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 Joyful Noice
Release Date: Jan 13, 2012
Rated: [Rated pg-13] Some language including a sexual reference
Runtime: 1 hr. 58 min.
Genres: Music/Performing Arts
Synopsis
Hard times have fallen on Pacashau, Ga., but the townspeople have faith that
the Divinity Church Choir will lift their spirits by winning a
national competition. The choir has always made beautiful music, but
now, its two leading ladies have hit a sour note. Vi Rose (Queen
Latifah) believes that a traditional style is the key to victory, but
G.G. (Dolly Parton) thinks tried-and-true means tired-and-old. The two
singers must find a harmonious chord or risk losing everything.
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|  Miss Bala
Release Date: Jan 20, 2012
Rated: [Rated r] Some brutal violence, language and sexuality
Runtime: 1 hr. 53 min.
Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama
Synopsis
MISS BALA tells the story of Laura, a young woman whose aspirations of
becoming a beauty queen turn against her, delivering her into the hands
of a gang that’s terrorizing northern Mexico. Although Laura succeeds
in winning the beauty queen crown, her experiences as an unwilling
participant in Mexico’s violent drug war leave her shaken and
transformed.Note: Film is presented in Spanish with English subtitles.
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Haywire
Release Date: Jan 13, 2012
Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min.
Genres: Art House/Foreign, Suspense/Thriller
Director:Xavier Gens
Synopsis
Mixedmartial arts fighter Gina Carano makes her feature-film debut as a lethal government contractor who's betrayed by her own agency in this action thriller from writer Lem Dobbs (The Limey) and director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Contagion). Mallory Kane (Carano) is the woman the U.S. government calls on to take care of their dirty work. She's fast,
efficient, and -- perhaps most important of all -- clean. But when Mallory makes the mistake of saving a Chinese journalist from certain death, she becomes an enemy to the very same government she once
served. Mallory isn't going down without a fight, though, and after a close brush with death, she realizes that the only way to save her own life is to reveal the government's deception. Now, as assassins close infrom all sides in an ominous attempt to silence her forever, Mallory sets a trap and races to reveal a massive deception that threatens global stability. Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, and Bill Paxton co-star.
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 The Divide
Release Date: Jan 13, 2012
Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min.
Genres: Art House/Foreign, Suspense/Thriller
Director:Xavier Gens
Cast:Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney Vance, Michael Eklund. Full cast + crew
Synopsis
In the wake of a disaster, the tenants of an apartment building turn on one another in this thriller from director Xavier Gens. New York is hit by an unexpected nuclear attack, and Eva (Lauren German) and her husband Sam (Ivan Gonzalez) rush to the basement of their apartment block, believing the cellar is their best bet for safety. They
soon discover the basement is the domain of building manager Mickey (Michael Biehn), who is a survivor of the 9/11 attacks and doesn't put much trust in anyone. Convinced venturing outside will kill them all, Mickey refuses to let anyone leave, and Eva and Sam are trapped with macho bully Josh (Milo Ventimigila), Josh's soft-spoken brother Adrien (Ashton Holmes), loudmouth Bobby (Michael Eklund), high-strung single mother Marilyn (Rosanna Arquette), Marilyn's daughter Wendy (Abbey Thickson), and an impatient
man named Delvin (Courtney B. Vance). As the days in the basement turn to weeks and supplies of food and water run low, the neighbors become increasingly tense and violent; eventually, the men and women form cliques and turn against one another. The Divide received its world premiere at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival.
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Release Date: Jan 04, 2012
Rated: [Rated nr]
Runtime: 2 hr. 30 min.
Genres: Drama
Director:Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Cast:Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Firat Tanis, Ercan Kesal.
Synopsis
A night spent gathering evidence of a killing reveals a great deal about both the criminals and the men bringing them to justice in this drama from Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Kenan (Firat Tanis) and Ramazan (Burhan Yildiz) are two men who have confessed to murder, and Naci (Yilmaz Erdogan) is the police detective who has been
assigned to wrap up the details of the case. With several of his colleagues in tow, Naci heads out to the woods with the killers in order to find and recover the body. However, Kenan and Ramazan's memories about the night of the killing are foggy, and it takes far longer than anyone expected to arrive at the scene of the crime. Over the course of a long night, the men talk about many different aspects of life, and their conversation explores their attitudes about life in Turkey and the human condition in general.
Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (aka Once Upon a Time In Anatolia) was an official selection at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
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 The Devil Inside
Release Date: Jan 06, 2012
Genres: Horror, Suspense/Thriller
Director:William Brent Bell
Cast:Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth.
Synopsis
A young woman learns that her mother committed multiple murders during an exorcism, and travels to Rome with a film crew on a mission to uncover the truth about that horrific incident in this found-footage-style possession shocker from director William Brent Bell. As a young girl, Isabella Rossi (Fernanda Andrade) had been led to believe that the killings were committed
after her mother flew into a psychotic rage. But when Isabella finds evidence indicating that an exorcism was being conducted at the time, she enlists a film crew to follow her to Italy in search of the truth. In order to gain a better understanding of the spiritual plight that her mother endured, Isabella and her crew attend a series of unsanctioned exorcisms that become increasingly terrifying.
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Contraband
Release Date: Jan 13, 2012
Genres:Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller
Director:Baltasar Kormákur
Cast:Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas. Full cast + crew
Synopsis
Mark Wahlber leads the cast of a contraband.
Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best -- running contraband -- to settle Andy's debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian, to head
to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills.
Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach the cash, Chris must use his rusty skills to successfully navigate a treacherous criminal network of brutal drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife, Kate, and sons become their target.
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 The Adventures of Tintin
Release Date: Dec 21, 2011 RealD 3D
Rated: [Rated pg] Adventure action violence, some drunkenness and brief smoking
Runtime: 1 hr. 47 min.
Genres: Action/Adventure, Animated
Director:Steven Spielberg
Cast:Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg. Full cast +crew
Synopsis
Director Steven Spielberg kicks off the big-screen Tintin trilogy with this computer-animated, motion-capture adaptation of Herge's beloved Tintin comic strip. Produced by Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and Kathleen Kennedy, the first installment in the series finds adventure-seeking Belgian reporter Tintin (voiced by Jamie Bell) and surly Captain Haddock (voiced by Andy
Serkis) racing to recover a treasure that was lost at sea four centuries ago. Meanwhile, the malevolent Red Rackham (voiced by Daniel Craig) is determined to beat them to it. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Toby Jones provide additional voices for a film written by Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, and Steven Moffat.
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 New Years Eve
Release Date: Dec 09, 2011
Rated: [Rated pg-13] Language and Sexual References
Genres: Comedy
Director:Garry Marshall
Cast:Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Robert De Niro.
Synopsis
Director Garry Marshall follows up his surprise hit Valentine's Day with this all-star ensemble film featuring a cast that includes Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, and Ashton Kutcher. Synopsis
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 The Sitter
Release Date: Dec 09, 2011
Rated: [Rated R] Crude and sexual content, pervasive language, drug material and some violence
Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min.
Genres: Comedy
Director:David Gordon Green
Cast:Jonah Hill, Sam Rockwell, Ari Graynor, Max Records, J.B. Smoove. Full cast + crew
Synopsis
A college dropout becomes a babysitter to make some quick cash, and takes his three young charges on an epic urban adventure in this comedy from director David Gordon Green (George Washington, Pineapple Express). Noah (Jonah Hill) isn't a babysitter, but he'll do just about anything for a little extra cash in his wallet. Shortly after
he's hired to look after three young children, though, Noah gets a call from his girlfriend promising sex in exchange for drugs. Desperate and horny, the irresponsible sitter packs his unsuspecting wards into the car and heads for the seedy part of town. Before Noah can think twice the whole night has gone to hell, and he's on the run from a pair of murderous drug dealers (Sam Rockwell and J.B. Smoove) with no qualms about shooting at small targets. Ari Graynor, Max Records, and Method Man co-star.
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 Crazy Wisdom
Release Date: Nov 25, 2011
Runtime: 1 hr. 29 min.
Genres: Documentary
Director:Johanna Demetrakas
Cast:Allen Ginsberg, Pema Chodron, Ram Dass.
Synopsis
We speak casually of good parking karma, Samsara is a perfume, and Nirvana is a rock band. A recent survey by Germany's Der Spiegel revealed that Germans like the Dalai Lama more than their native-born Pope Benedict XVI. Tibetan Buddhism is doubling its numbers faster than any other religion in Australia and the U.S.A. How did it happen? CRAZY WISDOM
explores this profound cultural shift through the story of Chogyam Trungpa, the brilliant "bad boy of Buddhism." Born in Tibet, trained in their rigorous monastic tradition, Trungpa fled the Communist invasion in 1959. In Britain, seeing the cultural gap blocked his students from any deep understanding of Buddhism, he renounced his vows, eloped with a sixteen year-old, and lived as a westerner. In the U.S., he openly drank alcohol and had intimate relations with students.
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