the Mind’s Chew Toy

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Plot: Harold Crick (Ferrell), an IRS agent leading a very mundane existence, has his life changed forever when he begins hearing a mysterious voice narrating his life. With the help of Professor Hilbert (Hoffman), Harold discovers he’s the main character of a novel-in-progress and that the voice belongs to Karen Eiffel (Thompson), an author famous for killing her main characters.

Plot: 5 weeks before Christmas we take a peek inside the love lives of 8 British couples: A man (Neeson) still grieving over the loss of his wife and his stepson (Sangster) who is in love; a newly married couple (Knightley and Ejiofor); the newly-elected British Prime Minister (Grant); a high-powered exec (Rickman) his wife (Thompson); a writer (Firth) trying to escape from it all; a pair of body doubles (Freeman and Page); a young woman (Linney) with family issues and a man (Marshall) about to adventure to America.

Plot: Harry Potter (Radcliffe) is danger in his 3rd year at Hogwarts - this time from convict Sirius Black (Oldman), who has escaped from the wizard’s prison of Azkaban. Harry also has to be on the lookout for the Dementors, the creepy Azkaban prison guards looking for Sirius. Plus, will the new Defense of the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts , Professor Lupin (Thewlis), be able to last longer than any of his predecessors? Based on the novel by J. K. Rowling.

Plot: Jim Hawkins (Gordon-Levitt) tends to get into trouble wherever he goes. When a mysterious stranger, Billy Bones (McGoohan), crash lands near the inn his mother (Metcalf) owns, Jim brings him in. Seems Billy Bones is being chased for the map he has. Before he dies, Billy Bones gives Jim a map, and tells him to beware of a cyborg. Jim discovers the map leads to Treasure Island, a mythical planet said to be filled with the riches of a 1000 worlds. Adapted from the novel “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson. Animated.