Theatrical Releases for April 23rd, 2010

Behind the Burly Q (NR), Documentary – The documentary explores the history of burlesque in the United States through interviews with the performers.

Best Worst Movie (NR), Documentary – A documentary about the making of the Troll 2 and the movie’s journey from being crowned the worst film of all time to a cherished cult classic.

Boogie Woogie (NR), Comedy – A dark comedic look at how the well-to-do in London attempt to impress one another. Stars Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Amanda Seyfried and Stellan Skarsgaard.

Hey, Hey, It’s Esther Blueburger (PG-13), Drama, Comedy – Esther Blueburger escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended an effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of her new friend Esther goes away from her ordinary life and leaves behind her malfunctioning Jewish family to hang out with a far breezier and super-hip single mom and attend Sunni’s forbidden public school as a Swedish exchange student. Stars Toni Collette and Keisha Castle-Hughes.

In My Sleep (PG-13), Drama – A man who suffers from sleepwalking wakes up in a graveyard with a bloody knife in his hand and then discovers that his best friend’s wife has been stabbed to death. Stars Lacey Chabert and Philip Winshester.

Paper Man (R), Comedy – A once-successful novelist, constantly attended by the imaginary superhero who has been his pal since he was a kid, struggles to recover what made him great while watching his marriage fail. He derives some inspiration from his platonic friendship with a high-school girl. Stars Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Kudrow.

Please Give (R), Drama, Comedy – A couple and their teenage daughter purchase the apartment next door in order to expand their two bedroom Manhattan apartment. Their only problem is the old cranky lady living in it and that they’ve got to wait for her to die. Simply waiting for her to die becomes complicated when the two families’ lives intersect, resulting in a dramatic comedy about love, death, and liberal guilt. Stars Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet and Oliver Platt.

The Back-Up Plan (PG-13), Romantic Comedy – Zoe has decided waiting for the right one is taking too long. Determined to become a mother, she commits to a plan, makes an appointment and decides to go it alone. Zoe meets Stan and tries to nurture a budding relationship and hide the early signs of pregnancy. When Zoe nervously reveals the reason for her unpredictable behavior, Stan commits fully and says he’s in. The real pregnancy test comes when both of them realize they really don’t know each other outside of hormonal chaos and birth preparations. With the nine month clock ticking, both begin to experience cold feet. Anyone can fall in love, get married and have a baby but doing it backwards in hyper-drive could be proof positive that they were made for each other. Stars Jennifer Lopez, Alex O’Loughlin and Michaela Watkins.

The Good, The Bad, The Weird (NR), Drama – The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. Stars Woo-sung Jung, Byung-hun Lee and Kang-ho Song.

The Losers (PG-13), Action – An elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war. Stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana and Jason Patrick.

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