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I’m not even going to bother trying to sell you on how delicious a warm tub of buttered popcorn is this week because there are actually four legitimately awesome movies coming out this week and if you’re not interested in any of them, then you have quite simply given up and you hate friendship. This week’s movies are all about surviving in places where you don’t quite fit in: a liar in a world of truth in “The Invention of Lying,” an indie teenage girl in tiara and college prep land in “Whip It,” a person who’s, um, alive in “Zombieland,” and a neurotic Jewish family in post-war America in “A Serious Man.” Keep reading »