Friday Movie Guide (Cheap & Easy Blog)

Here is the Friday Movie Guide...

New releases this week
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300
Bloody action and virtual backgrounds turn Frank Miller's graphic novel into a fast-paced, visually enchanting tale.
Believe in Me
Period tale of a new coach who reluctantly leads the girls' basketball team carries hefty emotional clout.
The Host
A freakishly large, angry, mutant fish wreaks havoc on Seoul in this monster flick with a wicked sense of humor.
The Ultimate Gift
The lessons in this Fox Faith parable make it worth considering regardless of your religious bent.
Lions 3D: Roar of the Kalahari
Savagely beautiful film tells the suspenseful story of an ambitious young lion moving in on an older king.
Starter for 10
Story of a teen heading to college in 1980s Britain is unabashedly nostalgic for the oeuvre of John Hughes.
Puccini for Beginners
If Woody Allen were a young, attractive gay woman, he might make something like this, but funnier.
Maxed Out
Scattershot documentary about America's debt problem raises a few more issues than it knows how to handle.
Gray Matters
Siblings Heather Graham and Tom Cavanagh fall for the same girl in this homage to 1940s screwball comedies.
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