Tuesday, January 4
Dinner for Schmucks
The story focuses on a weekly dinner party held by a Paris publisher who challenges his friends to bring the most pathetic guest to the gathering.
Jay Roach, Patrick Fischler, Gary Barber, Laurie MacDonald, Ken Daurio, David Guion, Jon Vitti, Zach Galifianakis
Comedy
Machete
He looked like just another day laborer from the streets, and the perfect fall guy for a crooked political assassination. But he turned out to be Machete (Danny Trejo), a legendary ex-federale with a deadly attitude and the skills to match.
Quentin Tarantino, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Michelle Rodriguez, Aaron Kaufman, Danny Trejo, Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis
Action Adventure Spin-off
Catfish
Nev, a 24-year-old New York-based photographer, has no idea what he's in for when Abby, an eight-year-old girl from rural Michigan, contacts him on Facebook, seeking permission to paint one of his photographs. When he receives her remarkable painting, Nev begins a friendship and correspondence with Abby's family. But things really get interesting when he develops a cyber-romance with Abby's attractive older sister, Megan, a musician and model. Prompted by some startling revelations about Megan, Nev and his buddies embark on a road trip in search of the truth.
Ryan Kavanaugh, Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling, Brett Ratner
Thriller
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Howl
A 1950s-era tale, focusing on the obscenity trial launched to censor Allen Ginsberg's groundbreaking book-length poem.
David Strathairn, Gus Van Sant, Jeffrey Friedman, Jeff Daniels, Rob Epstein, Alan Alda, Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Rudd
Drama Biography
Case 39
"Case 39" is a horror film starring Renée Zellweger as family services social worker Emily Jenkins. Emily thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case, troubled 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland). Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to kill Lilith, their only daughter. Emily saves her and decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.
Renée Zellweger, Bradley Cooper, Steve Golin, Callum Keith Rennie, Christian Alvart, Kevin Misher, Ray Wright, Ian McShane
Thriller Suspense Horror Sci-Fi
The Last Exorcism
A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.
Marc Abraham, Daniel Stamm, Eli Roth, Eric Newman, Tom Bliss, Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland, Patrick Fabian
Thriller Suspense Horror
Ticking Clock
When an investigative reporter stumbles upon the journal of a murderer replete with plans to butcher specific people, he investigates on his own, and finds that every trail leads to a seemingly anonymous 9-year-old orphan living in a group home.
Neal McDonough, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ernie Barbarash, Brad Krevoy, John Turman, Austin Abrams
Thriller Suspense
Yellow Handkerchief
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life.
Kristen Stewart, Maria Bello, Udayan Prasad, William Hurt, Eddie Redmayne
Drama Thriller Remake
ZMDs: Zombies of Mass Destruction
"ZMD" is the story of a new government weapons program that drops zombies, designed to be photosensitive and dissolve by a set time, into war zones at night to destroy the enemy population. But after one fails to self-destruct in the Middle East, a team of elite soldiers must enter hostile territory to stop a growing zombie army.
Dirk Blackman, Kevin Grevioux, Josh Feldman, Jake Weiner, Howard McCain
Action Adventure War Horror