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March 12, 2012

Young Adult


Synopsis
Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron stars as Mavis Gary, a 37-year-old former prom queen, and current writer of young adult novels, who returns home to relive her glory days and win back her now-married high school sweetheart. When she finds her homecoming more challenging than expected, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate and both must face the harsh realities of growing up in this brilliant and bittersweet story critics are hailing as a "one-of-a kind comedy" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly) and "quirky, funny, heartfelt" (Manny DeLa Rose, NBC TV).

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Charlize Theron
• Patton Oswalt
• Patrick Wilson

Writers:
• Diablo Cody

Directors:
• Jason Reitman

We Need To Talk About Kevin


Synopsis
A suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller, Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin explores the fractious relationship between a mother and her evil son. In a bracing, tour-de-force performance, Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton plays Eva, a mother contending with the increasing malevolence of her baby boy-turned-teenager Kevin (Ezra Miller). Academy Award nominee John C. Reilly is the eternally optimistic husband and father, blind to the devastating dynamic around them.
Based on the best-selling novel, We Need To Talk About Kevin is masterfully constructed entirely from Eva's perspective, exploring nature vs. nurture on a disturbing new level as Eva's culpability is measured against Kevin's depravity. With a haunting score by Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) and Ramsay's signature visual style, the film's moral ambiguity and unforgettable climax will have people talking about Kevin for years to come.


Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Tilda Swinton
• John C. Reilly
• Ezra Miller

Writers:
• Lynne Ramsay

Directors:
• Lynne Ramsay

War Horse



Synopsis
From legendary director Steven Spielberg comes the epic adventure War Horse, a tale of incredible loyalty, hope and tenacity. Based on the Tony award-winning Broadway play (Best Play, 2011), and set against the sweeping canvas of World War I, this deeply heartfelt story begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and his young trainer Albert. When they're forced apart by war, we follow Joey's extraordinary journey as he changes and inspires the lives of everyone he meets. Filled with spectacularly rich visuals -- and complete with never-before-seen bonus -- War Horse is a "Genuine Movie Masterpiece" (Rex Reed, The New York Observer) and one of the most powerful and moving stories of friendship ever told.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• David Thewlis
• Emily Watson

Writers:
• Richard Curtis
• Lee Hall

Directors:
• Steven Spielberg

Special Forces


A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.

Director: Stéphane Rybojad
Writers: Michael Cooper, Stéphane Rybojad
Stars: Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou and Benoît Magimel

Skin I Live In, The


Synopsis
Dr. Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) is a driven plastic surgeon haunted by personal tragedies. After many years of trial and error, he finally perfects a new skin - a shield which could have prevented the death of his wife in an accident years earlier. His latest "guinea pig" is a mysterious captive whose true identity masks a shocking mystery. The Skin I Live In is a masterful tale of secrets, obsession and revenge from Oscar-winning writer/director Pedro Almodovar (Best Original Screenplay, Talk to Her, 2002).

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Marisa Paredes
• Elena Anaya
• Antonio Banderas
• Roberto Alamo
• Blanca Suarez
• Susi Sanchez
• Fernando Cayo
• Jose Luis Gomez
• Eduard Fernandez

Writers:
• Pedro Almodovar

Producers:
• Esther Garcia

Directors:
• Pedro Almodovar

Sitter, The


Synopsis
Need a sitter?

Jonah Hill rides out one outrageously wild night in this hilarious comedy from the director of Pineapple Express. Suburban slacker Noah (Hill) is watching a neighbor's kids when he gets a booty call from his horny girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as he finds himself on the run from a maniacal druglord. Raunchy laughs and insane action - it's all in a night's work for The Sitter.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Sam Rockwell
• Ari Graynor
• Jonah Hill

Directors:
• David Gordon Green

Shark Night


Synopsis
Terror has surfaced.

A dream getaway becomes a blood-soaked nightmare for seven scantily clad college students in this terrifying action-thriller from the director of The Final Destination and Snakes On A Plane!

When Sara and her friends arrive at her family's Louisiana lake house, they quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of sexy fun in the sun. But they soon discover the lake is infested with hundreds of flesh-eating sharks - and a few equally dangerous human predators - that turn their killer vacation into a bone-crunching battle to stay alive!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Katharine McPhee
• Sara Paxton
• Donal Logue
• Joel David Moore
• Chris Carmack
• Dustin Milligan

Writers:
• Will Hayes
• Jesse Studenberg

Producers:
• Lynette Howell
• Mike Fleiss
• Chris Briggs

Directors:
• David R. Ellis

Perfect Sense


Susan is a scientist searching for answers to important questions. So important that she has given up on other things, like love - until she meets Micheal. Susan and Michael find themselves embarking on a sensual adventure while the world around them seems to be falling apart.

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Eva Green
Directed by: David Mackenzie

Grey, The


The plane crashes (boy, does it crash) in the remote Alaskan nowhere, and the rough-and-tumble oil wildcatters who survive must fight their way to safety. That in itself might be enough from which The Grey could fashion a suspenseful thrill-ride, but the movie has one more ace up its sleeve. Wolves! A pack of them, starving and considerably irritated that these outsiders have blundered into their territory. And while it is true that most real-world wolves are hardly man-eaters, director Joe Carnahan and cowriter Ian Mackenzie Jeffers are really not all that interested in reality. Despite some hair-raising moments and a healthy spattering of gore, The Grey is an existential action picture, and the wolves function only as all-purpose predator (being computer-generated, they never really look real anyway). What's really at stake are the souls of these men--how they get along together, and how they face death.

Actors: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney
Directors: Joe Carnahan

Columbus Circle


Synopsis
Fear thy neighbor.

Abigail Clayton lives alone. Very alone. In fact, the heiress has not left her Manhattan apartment for almost two decades. When the death of her elderly neighbor prompts NYPD Homicide Detective Frank Giardello to launch an investigation, the agoraphobic Abigail is distressed to find him outside her door, questioning her. Having tried to acquire the now vacant apartment to ensure her privacy, Abigail is further upset when new tenants Lillian and Charlie move in. Abigail anxiously monitors her new neighbors from the safety of her front door's peephole, but her well-ordered world begins to unravel when she finally encounters Lillian and Charlie face-to-face and her sheltered existence becomes threatened in unexpected and terrifying ways.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Jason Lee
• Selma Blair
• Amy Smart
• Beau Bridges
• Giovanni Ribisi
• Robert Guillaume
• Kevin Pollak
• Jason Antoon

Writers:
• Kevin Pollak
• George Gallo

Producers:
• William Sherak
• Jason Shuman
• Christopher Mallick

Directors:
• George Gallo

Carnage


Synopsis
A biting comedy of no manners.

Carnage is a razor-sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage. Directed by Roman Polanski (The Pianist), Carnage stars Academy Award®-winner Kate Winslet (Best Actress, The Reader, 2008) and Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz (Best Supporting Actor, Inglourious Basterds, 2009) as husband and wife Nancy and Alan Cowan, opposite Academy Award®-winner Jodie Foster (Best Actress, The Silence of the Lambs, 1991; Best Actress, The Accused, 1988) and Academy Award®-nominee John C. Reilly (Best Supporting Actor, Chicago, 2002) as Penelope and Michael Longstreet.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Kate Winslet
• Jodie Foster
• John C. Reilly
• Christoph Waltz

Writers:
• Roman Polanski

Directors:
• Roman Polanski

Bounty Hunters



Synopsis
Wrestling champion and fitness icon Trish Stratus explodes onto the screen in her feature film debut Bounty Hunters. A thrilling and sexy ride through crime-infested streets where everyone has a price. Jules (Stratus) and her team of mercenaries struggle to make ends meet until they find what seems like an easy job: deliver a mob informant to the police and claim a $100,000 reward. But the mob has its own proposition and gives Jules a choice: hand over the captive and walk away with a million dollars or face death at the hands of the underworld's finest. Now Jules and her group must use every fighting skill they possess in a brutal, all out battle for survival.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Trish Stratus
• Rodrigo Fernandez
• Frank J. Zupancic

Awakening, The


THE AWAKENING is the chilling new supernatural thriller from Nick Murphy.In post-World War I England in 1921, an author and paranormal sceptic (Hall) is invited to a countryside boarding school by the history master (West) to investigate rumours of an apparent haunting. But just when she thinks she has debunked the ghost theory, she has a chilling encounter which makes her question all her rational beliefs.

Actors: Dominic West, Rebecca Hall, Imelda Staunton
Directors: Nick Murphy

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked


Synopsis
Chipmunks ahoy! It's a tidal wave of toe-tapping music and unfurgettable fun for the whole family as Alvin and the Chipmunks return in their greatest adventure yet! While on vacation aboard a luxury cruise liner, Alvin, Simon, Theodore and the Chipettes can't help rocking the boat with their unique brand of 'munk mischief. But things get really squeaky when the gang winds up stranded on a remote island - and they soon discover their new tropical playground is not as deserted as it seems.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Jesse McCartney
• Justin Long
• Matthew Gray Gubler

Directors:
• Mike Mitchell