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Movies Released Friday, January 3, 2014

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones Movie Poster

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones R

Described by sources as a “cousin” to the Paranormal Activity movies. The film will be Latino-themed. It will star a Latino cast and will tackle Catholic-based paranormal mythology.

Jason Blum, Christopher B. Landon, Kimberly Ables Jindra, Oren Peli, Carlos Pratts, Eddie J. Fernandez, Jorge Diaz, David Fernandez Jr.

Thriller Suspense Horror

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Open Grave Movie Poster

Open Grave R

Open Grave focuses on a man who wakes up in a pit of dead bodies with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Fleeing the scene, he breaks into a nearby house and is met at gunpoint by a group of terrified strangers, all suffering from memory loss. Suspicion gives way to violence as the group starts to piece together clues about their identities, but when they uncover a threat that's more vicious -- and hungry -- than each other, they are forced to figure out what brought them all together -- before it's too late.

Jeremy Stein, Thomas Kretschmann, Jon Shestack, Erin Richards, Darlene Caamano Loquet, Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, Eddie Borey, Chris Borey

Thriller Horror

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The Best Offer Movie Poster

The Best Offer R

Dermot Crowley, Jim Sturgess, Donald Sutherland, Geoffrey Rush, Sylvia Hoeks, Philip Jackson, Giuseppe Tornatore

Drama Crime

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Beyond Outrage Movie Poster

Beyond Outrage R

The Sanno crime family has grown into a massive organization dominated by young executives whose new approach to running the family is causing frustration and pent-up resentment with the old-guard members. This vulnerability in the Sanno hierarchy is exactly what anti-gang detective Kataoka has been looking for, as the police force prepares a full-scale crackdown.

Kataoka wants start a war between Sanno and the neighboring Hanabishi crime family in the hopes that they destroy each other. His trump card is Otomo (Kitano) – the rumored-dead boss of a defunct family that was destroyed by the Sanno, who has just been released from prison. Otomo wants to retire from a life of crime, but finds himself drawn back in through Kataoka’s manipulations as the Sanno and Hanabishi clans teeter on the brink of an all-out war.

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Movies Released Friday, January 10, 2014

Lone Survivor Movie Poster

Lone Survivor R

Tells the story of four Navy SEALs on an ill-fated covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative who are ambushed by enemy forces in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan.

Randall Emmett, Taylor Kitsch, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, George Furla, Eric Bana, Peter Berg

Drama Action War

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The Legend of Hercules Movie Poster

The Legend of Hercules PG-13

In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or to fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. The story behind one of the greatest myths is revealed in this action-packed epic - a tale of love, sacrifice and the strength of the human spirit.

Scott Adkins, Luke Newberry, Renny Harlin, Kellan Lutz, Danny Dimbort, Roxanne McKee, Johnathon Schaech, Boaz Davidson

Drama Action Adventure

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Her Movie Poster

Her R

Set in the Los Angeles of the slight future, Her follows Theodore Twombly, 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 entity in its own right, individual to each user. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet “Samantha,” a bright, female voice, 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.

Megan Ellison, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlie Kaufman, Samantha Morton, Rooney Mara, Sam Jaeger, Amy Adams, Spike Jonze

Drama Comedy Romance

The Truth About Emanuel Movie Poster

The Truth About Emanuel

A troubled girl (Emanuel) becomes preoccupied with her mysterious new neighbor (Linda), who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother. In offering to baby-sit Linda's newborn, Emanuel unwittingly enters a fragile, fictional world, of which she becomes the gatekeeper.

Alfred Molina, Aneurin Barnard, Rooney Mara, Paul Schiff, Jimmi Simpson, Kaya Scodelario, Jessica Biel, Francesca Gregorini

Drama Thriller Coming-of-Age

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box Movie Poster

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box PG

Ancient mysteries. Powerful evil. And a fearless hero’s quest through a fantastical realm of steam-powered wonders and sinister magic… In The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box, 17-year-old Mariah Mundi’s life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artifact that grants limitless wealth—but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box!

Gavin Scott, Keeley Hawes, Michael Sheen, Sam Neill, Aneurin Barnard, Lena Headey, Ioan Gruffudd, Jonathan Newman

Adventure Fantasy

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The Banshee Chapter Movie Poster

The Banshee Chapter R

In 1963, the U.S. government began experimenting on unsuspecting Americans with chemical agents intended to induce mind control. The programme was named ‘MK-ULTRA’ and the results were horrifying… When her best friend James Hirsch goes missing, Internet journalist Anne Roland decides to investigate and discovers he made a videotape of himself taking a mind-altering drug before vanishing into thin air. Further probing guides her to anarchist poet and novelist Thomas Blackburn who gets illegally high on LSD-type hallucinogens supplied by a friend. But when Anne learns this friend has been extracting the drug from the pineal glands of dead humans, the search leads to the mysterious Chamber 5 in a Black Rock desert research centre where she enters an alternate universe of stretched sanity, brain receivers, sinister Numbers stations and Lovecraftian illusion. Based on real documents, actual test subject testimony and uncovered secrets about testing run by the CIA.

Ted Levine, Zachary Quinto, Monique Candelaria, Christian Arnold-Beutel, Stephanie Riggs, Corey Moosa, Michael McMillian, Chad Brummett

Thriller Horror

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Labor Day Movie Poster

Labor Day PG-13

Follows a 13-year-old Henry Wheeler, who struggles to be the man of his house and care for his reclusive mother Adele while confronting all the pangs of adolescence. On a back-to-school shopping trip, Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, a man both intimidating and clearly in need of help, who convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The events of this long Labor Day weekend will shape them for the rest of their lives.

Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire, Kate Winslet, Brighid Fleming, Russell Smith, Gattlin Griffith, Jason Reitman, Helen Estabrook

Drama

Dumbbells Movie Poster

Dumbbells

The film follows Chris Long (Drolet), an ex-NCAA star turned trainer who finds new purpose when his gym’s shallow new owner, Jack (Richards), unleashes a lucrative plan to turn the neglected business into a reality show. When Chris’ complacent peers resist this new direction, he and Jack form an unlikely alliance that allows them to face the demons of their pasts and ultimately, save their gym’s future.

Taylor Cole, Jay Mohr, Amy Paffrath, Mircea Monroe, Christopher Livingston, Hoyt Richards, Brian Drolet, Carl Reiner

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Cold Comes the Night Movie Poster

Cold Comes the Night R

Tells the story of a struggling motel owner (Eve) who, along with her daughter (Parker), is taken hostage by a career criminal (Cranston) as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop (Marshall-Green). Everyone gets in over their heads, and a series of double-crosses leaves a string of dead bodies in this pulse-pounding story about desperation and survival.

Bryan Cranston, Alice Eve, Logan Marshall-Green, Erin Cummings, Tze Chun, Ursula Parker, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robin Taylor

Drama Thriller Crime

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Black Coffee Movie Poster

Black Coffee

Robert (Henson) picked the wrong time to meet his soul mate! After being fired from his own father’s company, he feels like his luck has run out – until Morgan (Dennis) enters into his life. Just as things start to heat up between them, trouble brews as Morgan’s ex-husband (Rucker) vows to get her back and Robert’s gold-digging ex-girlfriend (Hubbard) returns with an agenda of her own. With the help of his cousin (Keyes), Robert’s about to find out how much good can come out of a bad situation in this charming romantic comedy that’s good to the last drop.

Gabrielle Dennis, Lamman Rucker, Erica Hubbard, Darrin DeWitt Henson

Romance

Divorce Corp Movie Poster

Divorce Corp

More money flows through the family courts, and into the hands of courthouse insiders, than in all other court systems in America combined – over $50 billion a year and growing. Through extensive research and interviews with the nation’s top divorce lawyers, mediators, judges, politicians, litigants and journalists, Divorce Corp. uncovers how children are torn from their homes, unlicensed custody evaluators extort money, and abusive judges play god with people’s lives while enriching their friends. This documentary reveals the family courts as unregulated, extra-constitutional fiefdoms. Rather than assist victims of domestic crimes, these courts often precipitate them. And rather than help parents and children move on, as they are mandated to do, these courts - and their associates - drag out cases for years, sometimes decades, ultimately resulting in a rash of social ills, including home foreclosure, bankruptcy, suicide and violence. Solutions to the crisis are sought out in countries where divorce is handled in a more holistic manner.

Joseph Sorge, Dr. Drew Pinsky

Documentary

Raze Movie Poster

Raze R

A young woman is abducted by an elite, secret society and wakes to find herself in the company of fifty other women who are, just like her, forced to fight for their lives in an unimaginable hell.

Rachel Nichols, Tracie Thoms, Josh C. Waller, Sherilyn Fenn, Doug Jones, Zoe Bell, Bruce Thomas, Bailey Anne Borders

Action Horror

Movies Released Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Generation War Movie Poster

Generation War

Depicts the lives of five young German friends forced to navigate the unconscionable moral compromises of life under Hitler. Level-headed, highly decorated officer Wilhelm (Volker Bruch) goes off to the eastern front with his sensitive younger brother Friedhelm (Tom Schilling). Deeply in love with Wilhelm is Charlotte (Miriam Stein), a young nurse who looks forward to serving in the Red Cross. Greta (Katherina Schüttler) is a talented singer who longs to become another Marlene Dietrich, while her Jewish boyfriend Viktor (Ludwig Trepte) fights for his life while hiding among members of the Polish Resistance.

Drama War

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Movies Released Friday, January 17, 2014

The Nut Job Movie Poster

The Nut Job PG

Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter - Maury's Nut Store.

Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Stephen Lang, Ria Westaway, Katherine Heigl, Peter Lepeniotis, Thom Chapman, Sarah Gadon

Comedy Family Animated

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Ride Along Movie Poster

Ride Along PG-13

When a fast-talking guy joins his girlfriend’s brother—a hot-tempered cop—to patrol the streets of Atlanta, he gets entangled in the officer’s latest case. Now, in order to prove that he deserves his future bride, he must survive the most insane 24 hours of his life.

For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben (Hart) has been trying to show decorated APD detective James (Cube) that he’s more than just a video-game junkie who’s unworthy of James’ sister, Angela (Tika Sumpter). When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he’s earned the seasoned policeman’s respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela.

Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has what it takes to take care of his sister, James invites him on a shift designed to scare the hell out of the trainee. But when the wild night leads them to the most notorious criminal in the city, James will find that his new partner’s rapid-fire mouth is just as dangerous as the bullets speeding at it.

Kevin Hart, Matt Manfredi, Ice Cube, Tim Story, John Leguizamo, Matt Alvarez, Chris Bender, JC Spink

Action Adventure Comedy

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Movie Poster

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit PG-13

This original story follow a young Jack (Chris Pine) as he uncovers a financial terrorist plot. The story follows him from 9/11, through his tour of duty in Afghanistan, which scarred him forever, and into his early days in the Financial Intelligence Unit of the modern CIA where he becomes an analyst, under the guardianship of his handler, Harper (Kevin Costner). When Ryan believes he’s uncovered a Russian plot to collapse the United States economy, he goes from being an analyst to becoming a spy and must fight to save his own life and those of countless others, while also trying to protect the thing that's more important to him than anything, his relationship with his fiancée Cathy (Keira Knightley).

Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Keira Knightley, David Ellison, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, David Koepp, David Paymer

Action Adventure Sequel

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Devil's Due Movie Poster

Devil's Due R

After a mysterious, lost night on their honeymoon, a newlywed couple finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything for posterity, the husband begins to notice odd behavior in his wife that they initially write off to nerves, but, as the months pass, it becomes evident that the dark changes to her body and mind have a much more sinister origin.

Radio Silence, Aimee Carrero, Zach Gilford, Lindsay Devlin, Allison Miller, Colin Walker, Catherine Kresge, Madison Wolfe

Thriller Horror

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Jamesy Boy Movie Poster

Jamesy Boy

The story of teenager James Burns (played by Spencer Lofranco) who goes from the suburban street gangs to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. In prison, he forms a friendship with a convicted murderer (Ving Rhames) who becomes his mentor and helps him turn his life around. In this unlikely setting, James ultimately emerges with hope and a brighter future.

Mary-Louise Parker, Trevor White, Lane Shadgett, James Woods, Spencer Lofranco, Taissa Farmiga, Rosa Salazar, Michael Trotter

Action Adventure Crime

Life of a King Movie Poster

Life of a King PG-13

The unlikely true story of Eugene Brown and his one-man mission to give inner-city kids of Washington D.C. something he never had – a future. He discovered a multitude of life lessons through the game of chess during his 18-year incarceration for bank robbery. After his release and reentry into the workforce, Eugene developed and founded the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of due to circumstances. From his daring introductory chess lessons to group of unruly high school students in detention to the development of the Club and the teens’ first local chess competitions, this movie reveals his difficult, inspirational journey and how he changed the lives of a group of teens with no endgame.

Cuba Gooding Jr., LisaGay Hamilton, Jake Goldberger, Dennis Haysbert

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G.B.F. Movie Poster

G.B.F.

Story centers on the social warfare that erupts when two gay high school boys realize they must become GBFs to the most popular girls in school to improve their social status.

Jonathan Silverman, Megan Mullally, Natasha Lyonne, Rebecca Gayheart, Xosha Roquemore, Michael J. Willet, Andrea Bowen, Jennifer Levine

Comedy

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Back in the Day Movie Poster

Back in the Day R

Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back. And in this raunchy comedy, Jim Owens does just that when he heads home for his high school reunion. In an attempt to relive the glory days with his boys and explore an old romance, he nearly destroys his hometown and friendships.

Morena Baccarin, Michael Rosenbaum, Nick Swardson, Harland Williams, Sarah Colonna

Comedy

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Summer In February Movie Poster

Summer In February

A sweeping romance set at a bohemian artist colony on the picturesque coasts of pre-war England, Summer In February is based on the true story of painter Sir Alfred Munnings and his blue-blood best friend Gilbert. Born into a working-class family, Munnings rises to become one of the premiere British artists of his time, winning the affection of aristocratic beauty Florence Carter-Wood. But when Gilbert falls for Florence as well, a love triangle emerges with tragic consequences.

Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Christopher Menaul, Nicholas Farrell, Jonathan Smith, Michael Maloney, Hattie Morahan

Drama

Gloria Movie Poster

Gloria R

Gloria follows a woman in her late 50s as she tries to balance family obligations with those of a new romance in this insightful and uplifting comedy that shows it's never too late to take charge.

Sebastian Lelio, Paulina García

Drama Comedy

The Freezer Movie Poster

The Freezer

A man is held in a walk-in freezer by criminals claiming he stole $3 million from them.

Yuliya Snigir, Peter Facinelli, Mikael Salomon, Shane Weisfeld, Dylan McDermott, Tom Doganoglu

Thriller

Reasonable Doubt Movie Poster

Reasonable Doubt R

When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden (Cooper) commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to manipulate the case to acquit the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the trial, Mitch’s worst fears come true when he realizes that his actions freed a guilty man, and he soon finds himself on the hunt for the killer before more victims pile up.

Samuel L. Jackson, Dominic Cooper, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, Peter Howitt, Erin Karpluk, Ryan Robbins, Peter Dowling, Gloria Reuben

Thriller Crime

Big Bad Wolves Movie Poster

Big Bad Wolves

A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.

Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Thriller Crime

Like Father, Like Son Movie Poster

Like Father, Like Son

A dramedy that examines two families who discover that their six-year-old sons were switched at birth

Drama Comedy

Movies Released Friday, January 24, 2014

I, Frankenstein Movie Poster

I, Frankenstein PG-13

200 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.

Jai Courtney, Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Gary Lucchesi, Miranda Otto, Caitlin Stasey, Stuart Beattie, Chris Patton

Horror Crime

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24 Exposures Movie Poster

24 Exposures

Fetish photographer Billy (Adam Wingard) stages elaborate shoots around his fixations, photographing women in various stages of undress and death. When one of Billy's models winds up actually dead, depressed and romantically disillusioned investigator Michael (Simon Barrett), suffering through a crumbling relationship himself, knocks on his door and discovers a world he struggles to understand - in Billy's art, as well as his apparent ease at juggling professional and intimate relationships with a committed girlfriend and various models. Jealousy runs high, and meanwhile, a killer is still on the loose.

Joe Swanberg, Sophia Takal, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Helen Rogers, Caroline White

Thriller

Knights of Badassdom Movie Poster

Knights of Badassdom

The film KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM follows three best friends (Peter Dinklage, Steve Zahn and Ryan Kwanten) and dedicated LARPers (Live Action Role Players) as they take to the woods to reenact a dungeons and dragons-like scenario fresh out of the mythical Middle Ages. Trouble arises after they unwittingly conjure up some serious evil in the form of a blood-lusting Succubus, from the pits of hell.

Fantasy and reality collide on the Fields of Evermore in an all-out epic battle of make-believe wizards, demons and assorted mythical creatures. Their courage and friendship is put to the test as they attempt to vanquish the evil they have summoned. Will the group prove to simply be foam sword-wielding LARPers, or true “Knights of Badassdom?”

Peter Dinklage, Mark Burton, Danny Pudi, Matt Wall, Joe Lynch, Steve Zahn, Ryan Kwanten, Summer Glau

Comedy Horror

Run & Jump Movie Poster

Run & Jump

Run & Jump follows Vanetia Casey (Maxine Peake), the spirited and impossibly optimistic center of the Casey family, who is struggling to get life back to normal after her 38 year-old husband, Conor (Edward MacLiam), suffers a rare stroke which changes his personality. Entering the emotional fray is buttoned-up American doctor, Ted Fielding (Will Forte), who arrives in Ireland to stay with them for two months: his research grant providing the Caseys with essential financial aid. Vanetia’s a dynamo, but with two young kids and both men in the house, she’s feeling bombarded and initially treats Ted and his study of Conor with resistance. Only when she observes Ted’s calming influence on the family does she begin to value his friendship, and, in return, Ted enjoys her heady, happy-go-lucky world. But Ted’s continued presence in the house sets the family on course for an emotional collision.

Edward MacLiam, Will Forte, Maxine Peake, Steph Green, Ailbhe Keogan, Sharon Horgan

Drama

Summer In February Movie Poster

Summer In February

A sweeping romance set at a bohemian artist colony on the picturesque coasts of pre-war England, Summer In February is based on the true story of painter Sir Alfred Munnings and his blue-blood best friend Gilbert. Born into a working-class family, Munnings rises to become one of the premiere British artists of his time, winning the affection of aristocratic beauty Florence Carter-Wood. But when Gilbert falls for Florence as well, a love triangle emerges with tragic consequences.

Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Christopher Menaul, Nicholas Farrell, Jonathan Smith, Michael Maloney, Hattie Morahan

Drama

Gimme Shelter Movie Poster

Gimme Shelter PG-13

Based on a true story that centers on 16-year-old Agnes "Apple" Bailey (Vanessa Hudgens), Gimme Shelter uncovers the struggle for survival and the hope of redemption through the harsh realities of life on the streets. As a pregnant teenager, Apple's journey plummets her into a perilous struggle until finding salvation in a suburban shelter for homeless teens. With provisions of unprecedented comfort, a collective sisterhood connection and female empowerment, the shelter elevates Apple to break the shackles of her past and inspires her to embrace the future with clarity, maturity and hope not only for herself but her unborn child.

Vanessa Hudgens, Brendan Fraser, Stephanie Szostak, Rosario Dawson, Jeff Rice, Dascha Polanco, Ann Dowd, Ron Krauss

Drama

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Enemies Closer Movie Poster

Enemies Closer R

After a major shipment of drugs goes missing on the US-Canadian border, forest ranger and former Navy SEAL Henry is plunged into survival mode when the drug cartel forces him to help retrieve the downed package. Trapped in the wilderness with no communication to the outside world, Henry finds himself face to face with Clay, a man with a personal vendetta against Henry who has returned for retribution. Now, the two mortal enemies must make a choice: put aside their past and work together, or die alone at the hands of the drug runners, a ruthless gang who will stop at nothing to retrieve their lost cargo.

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Orlando Jones, Peter Hyams, Tom Everett Scott, Linzey Cocker, Kristopher Van Varenberg

Thriller

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Movies Released Friday, January 31, 2014

Labor Day Movie Poster

Labor Day PG-13

Follows a 13-year-old Henry Wheeler, who struggles to be the man of his house and care for his reclusive mother Adele while confronting all the pangs of adolescence. On a back-to-school shopping trip, Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, a man both intimidating and clearly in need of help, who convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The events of this long Labor Day weekend will shape them for the rest of their lives.

Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire, Kate Winslet, Brighid Fleming, Russell Smith, Gattlin Griffith, Jason Reitman, Helen Estabrook

Drama

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That Awkward Moment Movie Poster

That Awkward Moment R

Follows three best friends who find themselves where we’ve all been– at that confusing "moment" in every dating relationship when you have to decide "So…where is this going?"

Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Zac Efron, Mackenzie Davis, Jason Barrett, Justin Nappi, Imogen Poots, Tom Gormican

Romantic Comedy

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Brightest Star Movie Poster

Brightest Star

Fresh out of college, a young man (Chris Lowell) is left devastated when the girl of his dreams dumps him. Refusing to move on, he devises a plan to transform himself into the man she desires. After resigning himself to working for the head of a company in corporate mediocrity (Clark Gregg), he falls for a hipster songstress (Jessica Szohr) who likes him as he is. As his path continues to unfold unexpectedly, the counsel of a kindred spirit astronomer (Allison Janney) helps him understand how to truly carve out a place in the universe.

Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Jessica Szohr, Rose McIver, Maggie Kiley, Clark Gregg, Peter Jacobson, Elvy Yost

Drama Comedy Romance

At Middleton Movie Poster

At Middleton R

Vera Farmiga and Andy Garcia play strangers who meet while escorting their teen children to campus-tour day at a mythical college named Middleton. They clash immediately, ditch the tour and through a series of escapades find themselves sliding helplessly into love and something far more than they ever imagined.

Vera Farmiga, Nicholas Braun, Tom Skerritt, Spencer Lofranco, Adam Rodgers, Glenn German, Taissa Farmiga, Andy Garcia

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Armistice Movie Poster

Armistice

In the role of Royal Marine, A.J. Budd, Joseph Morgan stars in this brutal psychological and supernatural thriller, in which he finds himself trapped in the Warhouse. Imprisoned, he is forced to fight for his life against grotesque, inhuman opponents. He must kill every day or die himself. His one glimmer of hope comes in the form of a diary, left by a former occupant of the house, WWI Lieutenant Edward Sterling, played by Matt Ryan.

Benjamin Read, Luke Massey, Joseph Morgan, Matt Ryan, William Troughton

Thriller

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Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage Movie Poster

Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage PG-13

When the Sultan's first born is taken by an evil sorcerer, Sinbad is tasked with traveling to a desert of magic and creatures to save her.

Patrick Stewart, Shahin Sean Solimon, David Winning, Sadie Alexandru, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Said Faraj, Marco Khan, Mariam Vardani

Action Adventure Fantasy

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Tim's Vermeer Movie Poster

Tim's Vermeer PG-13

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer ("Girl with a Pearl Earring") manage to paint so photo-realistically -- 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers. Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces; on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney; and eventually even to Buckingham Palace, to see the Queen's Vermeer.

Documentary

Best Night Ever Movie Poster

Best Night Ever R

Bride-to-be Claire, her sister Leslie, fun-loving Zoe, and quirky new friend Janet set off to Las Vegas for a one-night bachelorette party that turns out to be more than they bargained for. A series of unexpected adventures including, getting kicked out of a strip club, being mugged and getting pummeled by the Las Vegas’ reigning gelatin-wrestling champion, Veronica, rip them from the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas strip and places them smack dab in Vegas’ seedy underbelly. Determined to keep their bachelorette party dreams alive, the girls band together and embark on the wildest night in bachelorette party history. Fueled by sex and booze, this raunchy, riotously hilarious, out-of-control, blow-out is, for better or worse, all caught on tape. And is destined to go down as the Best Night Ever.

Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg, Eddie Ritchard, Desiree Hall, Samantha Colburn, Crista Flanagan

Comedy Spoof

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