Movies Released January 13, 2012

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Story centers on an unlikely partnership between two strong-minded, polar-opposites, who are forced to work together to save a small town gospel choir after budget cuts threaten to shut them down.

Michael Nathanson, Todd Graff, Joe Farrell, Catherine Paura, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton

PG-13 Comedy Music 1 hr, 58 mins

85%

  • 4
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The fantastic journey of Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman who's taken prisoner by a hideous beast in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff -- a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others -- and ultimately learns to see beneath the Beast's exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince.

Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Don Hahn, Linda Woolverton, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers

G Family Animation 3D

87%

  • 4.4
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The plot centers on a security guard and former alcohol smuggler on the Iceland-Netherlands route who is tempted back into illicit business by a dubious friend after encountering financial problems.

Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Levinson, Caleb Landry Jones, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Tim Bevan, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas

R Action Thriller Suspense Crime Remake 1 hr, 50 mins

92%

  • 4
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Story will focus on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the 17 days before the Falklands War in 1982.

Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Damian Jones, Michael Hirst, Phyllida Lloyd, Abi Morgan, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant

PG-13 Drama Biography 1 hr, 45 mins

68%

  • 4
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A young band heads to the woods to get away from their everyday lives in order to focus on writing new songs. Hoping to walk away from the trip with new tunes that will score them their big break, they instead find themselves in the middle of a nightmare beyond comprehension.

Sam Bisbee, Vincent D'Onofrio, Joe Vinciguerra, Eric Bogosian, Gwynn Galitzer, Jorgen Jorgensen, Tim Lajcik, Soomin Lee

Suspense Horror 1 hr, 47 mins

51%

  • 2.5
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A thriller that combines elements of’Assault on Precinct 13 with Lord of the Flies in a story of survival.

Karl Mueller, Xavier Gens, Ross Dinerstein, Darryn Welch, Tony Krantz, Eron Sheean, Lauren German, Milo Ventimiglia

R Action

77%

  • 3.8
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Richard Garriott's quest to become the first second-generation astronaut, from making his fortune to spending $30 million to reach the International Space Station via Russian rocket.

Mike Woolf

Documentary

50%

  • 3.6
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A documentary made over the course of 15 years telling the story of Victor DeNoble's journey from research scientist to star informant against the tobacco industry.

Charles Evans Jr

PG Documentary

67%

  • 4
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New York

The story of Emelia Conan-Doyle (Jessica Brown Findlay), a cheeky force of nature and the 17 year old heir to the legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle. Harboring an ambition to follow in the literary footsteps of her grandfather, Emelia writes while working at a stuffy seaside hotel populated by another blocked novelist Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), his put-upon wife (Julia Ormond) and their daughter Beth (Felicity Jones). Befriending Beth, Emelia begins to inch her way into their family life before casually seducing the sexually-frustrated Jonathan, forcing all involved to confront some uncomfortable truths about their situation.

Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond

Comedy Romance

48%

  • 2.9
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New York / Los Angeles

Told from Harry’s point of view, the film charts his life from a boy born in New York and raised in Jamaica, who returns to Harlem in his early teens where he discovers the American Negro Theater and the magic of performing.

Susanne Rostock, Harry Belafonte

Documentary 1 hr, 44 mins
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