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Here are the films coming out this week. Read the 300 review while you’re at it. Information via Rotten Tomatoes and the IMDB.

Title: 300
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham
Synopsis: In 480 B.C., Spartan king Leonidas (Butler) leads 300 of his warriors into battle with the Persian army, who are bent on conquering Greece.
Rated: R
Trailer: Click here.

Title: Believe in Me (limited release)
Starring: Jeffrey Donovan, Samantha Mathis, Bruce Dern
Synopsis: In a conservative small town, a young man’s wish to coach high school basketball is tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls’ team.
Rated: Rating Pending
Trailer: Not available

Title: Beyond the Gates (AKA Shooting Dogs; limited release)
Starring: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy
Synopsis: An exhausted Catholic priest (Hurt) and a young idealistic English teacher (Dancy) finds themselves caught in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Rated: R
Trailer: Click here.

Title: Exterminating Angels (limited release; opening March 7th; in French)
Starring: Frédéric Van Den Driessche, Maroussia Dubreuil, Lise Bellynck
Synopsis: A filmmaker (van den Driessche) holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his project about female pleasure.
Rated: R
Trailer: Click here.

Title: The Host (AKA Gwoemul; in Korean and English)
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park
Synopsis: A mutant emerges from Seoul’s Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people.
Rated: R
Trailer: Click here.

Title: Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Starring: Chris Barrett, Robin Leach
Synopsis: Filmmaker James D. Scurlock takes a look at the rich/poor divide in the United States–with a particular focus on credit card debt–in this documentary.
Rated: Not rated
Trailer: Click here.

Title: The Namesake
Starring: Kal Penn, Jacinda Barrett
Synopsis: American-born Gogol (Penn), the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family’s unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Rated: PG-13
Trailer: Click here.

Title: The Ultimate Gift (limited release)
Starring: Drew Fuller, James Garner, Lee Meriweather, Abigail Breslin
Synopsis: A privileged young man (Fuller) learns to rethink his life, thanks to a series of tasks his recently deceased grandfather (Garner) has him accomplish as part of his inheritance.
Rated: PG
Trailer: Click here.

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