Movies Released April 13, 2012 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)
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Friday, April 13
95 mins
The Cabin in the Woods R
The Cabin in the Woods storyline provides a new twist on a classic scenario -- in this case, five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods and bad things happen. Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford will play white-collar co-workers with a mysterious connection to the cabin.
Chris Hemsworth, Brian J. White, Richard Jenkins, Kristen Connolly, Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard, Bradley Whitford, Fran Kranz
Drama Thriller Suspense
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
85 mins
The Three Stooges PG
Left on a nun’s doorstep, Larry, Curly and Moe grow up finger-poking and woo-woo-wooing their way to uncharted levels of knuckleheaded misadventure. Out to save their childhood home, only The Three Stooges could become embroiled in an oddball murder plot…while also stumbling into starring in a phenomenally successful TV reality show.
Sofia Vergara, Stephen Collins, Peter Farrelly, Jane Lynch, Bobby Farrelly, Bradley Thomas, Will Sasso, Earl Benjamin
Comedy
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
101 mins
The Raid: Redemption
As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown fifteen-story apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange fortheir heads. Now Rama must stand in for the team's fallen leader (Joe Taslim) and use every iota of his fighting strength - winding through every floor and every room to complete the mission and escape with his life.
Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Gareth Evans, Doni Alamsyah
Action Thriller Crime
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
4 / 5
95 mins
Lockout PG-13
Set in the near future, the movie stars Guy Pearce as a government agent who sets off to save the president's daughter, played by Maggie Grace, from rioting convicts in an outer-space maximum-security prison.
Luc Besson, Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Graham King, Peter Schlessel, James Mather, Stephen St. Leger, Peter Stormare
Action Thriller Sci-Fi
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
118 mins
Touchback PG-13
Former high school football star turned farmer and family man, Scott Murphy (Brian Presley) finds himself with a unique opportunity to revisit his glory days during the Ohio State championship game where he permanently injured his knee in a game-winning play. Given a second shot at his destiny, Scott seeks counsel from Coach Hand (Kurt Russell), Scott's longtime mentor on and off the field, to help him decide whether to let his fate unfold, or follow a path that will change his future.
Randall Emmett, George Furla, Kurt Russell, Shannon Gardner, Sarah Wright, Rob Cowan, Melanie Lynskey, Lisa Kearns
Drama Sports Football
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
4 / 5
100 mins
Bully PG-13
Following five kids and families over the course of a school year, the film confronts bullying’s most tragic outcomes, including the stories of two families who’ve lost children to suicide and a mother who waits to learn the fate of her 14 –year-old daughter, incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus. With rare access to the Sioux City Community School District, the film also gives an intimate glimpse into school busses, classrooms, cafeterias and even principles offices, offering insight into the often-cruel world of children, as teachers, administrators and parents struggle to find answers.
Lee Hirsch, Cynthia Lowen
Documentary
User Rated:
4 / 5
Unraveled NR
Just days before Bernard Madoff captured headlines as the largest Ponzi schemer in U.S. history, Marc Dreier, a prominent Manhattan attorney, was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from hedge funds. Brazen forgeries and impersonations branded the white collar crime spree remarkable. "Unraveled" is set in the purgatory of house arrest -- an Upper East Side penthouse -- where the Court has ordered Dreier confined until his sentencing day. The film weaves Dreier's struggle to prepare for the possibility of life imprisonment with first-person flashbacks, which reveal his audacious path of destruction. Destroyed by his own hubris, Dreier attempts to grasp his tragic unraveling. With unprecedented access, "Unraveled" exposes a mastermind of criminal deception.
Documentary
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
Detention
The film follows a group of teens who struggle to survive their senior year of high school when a slasher-movie killer seemingly comes to life.
Dane Cook, Josh Hutcherson, Joseph Kahn, David Kang, Mary-Ann Tanedo, Mark Palermo, Richard Weager, Shanley Caswell
Comedy Fantasy Horror
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
Monsieur Lazhar PG-13
Bachir Lazhar has emigrated from his native Algeria to Canada, where he is awaiting approval of his asylum application. When he is hired as a substitute teacher at a French-Canadian school, Bachir finds that he is often ill-equipped to deal with his new students and their shock over their previous teacher’s death.
Drama Comedy
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
Blue Like Jazz PG-13
In Blue Like Jazz, Don (Marshall Allman), a pious nineteen-year-old sophomore at a Texas junior college, impulsively decides to escape his evangelical upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at one ofthe most progressive campuses in America, Reed College in Portland. Upon arrival, Reed's surroundings and eccentric student body proves to be far different than he could possibly imagine from the environment from which he came, forcing him to embark on a journey of self-discovery to understand who he is and what he truly believes.
Tania Raymonde, Marshall Allman, Claire Holt, Steve Taylor
Drama
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
127 mins
The Lady R
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris and the epic story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement.
Luc Besson, Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis
Drama Political
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day PG-13
A couple with past secrets unravel when their six-year-old daughter is kidnapped.
Pam Grier, Blair Underwood, Nicole Beharie, Jaqueline Fleming, Neema Barnette, Sharon Leal
Drama Thriller
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
Woman Thou Art Loosed!: On the 7th Day
David (Underwood) and Kari (Leal) Ames seem to have the perfect life until their young daughter is kidnapped, and over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secrets about their past that threaten to rip their marriage and lives apart
Drama
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
Late Bloomers
Late Bloomers begins when Mary (Isabella Rossellini) and Adam (William Hurt), a high-functioning couple, realize that they have entered the senior category. Adam's reaction to this "discovery" is as frantic as his denial, and he desperately looks for a fountain of youth. Mary, on the other hand, decides to deal with the situation by doing what she does best: taking care of everyone.
William Hurt, Julie Gavras, Isabella Rossellini, Doreen Mantle
Drama
Where to Watch:
New York Theaters
Turn Me On, Dammit!
In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.
Comedy
Where to Watch:
Los Angeles Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
103 mins
Hit So Hard NR
When Nirvana burst onto the scene in 1991, the music they played spoke directly to an angry and disenfranchised generation. Grunge took over MTV and radio overnight… but just three years later, the drug-related deaths of several musicians and the suicide of Kurt Cobain closed the books on an all too brief era. Patty Schemel, the acclaimed drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band Hole, was in the middle of all of it. The openly gay woman who always felt different never dreamed she would be in a multi-platinum band, touring with legends… or that, thanks to drug addiction, she could lose it all. Given a video camera just before Hole's infamous Live Through This world tour, Patty filmed everything the shows, the parties, and startlingly intimate footage of Kurt and Courtney. This footage has never been seen... until now.
Documentary Music
Where to Watch:
New York Theaters
How to Grow a Band
26 year-old Chris Thile is at a crossroads. His marriage has ended and his platinum-selling band, Nickel Creek, has gone on “indefinite hiatus.” But Thile, a perfectionist prodigy who has defied expectations since he picked up the mandolin at age five, has a plan.
Documentary
Where to Watch:
New York Theaters
100 mins
L!fe Happens R
Two best friends fight to maintain normalcy in their lives after one of the friends gets pregnant and has a baby.
Krysten Ritter, Kat Coiro, David J. Phillips, Justin Levine, Kate Bosworth, Rachel Bilson, Corbin Timbrook
Comedy
Where to Watch:
New York / Los Angeles Theaters
90 mins
Bad Ass R
A Vietnam veteran becomes a local hero after saving a man from attackers on a city bus and decides to take action when his best friend is murdered and the police show little interest in solving the crime.
Danny Trejo, Ron Perlman, Charles S. Dutton, Craig Moss
Drama Action
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
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