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May 19, 2014

Winter's Tale



A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

Director: Akiva Goldsman
Writers: Akiva Goldsman (screenplay), Mark Helprin (novel)
Stars: Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe

Walk of Shame



A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or money - and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life.

Director: Steven Brill
Writer: Steven Brill
Stars: Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Gillian Jacobs

Vendetta



Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents. With police closing in & his old unit on his trail, he has to to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade.

Director: Stephen Reynolds
Writer: Stephen Reynolds
Stars: Roxanne McKee, Josef Altin, Danny Dyer

Vampire Academy



Synopsis
Based on the best-selling novel by Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy tells the story of two 17-year-old girls, Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch), a rebellious half-vampire/half-human who is training to be a guardian at St. Vladimir's Academy and her best friend, Princess Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry), a peaceful, mortal vampire. After ditching school and being on the run for a year, Rose and Lissa are caught and brought back to the Academy. Lissa struggles to reclaim her social status while Rose risks everything in an attempt to protect her best friend from the immortal, evil vampires that lurk just outside the walls of their school.

Cast
Dominic Sherwood
Danila Kozlovsky
Lucy Fry
Zoey Deutch
Sami Gayle
Sarah Hyland
Olga Kurylenko
Cameron Monaghan
Joely Richardson
Gabriel Byrne

Director
Mark Waters

RoboCop



Synopsis
Crime has a new enemy in this "sleek, stylish and smart" (Silas Lesnick, ComingSoon.net) action-thriller starring Joel Kinnaman, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton! In the year 2028, greedy conglomerate OmniCorp uses robotic technology to transform critically injured police officer Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) into the ultimate crime fighter. He's part man, part machine...he's RoboCop! Back on the streets, Murphy is hard-wired for law enforcement, but the mind and memories of the human inside long to take over...and the results could be catastrophic.

Cast
Joel Kinnaman
Gary Oldman
Samuel L. Jackson
Michael Keaton

Director
Jose Padilha

Proxy



The life of three parents who have all shared the loss of a child. Motives are not what they seem and sanity is in short supply in this thriller.

Director: Zack Parker
Writers: Kevin Donner, Zack Parker
Stars: Joe Swanberg, Kristina Klebe, Alexa Havins

Monuments Men, The



Synopsis
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in the history, The Monuments Men centers around an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. In a seemingly impossible mission, the Monuments Men, as they were called, find themselves risking their lives in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1,000 years of culture.

Cast
Zahary Baharov
Jean Dujardin
Sam Hazeldine
Justus Von Dohnanyi
Hugh Bonneville
Cate Blanchett
Matt Damon
Bob Balaban
John Goodman
George Clooney
Bill Murray
Dimitri Leonidas

Director
George Clooney

Make Your Move



A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.

Director: Duane Adler
Writer: Duane Adler (screenplay)
Stars: Derek Hough, BoA, Will Yun Lee

Justin and the Knights of Valour



A young boy becomes a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.

Director: Manuel Sicilia
Writers: Matthew Jacobs, Manuel Sicilia
Stars: Antonio Banderas, James Cosmo, Michael Culkin

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit



Synopsis
"An action hero is reborn!" raves top critics about the "intense, exciting" origin story of Tom Clancy's iconic hero Jack Ryan. The thrills are non-stop as CIA recruit Ryan (Chris Pine) is caught in a dangerous web of intrigue and espionage spun between a shadowy government agent (Academy Award-Winner Kevin Costner), his unsuspecting fiancee (Keira Knightley) and a fearless Russian power broker (Kenneth Branagh). Jack must quickly evolve from soldier to analyst to full-fledged operative to stop a devastating terrorist plot against the United States. The stakes have never been higher in this "taut, tense and terrific" thrill ride.

Cast
Chris Pine
Keira Knightley
Kevin Costner

Director
Kenneth Branagh

I, Frankenstein



Synopsis
Two hundred years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.

Cast
Caitlin Stasey
Jai Courtney
Socratis Otto
Yvonne Strahovski
Kevin Grevioux
Nicholas Bell
Miranda Otto
Bill Nighy
Aden Young
Aaron Eckhart
Bruce Spence

Director
Stuart Beattie

Her



Synopsis
Set in Los Angeles in the slight future, Her follows Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet "Samantha," a bright, female voice (Scarlett Johansson) who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly funny. As her needs and desires grow, in tandem with his own, their friendship deepens into an eventual love for each other.

Cast
Rooney Mara
Olivia Wilde
Amy Adams
Spike Jonze
Joaquin Phoenix
Scarlett Johansson

Director
Spike Jonze

Favor



Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees which begins the unraveling of their friendship and ultimately leads both to murderous acts they never thought themselves capable of.

Director: Paul Osborne
Writer: Paul Osborne
Stars: Blayne Weaver, Patrick Day, Jeffrey Combs

That Awkward Moment



Synopsis
Every relationship has that "so" moment. For a guy like Jason (Zac Efron), that's where things always end. He's firmly committed to non-commitment. When the marriage of his friend Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) falls apart, Jason takes it as proof that the single life is for the better. To get Mikey back in the game, Jason enlists him and drinking buddy Daniel (Miles Teller) to take a shared vow: together, they'll stay single as long as humanly possible. Then along comes Ellie (Imogen Poots), the unpredictable, unforgettable one-night hook-up who changes all the rules. Despite all his instincts, Jason just can't let her go...and his status is about to get very complicated.

Cast
Tom Gormican
Miles Teller
Michael B. Jordan
Imogen Poots

Director
Tom Gormican

Art Of The Steal, The



Synopsis
Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell), a third rate motorcycle daredevil and semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get back into the con game and pull off just one more lucrative art theft with his untrustworthy brother Nicky (Matt Dillon). Crunch reassembles the old team and comes up with a plan to steal a priceless historical book, but the successful heist leads to another, far riskier, plan devised by Nicky. They fail to realize each other's separate agendas when their plan goes awry in this con movie about honor, revenge and the bonds of brotherhood.

Cast
Katheryn Winnick
Chris Diamantopoulos
Jason Jones
Jay Baruchel
Kenneth Welsh
Matt Dillon
Terence Stamp
Kurt Russell

Director
Jonathan Sobol