By Amy Renner Mar. 20, 2012
Friday, March 25
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
"Rodrick Rules," which will be based on the second book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, follows middle school student Greg Heffley, his older brother Rodrick, and the school talent show.
Steve Zahn, Robert Capron, Zachary Gordon, David Bowers, Nina Jacobson, Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah, Jackie Filgo
Comedy Sequel Adaptation Family
Sucker Punch
A girl is confined to a mental institution by her evil stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there, she imagines an alternative reality to hide her from the pain, and in that world, she begins planning her escape, needing to steal five objects to help get her out before she is deflowered by a vile man.
Vanessa Hudgens, Jon Hamm, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Wesley Coller, Zack Snyder, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone
Drama Action Fantasy Thriller
Peep World
The story charts the mayhem caused by a family member's kiss-and-tell novel that comes to light during a family celebration.
Taraji P. Henson, Ben Schwartz, Rainn Wilson, Keith Calder, Jason Hefter, Barry Blaustein, Felipe Marino, Joe Neurauter
Drama Comedy
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Miral
The story of Hind Husseini, who founded an orphanage in Jerusalem in the wake of the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.
Willem Dafoe, Freida Pinto, Julian Schnabel, Jon Kilik, Rula Jebreal, Hiam Abbass, Vanessa Redgrave
Drama
Potiche
A trophy wife of an umbrella company magnate who shakes off the shackles of her cloistered well-to-do existence and takes the reigns of the family business when her husband suffers a heart attack.
Gerard Depardieu, Francois Ozon, Catherine Deneuve
Comedy
The 5th Quarter
After Luke Abbate is killed in a car crash, his family donates his organs to five people. His brother, Wake Forest Junior Jon Abbate, begins to honor his brother by holding up five fingers just before the fourth quarter while his parents do the same while sitting in the 5th section of the stadium. News spreads, opposing players and fans begin to do the same and the team goes on to win a record of 11 games and a trip to the Orange Bowl.
Andie MacDowell, Rick Bieber, Ryan Merriman, Aidan Quinn, Michael Harding, Stacy Earl, Alan Cohen
Drama Sports
The Frontier Boys
In the last gasp of winter in a small Northern Michigan town, four high school sophomore boys are living on top of the world. Best friends, classmates, and peers, T.J., Jed, and Brent are all starting players for an undefeated varsity basketball team. Suddenly, the entire town is shaken when T.J. falls into a coma after a drive-by-shooting.
John Grooters
Action Adventure
Some Days Are Better than Others
A film that asks why the good times slip by so fast while the difficult times seem so sticky. It explores ideas of abundance, emptiness, human connection and abandonment while observing an interweaving web of awkward characters who maintain hope by inventing their own forms of communication and self-fulfillment.
Matt McCormick
Drama
Korkoro
In a small French town, a mayor and a schoolteacher try to help a tribe of Gypsies who are persecuted by both the Nazis and the French.
Tony Gatlif, Marie-Josee Croze
Drama War
White Irish Drinkers
In the autumn of 1975 in Brooklyn, Danny tries to enlist his brother Brian in one last scheme - to rob the Lafayette on the night of the Rolling Stones concert. Danny sees this as their only chance to get enough money to skip town and start them both off in a new life, somewhere far away from Brooklyn.
Stephen Lang, Karen Allen, John Gray, Nick Thurston, Geoff Wigdor
Drama
