Comedy Listings

The Men Who Stare at Goats -

Starring: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey
Struggling reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) gets the scoop of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who claims to be from a unit of psychic soldiers who have been reactivated for duty. Intrigued by Cassady's assertions that they can walk through walls and kill goats by fixed gazes, Wilton follows him on a dangerous, top-secret mission across Iraq to find the brigade's founder, Bill Django (Jeff Bridges) .

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AMC Star Fairlane 21

18900 Michigan Avenue - Dearborn

MJR Southgate Digital Cinema 20

15651 Trenton Road - Southgate

Up -

Starring: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson
Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner), a 78-year-old balloon salesman, is about to fulfill a lifelong dream. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, he flies away to the South American wilderness. But curmudgeonly Carl's worst nightmare comes true when he discovers a little boy named Russell is a stowaway aboard the balloon-powered house.

G-Force -

Starring: Bill Nighy, Zach Galifianakis, Sam Rockwell, Tracy Morgan
Armed with the latest high-tech spy gear, a guinea pig named Darwin (Sam Rockwell) and his team of specially trained rodents are often the last line of defense against chaos and destruction. But when the government shuts them down and ships them off to a pet shop, Darwin and his gang will have to find a way to break out and prevent a mad billionaire (Bill Nighy) from taking over the world.

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MJR Allen Park Cinema

6601 Allen Rd. - Allen Park

Cinemark Movies 16 Warren

28600 Dequindre Rd #1050 - Warren

The Invention of Lying -

Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K.
Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) is a down-on-his-luck writer who lives in world where falsehoods are completely unknown. When Mark suddenly develops the ability to lie, the notion that ``honesty is the best policy'' goes out the window, and he uses his newfound skill for personal gain.

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Birmingham 8

211 S. Woodward Rd. - Birmingham (Downtown Birmingham)

MJR Partridge Creek Digital Cinema 14

17400 Hall Road - Clinton Township

Shorts -

Starring: Jon Cryer, William Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader
In the little town of Black Falls, every house looks the same and almost everyone works for Black Box Unlimited Worldwide Industries, purveyors of a device that is sweeping the nation. Toe Johnson, 11, is unimpressed with the company and its wares; he just wants a few friends. Then, a wish-granting rock falls from the sky and changes everything. The town swarms with wishes gone amok, but the trouble really begins when adults get their hands on the rock.

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MJR Allen Park Cinema

6601 Allen Rd. - Allen Park

Cinemark Movies 16 Warren

28600 Dequindre Rd #1050 - Warren

Jennifer's Body -

Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody
When a demon takes possession of her, high-school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) turns a hungry eye on guys who never stood a chance with her before. While evil Jennifer satisfies her appetite for human flesh with the school's male population, her nerdy friend, Needy (Amanda Seyfried), learns what's happening and vows to put an end to the carnage.

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Cinemark Movies 16 Warren

28600 Dequindre Rd #1050 - Warren

Silver Cinemas - Macomb Mall

32233 Gratiot Ave. - Roseville

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3D -

Starring: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell
When hard times hit Swallow Falls, its townspeople can only afford to eat sardines. Flint Lockwood, a failed inventor, thinks he has the answer to the town's crisis. He builds a machine that converts water into food, and becomes a local hero when tasty treats fall from the sky like rain. But when the machine spins out of control and threatens to bury the whole world under giant mounds of food, Flint finds he may have bitten off more than he can chew.

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MJR Southgate Digital Cinema 20

15651 Trenton Road - Southgate

MJR Marketplace Digital Cinema 20

35400 Van Dyke - Sterling Heights

Zombieland -

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
After a virus turns most people into zombies, the world's surviving humans remain locked in an ongoing battle against the hungry undead. Four survivors -- Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) and his cohorts Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) -- abide by a list of survival rules and zombie-killing strategies as they make their way toward a rumored safe haven in Los Angeles.

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AMC Star Fairlane 21

18900 Michigan Avenue - Dearborn

MJR Southgate Digital Cinema 20

15651 Trenton Road - Southgate

Aliens in the Attic -

Starring: Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley Tisdale, Kevin Nealon
A family vacation is anything but restful when young Tom Pearson (Carter Jenkins), his siblings, and his cousins encounter an invading force of tiny aliens who are bent on conquering Earth. The aliens gain control of Ricky, the boyfriend of Tom's sister Bethany (Ashley Tisdale) . Using an implant in his brain, they use him to carry out their plot. When Tom learns that the implant works only on grown-ups, he sees a chance to fight off the invaders -- but only if the adults are kept clueless.

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Cinemark Movies 16 Warren

28600 Dequindre Rd #1050 - Warren

Dollar Movies at Briarwood Mall

I-94 & South State Street - Ann Arbor