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Falcon Song Movie Poster

Falcon Song PG

Falcon Song is a 1980's style contemporary western in which a guitar playing drifter helps a rancher's granddaughter find her true calling. They soon find themselves in the middle of an age old land war.

Martin Kove, Jason Corgan Brown, Michelle Poteet Lisanti, Rainey Qualley, Gabriel Sunday

Western Family

The Love Punch Movie Poster

The Love Punch

A romantic caper about Richard (Brosnan) and Kate (Thompson), a divorced couple who, after their pension is stolen by an unscrupulous businessman, reunite to steal it back.

Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall, Joel Hopkins, Pierce Brosnan, Tim Perell, Louise Bourgoin

Romantic Comedy

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Movies Released Friday, May 2, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Movie Poster

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 PG-13

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation can’t come quickly enough. Peter hasn’t forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that’s a promise he just can’t keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past

Alex Kurtzman, Sally Field, Andrew Garfield, Roberto Orci, Avi Arad, Emma Stone, Paul Giamatti, Marc Webb

Drama Action Adventure

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4 / 5

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Walk of Shame Movie Poster

Walk of Shame R

After losing an audition for her dream job, an aspiring Los Angeles TV news anchor goes out for an uncharacteristic night of partying. She awakes in a stranger's bed to a phone message from her agent telling her the job is hers, if she can make it across town by 5 pm. Stranded in an unknown area without money, a phone, and a car, she embarks on a series of misadventures as she races to the most important job interview of her life.

Bill Burr, Elizabeth Banks, Tig Notaro, Sarah Wright, Tom Rosenberg, Ethan Suplee, James Marsden, Lawrence Gilliard Jr

Comedy

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In Theaters

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4 / 5

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Belle Movie Poster

Belle PG

Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.

Matthew Goode, Tom Felton, Miranda Richardson, Amma Asante, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Misan Sagay, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton

Drama True Story

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Limited Theaters

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4 / 5

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Beneath the Harvest Sky Movie Poster

Beneath the Harvest Sky

Casper (Emory Cohen) and Dominic (Callan McAuliffe) have been fiercely loyal friends since childhood. Desperate for a way out of their quiet town on the Maine-Canada border, the boys make a pact to pool their earnings on a car and hit the road. But when Casper is drawn into drug smuggling with his outlaw father (Aidan Gillen) to pay his share, their friendship is pushed to the brink and adult choices forced on them all too soon.

Emory Cohen, Aidan Gillen, Joe Cobden, Gita Pullapilly, Callan McAuliffe, W. Earl Brown, David Denman

Drama

Bad Johnson Movie Poster

Bad Johnson

Bad Johnson stars Cam Gigandet as Rich, a suave Chicago ladies’ man who refuses to take personal responsibility for his inability to maintain a lasting relationship. After his constant infidelities alienate yet another girlfriend (Jamie Chung), he wishes he could say goodbye to his ‘little friend.’ The next morning he awakes in horror to find that his wish has been granted and his penis has taken human form: A disgusting, selfish, oversexed jerk played by comedian Nick Thune. Pitted against his alter ego, Rich must figure out how to rein in his penis, both literally and figuratively, in order to finally learn what separates the men from their boys.

Nick Thune, Cam Gigandet, Jamie Chung, Huck Botko

Comedy

The Protector 2 Movie Poster

The Protector 2 R

Boss Suchart is the influential owner of a major elephant camp. When he was murdered in his own home – the killer delivered three fatal blows on his body – all evidence points to KHAM (Tony Jaa), who was present at the crime scene and was seen with the victim the moment before he died. Kham is forced to run as the police launch a pursuit.

Meanwhile, the twin nieces of Boss Suchart (Jija Yanin Wismitanan and Teerada Kittisiriprasert) are out for revenge. But luck is on Kham’s side when he runs into Sergeant MARK (Mum Jokmok), an Interpol agent sent to Thailand on a secret mission.

As Kham is hunted by several parties, he’s also desperately searching for KHON, his elephant, whose disappearance is involved with Boss Suchart’s death. In another twist, Kham is drawn into an underground fighting ring run by LC (RZA), a crime lord who’s obsessed with collecting top-class martial artists from around the world. LC’s fighters are branded only by numbers, such as the lethal, beautiful TWENTY (Ratha Pho-ngam) and the diabolical NO.2 (Marrese Crump). These fighters are ordered to defeat and capture Kham for a special mission that LC has in mind.

Tony Jaa, Prachya Pinkaew, Marrese Crump, Petchtai Wongkamlao, JeeJa Yanin

Action Sequel Crime

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Decoding Annie Parker Movie Poster

Decoding Annie Parker

A breast-cancer patient believes her illness has a genetic component. Researchers work to determine the role DNA plays in the deadly disease. Doctors dismiss her beliefs, but she is ahead of her time: The group's research eventually leads to the discovery of BRCA1, which is associated with breast and ovarian cancer.

Clark Peterson, Alice Eve, Rashida Jones, Aaron Paul, Samantha Morton, Bradley Whitford, Maggie Grace, Helen Hunt

Drama

Whitewash Movie Poster

Whitewash

In the harsh, wintry woods of rural Quebec, Bruce (Thomas Haden Church), a down-on-his-luck snowplow operator, accidentally kills a man during a drunken night joyride. Stricken with panic, he hides the body and takes to the deep wilderness in hopes of outrunning both the authorities and his own conscience.

But as both begin to close in, Bruce falls apart mentally and morally and mysteries unravel to reveal who he was before the accident, the truth behind his victim, and the circumstances that brought them together in a single moment.

Thomas Haden Church, Marc Lebrèche

Thriller

Mr. Jones Movie Poster

Mr. Jones PG-13

Scott (Jon Foster) and Penny (Sarah Jones) just moved to a remote cabin to escape the pressures of the world and breathe new life into their art. But they’ll soon discover they are not alone: an infamously reclusive artist – known only as ‘Mr. Jones’ – lives nearby. He doesn’t like to be disturbed, and only comes out at night when he drags his strange, sinister sculptures deep into the woods. When Scott and Penny’s curiosity leads them too close for Mr. Jones’ comfort, he plunges the young couple into a nightmare world of mayhem, madness and mind-bending terror.

Sarah Jones, Jon Foster, Karl Mueller, Ross Dinerstein

Horror

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Los Angeles Theaters

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3 / 5

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Movies Released Friday, May 9, 2014

Chef Movie Poster

Chef R

The story of Carl Casper (Jon Favreau), who loses his chef job and cooks up a food truck business in hopes of reestablishing his artistic promise. At the same time, he tries to reconnect with his estranged family.

Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Oliver Platt, Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Amy Sedaris, Sergei Bespalov, Karen Gilchrist

Comedy

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4 / 5

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Neighbors Movie Poster

Neighbors R

Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne lead the cast of Neighbors, a comedy about a young couple suffering from arrested development who are forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby.

Jake Johnson, Zac Efron, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, Carla Gallo, Dave Franco, Nicholas Stoller, Rose Byrne

Comedy

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3 / 5

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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Movie Poster

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return PG

The plot begins as Dorothy returns to Kansas to find it devastated by the tornado that sent her to Oz. Before she can react to the destruction of her home, she is transported back to Oz, where her three friends (Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man) have disappeared. She meets a charming man made of marshmallows who can’t quite think for himself, a tiny china doll princess whose bossiness is a cover for her fragility, and a tugboat with as many personalities as he has pieces. Dorothy must help this group band together against the Jester, a wicked new villain who believes that all of Oz should be under his control. How will Dorothy and her new companions work together in a seemingly disastrous time to restore Oz to the place we all know and love?

Oliver Platt, Kelsey Grammer, Dan St. Pierre, Dan Aykroyd, Megan Hilty, Hugh Dancy, Will Finn, Adam Balsam

Fantasy Family Animated

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3 / 5

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God's Pocket Movie Poster

God's Pocket

Set in the gritty blue-collar neighborhood of God's Pocket, a man's crazy stepson is killed in a construction "accident" and the man quickly tries to bury the bad news with the body. But when a local columnist comes sniffing around for the truth, things go from bad to worse. The man finds himself stuck in a life and death struggle between a body he can’t bury, a wife he can’t please and a debt he can’t pay.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro, John Slattery, Alex Metcalf

Drama Adaptation

Moms' Night Out Movie Poster

Moms' Night Out PG

All Allyson and her friends want is a peaceful, grown-up evening of dinner and conversation . . . a long-needed moms' night out. But in order to enjoy high heels, adult conversation and food not served in a paper bag, they need their husbands to watch the kids for three hours—what could go wrong?

Sean Astin, Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin, Trace Adkins, Patricia Heaton, Robert Amaya, Sarah Drew, David Hunt

Comedy

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4 / 5

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The Hornet's Nest Movie Poster

The Hornet's Nest

Armed only with cameras, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning conflict Journalist Mike Boettcher, and his son, Carlos, provide unprecedented access into the longest war in U.S. history. Mike and Carlos embed with U.S. Forces fighting on the front lines in Afghanistan, amidst the constant threat of the Taliban. They are the only Father and Son Journalist Team to ever embed with the US Frontline Armed Forces due to the extreme danger involved.

David Salzberg, Christian Tureaud

Drama Action War

Palo Alto Movie Poster

Palo Alto R

Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April (Emma Roberts), torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach (James Franco) and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy (Jack Kilmer); Emily (Zoe Levin), who offers sexual favors to any boy to cross her path; and the increasingly dangerous exploits of Teddy and his best friend Fred (Nat Wolff), whose behavior may or may not be sociopathic.

Emma Roberts, James Franco, Val Kilmer, Chris Messina, Nat Wolff, Gia Coppola, Christian Madsen

Drama

The Double Movie Poster

The Double R

Jesse Eisenberg plays Simon, a timid, isolated man who’s overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams (Mia Wasikowska). The arrival of a new co-worker, James (also played by Eisenberg), serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.

Richard Ayoade, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Noah Taylor, Rade Serbedzija, James Fox, Amina Dasmal, Wallace Shawn

Drama Comedy

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Limited Theaters

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3 / 5

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Devil's Knot Movie Poster

Devil's Knot

In 1993, West Memphis, Arkansas was rocked by the brutal murders of three 8-year old boys playing in the woods. The police quickly accused three teenage boys, claiming they killed the children as part of a satanic ritual. Professional investigator, Ron Lax, volunteered to represent the accused and was shocked to find that the case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence, prejudiced assumptions of the teenagers' love of goth culture and heavy metal music. He watched in horror as his clients were put on death row as he discovered something far more scary...the truth.

Reese Witherspoon, Clark Peterson, Scott Derrickson, Colin Firth, Kevin Durand, Richard Saperstein, Christopher Woodrow, Alessandro Nivola

Drama Biography Adaptation

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3 / 5

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Stage Fright Movie Poster

Stage Fright

Follows a starry-eyed teenager Camilla Swanson who aspires to follow in the footsteps of her Broadway diva mother. Instead she's stuck working in the kitchen of a snobby performing arts camp. Determined to change her destiny, she sneaks in to audition for the summer showcase and lands a lead role in the play, but just as rehearsals begin, blood starts to spill, and Camilla soon finds herself terrified by the horror of musical theater.

Minnie Driver, Meat Loaf, Douglas Smith, Jerome Sable, Allie MacDonald, Kent Nolan, Brandon Uranowitz, Melanie Leishman

Horror Musical

Tarzan 3D Movie Poster

Tarzan 3D

A baby boy is born in the jungles of Africa to a stranded English aristocratic couple. When they are killed, the infant is adopted and raised by a clan of apes. He discovers his true origins when he comes upon the cabin of his late parents.

Spencer Locke, Kellan Lutz, Robert Kulzer, Jaime Ray Newman, Holger Tappe, Reinhard Klooss, Yoni Brenner, Jessica Postigo

Drama Action Adventure

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Limited Theaters

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3 / 5

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Fed Up Movie Poster

Fed Up PG

The film follows a group of obsese children for more than two years as they try to lose weight.

Stephanie Soechtig, Katie Couric, Regina Scully, Heather Reisman, Michael Walrath

Documentary

Movies Released Friday, May 16, 2014

Million Dollar Arm Movie Poster

Million Dollar Arm PG

In a last ditch effort to save his career as a sports agent, JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm) concocts a scheme to find baseball’s next great pitching ace. Hoping to find a young cricket pitcher he can turn into a Major League Baseball star, JB travels to India to produce a reality show competition called “Million Dollar Arm.” With the help of a cantankerous but eagle-eyed retired baseball scout (Alan Arkin) he discovers Dinesh (played by Madhur Mittal) and Rinku (played by Suraj Sharma), two 18 year old boys who have no idea about playing baseball, yet have a knack for throwing a fastball. Hoping to sign them to major league contracts and make a quick buck, JB brings the boys home to America to train. While the Americans are definitely out of their element in India — the boys, who have never left their rural villages — are equally challenged when they come to the States. As the boys learn the finer points of baseball — JB, with the help of his charming friend Brenda (Lake Bell) — learns valuable life lessons about teamwork, commitment and what it means to be a family.

Mitch Glazer, Craig Gillespie, Jon Hamm, Alan Arkin, Gordon Gray, Joe Roth, Mark Ciardi, Tom McCarthy

Drama Sports

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3 / 5

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Godzilla Movie Poster

Godzilla PG-13

The film retells the origin of Godzilla in contemporary times as a "terrifying force of nature".

Elizabeth Olsen, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Ken Watanabe, David S. Goyer, Gareth Edwards, Bryan Cranston, Thomas Tull

Action Adventure Sequel

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4 / 5

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The Immigrant Movie Poster

The Immigrant R

In search of the American dream, Ewa Cybulski and her sister, Magda, sail to Ellis Island, only to be separated when Magda falls ill. With nowhere to go, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who forces her to perform in his nightly burlesque show. There she encounters the dazzling magician Orlando, who sweeps her off her feet and becomes her only chance to reunite with her sister and escape the nightmare.

Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Renner, Christopher Woodrow, Bruno Wu, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Dagmara Dominczyk

Drama Romance Period

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Limited Theaters

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3 / 5

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A Night in Old Mexico Movie Poster

A Night in Old Mexico

: Forced to abandon his ranch and land, Red Bovie (Robert Duvall) rejecting the impulse to become complacent in his old age, hops in his Cadillac and hightails it to Mexico while Gally (Jeremy Irvine) Red’s grandson which he has just met, sits shotgun on his grandfather’s brash adventure to learn more about him. Grandfather and grandson start a journey through their respective dreams with a frenzied stop in a Mexican town where they meet Patty (Angie Cepeda), who sees in them the hope for a better life.

Robert Duvall, Bill Wittliff, Emilo Aragon, Jeremy Irvine, Angie Cepeda, Luis Tosar, Jim Parrack

Drama Western

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3 / 5

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Don Peyote Movie Poster

Don Peyote NR

A midlife crisis over his upcoming wedding sends 32-year-old unemployed stoner Warren Allman on the drug trip of a lifetime in this off-the-wall comedy starring Dan Fogler, Josh Duhamel, Jay Baruchel and a host of celebrity cameos. Fueled by vivid apocalyptic dreams, Warren becomes obsessed with Doomsday theories and decides to make a documentary on the subject while his fiancé is busy planning their wedding.

Dan Fogler, Josh Duhamel, Wallace Shawn, Michael Canzoniero, Jay Baruchel

Comedy

Wolf Creek 2 Movie Poster

Wolf Creek 2

Lured by the promise of an authentic Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site's most infamous local, the last man any traveler to the vast and isolated region ever wants to meet: Mick Taylor.

Aaron Sterns, Greg McLean, Matt Hearn, John Jarratt

Sequel Thriller Horror

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4 / 5

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Half of a Yellow Sun Movie Poster

Half of a Yellow Sun

Based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel about Biafra's struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria.

Thandiwe Newton, Andrea Calderwood, Gail Egan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle, Biyi Bandele, John Boyega

Drama

Movies Released Friday, May 23, 2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past Movie Poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past PG-13

The story is partially set in an alternate future where surviving mutants have been penned in concentration camps, giant robots called Sentinels patrol America, and most of the X-Men have been hunted and killed. In the present day, the X-Men were forced to stop a key event from unfolding in order to keep that future from occurring.

Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, Peter Dinklage, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page, Omar Sy

Action Adventure Sequel

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4 / 5

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Blended Movie Poster

Blended PG-13

After a disastrous blind date, single parents Lauren (Drew Barrymore) and Jim (Adam Sandler) agree on only one thing: they never want to see each other again. But when they each sign up separately for a fabulous family vacation with their kids, they are all stuck sharing a suite at a luxurious African safari resort for a week.

Adam Sandler, Bella Thorne, Emma Fuhrmann, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Lauren Lapkus, Terry Crews, Mike Karz

Comedy Romantic Comedy

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4 / 5

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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn Movie Poster

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn R

Some people have bad days. Henry Altmann (Williams) has one every day. Always unhappy and angry at the world including everyone in it, Henry sits impatiently at the doctor’s office when he is finally seen by Dr. Sharon Gill (Kunis). Sharon, who is enduring her own bad day, reveals that Henry has a brain aneurysm. This news makes Henry even angrier, yelling at Sharon he demands to know how much time he has left. Faced with Henry’s anger and insults, Sharon abruptly tells him he has only 90 minutes. Shocked and reeling by this news, Henry storms out of the office leaving Sharon stunned by what she has just done in a lapse of judgment. As Sharon goes on a city-wide search, Henry struggles with his diagnosis, determined to make amends with everyone he has hurt in his life.

Peter Dinklage, Mila Kunis, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, Phil Alden Robinson, Daniel Taplitz, Robin Williams, James Earl Jones

Drama Comedy

Words and Pictures Movie Poster

Words and Pictures PG-13

Prep school English teacher Jack Marcus (Clive Owen) laments his students' obsession with social media and good grades - as opposed to rigorous engagement with language. A one-time literary star, Jack has not published in years. He's let the school's literary magazine fall into ruin. He's estranged from his son. In short, Jack has much to despair of, and when Jack despairs, Jack drinks. A lot. Jack's drunken behaviour has been bad enough to have him banned from a local upscale pub.

Dina Delsanto (Juliette Binoche) is an abstract painter. Like Jack, she was once celebrated for her art, but the onset of arthritis has made the physical act of painting too painful to bear. Jack finds Dina attractive but icy; he flirts with and provokes her with equal relish.

Valerie Tian, Clive Owen, Bruce Davison, Juliette Binoche, Fred Schepisi, Keegan Connor Tracy, Amy Brenneman

Drama Comedy

Movies Released Friday, May 30, 2014

Maleficent Movie Poster

Maleficent PG

“Maleficent” is the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal—an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.

Angelina Jolie, Juno Temple, Matt Smith, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Miranda Richardson, Robert Stromberg, Sharlto Copley

Adventure Fantasy Remake

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A Million Ways to Die in the West Movie Poster

A Million Ways to Die in the West R

Follows a cowardly sheep farmer (Seth MacFarlane) who chickens out of a gunfight and sees his girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried) leave him for another man. When a mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) rides into town, she helps him find his courage. But when her outlaw husband arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test. Liam Neeson will play Theron's outlaw husband.

Amanda Seyfried, Scott Stuber, Liam Neeson, Wellesley Wild, Charlize Theron, Neil Patrick Harris, Wes Studi, Seth MacFarlane

Comedy Western

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3 / 5

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We Are The Best Movie Poster

We Are The Best

Revolves around three girls in 1980s Stockholm who decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.

Drama Period

Party Central Movie Poster

Party Central

In the short, Mike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley have come up with a plan to make sure “Party Central” is the most epic party the school has ever seen.

Animated

Filth Movie Poster

Filth

Follows Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson, a scheming, manipulative, misanthropic man who spends his time indulging in drugs, alcohol, sexually abusive relationships, and 'the games' – cruel plots and systematic bullying of his coworkers and friends. While working on the murder case of a Japanese student, he starts coming unhinged, slowly losing his grip on reality and suffering from a series of increasingly severe hallucinations as he desperately tries to hold his life together.

James McAvoy, Eddie Marsan, Jim Broadbent, Imogen Poots, Jamie Bell, Jon S. Baird, Iain De Caestecker, Emun Elliott

Drama Comedy Crime

The Grand Seduction Movie Poster

The Grand Seduction

The film centers on the small harbor of Tickle Cove, which is in dire need of a doctor so the town can land a contract to secure a factory that will save the town from financial ruin. Village resident Murray French (Gleeson) leads the search, and when he finds Dr. Paul Lewis (Kitsch) he employs — along with the whole town — tactics to seduce the doctor to stay permanently.

Taylor Kitsch, Don McKellar, Brendan Gleeson, Ken Scott, Liane Balaban

Comedy

Night Moves Movie Poster

Night Moves

The story of three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam-the very source and symbol of the energy-sucking, resource-devouring industrial culture they despise.

Harmon is a former Marine, radicalized by tours of duty overseas. His life in the military is behind him, but at heart he remains the same reckless alpha male he always was, eager for adventure, excited by the prospect of mayhem and destruction. Dena is a high society dropout, sickened by the consumer economy into which she was born. She's moved west and cut ties with her family, edging ever deeper into radical politics. And Josh, their leader, is a self-made militant, devoted to the protection of the Earth by any means necessary. A son of the middle class who works on an organic farm, he's an intensely private person by nature and may have the deepest convictions of them all.

Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Eisenberg, Kelly Reichardt

Thriller

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