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Director: Nima Nourizadeh , Jonathan Kaplan , studio Warner Bros. Pictures , Release Date: 2012-03-02 Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R Starring: Thomas Mann Jonathan Brown Oliver Cooper Dax Flame Miles Teller The Hangover’s Todd Phillips produces this top-secret comedy from writers Matt Drake and Michael Bacall, with helming duties handled by commercial director Nima Nourizadeh. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi |
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Director: Declan Donnellan , Nick Ormerod , studio IFC Films , Release Date: 2012-03-02 Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R Starring: Robert Pattinson – Georges Duroy Christina Ricci – Clotilde Uma Thurman Kristin Scott Thomas Holly Grainger A chronicle of a young man’s rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women. |
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Director: Stuart Beattie , studio Freestyle Releasing , Release Date: 2012-02-24 Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R Starring: Rachel Hurd-Wood – Corrie MacKenzie Caitlin Stasey – Ellie Linton Deniz Akdeniz – Homer Yannos Lincoln Lewis – Kevin Holmes Phoebe Tonkin – Fiona Maxwell TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN is a pulse-pounding action thriller that follows the journey of eight high school friends in an Australian coastal town whose lives are suddenly and violently upended by an invasion that no one saw coming. Caitlin Stasey stars as 17 year old Ellie Linton, a precocious teen who leads her best friends including Corrie (Rachel Hurd-Wood) and Kevin (Lincoln Lewis) to an isolated, deep in the woods camp site named ‘Hell.’ Upon returning, they come to grips with the fact that their country has been overrun by a mysterious, invading army. When the hostile armed forces become alerted to the presence of the teenagers, Ellie and her friends, along with a new recruit (apathetic stoner Chris Lang, played by Andrew Ryan) – must band together to escape, outwit and strike back against the mysterious enemy that has seized control of the their town and imprisoned their friends and loved ones. Megan Lehmann 2010-09-06 freshness fresh Hollywood Reporter Australia may finally have a homegrown blockbuster on its hands with the terrifically engaging Tomorrow When the War Began an action-packed war film for and about teenagers. |
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Director: Heitor Dhalia , studio Summit Entertainment , Release Date: 2012-02-24 Genre: Mystery & Suspense MPAA Rating: PG-13 Starring: Amanda Seyfried – Jill Parrish Jennifer Carpenter Sebastian Stan Wes Bentley – Quinn Michael Pare – Lt. Ray Bozeman In the new suspense thriller Gone, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) 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. — (C) Summit |
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Director: Tyler Perry , studio Lionsgate Films , Release Date: 2012-02-24 Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: PG-13 Starring: Tyler Perry – Wesley Deeds Thandie Newton – Lindsey Gabrielle Union – Natalie Eddie Cibrian – John Beverly Johnson – Wilimena A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) has always done what’s expected of him, whether it’s assuming the helm of his father’s company, tolerating his brother’s misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiancee, Natalie (Gabrielle Union). But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey (Thandie Newton), 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. — (C) Lionsgate |
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Director: Tim Heidecker , Eric Wareheim , studio Magnolia Pictures , Release Date: 2012-03-02 Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: R Starring: Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim William Atherton Jeff Goldblum Robert Loggia An all new feature film from the twisted minds of cult comedy heroes Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job)! Tim and Eric are given a billion dollars to make a movie, but squander every dime… and the sinister Schlaaang corporation is pissed. 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. Featuring cameos from Awesome Show regulars and some of the biggest names in comedy today! — (C) Magnet Releasing John Anderson 2012-01-21 freshness rotten Variety Even fans of their Cartoon Network series or those simply familiar with the pair via YouTube will likely find the extended version of their pathos-and-pain-driven comedy hard to digest. John DeFore 2012-01-21 freshness rotten Hollywood Reporter Adult Swim’s cult series makes awkward stab at the big screen. |
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Director: Wen Jiang , studio Variance Films , Release Date: 2012-03-02 Genre: Action & Adventure MPAA Rating: Unrated Starring: Yun-Fat Chow Jiang Wen You Ge Carina Lau Jun Hu Since its release this year, Let the Bullets Fly has been lauded across the globe for its stunning mix of dark comedy and eye-popping violence. In China, this action-comedy starring Chow Yun-Fat has become the highest-grossing domestic film of all time. Set in 1920s Sichuan, the film tells the tale of the bandit “Pocky” Zhang Mazi, who poses as a local governor in a dusty town- but finds himself at odds with the local mobster, who is not eager to share his turf with another drifter. A complex and deadly series of mind-games ensues between the two crooks, which are as violent as they are hilarious. The rare foreign-language comedy that translates without a hitch, Let the Bullets Fly will have you falling out of your seat with laughter. — (C) Variance John Anderson 2011-04-27 freshness fresh Variety A rollicking violent Western-cum-comedy that serves many masters but adds up to an entertaining hot pot of wry political commentary and general mischief. Maggie Lee 2011-01-13 freshness fresh Hollywood Reporter A rollicking Chinese western directed with cinematic gumption. |
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Director: Gianni Di Gregorio , Murat Duzgunoglu , studio Zeitgeist Films , Release Date: 2012-03-02 Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: Unrated Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio – Gianni Valeria De Franciscis – Mother Alfonso Santagata – Alfonso Elisabetta Piccolomini – Gianni’s Wife Valeria Cavalli – Valeria A middle-aged retiree has become invisible to all distaff Romans, regardless of age or relation. He contends with an aristocratic, spendthrift mother; a wife who is more patronizing friend than romantic partner; a daughter with a slacker boyfriend whom he unwillingly befriends; and a wild young neighbor who sees him merely as her dog walker. Watching his “codger” friends snare beautiful younger women on the sun-kissed cobblestones of Trastevere, he tries his polite, utterly gracious best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life-with both hilarious and poignant results. |
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Director: Mike McCoy , Scott Waugh , studio Relativity Media , Release Date: 2012-02-24 Genre: Mystery & Suspense MPAA Rating: R Starring: Emilio Rivera Roselyn Sanchez – Agent Morales Alex Veadov – Christo Nestor Serrano Jason Cottle – Shabal An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs in a film like no other in Hollywood’s history. A fictionalized account of real life Navy SEAL operations, Act of Valor features a gripping story that takes audiences on an adrenaline-fueled, edge-of-their-seat journey. 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. Act of Valor combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the-minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure film-showcasing the skills, training and tenacity of the greatest action heroes of them all: real Navy SEALs. — (C) Relativity |
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Director: David Wain , studio Universal Pictures , Release Date: 2012-02-24 Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: R Starring: Ken Marino Jennifer Aniston – Linda Ray Liotta Alan Alda – Carvin Justin Theroux – Seth George (Rudd) and Linda (Aniston) 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. Money? It can’t buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them. Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves? — (C) Universal |
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