Movies opening Friday

Last update: October 31, 2009 - 2:18 PM

OPENING FRIDAY

Antichrist (not rated) Lars von Trier's deconstruction of the horror genre caused a kerfuffle in Cannes. Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg play a couple mourning the death of their son.

Art & Copy (not rated) A documentary about advertising and inspiration, featuring some of the ad world's iconic talents.

The Box (PG-13) Cameron Diaz and James Marsden receive a strange box that brings instant wealth at a deadly cost.

A Christmas Carol (PG) Robert Zemeckis ("The Polar Express") directs a 3D animated version of the Dickens tale with Jim Carrey providing the voice of Scrooge.

Flame and Citron (Not rated) A World War II drama centered on two Danish resistance fighters.

The Fourth Kind (PG-13) As in "Close Encounters of" -- except this time the aliens aren't so polite. Milla Jovovich (right) stars.

The Men Who Stare at Goats (R) George Clooney claims to be part of a secret U.S. military unit specializing in psychic warfare.

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