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January 8, 2014

Truth About Emanuel, The



Synopsis
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

Cast
Kaya Scodelario
Jessica Biel
Alfred Molina

Director
Francesca Gregorini

Thomas & Friends: The Thomas Way



Synopsis

Hop aboard for fun on Sodor as the engines find out that there is always something new to learn! While Thomas and Duck learn how to steam ahead together with a special delivery, Luke and Millie find out what it's like to drive in each other's tracks - literally! Percy steams straight into a lucky encounter with Bill and Ben, Caitlin gets a lesson in how things are done, and Paxton works hard to recover Thomas' lost puff. With so much activity on Sodor, it's always important to steam ahead and remember that the best way is the Thomas Way!

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Synopsis
Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad and Alecia Moore shine in an unconventional romantic comedy that follows the topsy-turvy lives and loves of three obsessive characters, who embark in a life-changing journey filled with laughter and surprises.

Cast
Josh Gad
Alecia Moore
Patrick Fugit
Mark Ruffalo
Tim Robbins
Gwyneth Paltrow
Carol Kane
Joely Richardson

Director
Stuart Blumberg

Stand Up Guys



Synopsis
After serving 28 years in prison for refusing to give up information on one of his close criminal associates, Val (Al Pacino) is released and picked up by his best friend Doc (Christopher Walken). They soon re-team with Hirsch (Alan Arkin), and the three embark on what turns into their last crazy night together. As the sun rises on the guys' reunion, a dangerous secret comes to light, and they must confront their pasts once and for all.

Cast
Julianna Margulies
Alan Arkin
Al Pacino
Christopher Walken

Director
Fisher Stevens

Saving Santa



A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.

Directors: Leon Joosen, Aaron Seelman
Writers: Tony Nottage (story), Ricky Roxburgh (screenplay)
Stars: Newell Alexander, Noel Clarke, Joan Collins

Rush



Synopsis
Two-time Academy Award®-winner Ron Howard delivers the exhilarating true story of a legendary rivalry that rocked the world. During the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, two drivers emerged as the best: gifted English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth, The Avengers) and his methodical, brilliant Austrian opponent, Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl, Inglourious Basterds). As they mercilessly clash on and off the Grand Prix racetrack, the two drivers push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where there's no shortcut to victory and no margin for error. Co-starring Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy), it's the heart-racing, epic, action-drama that critics are calling "one of the best movies of this, or any, year" (Pete Hammond, Movieline).

Cast
Chris Hemsworth
Olivia Wilde
Daniel Bruhl

Director
Ron Howard

Runner Runner



Synopsis
Who's playing who?

Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck star in this high-stakes crime thriller where the lure of easy money is the riskiest bet of all. When Princeton grad student Richie Furst (Timberlake) believes he's been swindled by an online poker site, he heads to Costa Rica to confront gambling tycoon Ivan Block (Affleck), the man he thinks is responsible. But Richie will soon face the ultimate power play as he finds himself caught between Block's promises of unlimited wealth and the zealous FBI agent (Anthony Mackie) trying to bring him down.

Cast
Gemma Arterton
Anthony Mackie
Justin Timberlake
Ben Affleck

Director
Brad Furman

Ring the Bell



When high-powered sports agent Rob Decker arrives looking for his next major league prospect, he finds more than he bargained for at the Cooke Boys Ranch. As he works to secure Shawn Hart,

Director: Thomas Weber
Writers: Mark Miller, Thomas Weber
Stars: Casey Bond, Ash Bowers, Robert Caso

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Super Adventure



Synopsis
Zoom! Wow! It's Super Mickey, Wonder Minnie, Super Power Pup, Super Goof, Dynamo Duck and Upsy-Daisy to the rescue! In an exciting adventure straight out of a comic book, Power-Pants Pete swoops down and starts shrinking everything in sight down to teeny-tiny size! to save the day, Professor Von Drake transforms the Clubhouse Gang into super heroes with incredible powers. But Pete's merely a sidekick. A wily villain named Megamort is the true mastermind behind the shrinky-dinky caper. Can our heroes outsmart the bad guys? Only by working together, with help from YOU... and the right Mousketools! Packed with action, surprises, and nearly two hours of fun - including three additional episodes - this Super Adventure celebrates the unstoppable power of teamwork and friendship!

Line of Duty



Synopsis
Torn apart over time, the ambitions of four childhood friends place them on different sides of the law when two of them become FBI agents and are forced to go undercover to infiltrate an illegal drug organization, run by an untouchable drug lord and his right-hand man. Once they're immersed in their friends' drug-filled world, the agents find that the rules of honoring the badge don't exist,because loyalty is a lie and deception has no friends when vengeance must be served.

Cast
Jeremy Ray Valdez
Fernanda Romero
David Phillips
Walter Perez
Will Rothhaar
Douglas Spain
Will Estes
Jesse Borrego
Sean Patrick Flanery
Vivica A. Fox

Director
Bryan Anthony Ramirez

Last Days on Mars, The



A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars.

Director: Ruairi Robinson
Writers: Sydney J. Bounds (short story), Clive Dawson (screenplay)
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai

Kick Ass 2



Synopsis
Self-made superhero Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and sweet-faced, foul-mouthed assassin Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) try to return to life as "normal" teenagers, but soon they are faced with their deadliest challenge yet. To seek revenge for his father's death, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) has re-invented himself as the leader of an evil league of super-villains. To defeat their new nemesis, Kick-Ass and Hit Girl must team up with a new wave of masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), in this battle of real-life villains and heroes.

Cast
Aaron Taylor Johnson
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Chloe Grace Moretz
Jim Carrey

Director
Jeff Wadlow

Insidious: Chapter 2



Synopsis
It will take what you love most.

How deep into the darkness will you go to discover the truth? The terrifying sequel to Insidious follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. They must rely on familiar allies to exile the demons that follow them and unearth the secret before the evil continues its deadly rampage. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Barbara Hershey reprise their roles in the film directed by James Wan (Insidious, The Conjuring).


Cast
Ty Simpkins
Patrick Wilson
Rose Byrne
Lin Shaye
Barbara Hershey

Director
James Wan

Hell Baby



Synopsis
Rob Corddry and Leslie Bibb star in Hell Baby, a horror comedy about an expectant couple forced to enlist the help of the Vatican's elite exorcism team after they move into a haunted fixer-upper in New Orleans. This hilariously zany feature is the co-directing debut of writing-acting duo Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon.

Cast
Dave Holmes
Riki Lindhome
Keegan Michael Key
Kumail Nanjiani
Paul Scheer
Rob Corddry
Robert Ben Garant
Rob Huebel
Thomas Lennon
Leslie Bibb
Michael Ian Black

Director
Thomas Lennon
Robert Ben Garant

Fruitvale Station



Synopsis
Filmmaker Ryan Coogler makes his feature directorial debut with this drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a vibrant 22-year-old Bay Area father who was senselessly gunned down by BART officers on New Year's Day in 2009, and whose murder sent shockwaves through the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers. Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, and Kevin Durand co-star.

Cast
Octavia Spencer
Michael B. Jordan
Melonie Diaz


Force of Execution



Synopsis
Don't break the code

Steven Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. But when a simple prison hit goes wrong, he'll ignite a war between a cold-blooded gangster known as 'The Iceman' (Ving Rhames of Mission: Impossible and Pulp Fiction), a disgraced former protégé (Taekwondo World Champion Bren Foster of Fight Science), a merciless Mexican cartel, and an ex-con shopkeeper (Danny Trejo of Machete Kills) with some unexpected skills of his own. The lines are drawn. The fuse is lit. And in a citywide massacre measured in pain, fear, honor and vengeance, the ultimate power belongs to Force Of Execution.

Cast
Ben Foster
Danny Trejo
Ving Rhames
Steven Seagal

Director
Keoni Waxman

Don Jon



Synopsis
Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a handsome, good old-fashioned guy known as Don Jon for his ability to bed beautiful women at will. But ironically, even the finest fling doesn't compare to the bliss Jon finds alone-watching porn on his computer. Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) is a gorgeous, good old-fashioned girl raised on romantic movies, and she's determined to find her Prince Charming. Wrestling with expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against false fantasies to find true intimacy in this unexpected comedy written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Cast
Julianne Moore
Brie Larson
Rob Brown
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Scarlett Johansson
Tony Danza
Glenne Headly

Director
Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Devil's Pass



Synopsis
In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What happened is a mystery that has baffled investigators and researchers for decades. It has become known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident.

When five ambitious American college students are issued a grant to return to the site of the original events, they gear up with the belief that they can uncover and document the truth of what happened to the supposedly experienced hikers. But what they find is more shocking than anything they could have imagined.

Retracing the steps of the Russians' ill-fated journey, the students are plagued by strange and increasingly terrifying phenomena that suggest that in spite of the desolate surroundings, they are not alone. The forces at work in the Dyatlov Pass Incident have been waiting for them.

Based on a true story, director Renny Harlin's (Cliffhanger) Devil's Pass is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that delivers nail-biting suspense right up to its shocking final frame.

Cast
Ryan Hawley
Luke Albright
Holly Goss
Matt Stokoe
Gemma Atkinson

Director
Renny Harlin

Closed Circuit



Synopsis
They see your every move

From the producers of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy comes a riveting and suspenseful mystery starring Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall. A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly brings two exceptional lawyers (Bana and Hall) with a romantic past together on the defense team. They soon realize they've stepped into a dangerous web of cover-ups and lies, and their knowledge of the government's top-secret classified evidence has put their reputations and lives at stake. Co-starring Ciarán Hinds, Julia Stiles and Jim Broadbent, it's a non-stop, heart-racing guessing game that critics call "an entertaining conspiracy thriller." (Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press).

Cast
Riz Ahmed
Anne-Marie Duff
Rebecca Hall
Ciaran Hinds
Eric Bana
Julia Stiles
Jim Broadbent
Kenneth Cranham

Director
John Crowley

Clear History



Synopsis
A comedic original film starring Larry David (HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm), Clear History follows Nathan Flomm (Larry David), a marketing executive at a start-up electric car company, who, after a petty argument with his boss (Jon Hamm), gives up his 10 percent of the shares. The company goes on to make billions of dollars, leaving Nathan publicly humiliated. Ten years later after creating an entire new life on a small island off the Massachusetts coast, all is well - until his past arrives to threaten his new life.

The A-list ensemble includes Emmy winner Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live, Superbad), Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Bridesmaids), Oscar nominee Kate Hudson (Almost Famous, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days), Golden Globe nominee Michael Keaton (Robocop, Batman), Danny McBride (HBO's Eastbound And Down), Eva Mendes (Hitch), Oscar nominee Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone, HBO's The Wire), and David's Curb co-star J.B. Smoove.

Cast
Amy Ryan
Danny McBride
Jon Hamm
Bill Hader
J.B. Smoove
Eva Mendes
Philip Baker Hall
Larry David
Michael Keaton

Director
Greg Mottola

Lee Daniels' The Butler



Synopsis
Lee Daniels' The Butler tells the story of a White House butler who served eight American presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic changes that swept American society during this time, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man's life and family. Forest Whitaker stars as the butler with Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower, John Cusack as Richard Nixon, Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan, James Marsden as John F. Kennedy, Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson, and many more. Academy Award® nominated Lee Daniels (Precious) directs and co-wrote the script with Emmy®-award winning Danny Strong (Game Change).

Cast
Robin Williams
James Marsden
Jane Fonda
Forest Whitaker
Alan Rickman
Oprah Winfrey

Director
Lee Daniels

Big Ass Spider



Synopsis
The unlikely heroic duo of a blue-collar exterminator (Greg Grunberg) and Latino Security guard (Lombardo boyar) must save the day when a military major (Ray Wise) loses control of a giant spider rampaging through the city of Los Angeles.

Cast
Clare Kramer
Lombardo Boyar
Greg Grunberg
Ray Wise
Lin Shaye
Patrick Bauchau

Director
Mike Mendez
Gregory Gieras