August 2012 Movies

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Jan. 16, 2023

Best Movies Released August 2012

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New York

It was in this climate that 29-year-old Joseph Garner cut himself off from everyone he knew and everything he owned, to embark on a bold adventure. Armed with only a laptop, cell phone, toothbrush, and the clothes on his back – alongside the hope that community was not gone but just had shifted – Joseph began his journey. For 31 December days and nights, everything in his life would come from the Craigslist website. From transportation to food, from shelter to companionship, Joe would depend on the generosity of people who had never seen him and whose sole connection to him was a giant virtual swap meet.

Joseph Garner

Adventure Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins

43%

  • 2.6
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A man haunted by a recurring dream of journeying to Mars buys a literal dream vacation from a company called Rekall Inc., which sells implanted memories. The man comes to believe he is a secret agent and ends up on a Martian colony, where he fights to overthrow a despotic ruler controlling the production of air.

Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, Ethan Hawke, Sam Dickerman, Kurt Wimmer, Len Wiseman, Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffee

PG-13 Action Adventure Remake Sci-Fi 2 hrs, 1 min

82%

  • 3.9
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Based on the third and fourth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, The Last Straw and Dog Days. School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer?

Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, David Bowers, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky

PG Adventure Sequel Adaptation Family

95%

  • 4.2
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Based on the play Reigen that was about pairs of characters and their sexual encounters.

Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ben Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Fernando Meirelles, Andrew Eaton, Chris Hanley, Danny Krausz

R Drama Adaptation 1 hr, 51 mins

55%

  • 3.3
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Nobody noticed when thirty-eight year old Joyce Vincent died in her apartment above a shopping mall in North London in 2003. When her skeleton was discovered three years later, her television was still on. Newspaper reports offered few details of Joyce's life- not even a photograph. Who was Joyce Vincent? And how could this happen to someone in our day and age--the so-called age of communication? Dreams of a Life is Carol Morley's quest to discover who Joyce was and how she came to be so forgotten.

Carol Morley

NR Documentary 1 hr, 35 mins

47%

  • 2.8
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Wealthy thrill-seekers pay to join military adventures, but things don't go exactly to plan.

Ving Rhames, Christian Slater, James Cromwell, Maksim Korostyshevsky, Alexandre Coscas, Robert Crombie, Joe Kelbley, Dominic Monaghan

R Action Adventure

79%

  • 3.1
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New York / Los Angeles

A young divorcing couple who try to maintain their longstanding friendship while pursuing other relationships.

Andy Samberg, Jennifer Todd, Elijah Wood, Lee Toland Krieger, Suzanne Todd, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Emma Roberts

R Drama Romance 1 hr, 29 mins

35%

  • 2.6
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A story about a man who fails in his attempts to conceive a baby with his wife so he and his friends embark on a heist to take a sample he made years before at a sperm bank.

Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow, Paul Schneider, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske

Comedy

57%

  • 3
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When an unknown vigilante begins killing high-priority terrorists from America's Most Wanted list in Europe, a former FBI field agent (Christian Slater) is brought in by the US Ambassador (Donald Sutherland) to discover the identity of the assassin.

Isaac Florentine, Christian Slater, Donald Sutherland, Elika Portnoy, Timothy Spall

R Drama Action Thriller

72%

  • 3.4
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Los Angeles

Falling Overnight tells the story of twenty-two year old Elliot Carson (Parker Croft) on the day before he has risky surgery to remove a brain tumor. Facing what could be his last night, Elliot's path intersects with Chloe Webb (Emilia Zoryan), a young photographer who invites him to her art show. Elliot welcomes the distraction and as the night descends, Chloe takes him on an intimate and exhilarating journey through the city. But as morning approaches, and Chloe learns of Elliot's condition, the magic of the evening unravels, and they must together face the uncertainty of Elliot's future.

Conrad Jackson, Parker Croft, Emilia Zoryan

Drama 1 hr, 28 mins

28%

  • 4.3
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After the Scottish Government overturns its own environmental laws to give Donald Trump the green light to build a golf resort on an untouched Scottish coastline, the stage is set for an extraordinary summer of discontent, as the bulldozers spring into action. Water and power is cut off, land disputes erupt, and some residents have thousands of tonnes of earth piled up next to their homes.

Anthony Baxter

Documentary 1 hr, 40 mins

8%

  • 2.3
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It was in this climate that 29-year-old Joseph Garner cut himself off from everyone he knew and everything he owned, to embark on a bold adventure. Armed with only a laptop, cell phone, toothbrush, and the clothes on his back – alongside the hope that community was not gone but just had shifted – Joseph began his journey. For 31 December days and nights, everything in his life would come from the Craigslist website. From transportation to food, from shelter to companionship, Joe would depend on the generosity of people who had never seen him and whose sole connection to him was a giant virtual swap meet.

Joseph Garner

Adventure Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins

43%

  • 2.6
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After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense counseling weekend to decide the fate of their marriage.

Jason Blumenthal, Meryl Streep, Steve Tisch, Vanessa Taylor, Steve Carell, Jean Smart, David Frankel, Todd Black

PG-13 Drama Comedy 2 hrs, 1 min

78%

  • 3.5
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In Nitro Circus, Travis Pastrana and his tight-knit, highly-skilled, adrenaline-addicted friends bring their impossibly insane and hysterical adventures to the big screen for the first time! Dreaming up the most dangerous stunts in the world of action sports--whether they are back-flipping a bike between two 60-story buildings or going air-born to destroy their friends in a life size, high speed game of Freedom Flyers--Pastrana and his gang are always at it. High Risk. High Octane. And No Safety Nets Allowed.

Gregg Godfrey, Jeremy Rawle

PG-13 Action Comedy

68%

  • 3.9
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Story centers on two bumbling candidates in a heated rivalry for the 2012 Presidential election.

John Lithgow, Will Ferrell, Brian Cox, Adam McKay, Jason Sudeikis, Jay Roach, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Henchy

R Comedy Political 1 hr, 37 mins

75%

  • 3.5
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Fourth installment of the Bourne franchise based on an original story. As writer/director Tony Gilroy explains, "This is not a reboot or a recast or a prequel. No one’s replacing Matt Damon. There will be a whole new hero, a whole new chapter…this is a stand-alone project." Jason Bourne will not be featured in the film; Jeremy Renner will play another assassin trained in the same program as Bourne.

Rachel Weisz, Scott Glenn, Frank Marshall, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach, Pat Crowley, Ben Smith, Josh Zetumer

PG-13 Action Adventure Sequel Thriller 2 hrs, 15 mins

84%

  • 4.1
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The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops.

Randall Emmett, Robert De Niro, Mark Canton, Beau Garrett, Daniel Wagner, Jessy Terrero, George Furla, Philippe Casseus

R Drama Crime

70%

  • 3.5
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New York

An Atlanta resident spends the summer in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

Spike Lee

R Drama 2 hrs, 15 mins

27%

  • 3.3
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A maverick New York hedge fund trader moves to Hong Kong and orchestrates a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control. Caught between competing forces in America and Asia in a ruthless culture of profits at all costs, he desperately negotiates and maneuvers inside China's closed, complex society. With his life and Hong Kong's future staked on a corrupt billion dollar deal, the trader takes the ultimate risk.

Simon Yin, Linus Roache, Kenneth Tsang, Derek Ting

Thriller

16%

  • 1.8
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Story centers on a paranormal investigator in England after the First World War, whose job is debunk spiritualism, something she has complete control over until she finds a boarding school full or horrifying supernatural events.

Rebecca Hall, Nick Murphy, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Lucy Cohu, John Shrapnel, Diana Kent

R Thriller Horror Supernatural 1 hr, 47 mins

68%

  • 3.7
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Marion (Julie Delpy), now happily living with Mingus (Chris Rock) at their New York loft apartment, finds her relationship, her home, her career and her very "soul" in jeopardy when her contentious father, sister and ex-boyfriend come to visit from France.

Chris Rock, Julie Delpy, Aleksia Landeau, Albert Delpy, Alexandre Nahon

R Drama Sequel Romance 1 hr, 31 mins

45%

  • 2.7
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Fourteen-year-old Ellis is getting ready to leave the Southwest for a boarding school in the East. This means leaving behind his mother (Robin Wright) and the only real father he has ever known, Goat Man (Duchovny).

Dakota Johnson, Eric Kopeloff, Ty Burrell, Christopher Neil, Daniela Taplin, Richard Arlook, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Mark Poirier

R Comedy 1 hr, 32 mins

72%

  • 3.8
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A modern-day fable.

Jennifer Garner, Scott Sanders, Joel Edgerton, Rosemarie DeWitt, Oren Aviv, Ahmet Zappa, Mara Jacobs, Peter Hedges

PG Adventure Fantasy Family Fairy Tale 1 hr, 44 mins

56%

  • 3.6
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About a 13-year-old protecting his small town from a zombie attack.

Leslie Mann, Sam Fell, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight

PG Adventure Comedy Animation Stop-Motion 1 hr, 33 mins

61%

  • 3.8
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Sylvester Stallone told the LA Times that if The Expendables does well, investors would likely fund a sequel for which he has "an idea ready to go." He did not reveal any plot details though.

Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Liam Hemsworth, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Jet Li

R Action Sequel 1 hr, 43 mins

92%

  • 4.4
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The youngest sister in a sibling singing trio becomes a sensation but suffers conflict and tragedy in the process.

Mara Brock Akil, Mike Epps, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Salim Akil, Debra Martin Chase, Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks

PG-13 Drama Remake Musical 1 hr, 56 mins

46%

  • 4.2
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A 28-year-old multimillionaire is chauffeured across Manhattan for a haircut but the journey takes 24 hours due to a presidential visit, anti-globalization demonstrations, and a celebrity funeral. Stuck in traffic, the reclusive financial wizard anxiously monitors the value of the yen on the limo's computer. Using the car as his office, he summons advisers from nearby shops and restaurants, as he discusses imminent financial ruin with his broker.

Samantha Morton, Jay Baruchel, Paulo Branco, Paul Giamatti, David Cronenberg, Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Amalric

R Drama 1 hr, 48 mins

64%

  • 2.9
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A group of five survivors armed with shotguns, axes and machetes wander the back roads of a ravaged landscape looking for refuge in The Day, a look into a post-apocalyptic future. As war ravages humanity, destroying civilization and most of life on earth, the survivors realize they must do whatever it takes to stay alive. Lost, starving, and exhausted, they seek shelter in a seemingly safe abandoned farmhouse. However, while searching for food and resources, they unwittingly set off a trap signaling to their ruthless predators laying in wait to begin their deadly attack. With food and ammunition dwindling, the group must make a desperate final stand--over a 24 hour period--battling for their ultimate survival.

Doug Aarniokoski, Luke Passmore, Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell, Michael Eklund, Cory Hardrict, Dominic Monaghan, Shannyn Sossamon

R Action Thriller Sci-Fi 1 hr, 24 mins

52%

  • 3.6
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Los Angeles

A documentary feature that pointedly confronts the most urgent problem facing America today – its increasingly destructive economic trade relationship with a rapidly rising China. Since China began flooding U.S. markets with illegally subsidized products in 2001, over 50,000 American factories have disappeared, more than 25 million Americans can’t find a decent job, and America now owes more than 3 trillion dollars to the world’s largest totalitarian nation. Through compelling interviews with voices across the political spectrum, Death by China exposes that the U.S.-China relationship is broken and must be fixed if the world is going to be a place of peace and prosperity.

Peter Navarro

NR Documentary 1 hr, 19 mins

38%

  • 2.4
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A romantic musical drama spanning three decades as it follows a mother and daughter's misadventures in love. In the freewheeling Paris of the '60s, young Madeleine (Ludivine Sagnier)--who has gone from selling shoes to sleeping with men for money--falls for a handsome Czech doctor, Jaromil (Rasha Bukvic), whom she soon marries and joins in Prague. A baby daughter is born, but Jaromil's infidelities and the arrival of Russian tanks in Prague lead Madeleine back to France--though the love between them still burns. Thirty years later in London, we follow Madeleine's daughter, Vera (Chiara Mastroianni), who has fallen in love with a musician (American actor Paul Schneider) who is incapable of devoting himself to her, while her ex (Honore regular Louis Garrel) still pines for her. Meanwhile in Paris, a re-married Madeleine (Catherine Deneuve) has rekindled her love affair with Jaromil (Milos Forman).

Christophe Honoré, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Milos Forman, Paul Schneider

Drama Romance Musical 2 hrs, 19 mins

7%

  • 3
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The unhealthy relationship between a drug-addicted mother and her college-bound son set on the day of his interview at Julliard and her planned arrival in rehab.

Jesse Eisenberg, Tracy Morgan, Ron Nyswaner, Phil Dorling, Melissa Leo

R Drama Comedy

48%

  • 3.5
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Los Angeles

Join Keanu Reeves on a tour of the past and the future of filmmaking in Side by Side. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

Keanu Reeves, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Christopher Kenneally, George Lucas, Robert Rodriguez, Walter Murch, David Fincher

Documentary 1 hr, 39 mins

77%

  • 4
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New York / Los Angeles

Tehran 1958 – Nasser Ali Khan, the most celebrated violin player, has his beloved instrument broken. Unable to find another to replace it, life without music seems intolerable. He stays in bed and slips further and further into his reveries from his youth to his own children’s futures. Over the course of the week that follows, and as the pieces of this captivating story fall into place, we understand his poignant secret and the profundity of his decision to give up life for music and love.

Eric Caravaca, Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi, Mathieu Amalric, Edouard Baer, Maria de Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani, Chiara Mastroianni

Drama 1 hr, 33 mins

19%

  • 2.5
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Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a former getaway driver busts out of the Witness Protection Program to drive his girlfriend (Kristen Bell) to Los Angeles so she can land her dream job. Their road trip grows awkwardly complicated, when they are chased by the feds (led by Tom Arnold), and increasingly dangerous, when Charlie’s former gang of criminals (led by Bradley Cooper) enter the fray.

Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Andrew Panay, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, David Palmer, Nate Tuck, Kim Waltrip

R Action Comedy Romance 1 hr, 40 mins

58%

  • 3.1
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A young couple is haunted by a supernatural presence unleashed during a college experiment.

Sebastian Stan, Sue Baden-Powell, Andrew Rona, Ashley Greene, Todd Lincoln, Joel Silver, Alex Heineman, Tom Felton

PG-13 Thriller Horror Supernatural 1 hr, 22 mins

67%

  • 3.3
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A twentysomething New York City bike messenger picks up an envelope at Columbia University. A dirty cop, who is desperate to get his hands on the envelope, chases the bike messenger throughout the city.

Michael Shannon, Matt Tolmach, David Koepp, Gavin Polone, John Kamps, Jamie Chung, Elizabeth Cantillon

PG-13 Action Adventure 1 hr, 31 mins

73%

  • 3.9
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A 28-year-old multimillionaire is chauffeured across Manhattan for a haircut but the journey takes 24 hours due to a presidential visit, anti-globalization demonstrations, and a celebrity funeral. Stuck in traffic, the reclusive financial wizard anxiously monitors the value of the yen on the limo's computer. Using the car as his office, he summons advisers from nearby shops and restaurants, as he discusses imminent financial ruin with his broker.

Samantha Morton, Jay Baruchel, Paulo Branco, Paul Giamatti, David Cronenberg, Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Amalric

R Drama 1 hr, 48 mins

64%

  • 2.9
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Bringing together some of the top names from France's current generation of actors, Guillaume Canet weaves a joyous and heartfelt ensemble film out of the dilemmas of eight thirty and forty-something close friends as they vacation together in the summer beach house of uptight restaurateur Max (Cluzet). Starting out light and carefree, tensions begin to fill the air when Ludo is clinging to life following a motorcycle accident, and Max is grappling with unwanted affections from Vincent (Magimel), whose married life and sexuality are under fire. Womanizing actor Eric (Lellouche) and free-spirited ethnologist Marie (Cotillard) navigate the challenges of single life while lovelorn Antoine (Laurent Lafitte) pines for his ex-girlfriend after a sudden breakup.

Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet, Francois Cluzet, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Laurent Lafitte

Drama Comedy 2 hrs, 34 mins

47%

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Follows a young architect working to scan all the books at the library where he works when he's suddenly forced to go up against a man who plans to steal from the institution with his robot companion.

Jake Schreier, Christopher D. Ford, James Marsden, Susan Sarandon, Liev Schreiber, Galt Niederhoffer, Frank Langella, Jeremy Strong

PG-13 Drama Comedy 1 hr, 31 mins

55%

  • 4
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New York / Los Angeles

The story of Sandra (Ann Dowd), an overworked manager at a fast food restaurant, who receives a call from a police officer accusing one of her employees, a teenage girl named Becky (Dreama Walker), of stealing from a customer. Taking the officer at his word, Sandra detains Becky, setting into motion a nightmarish scenario that quickly spirals out of control.

Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger, Craig Zobel, Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy

R Drama Thriller 1 hr, 30 mins

41%

  • 3.6
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The story of the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge, an annual contest that dares 100 people to each tame a totally wild mustang in order to get it adopted into a better life beyond federal corrals. Stunning and poignant, Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus' debut feature documentary chronicles a handful of unforgettable characters from their first uneasy meeting with their horses and over three months as they attempt to transform from scared strangers to the closest of companions.

Greg Gricus, Alex Dawson

PG Western Documentary 1 hr, 46 mins

81%

  • 3
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New York

Good time girls Annie (Jennifer Blanc) and Mary (Danielle Harris) find themselves in a life and death situation. Annie's life is put in jeopardy when she is witness to a violent act at the hands of two Sheriff's Deputies. Fleeing from attackers (Ryan Honey, Denny Kirkwood) she stumbles across Kyle (Michael Biehn), a recluse living in the middle of the woods. The ruggedly handsome loner stays far from civilization - that is - until a single knock on his door throws his solitary life into chaos. Two worlds collide in this psychological thriller that will make you question your trust in mankind.

Jennifer Blanc, Michael Biehn, Lorna Paul, Ryan Honey, Danielle Harris, Denny Kirkwood

R Thriller 1 hr, 23 mins

46%

  • 2.8
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Follows a soldier and his slacker best friend who become zombies and use their newfound powers to become vigilante crime fighters with mixed, not to mention bloody results.

D. Kerry Prior, Liam Finn, Jacques Thelemaque, David Anders, Chris Wylde

Comedy Horror 1 hr, 50 mins

46%

  • 3.5
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New York

Samsara takes the form of a nonverbal, guided meditation that will transform viewers in countries around the world, as they are swept along a journey of the soul. Through powerful images pristinely photographed in 70mm and a dynamic music score, the film illuminates the links between humanity and the rest of the nature, showing how our life cycle mirrors the rhythm of the planet.

Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson

PG-13 Documentary 1 hr, 39 mins

41%

  • 4.8
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When Brian, a hopelessly uncoordinated young fan magically switches talents with his hero (Kevin Durant, playing himself), he becomes the star of his high school team...while Kevin Durant suddenly can’t make a shot to save his life. But with the playoffs approaching, Brian learns that being a true winner involves working hard at your own game, and he tries to make things right in time to prevent a catastrophic end to his hero’s season.

Bill Johnson, Jim Belushi, John Whitesell, Mike Karz, Eric Champnella, Kevin Durant, Taylor Gray, Brandon T. Jackson

PG Sports Family Basketball

84%

  • 3.8
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2016 Obama's America takes audiences on a journey into the heart of the world’s most powerful office to reveal the struggle of whether one man's past will redefine America over the next four years. The film examines the question, "If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?"

John Sullivan, Dinesh D'Souza

PG Documentary

62%

  • 3.8
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In his autobiographically inspired, fictional feature debut Sleepwalk with Me, comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia wears his incisive wit on his sleeve while portraying a cinematic surrogate. We are thrust into the tale of a burgeoning stand-up comedian struggling with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship threatening to race out of his control, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

Seth Barrish, Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose

PG-13 Comedy

22%

  • 4.5
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It is 1972. An abandoned Mexican prison sits alone in the dusty Chihuahua desert. KGB mole Nikolai Dzerzhinsky waits for his contact from the Washington Post. Dzerzhinsky holds explosive evidence against the CIA--information he will trade for asylum in the United States. Special Agent Robert Harper must obtain this evidence and kill Dzerzhinsky or risk the end of his CIA career. As the two men hunt each other, they discover that the sins from their past destined them for this deadly confrontation.

Ross Marquand, James Cromwell, Justin Eugene Evans, Michael Scovotti, Michael Wincott, Luis Robledo, Brad Culver

NR Action Teen 1 hr, 34 mins

19%

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During Prohibition, a moonshine gang operates in the bootlegging capital of America, Franklin County, Virginia. The three brothers eventually are shot down in December 1930 after they refuse to join the illegal cartel set up by the Commonwealth's attorney Carter Lee, grandnephew of Robert E. Lee. Carter Lee is subsequently tried for conspiracy. During all of this, a writer is on the trail of the bootlegging story, reports on the moonshine trade & the trial for "Liberty" magazine and even does research for his novel.

Shia LaBeouf, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce, John Hillcoat, Doug Wick, Megan Ellison, Tom Hardy

R Drama Crime 1 hr, 50 mins

64%

  • 3.7
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New York

This darkly comic, genre-bending piece of journalism from international provocateur Mads Brugger rips the corroded lid off the global scheme of political corruption and exploitation happening in one of the most dangerous places on the planet: the Central African Republic. Armed with a phalanx of hidden cameras, black-marked diplomatic credentials and a bleeding-edge wit, Bruegger transforms himself into an outlandish caricature of a European-African Consul. As he immerses himself in the life-threatening underworld of nefarious bureaucrats, Bruegger encounters blood diamond smuggling, bribery, and even murder--while somehow managing to crack amazing razor-sharp barbs at every steps along the way.

Mads Brügger, Maja Jul Larsen

NR Documentary 1 hr, 33 mins

31%

  • 3.2
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An interactive musical adventure on the big screen.

Jaime Pressly, Cary Elwes, Gayle Dickie, Scott Stabile, Jeff Peyton, Matthew Diamond, Kenn Viselman, Angela Rivet

G Adventure Sequel Musical Family Kids 1 hr, 23 mins

27%

  • 2.1
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A cursed relic containing mysterious familial tokens is mistakenly purchased. The new owner must solve its mystery to save her own family.

Rob Tapert, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ole Bornedal, Sam Raimi, Stephen Susco, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, Kyra Sedgwick

PG-13 Thriller Suspense Horror 1 hr, 31 mins

69%

  • 3.5
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A mother tracks down her missing child from a mysterious tall man.

Steven Schneider, Pascal Laugier, Clement Miserez, Jessica Biel, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris

R Thriller Suspense

69%

  • 2.7
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A Ming Dynasty general at odds with an evil, power-hungry eunuch.

Hark Tsui, Jet Li, Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Marvis Fan

Action Adventure 3D IMAX 2 hrs, 2 mins

79%

  • 4.2
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This darkly comic, genre-bending piece of journalism from international provocateur Mads Brugger rips the corroded lid off the global scheme of political corruption and exploitation happening in one of the most dangerous places on the planet: the Central African Republic. Armed with a phalanx of hidden cameras, black-marked diplomatic credentials and a bleeding-edge wit, Bruegger transforms himself into an outlandish caricature of a European-African Consul. As he immerses himself in the life-threatening underworld of nefarious bureaucrats, Bruegger encounters blood diamond smuggling, bribery, and even murder--while somehow managing to crack amazing razor-sharp barbs at every steps along the way.

Mads Brügger, Maja Jul Larsen

NR Documentary 1 hr, 33 mins

31%

  • 3.2
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When Dr. Martin Ploeck, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, admitted for a kidney infection, he gets a much-needed boost of self-esteem. However, when her health starts improving, Martin fears losing her, so he begins tampering with her treatment, keeping Diane sick and in the hospital right next to him.

Lance Daly, Michael Peña, Rob Morrow, J.K. Simmons, Jonathan King, Sharon Miller, Orlando Bloom, Leonid Lebedev

PG-13 Drama

66%

  • 3.7
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Women, who are short on cash, start a phone sex line.

Justin Long, Jamie Travis, Lauren Miller, Seth Rogen, Ari Graynor, Mark Webber

R Comedy

48%

  • 3.6
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Join Keanu Reeves on a tour of the past and the future of filmmaking in Side by Side. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

Keanu Reeves, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Christopher Kenneally, George Lucas, Robert Rodriguez, Walter Murch, David Fincher

Documentary 1 hr, 39 mins

77%

  • 4
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Limited

When aspiring vet Cassie finds out that her Uncle Peter’s dog dancing studio is in danger of closing, she enters her devoted pup Pijo in the Dog Dancing Championships. Standing between the grand prize and the glory is ten-time champion Gertrude and her dancing canine Chaos, who will stop at nothing to win. With the help of family and friends, Cassie and Pijo lace up all six dancing shoes, raise the woof, and take on the competition tail on.

Romanus Wolter, Jane Wiedlin, Jesse Draper

81%

  • 5
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The Bourne Legacy Theatrical Trailer
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