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List Price: $29.98 Price: $16.99 You Save: $12.99 (43%) 1 used & new from $16.99 Up in the Air transforms some painful subjects into smart, sly comedy–with just enough of the pain underneath to give it some weight. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) spends most of his days traveling around the country and firing people; he’s hired by bosses who don’t have the nerve to do their layoffs themselves. His life of constant flight suits him–he wants no attachments. But two things suddenly threaten his vacuum-sealed world: his company decides to do layoffs via video conference s( read more )

List Price: $29.95 Price: $16.99 You Save: $12.96 (43%) 1 used & new from $16.99 Not every movie can survive the kind of hype–multiple awards at Sundance and other festivals, rapturous reviews, the promise of Oscars to come–that greeted the release of … ( read more )

List Price: $29.98 Price: $17.99 You Save: $11.99 (40%) 17 used & new from $16.99 Michael Moore’s didactic documentary style is actually a source of inspiration in … ( read more )

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List Price: $39.95 Price: $24.99 You Save: $14.96 (37%) 1 used & new from $24.99 Now this is how you destroy the world. Roland Emmerich’s 2012 pounces on a Nostradamus-style loophole in the Mayan calendar and rams the apocalypse through it, gleefully conjuring up an enormous amount of Saturday-matinee fun in the process. A scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) detects shifting continental plates and sun flares and realizes that this foretells the imminent destruction of the planet. Just as the molten lava is about to hit the fan, a novelist (John Cusack) takes his kids( read more )

List Price: $29.99 Price: $17.99 You Save: $12.00 (40%) 1 used & new from $17.99 Ponyo confirms Academy Award?-winning director Hayao Miyazaki’s reputation as one of the most imaginative filmmakers working today. Loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Little Mermaid,” Ponyo is a magical celebration of innocent love and the fragile beauty of the natural world. The daughter of the sea goddess Gran Mamare (voiced by Cate Blanchett) and the alchemist Fujimoto (Liam Neeson), Ponyo (Noah Cyrus) begins life as an adventurous little goldfish. Chafing at he( read more )