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Shipped on 02/03/12.

Disgruntled buddies Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) can't leave their miserable jobs, so they cook up a creative strategy for eliminating each other's micromanaging and maniacal employers (Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey) instead in this crackpot comedy. Peculiar advice from con artist Motherf**ker Jones (Jamie Foxx) gets the scheme in motion, but the pals can't keep the wheels from flying off.

Shipped on 01/31/12.

After he's laid off from his longtime job at a soulless retail giant, average middle-aged guy Larry Crowne decides it's time to change his life by heading back to college, where he finds a new perspective -- and a new romance with a professor.

Shipped on 01/26/12.

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

In a future world where flesh-and-blood boxers have been replaced by towering mechanized fighters, pugilist-turned-promoter Charlie Kenton reconnects with his estranged son, Max, to convert a discarded machine into a World Robot Boxing contender.

An otherwise healthy twentysomething has a comically early midlife crisis when he gets slapped with a cancer diagnosis -- and a 50-50 chance of survival. But what's the meaning of life when you're not sure how long yours will last?

After nine aliens flee their home planet to find a peaceful life on Earth, their plans are shattered by pursuers who must kill them in number order. Number Four is a teen named John (Alex Pettyfer), who uses his extraordinary abilities to battle his enemies. John's guardian, Henri (Timothy Olyphant), aids him in his deadly fight while he tries to protect his human girlfriend, Sarah (Dianna Agron), and connect with the others who share his powers.

Convinced that her brother, Kenneth (Sam Rockwell), has been unjustly convicted of murder and incompetently defended by court-ordered attorneys, high school dropout Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank) puts herself through law school in order to represent him in his appeal. Inspired by a true story, director Tony Goldwyn's stirring drama also stars Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Peter Gallagher and Clea DuVall.

After her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes op-ed columns accusing the Bush administration of misleading the public to justify invading Iraq, Valerie Plame Wilson's (Naomi Watts) status as a covert CIA agent is leaked by administration officials. Based on events described in Plame Wilson's memoir, this drama explores the political scandal that led to the conviction of Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

When the Second Life virtual world launched in 2003, an avid group of users began constructing an artificial universe where inhabitants could socialize, trade virtual property and more. This documentary focuses on a core group of those "residents." Inspired by the endless creative possibilities afforded by Second Life, the users profiled here have seen their real lives transformed by their online experiences.

In 1960s Jackson, Miss., aspiring writer Eugenia Phelan crosses taboo racial lines by conversing with Aibileen Clark about her life as a housekeeper, and their ensuing friendship upsets the fragile dynamic between the haves and the have-nots. When other long-silent black servants begin opening up to Eugenia, the disapproving conservative Southern town soon gets swept up in the turbulence of changing times.

Spun off from the hit feature film How to Train Your Dragon, this pair of animated shorts follows the further adventures of Viking lad Hiccup and his dragon friend Toothless as they encounter a new array of rare dragon species.

When writer Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish) returns to his high school to give a commencement address 20 years after his own graduation, he finds nothing has really changed: He still harbors the same unrequited crush (Winona Ryder), and he's still in trouble with the principal (Chevy Chase). Hilary Duff, Jon Cryer, Josh Holloway and Sean Astin star in this ensemble comedy helmed by Michael Polish and written by his twin brother, Mark.

Screenwriter David Sumner (James Marsden) relocates with his wife, Amy (Kate Bosworth), to her Mississippi hometown, but as detachment strains their marriage, bigger threats loom in their small town. To Amy's chagrin, David attempts to befriend the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend, Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård). But resentments re-emerge and tensions rise to an explosive end.

After years stranded on a deserted island, exiled duchess and sorceress Prospera (Helen Mirren) exacts vengeance on her enemies, whose passing vessel she has shipwrecked. What she doesn't know is that the ship also carries a potential suitor to her daughter (Felicity Jones). Writer-director Julie Taymor's bold adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play also stars Russell Brand, Djimon Hounsou, Alfred Molina and Chris Cooper.

Being a teenager is too much for 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist), who shocks his parents (Lauren Graham and Jim Gaffigan) by checking himself into a mental health clinic for a little R & R. But when the youth ward is unexpectedly closed, he's forced to live among the adult patients. Zach Galifianakis, Viola Davis, Emma Roberts and Aasif Mandvi co-star in this quirky drama written and directed by the screenwriters of Half Nelson.

In the wake of an unexpected family tragedy, novelist Michael Taylor (Ryan Reynolds) is forced to confront his fractured relationship with his father (Willem Dafoe) while dealing with painful memories of his mother (Julia Roberts), a woman who moved mountains to protect him. Emily Watson, Hayden Panettiere, Ioan Gruffudd and Carrie-Anne Moss also star in this semiautobiographical tale of rage and redemption from writer-director Dennis Lee.

Upon returning from a decade-long Amazon expedition, entomologist William Adamson (Mark Rylance) has trouble reintegrating into Victorian society, until he is taken in by an aristocratic family whose civilized veneer belies some illicit behavior. This dark, and at times sexually explicit, adaptation of A.S. Byatt's novel chronicles Adamson's marriage to beautiful Eugenia Alabastar (Patsy Kensit) and his relations with her questionable household.

Jane Campion's adaptation of Henry James's novel stars Nicole Kidman as Isabel Archer, an American heiress visiting relatives in 1872 England who falls prey to the manipulations of a scheming friend (Barbara Hershey, in an Oscar-nominated performance), who arranges her betrothal to an utter scoundrel (John Malkovich). Ironically, Archer's poor choice ultimately leads to discovery of her true self -- and her one true love.

Exploring the amazing true story of the historic World War II Dambusters Raid -- when English planes dropped bouncing bombs to destroy German dams -- this documentary features interviews with mission pilots and archival footage of special bomb tests. The bouncing bombs had to be dropped from exactly 60 feet while under fire, making the success of the 19 Lancaster pilots on this dangerous mission an extraordinary feat.

If robot technology continues at its current pace, soon we'll be sharing the planet with machines as intelligent as humans. Experts from a variety of fields speak to the promises and pitfalls of such a world in this documentary by Jens Schanze. Specialists in the realms of robotics, neuroscience, computer technology, developmental psychology and biology include thinkers Ray Kurzweil, Joel Moses, Hiroshi Ishiguro and Minoru Asada.