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Published: Jan 13, 2010

The White Ribbon

Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner focuses on a Protestant German town right before World War I. Strange, possibly malevolent events occur and the town's children appear to be at the heart of the matter. Opens Jan. 22.

The Last Station

When Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) renounces his title and swears off meat and sex in favor of life devoid of material goods, his vivacious wife Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren) manipulates her husband's new assistant (James McAvoy) into setting things right. But he's got his own love story to worry about. Opens Feb. 5.

Shutter Island

Martin Scorsese veers into the supernatural when he sends mainstay Leonardo DiCaprio — playing a '50s U.S. marshal — to an island mental institution for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a patient. Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. Opens Feb. 20.

The Art of the Steal

Local documentarian Don Argott (Rock School) turns his lens on the controversy surrounding the Barnes Foundation, and whether the last will and testament of the museum's patron saint is as important as showing its wares to the world. Opens Feb. 26.

Alice in Wonderland

Who better to bring Lewis Carroll's fucked-up kiddie fantasia to life than Tim Burton? This time Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is a teen with no recollection of her previous Wonderland odysseys, but townies the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) and the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) remember. Opens March 5.

Greenberg

Ben Stiller stars in Wes Anderson collaborator/ Squid and the Whale director Noah Baumbach's story of a wayward New Yorker who house-sits for his brother and falls for his brother's assistant (mumblecore-r Greta Gerwig). Opens March 12.

Clash of the Titans

Go-to musclehead Sam Worthington (Avatar) is Perseus in Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier's remake of the camped-out original. Opens March 26.

Iron Man 2

The wisecrackin' Iron One returns for a second go-round with Mickey Rourke as a Russian baddie out for the outed Tony Stark/Iron Man's blood. Opens May 7.

Robin Hood

Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe combine testosterones again to bring to life the story of the ultimate advocate for the poor, with Cate Blanchett taking on the Maid Marian mantle. Think Gladiator in tights. Opens May 14.

Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps

A greed-ain't-so-great manifesto to reflect our current times from Oliver Stone, this time with Shia LeBeouf teaming up with the disgraced Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). Opens May 23.

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

Let the mindless summer movies begin. Jake Gyllenhaal puts on the sandals and picks up a shield for this video-game adaptation helmed by the director of Mona Lisa Smile. Opens May 27.