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Genre: Drama Rating: PG-13
Cast: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Henry Thomas, Richard Jenkins, Richard Jenkins, Scott Porter
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Synopsis: Dear John tells the story of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave, and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he falls in love with during her spring vacation. Over the next seven tumultuous years, the couple is separated by John's increasingly dangerous deployments. While meeting only sporadically, they stay in touch by sending a continuous stream of love letters overseas-correspondence that eventually trigger fateful consequences.
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Genre: Thriller Rating: PG-13
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace, Michael Landes, William B. Davis, Chelah Horsdal
Director: Joel Bergvall & Simon Sandquist
Synopsis: Jess, a woman whose life turns surreal after an automobile accident leaves both her husband Ryan and her brother-in-law Roman in a coma. Things take an even darker turn when Roman wakes believing that he is Ryan. As Jess tries to deal with these increasingly disturbing events, she also struggles with the possibility that either the spirit of her husband has returned to her or that something very sinister is at work.
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Genre: Thriller Rating: R
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow
Director: Martin Scorsese
Synopsis: From Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese, “Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from a hospital for the criminally insane.
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Genre: Drama Rating: N/A
Cast: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad, Hamed Seyyed Javadi
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Synopsis: "No One Knows About Persian Cats" is the fifth feature by award-winning director Bahman Ghobadi ("A Time for Drunken Horses," "Turtles Can Fly"), winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the Cannes film festival. Co—written by imprisoned Iranian—American journalist Roxana Saberi, the film is an indictment of cultural repression in Iran's exciting underground music scene, a powerful cinematic foreshadowing of current protest movements, and a celebration of an entire generation of Iranians striving towards personal and creative freedom. Shot in secret and featuring extraordinary performances by real underground bands, "No One Knows About Persian Cats" follows a pair of young musicians, recently released from prison, on a mission to take their rock band to Europe. Forbidden by the authorities to play in Iran, they plan their escape abroad with a fast—talking music promoter. Vowing to play one last show before leaving Tehran, their dangerous mission takes them on a free—wheeling journey through the City's vibrant and diverse underground scene, home to an estimated 2,000 illegal independent bands.
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Genre: Action Rating: R
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Alaa Oumouzoune, Adel Bencherif, Gilles Cohen, Salem Kali
Director: Jacques Audiard
Synopsis: Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena, part Arab, part Corsican, cannot read or write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang currently ruling the prison, he is given a number of "missions" to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader`s confidence in the process. Malik is a fast learner and rises up the prison ranks, all the while secretly devising.
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Genre: Drama Rating: PG-13
Cast: Kuno Becker, Danay Garcia, Steven Bauer, Steve Bilich, Carl Ciarfalio, Anthony Cristo
Director: Jimmy Nickerson
Synopsis: HECTOR VILLA, physically tough, but emotionally self-destructive, is one of the millions of illegal migrant workers vying for a new life in the U.S., and will do everything he can to rise above picking fruit in the dirt. Hector dreams of being a boxer, like his father before him, but finds he has to fight just to survive the grim reality of living on a Texas Ranch. During the day Hector works long hours under the scorching sun. But at night, he trades his work gloves for boxing gloves, fighting in the surrounding bars and converted barns, where a five dollar entrance fee and a few rounds in a makeshift ring can score the winner more than a days pay in the sweltering fields.
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Genre: Comedy Rating: R
Cast: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollak, Ana de la Reguerr, Guillermo Diaz, Michelle Trachtenberg, Sernn William Scott
Director: Kevin Smith
Synopsis: Cop Out features two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card who find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for the daughter's upcoming wedding, and Paul (Tracy Morgan) is his "parter against crime" whose preoccupation with his wife's alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball.
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Genre: Drama Rating: R
Cast: Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Gabourey Sidibe, Lenny Kravitz
Director: Lee Daniels
Synopsis: Lee Daniels’ Precious, based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome. Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother (Mo’Nique), a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write. more… Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful, curious young woman with an inchoate but unshakeable sense that other possibilities exist for her. Threatened with expulsion, Precious is offered the chance to transfer to an alternative school, Each One/Teach One. Precious doesn’t know the meaning of “alternative,” but her instincts tell her this is the chance she has been waiting for. In the literacy workshop taught by the patient yet firm Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerless to light, love and self-determination.
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Genre: Thriller Rating: R
Cast: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
Director: Martin Champbell
Synopsis: "Edge of Darkness" is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, twenty-four year-old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter's secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous, looking glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder - and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone), who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven's solitary search for answers about his daughter's death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption.
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Genre: Drama Rating: PG-13
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng
Director: Clint Eastwood
Synopsis: Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
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Genre: Drama Rating: PG-13
Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Drew Barrymore
Director: Drew Barrymore
Synopsis: Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut with this feisty, female-friendly action-comedy. JUNO's Ellen Page stars as Bliss Cavendar, a young woman who longs to break free of her small-town bonds by joining the rough-and-tumble sport of roller derby in nearby Austin, Texas.
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Genre: Horror Rating: N/A
Cast: Scott Murphy, Jordan Paris, Jonathan Paris, George Murphy, Jay Fawbush
Director: Pete Mander
Synopsis: In 1947, Roswell New Mexico was the scene of what most believe to be a UFO crash zone, but this site like many others were quickly covered up and shrouded in secrecy by an unknown non-government organization. Many years later, the massive and powerful Yutani Corporation is investing billions in new space program development and the organization of a highly trained Special Ops team to protect their secret interests. Rumors surrounding their mysterious investments speak of the ultimate weapon that would allow the military to dominate any opposition.
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Genre: Family Rating: PG
Cast: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas, Marton Csokas, Tim Pigott-Smith, Lindsay Duncan, Geraldine James, Leo Bill, Jemma Powell, Mairi Ella Challen
Director: Tim Burton
Synopsis: From visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter.
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Genre: Thriller Rating: R
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Regina Hall, Viola Davis
Director: F. Gary Gray
Synopsis: When a home invasion robbery turns deadly, the lone survivor (Gerard Butler) will stop at nothing to avenge his lost loved ones in Law Abiding Citizen, an explosive examination of blind justice from the director of The Italian Job.
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Genre: Drama Rating: R
Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Tamala Jones, Chris Lowell
Director: Jason Reitman
Synopsis: George Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road but is forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget. He is required to spend more time at home just as he is on the cusp of a goal he's worked toward for years: reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
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Genre: Science Fiction Rating: PG-13
Cast: Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel Moore, Dileep Rao
Director: James Cameron
Synopsis: Avatar is set during the 22nd century on a small moon called Pandora, which orbits a gas giant, and is inhabited by the tribal Na'vi, ten foot blue humanoids that are peaceful unless attacked. Humans cannot breathe Pandoran air, so they genetically engineer human/Na'vi hybrids known as Avatars that can be controlled via a mental link. A paralyzed Marine, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) volunteers to exist as an Avatar on Pandora, falling in love with a Na'vi princess and becoming caught up in the conflict between her people and the human military that is consuming their world.
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Genre: Comedy Rating: PG-13
Cast: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Will Arnett, Alexis Dziena, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Kate Micucci, Bobby Moynihan, Danny DeVito, Anjelica Huston
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Synopsis: An ambitious young New Yorker disillusioned with romance takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a "foolish" fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors. But when a charming reporter pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing?
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Genre: Family Rating: PG
Cast: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan
Director: Chris Columbus
Synopsis: It's the 21st century, but the Gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson's Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they're not happy: Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy's mother. As Percy finds himself caught between angry and battling gods, he and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy's mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the Gods themselves
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Genre: Thriller Rating: R
Cast: Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell
Director: Kevin Greutert
Synopsis: The makers of the Saw films continue to make Rube Goldberg roll over in his grave with this sixth film in the series. SAW VI finds Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) the target of a FBI investigation, but that won’t stop him from continuing the murderous mayhem started by Jigsaw.
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Genre: Action Rating: R
Cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Director: Pierre Morel
Synopsis: A personal aide to U.S. Ambassador in France, James Reece (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) has an enviable life in Paris and a beautiful French girlfriend, but his real passion is his side job as a low-level operative for the CIA. All James wants is to become a bona fide agent and see some real action. So when he is offered his first senior-level assignment, he cannot believe his good luck until he meets his new partner, special agent Charlie Wax (John Travolta) - a trigger-happy, wisecracking, loose cannon who's been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack. Wax leads James on a white-knuckle shooting spree through the Parisian underworld that has James praying for his desk job. But when James discovers he is a target of the same crime ring they are trying to bust, he realizes there is no turning back...and that Wax himself might be his only hope for making it through the next forty-eight hours alive.
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Genre: Horror Rating: R
Cast: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Hugo Weaving, Geraldine Chaplin, Elizabeth Croft, Art Malik, Branko Tomovic
Director: Joe Johnston
Synopsis: Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins. Oscar® winner Benicio Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Oscar® winner Anthony Hopkins), Talbot sets out to find his brother...and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.
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Genre: Action Rating: PG
Cast: Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Madeline Carroll
Director: Brian Levant
Synopsis: Former CIA spy Bob Ho (Chan) takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob's longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.
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Genre: Action Rating: R
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Synopsis: When SFC William James joins Bravo Company in Iraq, they have a month or so left in their tour of duty. He's a bomb disposal expert and he is replacing Sgt Matt Thompson, a long-standing member of the team who was recently killed disposing of an improvised explosive device.His fellow squad members just want to survive the few days of duty they have left. However the risks James takes drives them all to the edge.
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Genre: Action Rating: R
Cast: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Frances de la Tour, Michael Gambon, Evan Jones, Joe Pingue, Tom Waits
Director: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
Synopsis: In the not-too-distant future, across the wasteland of what was once America, a lone warrior must fight to bring civilization the knowledge that could be the key to its redemption.
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Genre: Family Rating: PG
Cast: Jason Lee, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler
Director: Betty Thomas
Synopsis: David Seville and chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore return to lay waste to Seville's surroundings and sing in three-part harmony. The "squeakquel" introduces the Chipmunks' female counterparts, the Chipettes.
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