becomes the world-famous U2 while Neil’s group remains a failure. Neil is overwhelmed with envy for his old school pal and guilt at stopping Ivan from achieving global fame.
penthouse for cleaning out his investors. On the opposite end of the financial spectrum, Josh Kovacs (Ben Stiller) earns a modest living as the manager of the building where Shaw lives. When he leans that tower staffers who entrusted Shaw with their retirement funds are about to lose their life savings, Josh recruits swindler Slide (Eddie Murphy) to help get their money back.
My Week With Marilyn
(November 4) In the summer of 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), determined to make his way in the film business, worked as an assistant on the set of “The Prince and the Showgirl,” the film that united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams), who was on honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott). Nearly 40 years later, Clark’s diary account, “The Prince, the Showgirl and Me” was published, but one week was missing. This is the story of that week.
Another Happy Day
(November 4) A wedding brings together one dysfunctional family in this dark comedy from director Sam Levinson. Lynn (Ellen Barkin) was married to Paul (Thomas Haden Church), but they split up on bad terms and Lynn took custody of their daughter, Alice (Kate Bosworth), while Paul got their son, Dylan (Michael Nardelli). Years later, now that Dylan is getting married, Lynn is attending the wedding at Paul’s estate with her younger sons Elliot (Ezra Miller) and Ben (Daniel Yelsky) in tow. Meanwhile, Dylan hasn’t spoken to Lynn in years, and Lynn is afraid of Paul and his wife, Patty (Demi Moore).
Killing Bono (November 4)
Based on a true story, this is a goodnatured, boisterous comedy. Neil McCormick (Ben Barnes) is a rockmad Dublin teenager who grows up with Paul Hewson (Martin McCann), later to be the legendary Bono. Both are in third-rate bands, but when Hewson tries to get Neil’s talented guitarist brother Ivan (Robert Sheehan) to be in his group, Neil secretly undermines this plan. Hewson’s band
Tower Heist (November 4)
The workers at a swanky Central Park condominium plot to steal back their pensions from the thieving Wall Street billionaire who is about to get away with the ultimate white-collar crime. Financial giant Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) has been placed under house arrest in his New York City
Puss ’N Boots (November 4)
An animated adaptation of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale about a clever feline musketeer, this story presents the events leading up to the swordwielding cat’s meeting with Shrek and his friends. Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galafianakis, Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris provide voice talents.
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (November 4)
Picking up six years after the duo’s last adventure, Harold (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar’s door on ChristContinued on pg. 118
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