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After getting fired on her 30th birthday, bank teller Rhonda (Wendy Makkena) encounters Travis (John Benjamin Hickey), whom she had previously seen trying to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge, and the pair set off on a life-changing journey together. The two take a road trip to Texas, and their relationship becomes complicated with sexual tension … and the fact that he's mourning the loss of his boyfriend. A sweet, quirky and humorous drama.

Set over the course of one day at a pornography theatre in Paris, this ensemble drama shows how the patrons and employees (with the cashier being the only woman in the movie) interact, through both conversation and sex. Central to the story is a romantic triangle of sorts between the cashier (Vittoria Scognamiglio), a customer in his fifties (writer-director Jacques Nolot) and the theatre's young projectionist (Sebastien Viala).

Shipped on 03/10/10.

When a deadly viral epidemic breaks out in present-day Britain, killing hundreds of thousands of people, the government quarantines the infected behind a walled city -- only to be confronted with a resurgence of the disease 30 years in the future. In the vein of Mad Max and 28 Days Later, this morality tale veiled as a sci-fi hypothetical features enough action, combat and suspense to keep audiences wondering, "What if?"

Shipped on 03/09/10.

Beleaguered bank employee Bill (Aaron Eckhart) has his hands full with his two-timing wife (Elizabeth Banks), his oblivious father-in-law (Holmes Osborne) who runs the bank and frustrated efforts to change careers. But Bill's life just may turn around when he's coaxed to mentor a wisecracking teen (Logan Lerman). Timothy Olyphant, Jessica Alba and Kristen Wiig also star in this offbeat tale of self-discovery.

Shipped on 03/09/10.

After leaving his pregnant fiancée, Libby (Thandie Newton), at the altar five years ago, a remorseful Dennis (Simon Pegg) tries to repair the damage and win Libby away from her sleazy new boyfriend (Hank Azaria) by training for a marathon. Trouble is, he's hopelessly out of shape. Will losing the pounds and catching his breath be enough to get her back? Dylan Moran co-stars in David Schwimmer's feature directorial debut.

Shipped on 03/09/10.

Pitka (Mike Myers), an American raised by gurus on an Indian ashram, returns to his native soil to make a name for himself as a spiritual guide, where he's promptly challenged to settle a rivalry between two pro hockey players (Justin Timberlake and Romany Malco). With one of the player's marriages -- as well as the Stanley Cup -- at stake, Pitka must call upon his healing skills to mend the rift before time runs out.

There is a new and troubling movie trend emerging…that of releasing multiple versions of a movie both on DVD and in the theater.

Sweden's parliament approved a resolution recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide.

Washington Mutual Inc. says it has resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

A man wrapped in duct tape alarmed people in downtown Seattle Friday morning by making threats and walking around with a pipe taped to his arm before surrendering.

Heavy rain overnight caused a mudslide that covered one of the two parallel Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks at Richmond Beach in the city of Shoreline, 13 miles north of Seattle.

Elephant experts from around the world are joining a University of Washington scientist in calling for a moratorium on legal ivory sales, to protect elephants from being slaughtered for their tusks.

King County prosecutors are asking for a 23-year prison term when Julian Eduardo Reyes is sentenced Friday in superior court in Kent for killing a convenience store clerk.

During almost 24 hours on the loose, a huge heifer repeatedly evaded capture. And it wasn't subdued until after a four-hour pursuit involving cops, veterinarians and an animal-control officer that didn't end until the fugitive was gunned down with two shots from a tranquilizer pistol.

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Ulysses Dove's 'Serious Pleasures' revived
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Woods Keeps Golf Guessing
El Paso Inc
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