The Plot: Romantic woes affect an interconnected group of Baltimore singles and marrieds.

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THE BUZZ: We thought 2008 was all about 80s retro, but this movie looks to kick up the breezy nostalgia of the late 90s -- back when most of Into You's cast was in ascension. The source material here, the best-selling book by former Sex and the City story editor Greg Behrendt, is also responsible for the wayback effect. We wish star/producer Drew Barrymore would have shelled out for more reliable behind-the-camera talent, since the writer-direction trio makes us say yikes. Speaking of Ms. Barrymore, who is directing her first feature with Ellen Page in the lead role, she hooked up with co-star Justin Long during filming (and then they broke up -- old news!); elsewhere, Jennifer Aniston was linked to Bradley Cooper for a bit. But no one wanted to even flirt with Ben Affleck. Here'zzzzz the trailer.

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The Plot: A secret door in her family's new house offers a passage way to an unusual parallel world for young Coraline.

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THE BUZZ: Director Selick (the unsung hero behind Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas) finally gets his chance to shine, or at least step out of Burton's shadow and with the perfect material for him. By perfect, we mean super creepy. And by unsung, we mean he directed Nightmare not Burton (look it up). If you're a Burton fan or thought the underwater claymation scenes from The Life Aquatic were the best part of that movie, then Selick's solo work is for you. If you're a fan of 3-D stop-motion animation, then the LA Times' behind-the-scenes photo gallery is just for you.

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The Plot: In Hong Kong, a trio of young people with special abilities are pursued by a clandestine U.S. government agency who wants the gifted ones back in their fold.

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THE BUZZ: I think director Paul McGuigan (Wicker Park, Lucky Number Slevin) has a thing for too-intricate storylines; during Push's 2008 Comic-Con panel, poor Camilla Belle stumbled through a plot explanation that began to sound like playing rounds of Magic: The Gathering. Djimon Hounsou, meanwhile, could barely remember his role in the movie. Good thing Dakotah Fanning then popped out to, like, tell the crowd she finally lost all of her baby teeth. Or something.

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The Plot: Charming Manhattanite Rebecca Bloomwood (Fisher) is an out-of-control spender/fashionista, so it's a bit ironic when she lands a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine, and she becomes an instant celebrity -- complete with access to all the fabulous things she so desires. But will her compulsive habits ruin her career, and her new-found romance?

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THE BUZZ: It's a chick-lit showdown this month, with Isla Fisher in Shopaholic and a clutch of serious contenders that is the principal cast of He's Just Not That Into You. We love an underdog, especially one as otherworldly beautiful as Ms. Fisher (when will she and Sacha Baron Cohen tie the knot?), but Shopaholic descends from the massively popular novels by real-life financial journalist Madeleine Wickham (pen name: Sophie Kinsella), whose Undomestic Goddess is being developed by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal. The trailer is a bit of a puzzle -- as in, just because someone is good at slapstick, that doesn't mean you have to incorporate it into your script. Also, we can't tell if the tone is supposed to be highbrow, low, or just kinda all over the place.

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The Plot: Jim Carrey narrates this underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea, and the Indo-Pacific areas, and the impact of global warming on the oceans.

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THE BUZZ: Deep Sea is like the Dark Side of the Moon of IMAX movies, in that it has been in general release since for over two years, and has grossed nearly $60 million in that time. No wonder Disney is rushing this sequel into theaters, with all the right behind-the-camera talent back in place. (Though I feel like they traded down a bit in the narrator department?)

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The Plot: Leonard (Phoenix) returns to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, where he soon falls for two very different women: the family friend his parents wish he would marry (Shaw) and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor (Paltrow).

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THE BUZZ: Just in case you haven't heard Joaquin's confirmation that he's quitting acting, Two Lovers, which reunites Mr. Phoenix with We Own the Night director James Gray, looks to be his last big-screen performance. But I'm thinking he (in real life) might be as volatile as Gwyneth's character in this romantic drama, and he might reconsider his decision after a timeout. If not: Au revoir, Joaquin. We love you and we hope that you don't write songs that sound like the Coldplay.

Meanwhile, skipping over G. Paltrow altogether, my attention turns to Ms. Vinessa Shaw, who is putting together a decent indie resume and could be one of Hollywood's next leading ladies. If I were marketing this film, I would generate reports that Shaw's performance outshines her costars' work; make it a total Rebecca Hall/Vicky Cristina Barcelona situation.

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The Plot: Like most teens, young Nick Twisp (Cera) is ruled by his libido. And from the recesses of a trailer park in Northern California, Twisp concocts a plan -- make that multiple schemes -- to lose his virginity to a local girl, the precocious Sheeni Saunders (Doubleday).

THE BUZZ: The search for Sheeni is over with the announcement that Portia Doubleday, soon to be seen on Showtime's new series, "The United States of Tara," has won the role that could give rise to Ellen Page-like sudden fame. Doubleday joins a phenomenal cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Jean Smart, and Zach Galifianakis in this year-end comedy that is sort of like a boy version of Juno? Michael Cera's role here should be a natural extension of the characters he's played thus far, seeing that YiR plays a bit more with teen identity and the imaginable embarrassments that come to those who try to find a place to masturbate while living with dysfunctional parents in an RV. (Is that more difficult than having a crush on your cousin? Hard to say.) Though Twisp is written as a 14 year old, I imagine his age will be blurred to be more Cera-appropriate.

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The Plot: Interpol agent Chun-Li (Kreuk) enters an underground fighting tournament, with her eyes set on M. Bison (McDonough), the contest's founder and leader of a crime syndicate who may have been responsible for the death of Chun-Li's father.

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THE BUZZ: You have a few more months to tighten up your Lightning Kick and get your hair into two perfect buns before Fox either a) "ruins" another fanboy property or b) launches the first film in a potential franchise with X-Men potential. Or both? Please note: I make that comparison in terms of the number of characters with shadowy pasts the story can explore, but I don't think this legend is going to break any box-office records (or put out two great movies, then a crappy third installment). So you're going to have to hit the theaters and pick this up on Blu-ray if you want to see Ken or Ryu in the future, and, while Kristen Kreuk was strung up with wires in order to simulate the moves that made Chun-Li the first lady of fighting games, there seems to be plenty of gun-toting action present here that will certainly upset purists (this is, after all, brought to you by the director of Doom). Meanwhile, another member of Black Eyed Peas goes rogue in order to, like, expand the pop group's "brand," or something. I think this interview with screenwriter Justin Marks is revelatory, and hopefully someone involved with the production will update their blog before Christmas.

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The Plot: A multi-character drama centered around the issue of illegal immigration in the United States.

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THE BUZZ: A Crash-like look at immigration is what you can expect from Wayne Kramer's buzzing-since-2007 drama. Kramer himself is a naturalized citizen of the U.S. and he cribbed from his own experiences to create the character of a South African artist scheming to become naturalized; elsewhere, look for Kramer's focus to hone in Ford as a Customs Enforcement agent in Los Angeles and for a particularly trying storyline concerning Penn as a Border Patrolman along the U.S./Mexico border.

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