Movies Released September 23, 2011

Friday, September 23

Moneyball PG-13

Billy Beane, the Oakland A's general manager, assembles a contending ballclub despite having a payroll much lower than other teams.
Jonah Hill, Chris Pratt, Bennett Miller, Michael De Luca, Aaron Sorkin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Stephen Bishop
Drama Biography Sports

Abduction PG-13

Taylor Lautner will star in "Abduction" as a teen who has long felt disconnected from his parents, and figures out why, which unleashes a chain of violent events.
John Singleton, Sigourney Weaver, Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Lee Stollman, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Alfred Molina, Doug Davison
Drama

Dolphin Tale PG

A young boy befriends Winter, an injured dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap, and motivates everyone around him to help save the dolphin by creating a prosthetic appendage to replace the dolphin's missing tail. Harry Connick Jr. plays a vet who rescues the mammal and brings her to runs the marine hospital he runs. Ashley Judd plays the boy's mother while Morgan Freeman is a doctor who creates a prosthetic limb for Winter.
Austin Highsmith, Nathan Gamble, Ashley Judd, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Juliana Harkavy, Broderick Johnson, Austin Stowell, Charles Martin Smith
Drama Family 3D Shot-In-3D
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Killer Elite R

Recounts the true story of an elite group of vigilantes drawn from the ranks of England's select paramilitary operatives, who were charged with eliminating four contract killers so deft that their hits appeared to be merely accidents.
Robert De Niro, Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski, Joni Sighvatsson, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Pure Fletcher
Action Adventure Gangster

Machine Gun Preacher R

Gerard Butler will star in Machine Gun Preacher, the story of Sam Childers. Childers is a former drug dealer and gang member who turned around his life and now dedicates his time to rescuing children in war-torn Sudan.
Gerard Butler, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Marc Forster, Michelle Monaghan, Brad Simpson, Deborah Giarratana, Myles Nestel
Action Adventure Biography
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Thunder Soul PG

Thunder Soul tells the true story of Conrad O Johnson and the Kashmere Stage Band, a mediocre jazz band into a legendary funk powerhouse.
Mark Landsman, Keith Calder, Jessica Wu
Documentary

A Bird of the Air PG-13

A loner highway patrolman is inspired to search for his long-lost parents after meeting a sexy librarian.
Rachel Nichols, Margaret Whitton, Jackson Hurst, Anjanette Comer, Linda Emond
Drama Romance

Puncture R

The story follows a troubled young attorney who must come to terms with his own demons when taking on a healthcare giant.
Brett Cullen, Chris Evans, Adam Kassen, Kate Burton, Vinessa Shaw, Michael Biehn, Marshall Bell, Mark Kassen
Drama
105 mins

Archie's Final Project NR

Archie Williams (Gabriel Sunday) is a 17-year old media geek who has suddenly found himself the most talked-about kid in school. He has announced that he's going to kill himself - on camera - for a class project. His classmates, parents, Sierra - the most beautiful girl in school (Brooke Nevin), and a "Shady Bunch" of shrinks, doctors, pill-pushers, and counselors descend on Archie. Some are hoping to save him, some want to imitate him, others try to push him over the brink. Archie films every moment of his high school experience, hiding nothing from his audience: realities of life, death, violence, sex, drugs, and the intense media overload and hypocrisy that bombard all teenagers.
Gabriel Sunday, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Welch, David Lee Miller, David Carradine, Brooke Nevin, Nora Dunn
Drama Comedy
96 mins

Weekend

On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. Just before closing, he meets Glen. And so begins a weekend that will resonate throughout their lives
Andrew Haigh, Tom Cullen, Chris New
Drama

Mardi Gras: Spring Break R

Three college pals, depressed with their current social situation, decide to venture to New Orleans, a magical place where a man and his beverage can walk the streets undisturbed in pursuit of the happiness that has thus far eluded them.
Josh Gad, Arielle Kebbel, Phil Dornfeld, Zanne Divine, Josh Heald, Carmen Electra, Danneel Harris, Bret Harrison
Comedy
90 mins

U.N. Me PG-13

One man's journey to uncover the true nature of the United Nations.
Matthew Groff, Ami Horowitz
Documentary
104 mins

The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

Exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director William Colby told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl.
Grace Guggenheim
Historical Documentary

Limelight

A documentary about legendary NYC nightclub owner Peter Gatien. Profiles Gatien’s rise and fall in the world of nightspot dominance as owner of Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium and Club USA.
Jen Gatien, Billy Corben
Documentary
98 mins

Red State R

A horror film in which a group of misfits encounter fundamentalism gone to the extreme in Middle America.
Stephen Root, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Angarano, Jeff Anderson, John Goodman, Melissa Leo, Kevin Smith, Kevin Pollack
Drama Thriller Suspense Horror

Friday, September 23