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November movies
The “Twilight” sequel, “New Moon” hits the big screen, along with George Clooney in “The Men Who Stare at Goats” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and the apocalyptic “2012” and “The Road.”

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Other promising titles:

“Basic Instinct 2” (March 31) returns Sharon Stone to her femme-fatale role, this time preying the field in London;

“Nanny McPhee” (Jan. 27) stars Emma Thompson, who also wrote the screenplay, as a nanny whose strange powers bring order to the household of a widower (Colin Firth) with seven unruly kids;

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“Click” (June 23) brings Adam Sandler the remote control of his dreams, a device that magically transforms his job and home life;

“The Lake House” (June) reunites “Speed” stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock as romantic pen pals who learn they’re corresponding two years apart from each other;

“Stranger Than Fiction” (Nov. 10) casts Will Ferrell as a man suddenly able to hear a mysterious narrator (Emma Thompson) chronicling his life — and impending death;

“Nacho Libre” (June 2), from “Napoleon Dynamite” director Jared Hess, stars Jack Black as a Mexican priest who doubles as a wrestler to raise cash for his orphanage;

“The Break-Up” (June 2) presents Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn as ex-lovers living in mutual hostility when neither will move out of the condo they share;

“My Super Ex-Girlfriend” (July 14), directed by Ivan Reitman, has Uma Thurman as a superhero scorned who unleashes her powers on her ex-boyfriend (Luke Wilson) after he dumps her;

“Pursuit of Happyness” (Dec. 15) puts Will Smith back in dramatic mode as a single dad who finds himself homeless with his young son;

“Flags of Our Fathers” (fall), directed by Clint Eastwood, follows the story of the U.S. troops famously photographed raising the flag at Iwo Jima in World War II.

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