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Spending the time and energy to create and release a non Pixar-ish animated movie these days is quite a gamble. Even with Tim Burton producing, a studio and a watching public, careful with their Saturday movie money, has to think, But are there cute bleeping robots? How about talking cars?

There are no earnest sanitation robots yearning for a significant other or arrogant young sport cars in “9″, directed by Shane Acker and including the voice talents of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau. Instead we get hand made robots, clothed in burlap, each with a number on their backs, the last of which is number 9, voiced by Elijah Wood.

Armored

Armored is a drama thriller movie starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno and Laurence Fishburne. The story is about a crew of officers at an armored transport security firm, who found themselves in the middle of the ultimate heist against their own company. When $10 million on stake they willing to risk their lives. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and hell breaks loose; all bets are off and each man must fight to survive on a dog-eat-dog battleground made of steel.

Director : Nimrod Antal

Writer : James V. Simpson

Cast : Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Andre Jamal Kinney, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward, Columbus Short

The Proposal

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds plays in a comedy movie titled The Proposal. The story is about a pushy boss (Sandra Bullock) forces her young assistant (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.

Director : Anne Fletcher

Writer : Pete Chiarelli

Cast : Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Aasif Mandvi, Oscar Nunez, Mini Anden

Facing Ali

Three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali defeated almost every top fighter of the golden age of boxing and symbolized the sport for generations of fans. Now, ten of his acclaimed rivals pay tribute to perhaps the world’s most beloved and inspiring athlete in Facing Ali. From the moment he captured the gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the fighter who first came to prominence as Cassius Clay electrified the world and transformed the art of boxing. Articulate, handsome, charismatic and outspoken, he became an icon of the burgeoning civil rights movement and a hero to millions around the globe. A master showman and a brilliant strategist, Ali won as much by getting inside his opponents’ heads as by his astounding physical talents.

Director : Pete McCormack

Cast : Muhammad Ali, George Chuvalo, Sir Henry Cooper, George Foreman, Joe Frazier

G.I. JOE

This movie is adapted from the famous cartoon series GI Joe. Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster “Transformers,” join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” is directed by Stephen Sommers (”The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns”)

Director : Stephen Sommers

Writer : Stuart Beattie

Cast : Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Said Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid

Taking Woodstock

From Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), comes Taking Woodstock, a new comedy inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was.

Director : Ang Lee

Writer : James Schamus

Cast : Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Liev Schreiber

Studio : focus features