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2012
Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. "2012" is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.
John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Roland Emmerich, Mark Gordon, Larry Franco
Where the Wild Things Are
The adventures of a young boy named Max who, after being sent to bed for misbehaving, imagines that he sails away to where the wild things are. Max is loved by the wild creatures who make him their King, though he soon longs to be back home with his family.
Tom Hanks, Michael Berry, Catherine Keener, Lauren Ambrose, John Carls, Gary Goetzman, Dave Eggers, Benicio Del Toro
Ponyo
An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.
Liam Neeson, Frank Marshall, Hayao Miyazaki, Kathleen Kennedy, Steve Alpert, Cate Blanchett, Betty White, Matt Damon
Cold Souls
During an existential crisis, an actor decides to explore "soul extraction" as a relief from the burdens of daily life.
Lauren Ambrose, Sophie Barthes, Daniel Carey, Elizabeth Giamatti, Paul S. Mezey, Andrij Parekh, Jeremy Kipp Walker, Paul Giamatti
Bitch Slap
"Bitch Slap" follows three bad girls (a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer and a corporate powerbroker) as they arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal $200 Million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin. Things quickly spin out of control as allegiances change, truths are revealed, other criminals arrive for the score, the fate of the world hangs in the balance and they are forced to confront a villain much worse than they ever expected -- themselves. It's the ultimate morality tale as, one by one, they realize the whole she-bang was a set-up and one of them may not even be human.
Michael Hurst, Rick Jacobson, Eric Gruendemann, Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo
Gentlemen Broncos
The story follows a high school outcast who attends a camp for writers where his story gets ripped off by a legendary fantasy novelist.
Sam Rockwell, Jared Hess, Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Jerusha Hess
We Live in Public
Josh Harris started an experiment in New York City where 100 people lived together and have their lives broadcast on the net.
Ondi Timoner, Keirda Bahruth
Old Dogs
The story centers on best friends and business partners seeing their lives turned upside down when they find themselves in the care of 7-year-old twins.
Seth Green, David Weisman, Walt Becker, Kelly Preston, Matt Dillon, Andrew Panay, Robert Levy, Peter Abrams
Planet 51
The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, he has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home.
Dwayne Johnson, Gary Oldman, Justin Long, Guy Collins, Jorge Blanco, Ignacio Pérez Dolset, Joe Stillman, John Cleese
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Some original characters (Billy Connolly, David Della Rocco, Brian Mahoney) are returning and some new characters (Clifton Collins Jr., JoJo Rhama) will be introduced into the sequel to The Boondock Saints (1999).
Troy Duffy, Billy Connolly, David Della Rocco, Brian Mahoney, Clifton Collins, JoJo Rhama, Miroslaw Baszak
Precious
In 1980s Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teenager who is abused by her parent and pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Sherri Shepherd, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness, Paula Patton, Lee Daniels, Damien Paul, Lenny Kravitz, Amina Robinson
Possession
A woman's 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.
Joel Bergvall, Alex Brunner, Sonny Mallhi, Nigel Sinclair, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace, Won-mi Byun, Michael Petroni
Hachiko: A Dog's Story
A college professor takes in a dog he finds abandoned. Both man and hound find their lives changed forever as they form an unbreakable bond.
Lasse Hallstrom, Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Richard Gere, Vicky Shigekuni Wong, Stephen P. Lindsay, Joan Allen, Paul Mason
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore's follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11" will further explore the Bush administration's foreign and domestic policies and its continued response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Rumored to be about the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy.
Michael Moore
Up in the Air
Ryan Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor–he fires people–has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love the culture of what he calls "Airworld," finding contentment within pressurized cabins, anonymous hotel rooms, and a wardrobe of wrinkle-free slacks. With a letter of resignation sitting on his boss’s desk, and the hope of a job with a mysterious consulting firm, Ryan Bingham is agonizingly close to his ultimate goal, his Holy Grail: one million frequent flier miles. But before he achieves this long-desired freedom, conditions begin to deteriorate.
George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Michael Beugg, Jason Reitman, Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, Jeff Clifford, Daniel Dubiecki
The Fourth Kind
A woman investigates an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances from one small town in Alaska.
Milla Jovovich, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Corey Johnson, Paul Brooks, Joe Carnahan, Terry Robbins, Elias Koteas, Enzo Cilenti
Astro Boy
Set in futuristic Metro City, a young robot with incredible powers is created by a brilliant scientist to replace the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving father's expectations, the robot embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and to reconcile with the man who had rejected him.
Kristen Bell, Nicolas Cage, David Bowers, Eugene Levy, Bill Nighy, Maryann Garger, Timothy Harris, Freddie Highmore
Bandslam
A high school outcast's bond with a popular girl over their shared love of music results in them assembling a rock group that looks to win their school's upcoming battle of the bands competition.
Vanessa Hudgens, Lisa Kudrow, Josh Cagan, Charlie Saxton, Todd Graff, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Ron Schmidt, Marisa Yeres
Ninja Assassin
Raizo is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them...and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge. In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow, Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi, to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive...and finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan.
Lana Wachowski, Matthew Sand, James McTeigue, Joel Silver, Grant HIll, Andy Wachowski, J. Michael Straczynski, Rain
The Princess and the Frog
A musical set in the greatest city of them all, New Orleans, "The Princess and the Frog" marks Disney's return to the timeless art form of traditional animation. The film teams Ron Clements and John Musker, creators of "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin," with Oscar-winning composer Randy Newman to tell the most beautiful love story ever told ... with frogs, voodoo, and a singing alligator.
Jenifer Lewis, Peter Del Vecho, Greg Erb, John Musker, Ron Clements, Rob Edwards, Jason Oremland, Anika Noni Rose
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
The story is about a New York couple who witness a murder and consequently are put into a witness-protection program in Wyoming.
Elisabeth Moss, Hugh Grant, Marc Lawrence, Michael Kelly, Melissa Wells, Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Sarah Jessica Parker
Wonderful World
Could fish really fall from the sky? Ben Singer, the world’s most negative man, refuses to believe even the tiniest miracle is possible. He spends all his time fighting the corporate super organism, otherwise known as “The Man.” That fight becomes more personal when visions of “The Man” start to visit him in his small one bedroom apartment.
Matthew Broderick, Sanaa Lathan, Joshua Goldin, Philip Baker Hall, Ally Walker
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Julianne Nicholson stars as a grad student trying to cope with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with a wide variety of men.
John Krasinski, Julianne Nicholson, Eva Kolodner, Yael Melamede, James Suskin, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Cerveris, Josh Charles
Broken Embraces
"Broken Embraces" is a four-way tale of amour-fou, shot in the style of '50s American film noir at its most hard-boiled, and will mix references to works like Nicholas Ray's "In a Lonely Place" and Vincente Minnelli's "The Bad and the Beautiful," with signature Almodóvar themes such as Fate, the mystery of creation, guilt, unscrupulous power, the eternal search of fathers for sons, and sons for fathers.
Pedro Almodovar, Angela Molina, Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portilla, Kiti Manver, Chus Lampreave
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
In "New Moon", Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.
Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Peter Facinelli, Robert Pattinson, Wyck Godfrey, Taylor Lautner, Graham Greene, Cameron Bright
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Based on the book by the Guardian columnist Jon Ronson, "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is set in Iraq and centers on Bob Wilton (McGregor), a desperate reporter who stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), who claims to be a former secret U.S. military psychic soldier who was re¬activated post-9/11. "Goats" chronicles the two men's travels through Iraq and offers glimpses into the supposedly real secret Army unit tasked with creating soldiers with paranormal powers.
Kevin Spacey, George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Grant Heslov, Paul Lister, Peter Straughan, Rebecca Mader
The Blind Side
The true story of football player Michael Oher who was a homeless black teen from a broken home. He was taken in by a well-to-do white family that saw extraordinary promise in him.
Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Molly Smith, John Lee Hancock, Gil Netter, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Tim McGraw
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
After the death of her veterinarian father, eleven-year-old animal lover Kirra moves in with her estranged grandfather in South Africa. She's miserable there until a baby orca, who doesn't know how to use his sonar, so Kirra sets about teaching him, determined to set him free so he can rejoin his whale family. However, her grandfather has different ideas, and plans to sell the whale to a theme park.
John Stainton, Mike Falkow, Will Geiger, David Wicht, Laura Lodin, Cindy McCreery, Bindi Irwin, Beau Bridges
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A fox uses its wits and cunning to outfox three dimwitted farmers who tire of sharing their chickens with the fox and resort to a shock-and-awe offensive
George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Scott Rudin, Noah Baumbach, Bill Murray, Jarvis Cocker, Wes Anderson, Cate Blanchett
Dread
Three college students set out to study other people's fears. As the study progresses, one of the students, Quaid, begins to seek salvation from his obsession by exploiting the terrors of his fellow participants.
Anthony DiBlasi, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Evans, Hanne Steen, Laura Donnelly
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel
Alvin, Simon and Theodore compete against The Chipettes in the $100,000 Battle of the Bands.
Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Glenn Berger, Zachary Levi, Jesse McCartney, Jason Lee, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris
Sherlock Holmes
In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous characters, "Sherlock Holmes" sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country.
Guy Ritchie, Rachel McAdams, Jude Law, Kelly Reilly, Lionel Wigram, Dan Lin, Guy Richie, Robert Downey Jr.
An Education
The story is about a young girl (Carey Mulligan) whose world is turned upside down upon meeting a 35-year-old British man (Peter Sarsgaard).
Sally Hawkins, Amanda Posey, Emma Thompson, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, Matthew Beard, Lone Scherfig, Finola Dwyer
Under the Sea 3D
This new IMAX adventure transports moviegoers to some of the most exotic and isolated undersea locations on Earth, including Southern Australia, New Guinea and others in the Indo-Pacific region, allowing them to experience face-to-face encounters with some of the most mysterious and stunning creatures of the sea. It offers a uniquely inspirational and entertaining way to explore the beauty and natural wonder of the oceans, as well as the impact of global climate change. In IMAX 3D, the images will literally leap off the screen and float around the theatre, putting the audience in the movie.
Jim Carrey, Howard Hall, Toni Myers, Michele Hall, Graeme Ferguson
I Sell the Dead
Body snatchers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes have pillaged their last grave. With just five hours before Arthur follows Willie to the chopping block, he recounts his life story to Father Francis Duffy. It soon becomes clear that Blake and Grimes are no ordinary grave robbers. And through Arthur's story the priest learns that not all corpses are equal.
Ron Perlman, Glenn McQuaid, Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden