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By ROGER MOORE
Nov. 4
PUSS IN BOOTS (DreamWorks Animation): This “Shrek” prequel is about earlier adventures of the swashbuckling Spanish cat (Antonio Banderas).
TOWER HEIST (Universal): Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, Eddie Murphy, Tea Leoni and Matthew Broderick star in this comic thriller about Ponzi scheme victims who set out to rob the businessman who stole their money.
A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS (Warner Bros.): John Cho and Kal Penn return as those White-Castle-hunting stoners, blissed out for the holidays.
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (Weinstein): Michelle Williams is Marilyn Monroe, Kenneth Branagh is Laurence Olivier and Eddie Redmayne is the fellow who tells the story of how they didn’t get along on the set of Olivier’s “The Prince and the Showgirl.”
Nov. 11
IMMORTALS 3D (Relativity): Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt, Stephen Dorff and Freida Pinto star in this Greek-gods fantasy about the warrior Theseus battling the Titans.
JACK AND JILL (Sony): Adam Sandler plays an L.A. ad exec who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister, Jill (also Adam Sandler). Katie Holmes also stars.
THE BULLY PROJECT (Weinstein): This Lee Hirsch documentary is about America’s ongoing “bullying” problem in schools and its impact on kids.
J. EDGAR (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood’s sure-to-be-controversial bio-pic about the former FBI chief stars Leonardo DiCaprio.
Nov. 18
HAPPY FEET 2 IN 3D (Warner Bros.): That gotta-dance penguin (Elijah Wood) is back, in 3-D, in this animated sequel to the kids musical hit with an environmental message.
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (Focus): Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy head an all-star cast in this adaptation of the John le Carre spy fiction classic.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN — PART 1 (Summit): The vampires of Forks, the girl who loves them and the werewolves who want to protect her begin to make their exit in the first half of this two-part finale.
Nov. 23
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (Sony-Columbia): The Wallace and Gromit animators at Aardman turn their talents toward showing us how Santa & Co. really gets all those toys made, sorted and delivered in one night.
HUGO (Paramount): Martin Scorsese tackles a 1930s family mystery with this tale of a boy (Asa Butterfield) who lives in a train station and wants to learn about his father (Jude Law) and automatons.
THE MUPPETS (Walt Disney): Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Emily Blunt are among the stars of this relaunch of the Muppets franchise, in which the adorable puppets must put on a show to save their old theater.
PIRANHA 3DD (Dimension): You knew there was going to be a sequel. But what does “in 3DD” mean?
THE ARTIST (Weinstein): Jean Dujardin is the silent-film star worried about his future and Berenice Bejo is the singing, dancing starlet on the rise in this comedy set in the 1920s. Malcolm McDowell, Missi Pyle and John Goodman also star.
THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight): George Clooney stars in this film from the director of “Sideways,” about a land baron trying to reconnect with his estranged daughters.
PROJECT X (Warner Bros.): A group of kids film a house party that goes off the rails in this mockumentary.
THE LEGEND OF PALE MALE (Balcony Releasing): This documentary is about the famous hawks who took up residence, just off of Central Park, and inspired New Yorkers and bird lovers the world over.
