Friday, March 25
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, Abbie Cornish, Oscar Isaac, Jena Malone, Greg Silverman, Jamie Chung, Jon Hamm, Thomas Tull
Drama Action Fantasy Thriller
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.
Devon Bostick, Zachary Gordon, Karan Brar, Nina Jacobson, Owen Best, Steve Zahn, Robert Capron, Peyton List
Comedy Sequel Adaptation Family
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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.
Aidan Quinn, Andie MacDowell, Ryan Merriman, Stacy Earl, Alan Cohen, Rick Bieber, Michael Harding
Drama Sports
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
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, John Gray, Nick Thurston, Geoff Wigdor, Karen Allen
Drama
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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, Julian Schnabel, Hiam Abbass, Vanessa Redgrave, Rula Jebreal, Freida Pinto, Jon Kilik
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.
Catherine Deneuve, Francois Ozon, Gerard Depardieu
Comedy
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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.
Ben Schwartz, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Mara, Judy Greer, Barry Blaustein, Keith Calder, Peter Himmelstein, Rainn Wilson
Drama Comedy
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
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