NOTE: Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the following (unless noted) opens today, Wednesday, November 21st. [SHOWTIMES]

[Rated PG: for some thematic elements, mild violence and language] - There are plenty of moments in August Rush when the inexperience of its creative team (director Kirsten Sheridan and screenwriters Nick Castle and James V. Hart) leave large tracts of cinematic land unexploited. In fact, it’s almost like watching a film school thesis, lacking in commercial appeal yet heady in pensive thought … [FULL REVIEW]

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[Rated R: for a scene of strong graphic sexuality, nudity, violence, drug use and language] - Having had great Brazilian vacation sex with trophy wife Gina (Marisa Tomei of Wild Hogs) for the first time in years, Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is determined to live the high life required to keep her. Problem is, he’s already in dangerous debt due to an escalated cocaine habit. But Andy knows his younger brother Hank (Ethan Hawke), who unbeknownst to him is having an affair with Gina, is in worse financial straits, drowning in child support back payments, so he proposes they team up for a “victimless” crime for an easy cash-in – robbing their own mother and father’s suburban jewelry store – in the superb Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. … [FULL REVIEW]

[Rated PG: for some scary images and mild innuendo] - Apparently, Disney was tired of having DreamWorks hand it its hat with three Walt-knocking Shrek movies, so The Mouse has joined the fray with this lightweight but sweet fun-poking at its 70 years of animated features. It would all come together less without a dazzling star at its center, and here, that star is Oscar nominated Amy Adams (Junebug) as Giselle, the soon-to-be princess of the fairy tale kingdom of … [FULL REVIEW]

[Rated R: for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity] - A steely hired assassin known only as Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant of Live Free Or Die Hard) gets caught up in a political conspiracy and finds himself chased across Eastern Europe by both the international police and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe.

[No MPAA Rating] - Celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky documents China’s colossal industrialization in photos that are both gorgeous works of art and ominous explorations of modern man’s almost godlike power to shape his natural environment to unknown ends. [FULL REVIEW]

[Rated R: for violence, terror and gore, and language] - Anyone dreading a marathon repeat of frequent Stephen King adapter Frank Darabont’s intermission-length The Green Mile can breath a relieved sigh in knowing that this delightfully creepy two-hour tour of the horror icon’s imagination is a tight showcase of both gents’ formidable storytelling skills. Based on King’s 1980 novella (which turned up slightly … [FULL REVIEW]

[Rated R: for strong graphic violence and some language] - There’s no telling where the next great Coen Brothers movie is going to come from. Their own fevered imaginations, as with Blood Simple, Miller’s Crossing or Raising Arizona? Tabloid fodder torn from real life, as with Fargo? One thing’s for sure: that next great movie is here now, and it has its roots in a so-so book by Cormac McCarthy. In the hands of the Coens, though … [FULL REVIEW]

[Rated PG-13: for comic sexual content and some violence] - This year, Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All of the siblings have come home for the first time in years, and they’ve brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family. With Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba and Loretta Devine.