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Between the Folds (NR) -
The Charitable Film Network screens Vanessa Gould's documentary about a group of theoretical scientists and fine artists who abandon their careers to pursue the art of origami. Free admission. 6 p.m. Saturday.
Antenna Gallery, 3161 Burgundy St., (Bywater), 957-4255, www.antennagallery.org, Open noon to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
New Orleans Middle East Film Festival -
The third annual festival screens acclaimed and award-winning films from or about Afghanistan, Anatolia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, with food, music and visual art. Visit www.nolamideastfilmfest.blogspot.com for details. Festival passes are $75; individual tickets $8 general admission, $7 students/seniors, $6 members. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, then nightly through Nov. 22.
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (Uptown), 827-5858, www.zeitgeistinc.net.
2012 (PG-13) -
John Cusack and Amanda Peet star in Roland Emmerich's big-budget disaster flick about global apocalypse. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
Astro Boy (PG) -
The Japanese, rocket-powered franchise gets a computer-animated update, with voices by Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson. AMC Palace 20, Hollywood 14
Beyond All Boundaries (NR) -
The museum screens a 4-D film bringing audiences into battle using archival footage and special effects. National World War II Museum Solomon Victory Theater
The Blind Side (PG-13) -
Sandra Bullock stars in a film based on the true story of Michael Oher, the Baltimore Ravens first-round draft pick who came from a broken home before being adopted by the Touhys, a well-off white family. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
The Box (PG-13) -
Richard Kelly directs Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receives a small box promising $1 million — and the death of someone they don't know — if opened. AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14
Couples Retreat (PG-13) -
Four couples agree to a tropical island retreat for some unconventional therapy. Starring Vince Vaughn, Kristen Davis, Jason Bateman, Malin Akerman and Jon Favreau. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14
Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG) -
Robert Zemeckis uses motion-capturing CGI to animate the Charles Dickens classic. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14, Prytania
The Fourth Kind (PG-13) -
A psychologist (Milla Jovovich) visits a small Alaskan town where residents report possible alien abductions. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9
HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU (NR) -
Greg MacGillivray directs a film about Louisiana’s eroding wetlands and the natural protection they provide against hurricanes. Includes performances by Tab Benoit, Amanda Shaw, Allen Toussaint, Chubby Carrier and Marva Wright. Narrated by Meryl Streep. Entergy IMAX
Into the Deep 3-D (NR) -
The 3-D underwater adventure explores coastal California's marine life and giant kelp forests. Entergy IMAX
Law Abiding Citizen (R) -
Gerard Butler goes on a full-blown Death Wish spree after his family's killer is set free. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
The Men Who Stare At Goats (R) -
George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey and Ewan McGregor star in a comedy based on Jon Ronson's book about paranormal training in the U.S. Army. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14
Paranormal Activity (R) -
A couple uses hand-held cameras to document their haunted house in this lo-fi thriller. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14
Pirate Radio (R) -
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy and Nick Frost star as rogue DJs in Richard Curtis' comedy about illegal radio stations operating in the North Sea in the 1960s. AMC Palace 12
Planet 51 (PG) -
An astronaut lands on a little-green-people planet of white-picket-fenced suburbs in the Dreamworks animated adventure. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
Precious (R) -
Based on Sapphire's novel Push, the film follows an abused, illiterate and overweight teen in Harlem who wants to better her life. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand
A Serious Man (R) -
The Coen Brothers write and direct a bleak, pitch-black comedy about a Jewish man's life unraveling in the mid-1960s suburbs. AMC Palace 20
This Is It (PG) -
The documentary chronicles Michael Jackson's last moments onstage as he prepares for his final gigs. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) -
The teenage vampire love saga continues. Starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and a werewolf. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14, Prytania
Where the Wild Things Are (PG) -
Spike Jonze directs the live-action adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's book about a boy's wild rumpus with imaginary monsters. AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14
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