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The Skin I Live In (R) Released Oct.14, 2011 4.0

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                            <li class="synopsis">Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In finds him joining forces with Antonio Banderas for the first time in over 20 years. Banderas plays Dr. Robert Ledgard, a plastic surgeon who...</li>
                            
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                                Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes
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                        <span>Released Oct.14, 2011</span>
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The Help (PG-13) Released Aug.10, 2011 4.0

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                            <li class="synopsis">A 1960s-era Mississippi debutante sends her community into an uproar by conducting a series of probing interviews with the black servants behind some of her community's most...</li>
                            
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                                Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard
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                        <span>Released Aug.10, 2011</span>
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The Tree of Life (PG-13) Released May.27, 2011 4.0

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                        <span>Released May.27, 2011</span>
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Hop (PG) Released Apr.01, 2011 3.5

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                            <li class="synopsis">Jobless slacker Fred (James Marsden) discovers that hares make horrible houseguests after injuring the Easter Bunny (Russell Brand) and agreeing to nurse the little hopper back...</li>
                            
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                                James Marsden, Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco
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                        <span>Released Apr.01, 2011</span>
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Rango (PG) Released Mar.04, 2011 3.0

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