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<title><![CDATA[ A Separation (Opened this week) ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-10/a-separation/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Nominee for a Best Foreign Language Oscar, this Iranian film is a smart, unusual, and highly involving story about making moral choices in the absence of villains. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu (Opened this week) ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-10/ek-main-aur-ekk-tu/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ This Bollywood romantic comedy tells the story a pair who accidentally get married after a night of carousing. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Opened this week) ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-10/journey-2-the-mysterious-island/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Michael Caine zips around on a giant bumblebee and Dwayne Johnson is a pectoral spectacle in this family-friendly, fantasy-island adventure tale. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation (Opened this week) ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-10/oscar-nominated-short-films-2012-animation/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Be ready for your office Oscar pool when it rolls around later this month. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action (Opened this week) ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-10/oscar-nominated-short-films-2012-live-action/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Good things come in small packages. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Pina (Opened this week) ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-10/pina/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Wim Wenders celebrates the great, innovative, German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch – in commanding 3-D, no less. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Safe House (Opened this week) ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-10/safe-house/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ This hectic, deftly edited, and unexpectedly bracing thriller stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Vow (Opened this week) ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-10/the-vow/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ A woman awakes from a coma with severe memory loss, forcing her forgotten husband to win her love all over again. Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum star. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Agneepath  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-27/agneepath/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Bollywood action thriller. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Albert Nobbs  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-27/albert-nobbs/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ This melancholy picture is distinguished by Glenn Close's vanishing act in the titular role. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-16/alvin-and-the-chipmunks-chipwrecked/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ We're wondering if anyone will call the ASPCA if we leave these animated rodents chipwrecked far from civilization. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Beauty and the Beast  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/1991-11-29/beauty-and-the-beast/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ The Disney classic returns to theatres with a 3-D update. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Big Miracle  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-03/big-miracle/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski star in this fact-based story that shows us that whales are mammals too. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Chronicle  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-03/chronicle/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Like a marriage of <i>Cloverfield</i> and <i>Carrie</i>, <i>Chronicle</i> blends faux-naif techniques with a teen telekinesis plot and gets fresh results. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Contraband  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-13/contraband/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ This routine story in which Mark Wahlberg plays a man forced to pull one last smuggling job stands out for its stylistic efficiency, stellar cast, and narrative restraint. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-20/extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close/</link>

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<title><![CDATA[ Happy Feet Two  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-11-18/happy-feet-2/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Some penguins march; these animated penguins dance – and sing – just like they did the last time around, only with a little less novelty. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haywire  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-20/haywire/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ A technically exemplary but otherwise unremarkable piece of fisticuffs filmmaking. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Hugo  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-11-23/hugo/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Martin Scorsese steps outside his comfort zone to create an effects-heavy children’s film set in France – and winds up creating one of his most splendid and personal films. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Immortals  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-11-11/immortals/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ There's lots of numbingly choreographed chaos and lascivious bloodletting in this megabudget picture about the Greek gods by the visual stylist Tarsem Singh. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Jack and Jill  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-11-11/jack-and-jill/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Two Adam Sandlers for the price of one? <i>And</i> Al Pacino?! It's still not worth it. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Joyful Noise  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-13/joyful-noise/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton duke it out in the homespun world of gospel-music competition. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Man on a Ledge  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-27/man-on-a-ledge/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ This semi-functional thriller tingles but never terrifies. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-16/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ This fourth entry in the Tom Cruise film franchise is the best of the bunch; it's wacky and keen to please. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ My Week With Marilyn  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-11-25/my-week-with-marilyn/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Based on the memories of Colin Clark, this movie recounts his time getting to know Marilyn Monroe while she was in England shooting <i>The Prince and the Showgirl</i> with Laurence Olivier. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ New Year's Eve  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-09/new-years-eve/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Did you see Garry Marshall's last all-star movie <i>Valentine's Day</i>? This is the same silly claptrap, just a different holiday. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ One for the Money  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-27/one-for-the-money/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Heigl plays bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in this adaptation of the first book in Janet Evanovich's bestselling crime series. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Puss in Boots  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-10-28/puss-in-boots/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ As infectious as the latest viral cat video, this animated film has the added slam-dunk of Antonio Banderas purring the voice of the title character. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Red Tails  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-27/red-tails/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ George Lucas exec produced – and bankrolled – this action/drama about the historic Tuskegee Airmen. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-16/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Robert Downey Jr. inhabits the role of Sherlock Holmes to a near-molecular level in this rushing whoosh of a follow-up to 2009's blockbuster. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom Menace  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/1999-05-19/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ It's time to find out if a 3-D lightsaber is any more effective than 1999's 2-D model. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Adventures of Tintin  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-23/the-adventures-of-tintin/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Steven Spielberg brings Hergé's comic books to animated life. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Artist  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-23/the-artist/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ It's a silent, black-and-white film for the 21st century, full of coy delights. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Descendants  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-11-23/the-descendants/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ George Clooney teams up with <i>Sideways</i> filmmaker Alexander Payne for this funny but tender story that's a little too smug for its own good. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Devil Inside  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-06/the-devil-inside/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ A woman tries to determine whether her incarcerated mother is criminally insane or demonically possessed. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-23/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Rooney Mara completely nails the role of Lisbeth Salander, and director David Fincher is no slouch either in this perhaps unnecessary remake of the Swedish thriller. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Grey  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-27/the-grey/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Bloodthirsty wolves and the brutalizing Alaskan elements conspire against a band of airplane crash survivors. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Innkeepers  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-03/the-innkeepers/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ With slow-burn shudders, Ti West's haunted-inn story provides a stellar model for creeping dread. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Iron Lady  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-13/the-iron-lady/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Meryl Streep reunites with her <i>Mama Mia!</i> director to play Margaret Thatcher. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Muppets  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-11-23/the-muppets/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ This Muppet reboot is an absolute delight and puts an end to the great Muppet diaspora. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-11-18/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ With this new entry, the series officially marks a transition from relatively harmless Victorian-minded trash to something flatly pernicious. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Woman in Black  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-03/the-woman-in-black/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Daniel Radcliffe jumps from Hogwarts to this movie's haunted mansion where he stars as a young widower under siege from a malevolent ghost. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-23/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Gary Oldman is John le Carré's  unflappable spy, George Smiley, in this dandy espionage tale. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Underworld: Awakening  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-01-27/underworld-awakening/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ When humans sniff out the existence of vampires and Lycans, all hell breaks loose. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ War Horse  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-25/war-horse/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ A stylistic throwback to classic studio movies, Spielberg's film about war as seen through a horse's experience of it rarely rises to the occasion. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ We Bought a Zoo  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-12-23/we-bought-a-zoo/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Matt Damon is a widower with two kids who buys a zoo after his wife bought the farm in Cameron Crowe's latest movie. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ We Need To Talk About Kevin  ]]></title>

<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2012-02-03/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin/</link>

<description><![CDATA[ Tilda Swinton stars as the mother of a teen rampage killer who has a complicated relationship with her son. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Annie Hall (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1300807/</link> 
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<title><![CDATA[ Flying Monsters 3D (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1300876/</link> 
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<title><![CDATA[ Götterdammerung (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1300870/</link> 
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<title><![CDATA[ Happy (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1301391/</link> 
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<title><![CDATA[ Happy (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1301008/</link> 
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<title><![CDATA[ Ocean Wonderland (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1283828/</link> 
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<title><![CDATA[ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1250097/</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ This glad-hearted and furiously funny piece of pop entertainment stars Michael Cera and is told in the vernacular of video games. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Singin' in the Rain (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1301101/</link> 
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<title><![CDATA[ Sleeper (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1300806/</link> 
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<title><![CDATA[ Spirited Away (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1301110/</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ <i>Spirited Away</i>, about a young girl who becomes trapped between the real and the ghost-world, melds bits of <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> and <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> with Eastern-angled spookiness and an outré sensibility that borders on the indescribable. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Texas: The Big Picture (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/157108/</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Texas is shown to be a land capable of producing everything from grapefruit to microchips in this IMAX movie. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Notebook (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1131181/</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ The love sap flows freely in this movie romance told in retrospect. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/227370/</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Austin fans have been dressing up and doing the "Time Warp" thing live for more than three decades. For more info, see <b>www.austinrocky.org</b>. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Show (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1300918/</link> 
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<title><![CDATA[ Tornado Alley (Special Screening) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1259674/</link> 
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