“Michael Jackson’s This Is It”: Rehearsal footage, backstage action and interviews are used to show the late pop singer preparing for a series of 50 sold-out London shows.
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“Michael Jackson’s This Is It”: Rehearsal footage, backstage action and interviews are used to show the late pop singer preparing for a series of 50 sold-out London shows.
“Whip It”: Escaping her mother’s beauty pageant plans for her, a small-town Texas teen (Ellen Page) joins an all-girl roller derby team in Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut.
“The Boys Are Back”: Following the sudden death of his wife, an Australian sportswriter (Clive Owen) struggles to cope with his grief and comfort his young son.
“Saw VI”: Special Agent Strahm is long gone, and Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) is now the heir to John Jigsaw’s terrifying legacy.
“Little Ashes”: Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali (Robert Pattinson) meets poet Federico Garcia Lorca (Javier Beltran).
Next week: “Amelia,” “Love Happens”
CDS
“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum: Country music group’s follow-up to its platinum debut album, 2008’s “Lady Antebellum,” already has scored a No. 1 single with its title track.
Next week: “Who I Am,” Nick Jonas
BOOKS
“Blood Ties,” Kay Hooper: In the prolific author’s finale of her “Blood” trilogy, the Special Crimes Unit is targeted by a monster intent on destroying Noah Bishop and his people.
Next week: “Point Omega,” Don DeLillo
