The Movie lite-rocks into theaters.

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Obsessed

Director: Steve Shill
Stars: Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba, Ali Larter (Full Cast)
Studio: Screen Gems

The Plot: A successful business man (Elba) with a beautiful wife (Knowles) becomes the target of a female stalker (Larter).

THE BUZZ: What's this, a Beyonce movie that isn't a musical biopic? She sings in it, though, right? No? Not even a duet with Ali Larter? Seriously, would "Fatal Attraction: The Musical" have been too much to ask for here?

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Assassination of a High School President

Director: Brett Simon
Stars: Reece Thompson, Mischa Barton, Bruce Willis (Full Cast)
Studio: Yari Film Group Releasing

The Plot: When a bunch of SAT tests go missing at St. Donovan's private school, the hottest girl on campus (Barton) uses her charm to convince student/newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Thompson) to investigate the disappearance.

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THE BUZZ: Brett Simon's feature-film debut has received straight As from the festival circuit, where nearly every review compares it to Brick for its sharp-tongued dialogue and its film noir structure and styling. You might remember star Reece Thompson from last year's Rocket Science, which didn't fare so well with festival or general audiences, but Assassination might launch the 19-year-old Canadian into the indie spotlight, and it should do wonders for Mischa Barton's barely there film career. (Who knew Summer would end up with more movie offers than Marissa?) Exactly who is responsible for the film's success? Indicators point to screenwriters Tim Calpin and Kevin Jakubowski, two "South Park" alumni who should land a few deals after Assassination tears up the back-to-school season.

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