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Movies In Theaters This Week: November 4 – November 8

List of movies opening in theaters this week:

About Time, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy, opens in theaters Friday, November 8.  The romantic comedy centers on a 21-year-old who uses his time-travel abilities to get a girlfriend. Runtime: 2 hr 4 min, Rated: R

Thor: The Dark World, starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård and Idris Elba, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The sci-fi fantasy follows Thor as he fights to save the universe from an enemy race led by Malekith. Runtime: 1 hr 51 min, Rated: PG 13

Best Man Down, starring Justin Long, Tyler Labine, Jess Weixler, Addison Timlin and Frances O'Connor, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The comedy/drama centers on a bride and groom who are forced to cancel their honeymoon after the best man dies at their wedding. The couple decides to take the body back to Minneapolis and plan his funeral. Runtime: 1 hr 31 min, Rated: PG 13

The Armstrong Lie, starring Lance Armstrong, Reed Albergotti and Betsy Andreu, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The documentary focuses on Lance Armstrong’s rise and fall in the world of cycling. Runtime: 2 hr 3 min, Rated: R

The Book Thief, starring Sophie Nelisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer and Nico Liersch, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The drama centers on a young orphan who copes with the struggles of living through WWII in Germany by steals books. Runtime: 2 hr 7 min, Rated: PG 13

A Case of You, starring Evan Rachel Wood, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Vince Vaughn and Justin Long, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The romantic comedy centers on a young writer who tries to win over his dream girl by creating an embellished Internet profile. Things become complicated when she falls for him and he must keep up the act. Runtime: 1 hr 32 min, Not Rated

How I Live Now, starring Saoirse Ronan, George McKay, Tom Holland, Harley Bird and Anna Chancellor, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The drama follows an American teenager as she fights for survival after an escalating conflict turns the UK into a violent military state. Runtime: 1 hr 41 min, Rated: R

Reaching For the Moon, starring Miranda Otto and Gloria Pires, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The romantic drama focuses on the love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Runtime: 1 hr 58 min, Not Rated

Paris Countdown, starring Olivier Marchal, Jacques Gamblin, Carlo Brandt and Reda Kateb, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The thriller centers on a two former best friends who must reunite to escape a criminal psychopath they put in jail years earlier. Runtime: 1 hr 29 min, Not Rated

The Starving Games, starring Maiara Walsh, Brant Daugherty and Cody Christian, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The comedy spoofs The Hunger Games as well as other pop culture films, characters and celebrities. Runtime: 1 hr 23 min, Rated: PG 13

Medora, directed by Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The documentary focuses on four rural Indiana boys who try to end their high school basketball team’s losing streak. Runtime: 1 hr 22 min, Not Rated

Ass Backwards, starring June Diane Raphael, Casey Wilson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Alicia Silverstone and Jon Cryer, opens in theaters Thursday, November 7. The comedy follows two best friends as they set out to win a pageant they lost as children. Runtime: 1 hr 23 min, Not Rated

Great Expectations, starring Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, Robbie Coltrane and Ralph Fiennes, opens in theaters Friday, November 8. The romantic drama tells the story of an orphan who becomes a gentleman thanks to an anonymous benefactor. Runtime: 2 hr 8 min, Rated: PG 13

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