January 2013
23 posts
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Movie 43 (2013)
Directed by Peter Farrelly, Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, Griffin Dunne, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, James Duffy, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham and Jonathan van Tulleken
Written by Steve Baker, Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda, Bill O’Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy,...
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Directed by Tommy Wirkola
Written by Dante Harper and Tommy Wirkola
Starring Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala, Thomas Mann, Peter Stormare, Derek Mears and Robin Atkins Downes
88 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: In this spin on the fairy tale, Hansel & Gretel are now bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. As the fabled Blood Moon approaches, the...
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Quartet (2012)
Directed by Dustin Hoffman
Written by Ronald Harwood
Starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon and Sheridan Smith
98 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
Quote: “This is...
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Mama (2013)
Directed by Andres Muschietti
Written by Andres Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Neil Cross
Starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse and Daniel Kash
100 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years…. but how alone were they?
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The Last Stand (2013)
Directed by Kim Ji-woon
Written by Andrew Knauer
Starring Arnold Schwarzengger, Forest Whitaker, Rodrigo Santoro, Eduardo Noriega, Johnny Knoxville, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzman and Peter Stormare
107 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff.
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Broken City (2013)
Directed by Allan Hughes
Written by Brian Tucker
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Jeffrey Wright, Barry Pepper, Kyle Chandler, Natalie Martinez and Catherine Zeta-Jones
109 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.
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Not Fade Away (2012)
Directed by David Chase
Written by David Chase
Starring John Magaro, Bella Heathcote, Jack Huston, James Gandolfini, Will Brill, Gregory Perri, Christopher McDonald and Dominique McElligott
112 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Set in suburban New Jersey the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.
Quote: “You come to my home looking like that?” - Pat (James...
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Promised Land (2012)
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski
Starring Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, John Krasinski, Hal Holbrook and Terry Kinney
106 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
Quote: “Your a good...
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Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters (2012)
Directed by Ben Shapiro
77 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A documentary shot over a decade with unprecedented access to photographer Gregory Crewdson that bares the artist’s process.
Quote: “Shes so beautiful.” - Gregory Crewdson
Eric: 4/5!
Thoughts (01/13/13): n/a
Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Written by Mark Boal
Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Kyle Chandler, Mark Strong, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Harold Perrineau, Mark Duplass and James Gandolfini
157 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the...
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Gangster Squad (2013)
Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Written by Will Beall
Starring Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Macki, Michael Pena, Mireille Enos, Nick Nolte and Robert Patrick
113 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Los Angeles, 1949: A secret crew of police officers led by two determined sergeants work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who...
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The Impossible (2012)
Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
Written by Sergio G. Sanchez
Starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin and Oaklee Pendergast
113 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: An account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time.
Quote: “Lucas, look at this place. They’re so busy in here. You get...
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Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
Directed by John Luessenhop
Written by Kirsten Elms, Debra Sullivan and Adam Marcus
Starring Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trey Songz, Tania Raymonde, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry, Paul Rae, Richard Riehle and Keram Malicki-Sanchez
92 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A young woman travels to Texas to collect an inheritance; little does she know that an encounter with a chainsaw-wielding killer is part...
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Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Directed by Roger Mitchell
Written by Richard Nelson
Starring Laura Linney, Bill Murray, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel and Olivia Williams
95 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret “Daisy” Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
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Rust and Bone (2012)
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Written by Thomas Bidegain and Jacques Audiard
Starring Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts and Armand Verdure
120 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali’s bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible...
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Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Directed by Peter Ramsey
Written by David Lindsay-Abaire
Starring Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Jude Law and Dakota Goyo
97 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world.
Quote: “You don’t want to race a rabbit, mate.” -...
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The Guilt Trip (2012)
Directed by Anne Fletcher
Written by Dan Fogelman
Starring Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand
95 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: As inventor Andy Brewster is about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime, a quick stop at his mom’s house turns into an unexpected cross-country voyage with her along for the ride.
Quote: “You know, how I can eat.” - Joyce Brewster (Barbra Streisand)
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Monsters, Inc. 3D (2012)
Directed by Pete Docter
Written by Andrew Stanton and Dan Gerson
Starring John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly and Bob Peterson
92 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Monsters generate their city’s power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley...
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Anna Karenina (2012)
Directed by Joe Wright
Written by Tom Stoppard
Starring Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law, Domhnall Gleeson, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Alicia Vikander and Emily Watson
130 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Quote: “I would be a...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Directed by Peter Jackson
Written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro
Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis, Ian Holm, Manu Bennett, Elijah Wood, Sylvester McCoy, Christopher Lee and Barry Humphries
169 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on a...
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Django Unchained (2012)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson and Walton Goggins
165 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Quote: “Kill white people and get paid for it?...
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Jack Reacher (2012)
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Written by Christopher McQuarrie
Starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, Jai Courtney, Werner Herzog, Joseph Sikora and Robert Duvall
130 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.
Quote: “You think I’m a hero? I am not a...
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Les Miserables (2012)
Directed by Tom Hooper
Written by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer
Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Isabelle Allen, Sacha Baron Cohen and Samantha Barks
158 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless...
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This is 40 (2012)
Directed by Judd Apatow
Written by Judd Apatow
Starring Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Albert Brooks, Megan Fox, Chris O’Dowd, Robert Smigel, John Lithgow, Graham Parker, Annie Mumolo, Jason Segel, Charlyne Yi and Melissa McCarthy
133 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after the events of Knocked Up.
Quote: ”...
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Argo (2012)
Directed by Ben Affleck
Written by Chris Terrio
Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Scoot McNairy, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Christopher Denham and Kerry Bishe
120 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.
Quote: “John Wayne in...
December 2012
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Lawless (2012)
Directed by John Hillcoat
Written by Nick Cave
Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Dane Dehaan, Mia Wasikowska and Gary Oldman
115 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by a new deputy and other authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Quote: “It is not the violence that...
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Young Adult (2011)
Directed by Jason Reitman
Written by Diablo Cody
Starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson and Elizabeth Reaser
94 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.
Quote: “Sometimes in order to...
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Life of Pi (2012)
Directed by Ang Lee
Written by David Magee
Starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Adil Hussain, Ayush Tandon, Shravanthi Sainath and Rafe Spall
127 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor … a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Quote:...
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Written by Andrew Dominik
Starring Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini, Ben Mendelsohn and Ray Liotta
97 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Quote: “America is not a country it’s a...
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Dredd 3D (2012)
Directed by Pete Travis
Written by Alex Garland
Starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey and Wood Harris
95 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
Quotes: “Negotiation’s over. Sentence is...
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole...
Directed by Zack Snyder
Written by Emil Stern and John Orloff
Starring Jim Sturgess, Emily Barclay, David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Helen Mirren, Ryan Kwanten, Joel Edgerton, Essie Davis, Hugo Weaving, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush and Sam Neill
97 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with newfound friends to seek out the legendary Guardians...
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Directed by Mark Waters
Written by Scott Moore and Jon Lucas
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Breckin Meyer, Lacy Chabert, Emma Stone, Michael Douglas, Anne Archer, Christina Milian and Robert Forster
95 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A bachelor is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends at his younger brother’s wedding.
Quote: “Whoa! Never touch a man while...
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Chasing Amy (1997)
Directed by Kevin Smith
Written by Kevin Smith
Starring Ben Affleck, Joely Lauren Adams, Jason Lee and Dwight Ewell
113 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything’s going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she’s a lesbian.
Quote: “Always some...
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Directed by David O. Russell
Written by David O. Russell
Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham, Anupam Kher and Julia Stiles
122 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging...
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Skyfall (2012)
Directed by Sam Mendes
Written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan
Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe and Albert Finney
143 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her, bringing MI6 under attack.
Quote: “You left me for five months in a room with no air, the...
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Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Directed by Benh Zeitlin
Written by Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar
Starring Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana, Lowell Landes and Jonshel Alexander
93 minutes
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Synopsis: Faced with both her hot-tempered father’s fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the...
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He Got Game (1998)
Directed by Spike Lee
Written by Spike Lee
Starring Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, John Turturro and Rosario Dawson
136 minutes
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Synopsis: A basketball player’s father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
Quote: “Basketball is like poetry in motion, cross the guy to the left, take him back to the right, he’s...
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Premium Rush (2012)
Directed by David Koepp
Written by David Koepp and John Kamps
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung and Wole Parks
91 minutes
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Synopsis: In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Quote: “I like to ride. Fixed gear. No brakes. Can’t stop....
November 2012
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Why Stop Now (2012)
Directed by Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner
Written by Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Emma Rayne Lyle and Sarah Ramos
85 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.
Quote: “You need to eat less...
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The Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Written by Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Oreste Biancoli, Adolfo Franci and Gerardo Guerrieri
Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda and Vittorio Antonucci
93 minutes
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Synopsis: A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job.
Quote: “You live and you...
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End of Watch (2012)
Directed by David Ayer
Written by David Ayer
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Natalie Martinez and Anna Kendrick
109 minutes
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Synopsis: Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
Quote: “White people get caught up on...
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The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
Directed by RZA
Written by RZA and Eli Roth
Starring RZA, Russell Crowe, Byron Mann, Rick Yune, Lucy Liu, David Batista, Jamie Chung and Cung Le
96 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: On the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers.
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Cloud Atlas (2012)
Directed by Lana Wachowskis, Tom Tykwer and Andy Wachowskis
Written by Lana Wachowskis, Tom Tykwer and Andy Wachowskis
Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Ben Whishaw, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant, James D’Arcy, Keith David and Susan Sarandon
172 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the...
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Lincoln (2012)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Tony Kushner
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Sally Field, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, John Hawkes, Lee Pace, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gulliver McGrath, Jared Harris, Michael Stuhlbarg, Walter Goggins, Tim Blake Nelson, Jackie Earle Haley, Joseph Cross and Gloria Reuben
150 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: As the Civil War continues...
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
Starring Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Matthew Modine, Ben Mendelsohn, Nestor Carbonell and Burn Gorman
165 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham’s finest, and the...
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Total Recall (2012)
Directed by Len Wiseman
Written by Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback
Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Bokeem Woodbine, Bill Nighy, Ethan Hawke and John Cho
118 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would...
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Directed by Martin McDonagh
Written Martin McDonagh
Starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Linda Bright Clay, Long Nguyen, Harry Dean Stanton, Kevin Corrigan, Gabourey Sidibe, Michael Pitt and Michael Stuhlbarg
110 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles...
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Snow White and the Seventh Dwarfs (1937)
Directed by David Hand, William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce and Ben Sharpsteen
Written by Ted Sears, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Rickard, Dorothy Ann Blank and Webb Smith
Starring Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Otis Harlan, Bill Gilbert, Stuart Buchanan and Moroni Olsen
83 minutes
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The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Written by Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel
Starring Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans, Brian Posehn, Chris Parnell, Mindy Kaling, Randall Park and Kevin Hart
124 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: One year after meeting, Tom proposes to his girlfriend, Violet, but unexpected events keep tripping them up as they look to walk down the aisle...
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The Campaign (2012)
Directed by Jay Roach
Written by Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell
Starring Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Dylan McDermott, Jason Sudeikis, Sarah Baker, Katherine LaNasa, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd and Brian Cox
85 minutes[[MORE]]
Synopsis: In order to gain influence over their North Carolina district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust long-term congressman Cam Brady by putting up a rival...
