By Amy Renner Oct. 28, 2012
Friday, October 14
The Big Year
Three rival bird-watchers brave hazardous weather, competitor tactics and unhappy spouses to win the North American Big Year, an annual bird-watching competition.
Jack Black, Jim Parsons, Ben Stiller, Curtis Hanson, Mark Obmascik, Rashida Jones, David Frankel, Stuart Cornfeld
Adventure Comedy
Footloose
A remake of the 1984 movie in which a rebellious teenager moves into a town where dancing has been banned.
Dylan Sellers, Julianne Hough, Miles Teller, Craig Brewer, Eben Davidson, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Brad Weston
Comedy Romance Remake Musical Teen
The Thing
A remake and "a companion piece" to the 1982 original "John Carpenter's The Thing". The 1982 original dealt with a shape-shifting creature from outer space that terrorizes researchers at an Antarctic facility.
Eric Newman, Marc Abraham, Eric Heisserer, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jonathan Walker, Matthijs van Heijningen, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Action Adventure Sci-Fi Prequel
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Father of Invention
A humble inventor-turned-egomaniacal billionaire loses it all when one of his inventions goes horribly awry. After eight years in federal prison, he returns bankrupt, homeless and determined to rebuild his reputation and fortune.
Johnny Knoxville, Craig Robinson, Dana Brunetti, Heather Graham, Trent Cooper, Jonathan Krane, Nichole Beattie, Kevin Spacey
Drama Comedy
Texas Killing Fields
Story centers on two cops who realize that the latest murder in their jurisdiction connects their case to the notorious killing fields murders. The killing field murders concern four bodies that were found in the same place in Texas.
Bill Block, Sam Worthington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Annabeth Gish, Ami Mann, Michael Mann, Michael Jaffe, Don Ferrarone
Drama Thriller
The Skin I Live In
A plastic surgeon hunts down the man who raped his daughter.
Antonio Banderas, Marisa Paredes, Pedro Almodovar, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Fernando Cayo
Drama
Chalet Girl
A working-class girl lands a job in a posh ski resort and discovers her natural snowboarding genius while dating the boss’ son.
Felicity Jones, Pippa Cross, Bill Nighy, Ed Westwick, Phil Traill, Harriet Rees, Tom Williams, Tamsin Egerton
Drama Romance
Trespass
Four brutal perpetrators, looking for easy money, take a wife and husband hostage, but they run into complications with betrayal and deception.
Nicolas Cage, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Nicole Kidman, Liana Liberato, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Joel Schumacher
Action Adventure Crime
Fireflies in the Garden
The complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart by an unexpected tragedy.
Ryan Reynolds, Dennis Lee, Sukee Chew, Willem Dafoe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Marco Weber, Philip Rose, Julia Roberts
Drama
Oka!
25 years ago, ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno traveled from New Jersey to the forests of Central Africa to record the music of the Bayaka Pygmies. Falling in love with a Bayaka girl and her forest lifestyle, he decided to stay.
Lavinia Currier
Drama
The Woman
A successful country lawyer captures and attempts to civilize the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, thereby putting the lives of his family in extreme jeopardy.
Angela Bettis, Lucky McKee, Jack Ketchum
Horror
Labios Rojos
A happily married couple face sudden problems in the bedroom.
Rafa Lara, Silvia Navarro, Jorge Salinas
Romantic Comedy
