Movies Released August 24, 2012

Amy Renner Amy Renner

May. 7, 2013

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

PG-13 Action Adventure 1 hr, 31 mins

73%

  • 3.9
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A young couple is haunted by a supernatural presence unleashed during a college experiment.

Steve Richards, Ashley Greene, Andrew Rona, Todd Lincoln, Joel Silver, Alex Heineman, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton

PG-13 Thriller Horror Supernatural 1 hr, 22 mins

67%

  • 3.3
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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.

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

R Drama Thriller 1 hr, 30 mins

41%

  • 3.6
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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.

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

R Drama 1 hr, 48 mins

64%

  • 2.9
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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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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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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.

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

PG-13 Drama Comedy 1 hr, 31 mins

55%

  • 4
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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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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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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, John Whitesell, Mike Karz, Eric Champnella, Kevin Durant, Taylor Gray, Jim Belushi, Brandon T. Jackson

PG Sports Family Basketball

84%

  • 3.8
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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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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.

Lauren Ambrose, Seth Barrish, Mike Birbiglia

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

NR Action Teen 1 hr, 34 mins

19%

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