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2013 OSCAR NOMINATIONS & WINNERS |
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Written by USTownhall staff
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Thursday, 10 January 2013 19:39 |
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Ealier today, the nominations were annouced for the 85th Academy Awards ceremony, which will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2013. Steven Spielberg's Lincoln led the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Ang Lee's Life of Pi with 11. The major surprise of the nominations was that three odds-on favorites for Best Director were not even nominated: Ben Affleck for Argo, Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thrity, and Tom Hooper for Les Misérables.
The nominations were announced at 8:30am Eastern time at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills by television and film producer Seth McFarlane (The Family Guy, Ted) and actress Emma Stone, who recently played Gwen Stacy in last summer's The Amazing Spider-Man. McFarlane will also serve as host of the Oscars themselves.
List of nominees and winners - major categories:
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Best Picture
• Amour • Argo • Beasts of the Southern Wild • Django Unchained • Life of Pi • Lincoln • Les Misérables • Silver Linings Playbook • Zero Dark Thirty
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Best Director
• Michael Haneke – Amour • Ang Lee – Life of Pi • David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook • Steven Spielberg – Lincoln • Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
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Best Writing - Original
• Amour – Michael Haneke • Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino • Flight – John Gatins Moonrise Kingdom – • Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola • Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
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Best Writing - Adaptation
• Argo – Chris Terrio • Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin • Life of Pi – David Magee • Lincoln – Tony Kushner • Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
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Best Animated Feature
• Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman • Frankenweenie – Tim Burton • ParaNorman – Sam Fell and Chris Butler • The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Peter Lord • Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore
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Best Actor
• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook • Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln • Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables • Joaquin Phoenix – The Master • Denzel Washington – Flight
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Best Actress
• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty • Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook • Emmanuelle Riva – Amour • Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild • Naomi Watts – The Impossible
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Best Supporting Actor
• Alan Arkin – Argo • Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook • Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master • Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln • Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
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Best Supporting Actress
• Amy Adams – The Master • Sally Field – Lincoln • Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables • Helen Hunt – The Sessions • Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook
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Written by USTownhall staff
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Monday, 13 August 2012 21:45 |
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More details (including trailers) coming soon, but for now, enjoy this first sneak peek...
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FALL MOVIE CALENDAR
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Argo (Oct 12)
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Chasing Mavericks (Oct 26)
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End of Watch (Sep 21)
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Flight (Nov 2)
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Jack Reacher (Dec 21)
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Les Misérables (Dec 14)
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SEPTEMBER
Sep 7
• The Words
Sep 14
• Finding Nemo 3D
• Resident Evil: Retribution
Sep 21
• Dredd
• End of Watch
• House at the End of the Street
• Trouble with the Curve
Sep 28
• Hotel Transylvania
• Looper
• Won't Back Down
OCTOBER
Oct 5
• Frankenweenie
• Pitch Perfect
• Sinister
• Taken 2
Oct 12
• Argo
• Here Comes the Boom
• Seven Psychopaths
Oct 19
• Alex Cross
• Killing Them Softly
• Paranormal Activity
Oct 26
• The Big Wedding
• Chasing Mavericks
• Cloud Atlas
• Fun Size
• Silent Hill: Revelation
NOVEMBER
Nov 2
• Flight
• The Man with the Iron Fists
• Wreck-It Ralph
Nov 9
• Skyfall
Nov 16
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Nov 21
• Life of Pi
• Parental Guidance
• Red Dawn (2012)
• Rise of the Guardians
• The Silver Linings Playbook
DECEMBER
Dec 7
• Playing for Keeps
Dec 14
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Misérables
Dec 21
• Jack Reacher
• Monsters, Inc. 3D
• This is 40
• Zero Dark Thirty
Dec 25
• Django Unchained
• The Guilt Trip
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Life of Pi (Nov 21)
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Trouble with the Curve (Sep 21)
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Zero Dark Thirty (Dec 21)
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Won't Back Down (Sep 28)
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The Words (Sep 7)
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ACTION / THRILLER
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Alex Cross (Oct 19)
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Django Unchained (Dec 26)
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Killing Them Softly (Oct 19)
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The Man with the Iron Fists (Nov 2)
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Red Dawn (2012) (Nov 21)
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Skyfall (Nov 9)
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Taken 2 (Oct 5)
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Cloud Atlas (Oct 26)
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Dredd (Sep 21)
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Dec 14)
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Looper (Sep 28)
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Resident Evil: Retribution (Sep 14)
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (Nov 16)
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| COMEDY |
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The Big Wedding (Oct 26)
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Fun Size (Oct 26)
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The Guilt Trip (Dec 26)
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Here Comes the Boom (Oct 12)
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Parental Guidance (Nov 21)
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Pitch Perfect (Oct 5)
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Playing for Keeps (Dec 7)
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The Silver Linings Playbook (Nov 21)
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Seven Psychopaths (Oct 12)
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This is 40 (Dec 21)
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Finding Nemo 3D (Sep 14)
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Frankenweenie (Oct 5)
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Hotel Transylvania (Sep 28)
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Monsters, Inc. 3D (Dec 21)
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Rise of the Guardians (Nov 21)
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Wreck-It Ralph (Nov 2)
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House at the End of the Street (Sep 21)
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Paranormal Activity 4 (Oct 19)
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Silent Hill: Revelation (Oct 26)
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Sinister (Oct 5)
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SUMMER 2012 MOVIE PREVIEW |
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Written by USTownhall staff
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Monday, 07 May 2012 16:29 |
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Total Recall (2012)
Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy
Stars: Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, John Cho
Director: Len Wiseman
Premise: Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen, the leader of the free world Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter to find the head of the underground resistance and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
MPAA: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, some sexual content, brief nudity, and language)
Run time: 2 hrs. 15 min.
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The Bourne Legacy
Genre: Action thriller
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Oscar Isaac, Stacy Keach, Scott Glenn, David Strathairn
Director: Tony Gilroy
Premise: To become an elite government operative, a man hands himself over to the same agency that birthed the likes of Jason Bourne, but he's eventually forced to go on the run.
MPAA: PG-13 (for violence and intense action sequences)
Run time: 2 hrs. 15 min.
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The Expendables 2
Genre: Action
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude van Damme, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Liam Hemsworth
Director: Simon West
Premise: The Expendables are back and this time it's personal... Barney Ross, Lee Christmas, Yin Yang, Gunnar Jensen, Toll Road and Hale Caesar -- with newest members Billy the Kid and Maggie aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time -- six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that's nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother. That is done the Expendables way....
MPAA: R (for strong violence, language and brief sexuality)
Run time: 1 hr. 43 min.
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The Apparition
Genre: Horror
Stars: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton
Director: Todd Lincoln
Premise: When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly and Ben discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural, but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force.
MPAA: PG-13 (for for terror/frightening images and some sensuality)
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Lawless
Genre: Crime thriller
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce
Director: John Hillcoat
Premise: The true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. Inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant's family in his novel "The Wettest County In The World," the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation's most notorious crime wave.
MPAA: R (for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity)
Run time: 1 hr. 55 min.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Premise: During his summer vacation, "Wimpy Kid" Greg Heffley, the hero of the phenomenally successful book series, hatches a plan to pretend he has a job at a ritzy country club – which fails to keep him away from the season's dog days, including embarrassing mishaps at a public pool and a camping trip that goes horribly wrong.
MPAA: PG (for for some rude humor)
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Hope Springs
Premise: Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones star as Kay and Arnold, a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple's specialist in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy. Just convincing the stubborn Arnold to go on the retreat is hard enough – the real challenge for both of them comes as they shed their bedroom hang-ups and try to re-ignite the spark that caused them to fall for each other in the first place.
MPAA: PG-13 (for mature thematic content involving sexuality)
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The Campaign
Premise: When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors' support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family's political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other. Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom, there's room to dig a whole lot deeper.
MPAA: R (for crude sexual content, language and brief nudity)
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Premise: Happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green can't wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim-and their small town of Stanleyville-learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life's greatest gifts.
MPAA: PG (for for mild thematic elements and brief language)
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AUGUST 17 |
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ParaNorman
Premise: When a small town comes under siege by zombies, who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
MPAA: PG (for scary action and images, thematic elements, some rude humor and language)
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Sparkle
Premise: Whitney Houston makes her final screen appearance and American Idol's Jordin Sparks stars as musical prodigy Sparkle who struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother, she tries to balance a new romance with music manager, Stix while dealing with the unexpected challenges her new life will bring as she and her two sisters strive to become a dynamic singing group during the Motown-era.
MPAA: PG-13 (for mature thematic content involving domestic abuse and drug material, and for some violence, language and smoking)
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Hit & Run
Premise: Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard star as a young couple that risks it all when they leave their small town life and embark on a road trip that may lead them towards the opportunity of a lifetime. Their fast-paced road trip grows awkwardly complicated and hilarious when they are chased by a friend from the past, a federal marshal and a band of misfits.
MPAA: R (for pervasive language including sexual references, graphic nudity, some violence and drug content)
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Premium Rush
Premise: Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Wilee, the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. It takes a special breed to ride the fixie – super lightweight, single-gear bikes with no brakes and riders who are equal part skilled cyclists and suicidal nutcases who risk becoming a smear on the pavement every time they head into traffic. But a guy who's used to putting his life on the line is about to get more than even he is used to when a routine delivery turns into a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan. When Wilee picks up his last envelope of the day on a premium rush run, he discovers this package is different. This time, someone is actually trying to kill him.
MPAA: PG-13 (for some violence, intense action sequences and language)
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AUGUST 31 |
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The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Premise: It's Schuufy's birthday, and the Oogieloves (Goobie, Zoozie and Toofie), along with their friends J. Edgar, Windy Window and Ruffy, are organizing a party. (Shh! It's a secret.) Everything is going along just perfectly until J. Edgar trips and loses the last five magical balloons in all of Lovelyloveville – OH NO! The Oogiloves set out to find the magical balloons in time to save their friend's party. Along the way, they meet some very interesting characters indeed, including Dotty Rounder (Cloris Leachman), Bobby Wobbly (Carey Elwes), Milky Marvin (Chazz Palminteri), Rosalie Rosebud (Toni Braxton) and Lola and Lero Sombero (Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly). Can these new friends help them recover the magical balloons and get back to the cottage in time to celebrate Schullfy's surprise birthday?
MPAA: G
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The Possession
Premise: Clyde and Stephanie Brenek see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em's behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.
MPAA: PG-13 (for for mature thematic material involving violence and disturbing sequences)
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre: Fantasy adventure
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Rhys Ifans, Emma Stone, Sally Field, Martin Sheen, Denis Leary
Director: Marc Webb
Premise: As Peter Parker discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
MPAA: PG-13 (for sequences of action and violence)
Run time: 2 hrs. 16 min.
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Ice Age: Continental Drift
Genre: Animated comedy
Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Alan Tudyk, Wanda Sykes, Jeremy Renner
Directors: Steve Martino, Michael Thurmeier, Carlos Saldanha
Premise: Join Manny, Diego, Sid, and Scrat this summer as they brave the high seas & battle a ragtag group of pirates determined to stop them from getting home.
MPAA: PG (for mild rude humor and action/peril)
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The Dark Knight Rises
Genre: Fantasy adventure
Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Director: Christopher Nolan
Premise: It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.
MPAA: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality and language)
Run time: 2 hrs. 44 min.
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The Watch
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jonah Hill, Nicholas Braun, Richard Ayoade
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Premise: Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood, and the world, from total extermination.
MPAA: R (for some strong sexual content including references, pervasive language and violent images)
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Katy Perry: Part of Me
Premise: A 3D motion picture event movie, Katy Perry: Part of Me is a backstage pass, front row seat and intimate look at the fun, glamorous, heartbreaking, inspiring, crazy, magical, passionate, and honest mad diary of Katy.
MPAA: PG (for some suggestive content, language, thematic elements and brief smoking)
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Savages
Premise: Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon, a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry – raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia. Life is idyllic in their Southern California town...until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them. When the merciless head of the BC, Elena, and her brutal enforcer, Lado, underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon, with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent, wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high stakes, savage battle of wills.
MPAA: R (for strong brutal and grisly violence, some graphic sexuality, nudity, drug use and lanuage throughout)
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Step Up: Revolution
Premise: Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with Sean a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs, called "The Mob." When a wealthy business man threatens to develop The Mob's historic neighborhood and displace thousands of people, Emily must band together with Sean and The Mob to turn their performance art into protest art, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause.
MPAA: PG-13 (for some suggestive dancing and language)
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Snow White & the Huntsman
Genre: Fantasy Adventure
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Ian McShane, Sam Claflin
Director: Rupert Sanders
Premise: Snow White is the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen, who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with the huntsman who was dispatched to kill her.
MPAA: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sensuality)
Run time: 2 hrs. 7 min.
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Genre: Animated fantasy-comedy
Stars: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Frances McDormand
Director: Eric Darnell
Premise: Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style.
MPAA: PG (for some mild action and rude humor)
Run time: 1 hr. 35 min.
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Rock of Ages
Genre: Musical drama
Stars: Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin
Director: Adam Shankman
Premise: Small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more.
MPAA: PG-13 (for sexual content, suggestive dancing, some heavy drinking, and language)
Run time: 2 hrs. 3 min
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Brave
Genre: Animated action-fantasy
Stars: Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Kelly MacDonald, Craig Ferguson, Kevin McKidd
Director: Mark Andrews
Premise: Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin, surly Lord Macintosh and cantankerous Lord Dingwall. Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric Witch for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to harness all of her skills and resources – including her clever and mischievous triplet brothers – to undo a beastly curse before it's too late, discovering the meaning of true bravery.
MPAA: PG (for some scary action and rude humor)
Run time: 1 hr. 41 min.
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Ted
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Mila Kunis, Adam Scott, Giovanni Ribisi, Patrick Warburton
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Premise: John Bennett is a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish... and has refused to leave his side ever since.
MPAA: R (for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, and some drug use)
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Prometheus
Premise: A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
MPAA: R (for sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language)
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That's My Boy
Premise: While still in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. After not seeing each other for years, Donny shows up uninvited to his son's wedding. Trying desperately to reconnect with his son, Donny is now forced to deal with the repercussions of his bad parenting skills.
MPAA: R (for crude sexual content throughout, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use)
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Premise: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter explores the secret life of our greatest president, and the untold story that shaped our nation. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov bring a fresh and visceral voice to the bloodthirsty lore of the vampire, imagining Lincoln as history's greatest hunter of the undead.
MPAA: R (for violence throughout and brief sexuality)
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Premise: Set in a too-near future, a man searches for a meaningful connection as humanity's last days are at hand. Can he find his greatest love at the worst possible time? As the respective journeys of Dodge and Penny converge, the two spark to each other and their outlooks - if not the world's - brighten.
MPAA: R (for language including sexual references, some drug use and brief violence)
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Magic Mike
Premise: Set in the world of male strippers, Mike takes a young dancer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
MPAA: R (for pervasive sexual content, brief graphic nudity, language and some drug use)
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People Like Us
Premise: Sam is a fast-paced salesman who reluctantly returns home when he learns his father has died. In the course of reconnecting with his estranged family, Sam discovers he has an older sister. As their relationship develops, Sam must rethink everything he thought he knew about this family and take a hard look at his own life choices.
MPAA: PG-13 (for language, some drug use and brief sexuality)
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Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
Premise: Facing criminal charges and death threats from the mob, George Needleman and his entire family are put under witness protection in the safest place that Brian, a federal prosecutor from Atlanta, can think of... his Aunt Madea's house down South.
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Marvel's The Avengers
Genre: Fantasy adventure
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
Director: Joss Whedon
Premise: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow answer the call to action when Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., initiates a daring, globe-spanning recruitment effort to assemble The Avengers team to defeat an unexpected enemy threatening global safety and security. Despite pulling together the ultimate dream team, Nick Fury and longtime confidant Agent Coulson must find a way to convince the Super Heroes to work with, not against each other, when the powerful and dangerous Loki gains access to the Tesseract Cosmic Cube and its unlimited power.
MPAA: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-if violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference)
Run time: 2 hrs. 22 min.
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Dark Shadows
Genre: Comedy Thriller
Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director:Tim Burton
Premise: Update of the 1960s daytime serial.
Barnabas Collins is rich, powerful, and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard. A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.
Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets.
MPAA: PG-13 (for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking)
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Battleship
Genre: SciFi/Fantasy
Stars: Taylor Kitch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Hamish Linklater
Director: Peter Berg
Premise: Based on Hasbro's classic naval combat game, Battleship is an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.
MPAA: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence, action and destruction, and for language)
Run time: 2 hrs. 11 min.
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Men in Black 3
Genre: SciFi/Fantasy Comedy
Stars: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Emma Thompson, Emma Thompson
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Premise: Agents J and K are back... in time. When K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him -- secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.
MPAA: PG-13 (for sci-fi action violence, and brief suggestive content)
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The Dictator (May 11)
Premise: In this comedy directed by Larry Charles, Sasha Baron Cohen stars in the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
MPAA: R (for strong crude and sexual content, brief male nudity, language and some violent images)
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What to Expect When You're Expecting (May 18)
Premise: Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez head an ensemble cast in this comedy inspired by the best selling book of the same name. The story follows five couples as they experience the joys and anxieties of the childbirth process.
MPAA: PG-13 (for for crude and sexual content, thematic elements and language)
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (May 4)
Premise: Judi Dench leads an ensemble cast in this comedy-drama about an elderly group outsourcing their retirement to India where they are each profoundly affected by their new surroundings and experiences.
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Hysteria (May 18)
Premise: British romantic comedy featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, and Rupert Everett set in the Victorian era of England and telling the story of the creation of the vibrator.
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Chernobyl Diaries (May 25)
Premise: In this horror flick, a group of tourists take an "extreme tour" to the site of the Chernobyl disaster where they become stranded and hunted by the strange, mutated beings who now live there.
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Moonrise Kingdom (May 25)
Premise: Two twelve-year-olds fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore -- and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle. Cast includes Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, and Frances McDormand.
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Doctor Seuss' The Lorax
Genre: Family, animated
Stars: Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Betty White
Director: Chris Renaud, Co-Director: Kyle Balda
Premise: A boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world..
MPAA: PG (for for mild brief language)
Run time: 1 hr. 34 min.
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Project X
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Brown, Dax Flame, Kirby Bliss Blanton
Director: Nima Nourizadeh
Premise: Three seemingly anonymous high school seniors attempt to finally make a name for themselves. Their idea is innocent enough: let's throw a party that no one will forget...but nothing could prepare them for this party. Word spreads quickly as dreams are ruined, records are blemished and legends are born.
MPAA: R (for crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, drugs, drinking, pervasive language, reckless behavior and mayhem)
Run time: 1 hr. 28 min.
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Being Flynn
Genre: Drama
Stars: Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore, Olivia Thirlby
Director: Paul Weitz
Premise: Nick Flynn is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise, the last person Nick wants to see is his father. But you can't outrun fate and slowly Nick comes to realize he has been given the chance to make a real future not only for himself, but for his struggling father too.
MPAA: R (for for language throughout, some sexual content, drug use, and brief nudity)
Run time: 1 hr. 26 min.
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Boy
Genre: New Zealand Comedy-Drama
Stars: Craig Hall, Rachel House, Ngapaki Emery, Waihoroi Shortland
Director: Taika Waititi
Premise: The year is 1984 and, somewhere along the rural East Coast of New Zealand, lives Boy who idolizes pop star Michael Jackson. Boy lives with his brother Rocky, a clan of cousins and his Nan. Boy also idolizes his father, Alamein, who is the heroic subject of his son's fantasies, but, in reality, he is serving time in prison for robbery. When Alamein returns home after a 7-year absence, Boy must let go of the father of his dreams to face reality.
MPAA: Not rated
Run time: 1 hr. 27 min.
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Let the Bullets Fly
Genre: Action
Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Jiang Wen, Ge You, Carina Lau
Director: Jiang Wen
Premise: Legendary bandit "Pocky" Zhang violently crosses paths with the con man Tang, who desperately offers up an intriguing proposition: Zhang will become the governor of Goose Town, where he can make more money in a month than he would in a year of train robberies. But neither realizes that Goose Town is already under the iron rule of Master Huang, a ruthless and wealthy crime lord.
MPAA: Not rated
Run time: 2 hrs. 12 min.
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Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, William Atherton, Jeff Goldblum
Directors: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim
Premise: Tim and Eric are given a billion dollars to make a movie, but squander every dime...and the sinister Schlaaang corporation is mad. Their lives at stake, the guys skip town in search of a way to pay the money back. When they happen upon a chance to rehabilitate a bankrupt mall full of vagrants, bizarre stores and a man-eating wolf that stalks the food court, they see dollar signs – a billion of them.
MPAA: R (for for strong crude and sexual content throughout, brief graphic nudity, pervasive language, comic violence and drug use)
Run time: 1 hr. 33 min.
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John Carter
Genre: Action-Fantasy
Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Thomas Haden Church, Willem Dafoe
Director: Andrew Stanton
Premise: War-weary, former military captain John Carter is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris. In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
MPAA: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action)
Run time: 2 hrs. 12 min.
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Silent House
Genre: Horror
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross
Director: Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Premise: Sarah is a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house.
MPAA: R (for disturbing violent content and terror)
Run time: 1 hr. 28 min.
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A Thousand Words
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Clark Duke, Allison Janney, Kerry Washington
Director: Brian Robbins
Premise: Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack's life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he's got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he's a goner.
MPAA: PG-13 (for sexual situations including dialogue, language and some drug-related humor)
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The Decoy Bride
Genre: British Romantic Comedy
Stars: David Tennant, Kelly MacDonald, Alice Eve, Michael Urie
Director: Sheree Folkson
Premise: When the world's media descend on the remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress is attempting to get married, a local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent.
MPAA: Not rated
Run time: 1 hr. 29 min.
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Footnote
Genre: Foreign-language drama
Stars: Shlomo Bar-Abba, Lior Louie Ashkenazi, Aliza Rosen, Alma Zack
Director: Joseph Cedar
Premise: A tale of a great rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors, who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies. The father has never been recognized for his work, but his son is an up-and-coming star in the field, who appears to feed on accolades, endlessly seeking recognition. Then one day, the tables turn. When the father learns that he is to be awarded the most valuable honor for scholarship in Israel, his vanity and desperate need for validation are exposed. His son is thrilled to see his father's achievements finally recognized but, in a darkly funny twist, is forced to choose between the advancement of his own career and his father's. Will he sabotage his father's glory?
MPAA: PG (for for thematic elements, brief nudity, language and smoking)
Run time: 1 hr. 43 min.
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Friends with Kids
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Stars: Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig
Director: Jennifer Westfeldt
Premise: A close-knit circle of friends are at that moment in life when children arrive and everything changes. The last two singles in the group observe the effect that kids have had on their friends' relationships and wonder if there's a better way. They decide to have a child together and date other people.
MPAA: R (for for sexual content and language)
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Good for Nothing
Genre: New Zealand Western
Stars: Cohen Holloway, Inge Rademeyer
Director: Mike Wallis
Premise: An outlaw reluctantly develops strong feelings for a woman he has kidnapped. Yet when the outlaw tries to force himself on the young and beautiful Isabella, he finds himself suffering from performance anxiety. On a quest to cure his erectile dysfunction, the pair are pursued by an unpredictable posse who are set on killing both the outlaw and Isabella, who they have mistaken for a whore and accomplice.
MPAA: R (for for violence and some sexual references)
Run time: 1 hr. 32 min.
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Jiro Ono
Director: David Gelb
Premise: The story of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world's greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat, sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious 3 star Michelin review, and sushi lovers from around the globe make repeated pilgrimage, calling months in advance and shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat at Jiro's sushi bar.For most of his life, Jiro has been mastering the art of making sushi, but even at his age he sees himself still striving for perfection, working from sunrise to well beyond sunset to taste every piece of fish; meticulously train his employees; and carefully mold and finesse the impeccable presentation of each sushi creation. At the heart of this story is Jiro's relationship with his eldest son Yoshikazu, the worthy heir to Jiro's legacy, who is unable to live up to his full potential in his father's shadow.
MPAA: PG (for for mild thematic elements and brief smoking)
Run time: 1 hr. 21 min.
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Genre: British Comedy
Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked
Director: Lasse Hallström
Premise: A visionary sheik has a big dream – to bring salmon fishing to the desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn his dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on for its potential as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible.
MPAA: PG-13 (for for some violence and sexual content, and brief language)
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Sound of Noise
Genre: Foreign language comedy
Stars: Bengt Nilsson, Sanna Persson, Magnus Borjeson, Johannes Bjork
Director: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, Ola Simonsson
Premise: Police officer Amadeus Warnebring was born into a musical family with a long history of famous musicians and he hates music. Now, Warnebring is about to face the most difficult case of his career. A group of six eccentric drummers, led by revolutionary genius Sanna, has decided to launch a full-scale musical attack using the city as their instrument. Their musical terrorism leads to chaos and disorder. As Warnebring hunts for these serial musicians, he discovers the woman he is in love with is the leader of the group. Warnebring is left with no choice but to enter the world he has spent his entire life fleeing--the world of rhythm and music.
MPAA: R (for for language and some brief nudity)
Run time: 1 hr. 38 min.
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21 Jump Street
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Casa de Mi Padre
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Detachment
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The FP
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home
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The Kid with a Bike
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Natural Selection
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Reuniting the Rubins
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Seeking Justice
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Brake
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The Deep Blue Sea
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The Hunger Games
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Musical Chairs
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October Baby
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The Raid: Redemption
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The Trouble with Bliss
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The Island President
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The Bully Project
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Dark Tide
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Goon
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Intruders
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Mirror, Mirror
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Wrath of the Titans
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Genre: Comic book adaptation
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciaran Hinds, Idris Elba
Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Premise: Former stuntman and bounty hunter of rogue demons Johnny Blaze has been living in self-imposed exile, believing that his powers are a curse. But when he is approached by a member of a monastic order who is looking for someone to protect a mother and her son, who are being pursued by the devil in the figure of a man named Roarke, the Ghost Rider takes the case.
MPAA: PG-13 (for intense sequences of action and violence, some disturbing images, and language)
Run time: 1 hr. 35 min.
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This Means War
Genre:Action-Comedy
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger
Director: McG
Premise: Two of the world's deadliest CIA operatives are inseparable partners and best friends - until they discover that they've fallen in love with the same woman. Deciding to keep their friendship a secret from her, they pull out their full arsenal of fighting skills and high-tech gadgetry to defeat their greatest enemy - each other.
MPAA: PG-13 (for sexual content including references, some violence and action, and for language)
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Bullhead
Genre: Crime drama, Foreign language
Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Barbara Sarafian, Jeanne Dandoy
Director: Michael R. Roskam
Premise: Domineering cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille, constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, initiates a shady deal with a notorious mafioso meat trader. When an investigating federal agent is assassinated and a woman from his traumatic past resurfaces, Jacky must confront his demons and face the far-reaching consequences of his decisions.
MPAA: R (for some strong violence, language and sexual content)
Run time: 2 hrs. 6 min.
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On the Ice
Genre: Crime drama
Stars: Josiah Patkotak, Frank Qutuq Irelan, Teddy Kyle Smith, Adamina Kerr
Director: Andrew Okpeaha Maclean
Premise: Bonded by their dark secret, two best friends are forced to create one fabrication after another in order to survive. With their future in the balance, the two boys are forced to explore the limits of friendship and honor.
MPAA: R (for for language, some drug content and violence)
Run time: 1 hr. 36 min.
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The Secret World of Arrietty
Genre:Animated fantasy
Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Carol Burnett
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Premise: Based upon Mary Norton's classic children's book The Borrowers. Residing quietly beneath the floorboards are little people who live undetected in a secret world to be discovered, where the smallest may stand tallest of all. Arrietty, a tiny, but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknownst to the homeowner and her housekeeper. But when 12-year-old Shawn, a human boy who comes to stay in the home, discovers his mysterious housemate one evening, a secret friendship blossoms. If discovered, their relationship could drive Arrietty's family from the home and straight into danger.
MPAA: G
Run time: 1 hr. 20 min.
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Thin Ice
Genre: Crime drama
Stars: Greg Kinnear, Billy Crudup, Alan Arkin, David Harbour
Director: Jill Sprecher
Premise: Mickey Prohaska is a small-time insurance agent looking for a way to jump-start his business, reunite with his estranged wife and escape the frigid Wisconsin weather. This self-proclaimed master of spin believes that salesmanship is about selling a story – all he needs is a sucker willing to buy it. He hits pay dirt with a lonely retired farmer who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission. But Mickey's attempt to con the old man spins out of control when a nosy, unstable locksmith with a volatile temper dramatically ups the stakes, trapping him in a madcap spiral of danger, deceit and double-crossing.
MPAA: R (for language, and brief violent and sexual content)
Run time: 1 hr. 54 min.
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Undefeated
Genre: Sports documentary
Stars: Bill Courtney, Montrail Money Brown, Chavis Daniels, O.C. Brown
Director: Daniel Lindsay
Premise: Set in the inner-city of Memphis, Undefeated chronicles the Manassas Tigers' 2009 football season, on and off-the-field, as they strive to win the first playoff game in the high school's 110-year history. A coming-of-age documentary film, Undefeated provides audiences an intimate view of an underprivileged group of teens and their inspirational coach, as they attempt to make history.
MPAA: PG-13 (for some language)
Run time: 1 hr. 50 min.
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Act of Valor
Genre: Action
Stars: Roselyn Sanchez, Alex Veadov, Nestor Serrano, Jason Cottle
Director: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh
Premise: When a mission to recover a kidnapped CIA operative unexpectedly results in the discovery of an imminent, terrifying global threat, an elite team of highly trained Navy SEALs must immediately embark on a heart-stopping secret operation, the outcome of which will determine the fate of us all.
MPAA: R (for for strong violence including some torture, and for language)
Run time: 1 hr. 41 min.
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Gone
Genre: Thriller
Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan
Director: Heitor Dhalia
Premise: Jill Parrish comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly has been abducted. Jill, who had escaped from a kidnapper a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back for her sister. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sundown, Jill embarks on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister.
MPAA: PG-13 (for violence and terror, some sexual material, brief language and drug references)
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Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Genre: Drama
Stars: Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Brian J. White, Rebecca Romijn
Director: Tyler Perry
Premise: A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds has always done what's expected of him. But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey, a down-on-her-luck single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building. When he offers to help her get back on her feet, the chance encounter with someone so far outside his usual circle ignites something in Wesley. This one good deed may finally spark his courage to exchange the life that's expected of him for the life he's always really wanted.
MPAA: PG-13 (for for sexual content, language, some violence and thematic material)
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Wanderlust
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Malin Akerman, Justin Theroux
Director: David Wain
Premise: George and Linda are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George's awful brother in Atlanta. On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things.
MPAA: R (for sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use)
Run time: 1 hr. 40 min.
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The Fairy
Genre: Comedy, Foreign language
Stars: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy
Director: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy
Premise: A hotel clerk searches all over Le Havre for the fairy who made two of his three wishes come true before disappearing.
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The Forgiveness of Blood
Genre: Drama, Foreign language
Stars: Refet Abazi, Tristan Halilaj, Sindi Lacej, Ilire Vinca Celaj
Director: Joshua Marston
Premise: An Albanian family caught up in a blood feud. Nik (Tristan Halilaj) is a carefree teenager in a small town with a crush on the school beauty and ambitions to start his own small Internet business. His world is suddenly upended when his father becomes entangled in a dispute that leaves a fellow villager murdered. According to a centuries-old code of law known as the Kanun, Nik's family owes a life in return. Nik finds himself the prime target and becomes confined to home while his younger sister Rudina (Sindi Lacej) is forced to leave school and take over their father's business.
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Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
Genre: Romantic comedy, Foreign language
Stars: Tinnu Anand, Genelia D'Souza, Ritesh Deshmukh
Director: Mandeep Kumar
Premise: The story of a boy who kidnaps a girl but starts to fall in love with her.
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Tomorrow, When the War Began
Genre: Action
Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln Lewis
Director: Stuart Beattie
Premise: When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely high school teenagers band together to fight.
MPAA: R (for some violence)
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Loosies
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Stars: Peter Facinelli, Vincent Gallo, Michael Madsen, Jaimie Alexander, William Forsythe
Director: Michael Corrente
Premise: A successful pickpocket living the outlaw lifestyle is confronted with an old one-night stand who tells him that she is pregnant with his child.
MPAA: PG-13 (for some violence, sexual content and language)
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The Devil Inside
Genre: Horror
Stars: Fernanda Andrade, Bonnie Morgan, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley, Ionut Grama
Director: Brent Bell
Premise: With the help of exorcists, a woman sets out to determine whether her murderous mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed.
MPAA: R (for disturbing violent content and grisly images, and for language including some sexual references)
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Norwegian Wood
Genre: Drama, Foreign language
Stars: Ken ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kengo Kora, Tetsuji Tamayama
Director: Anh Hung Tran
Premise: Upon hearing the song "Norwegian Wood" by The Beatles, a man named Toru Watanabe reflects on his teen years in 1960s Japan.
MPAA: Not Rated
Run time: 2 hrs. 13 min.
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Roadie
Genre: Drama
Stars: Ron Eldard, Jill Hennessy, Bobby Cannavale, Lois Smith, David Margulies
Director: Michael Cuesta
Premise: After a 45-year-old roadie gets dumped by his band, he returns home to Queens, sees his aged mother for the first time since his father's funeral, and finds that even though his neighborhood has become a slum, everywhere he goes there are remnants of the neighborhood he grew up in.
MPAA: R (for pervasive language and some drug content)
Run time: 1 hr. 35 min.
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Contraband
Genre: Action Thriller
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Premise: Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best – running contraband – to settle Andy's debt.
MPAA: R for violence, pervasive language and brief drug use
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Joyful Noise
Genre: Musical Comedy-Drama
Stars: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance, Jeremy Jordan
Director: Todd Graff
Premise: Two very different women, one a mother of two teenagers, the other a widow of the recently deceased choir director, join forces to save their small-town gospel choir.
MPAA: PG 13 (for some language including a sexual reference)
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Premium Rush
Genre: Action Thriller
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Jamie Chung, Dania Ramirez
Director: David Koepp
Premise: In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
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Beauty and the Beast 3D
Genre: Animated musical fantasy
Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Rex Everhart, Richard White, Jesse Corti
Directors: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
Premise: Belle is a bright and beautiful young woman who's taken prisoner by a hideous beast in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff -- a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others -- and ultimately learns to see beneath the Beast's exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince.
MPAA: G
Run time: 1 hr. 24 min.
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The Divide
Genre: SciFi Thriller
Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Eklund, Rosanna Arquette, Ashton Holmes, Courtney B. Vance, Iván González, Jennifer Blanc, Abbey Thickson
Director: Xavier Gens
Premise: Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Genre: Drama
Stars: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, James Gandolfini
Director: Stephen Daldry
Premise: Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him.
MPAA: PG-13 (for emotional thematic material, some disturbing images, and language)
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Haywire
Genre: Action Thriller
Stars: Gina Carano, Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Premise: A female covert ops specialist, who works in the deadly world of international operatives, strikes back after discovering she's been double-crossed by someone close to her in the agency.
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Red Tails
Genre: Historical Action
Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Brandon T. Jackson, Ne-Yo
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Premise: 1944. As the war in Europe continues to take its toll on Allied forces, the Pentagon brass has no recourse but to consider unorthodox options -- including the untried and untested African-American pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program. Just as the young Tuskegee men are on the brink of being shut down and shipped back home, they are given the ultimate chance to show their courage. Against all the odds, with something to prove and everything to lose, these intrepid young airmen take to the skies to fight for their country -- and the fate of the free world.
MPAA: PG 13 (for some sequences of war violence)
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Underworld Awakening
Genre: Fantasy Thriller
Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley
Directors: Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein
Premise: The vampire warrioress Selene, escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.
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