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WINTER 2012 MOVIE PREVIEW
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Monday, 02 January 2012 12:57

MARCH 2012

MARCH 2
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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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MARCH 9
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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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MARCH 16 (full details soon)
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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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MARCH 23 (full details soon)
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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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MARCH 30 (full details soon)
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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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FEBRUARY 2012

FEBRUARY 17
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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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FEBRUARY 24
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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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Run time: 1 hr. 33 min.

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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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Run time:1 hr. 49 min.

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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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JANUARY 13
WIDE RELEASE
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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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JANUARY 20
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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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Bronx Opera's BEN SPIERMAN

cast of Big Brother 12 BOBBY FLAY & STEVE ELLS of America's Next Great Restaurant Cast of the play Bridgeboy
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Library of American Comics' BRUCE CANWELL RYAN McPARTLIN & SARAH LANCASTER

CRYSTAL CHAPPELL

part 1: Guiding Light

part 2: Days of Our Lives

soapcentral.com founder DAN KROLL DAN PARENT of Archie Comics DAVID LYONS of The Cape DEBBIE GIBSON & TIFFANY Author DEDE EMERSON of A Different Kind of Streetwalker
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BOB DOWLING of the 3D Entertainment Summit Indie filmmaker ELIANA UJUETA of Beneath the Rock comic book artist JAMAL IGLE Genesis Repertory's JAY MICHAELS, MARY MiCARI, & actors Oscar-winning actor JEREMY IRONS

Animation historian JERRY BECK

1st interview

2nd interview

singer-songwriter JOSH GROBAN

web series producer KAI SOREMEKUN of Chick

1st interview

2nd interview

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Oscar-winning actress KATHY BATES of Harry's Law Television producer KENNETH JOHNSON of V, Bionic Woman, Incredible Hulk KYLE BORNHEIMER & HAYES MacARTHUR of Perfect Couples

Terrence Howard, René Balcer

Dick Wolf, Alfred Molina, Alana de la Garza

publisher DAN HERMAN of Hermes Press COUNTESS LuANN de LESSEPS of The Real Housewives of New York City author MAX ALLAN COLLINS of Road to Perdition WWE Champion Mike "The MIz" Mizanin
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JEFF HAYNE of Mill Creek Entertainment

1st interview

2nd interview

singer-actor NICK LACHEY supermodel NIKI TAYLOR talks The Celebrity Apprentice actor PAUL REISER of The Paul Reiser Show actor-producer RICKY GERVAIS of The Office actress-television host ROSIE O'DONNELL comic book writer STEVE NILES

Ian Anthony Dale, Nick Wauters

Jason Ritter, Sarah Roemer, Blair Underwood, Željko Ivanek

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THORE SCHÖLERMANN & JO WEIL of Verbotene Liebe Peabody & Emmy award winning journalist TOM BROKAW Emmy award winning actor TOM PELPHREY of Guiding Light actors from The Apothecary Theatre Company TORI SPELLING & DEAN McDERMOTT of sTORIbook Weddings

 

 

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Summer 2011 Movie Preview

Fall 2010 Television season

Fra Diavolo

Die Drei Pintos

Romeo and Juliet in Brooklyn

MPI Home Video

Timless Media Group

Boris Karloff's Thriller

Hunter: The Complete Series

Polly and Her Pals

Icons: The DC Comics and Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee

Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman

Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern

Spider-Man musical delayed again

Frozen

Dead Space: Aftermath

Altitude

 

 

    

Events:

New York Comic Con

Apprentice 10 kickoff

Farewell to Guiding Light

Farewell to As the World Turns

The Broadway Directory

 

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Academy Awards

Emmy Awards

Grammy Awards

Tony Awards

American Music Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

American Country Awards

 

    

Television blogs:

American Idol 10

American Idol 9

American Idol 8

Big Brother 12

Big Brother 11

ABC Cancels Both All My Children and One Life to Live

Guiding Light: A Look Back

 

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Scam Alert: Have You Received This E-Mail Job Offer?

Meet the 112th Congress

Brooklyn politicians Kevin Peter Carroll vs. Ralph Perfetto

Before Rosa Parks There Was Lizzie Jennings

Understanding New York State Government

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