Genre:Comedy/Drama/Science-Fiction Director: Joshua Trank Starring: Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly Synopsis: Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to them developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities, and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over. Release date: Fri 03, Feb 2012
Title: Journey to the Mysterious Island
Genre: Adventure/Science-Fiction/Fantasy Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Josh Hutcherson Synopsis: Intrepid young explorer Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) traces a mysterious distress signal to a remote island that isn't on any map, and he embarks on a daring rescue mission while encountering a vast array of mythological creatures in this follow-up to 2008's Journey to the Center of the Earth. Joined by his new stepfather (Dwayne Johnson), an adventure-seeking helicopter pilot (Luis Guzman), and the pilot's headstrong daughter (Vanessa Hudgens), Sean navigates the crumbling stone corridors of Atlantis and comes face-to-face with bizarre life-forms while on a mission to track down his long-missing grandfather (Michael Caine). Later, as seismic shock waves threaten mass destruction, the group must race to escape the otherworldly paradise before the ocean swallows it up.
Release date: Fri 10, Feb 2012
Title: Rampart
Genre: Crime/Drama Director: Oren Moverman Starring: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Ice Cube, Steve Buscemi, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright Synopsis: Director Oren Moverman reteams with Woody Harrelson for Rampart, a brutally honest portrait of a corrupt Los Angeles police officer. Dave Brown (Harrelson) is already the focus of much internal investigation when he's caught on tape beating a black man, sending his already unstable career into a further tailspin. Dave lives with his wife and his ex-wife, who happen to be sisters, but that doesn't stop him from picking up women in bars and going to bed with a lawyer who may or may not be investigating him. As his life spirals out of control, Dave makes one last desperate grab for cash. Co-written by Moverman and crime novelist James Ellroy, Rampart played at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. Release date: Fri 10, Feb 2012
Title: Safe House
Genre: Action/Thriller Director: Daniel Espinosa Starring: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Tim McGraw synopsis: A rookie CIA operative goes on the run with a rogue former intelligence officer after a South African safe house comes under attack by heavily armed mercenaries. Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA agent just waiting for the perfect opportunity to prove himself. But that's no easy task when you've been cooped up in an empty Cape Town safe house for a whole year. Weston realizes that a prime opportunity is headed his way, however, when he learns that former agent Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) has been captured after nearly a decade on the run. Frost is about to become Weston's one and only guest at the safe house, and the fledgling agent is determined to handle the situation like a true professional. But by selling U.S. secrets to countries like North Korea, Frost has made more than his fair share of enemies in high places, and shortly after he arrives at the safe house, all hell breaks loose. A small army of gunmen are determined to see Frost dead. Meanwhile, Weston will do everything in his power to protect Frost, regardless of his crimes. Now Weston's only hope for getting out of this alive is to find out who's gunning for them, and seek out someone he can trust before it's too late. Release date: Fri 10, Feb 2012
Title: The Vow
Genre: Drama/Romance Director: Michael Sucsy Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum Synopsis: A husband endeavors to win back his new bride's heart after she loses her memory in a tragic car accident in this romantic drama starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum. Release date: Fri 10, Feb 2012
Title: This Means War
Genre: Action/Comedy/Romance Director: McG Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy Synopsis: Two top CIA spies (Star Trek's Chris Pine and Inception's Tom Hardy) find their enduring friendship put to the ultimate test when they engage in an all-out war to win the affections of a beautiful woman (Reese Witherspoon). Chelsea Handler and Til Schweiger co-star in a comedy co-written by Simon Kinberg (Sherlock Holmes) and Timothy Dowling (Role Models) and directed by McG (Charlie's Angels, Terminator Salvation). Release date: Tue 14, Feb 2012
Title: Gone
Genre: Thriller Director: Heitor Dhalia Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, Erin Carufel Synopsis: Jill (Amanda Seyfried) is convinced that the serial murderer who kidnapped her two years ago has returned and has taken her sister this time. She tries to get the authorities to help but without evidence, they don't believe her. With time running out, Jill decides she has to find her sister on her own even if it means coming face to face with her abductor. Release date: Fri 24, Feb 2012
Title: Wanderlust
Genre: Comedy Director: David Wain Starring: Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Ken Marino, Malin Akerman, Lauren Ambrose, Joe Lo Truglio, Kerri Kenney, Kathryn Hahn, Ray Liotta, Alan Alda Synopsis: A woman faces some difficult choices when she's forced to live in a whole new way in this independent drama. With her family in the midst of a crisis, Kelley sets out to find her brother Dennis, a ne'er do well drifter who is currently living on a tiny island of the coast of Chile. Dennis, who has fallen in with a pack of fellow nomads, isn't interested in going back to California, and tricks Kelley into missing her flight off the island, which means she'll be stranded there for another three weeks, much to her annoyance. But as the days go by, Kelley begins to warm to the carefree vibe of the island, and she becomes infatuated with Craig, one of Dennis' new friends, forcing her to decide if she should look to her own desires or the needs of her family.
January 2012 movies Devil Inside Genre: Horror/Thriller
Directed by: William Brent Bell
Starring: Fernanda Andrade, Isabella Rossi, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Ionut Grama, Suzan Crowley, Bonnie Morgan, Brian Johnson, Preston James Hillier, D.T. Carney
Synopsis:A woman (Fernanda Andrade) recruits two young exorcists to help her determine whether her mother, who murdered three people, is mentally ill or possessed by demons. Release date: Fri 06, Jan 2012
Man on a Ledge Genre: Crime/Thriller Directed by: Asger Leth Starring: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Edward Burns, Genesis Rodriguez
Synopsis: An NYPD hostage negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) attempts to talk cop-turned-fugitive Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) down from a high ledge, but she learns that he may have a hidden motive for threatening to take his own life. A priceless diamond has been stolen, and the thieves responsible are using Nick as their scapegoat. An escaped convict with nowhere to run, Nick realizes that no one will believe he is innocent, and he decides to take extreme measures in order to expose the men who set him up. Stepping out on a ledge 25 stories above the bustling concrete streets of New York City, the notorious fugitive quickly becomes a media sensation as the entire world watches, awaiting his next move. Meanwhile, Nick's loyal brother races to help clear his sibling's name and ensure that the guilty pay for their crimes before the situation ends in tragedy. Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, and Ed Harris co-star. Release date: Fri 13, Jan 2012
The Divide Genre: Science-Fiction/Thriller/Action Directed by: Xavier Gens Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Ashton Holmes, Michael Biehn, Lauren German, Peter Stormare, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Eklund, Ivan Gonzalez
Synopsis: In this graphic and violent, post-apocalyptic thriller, nine strangers—all tenants of a New York high rise apartment—escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, and they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside. Release date: Fri 13, Jan 2012
Coriolanus Genre: Drama/Thriller/War Directed by: Ralph Fiennes Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain, Paul Jesson
Synopsis: Caius Martius ‘Coriolanus’ (Ralph Fiennes), a revered and feared Roman General is at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother Volumnia (Vanessa Redgrave) to seek the exalted and powerful position of Consul, he is loath to ingratiate himself with the masses whose votes he needs in order to secure the office. When the public refuses to support him, Coriolanus’s anger prompts a riot that culminates in his expulsion from Rome. The banished hero then allies himself with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler) to take his revenge on the city. Release date: Fri 20, Jan 2012
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Genre: Drama Directed by: Stephen Daldry Starring: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman
Synopsis: "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" transforms the carnage and unruly grief of Sept. 11, 2001, known to its preteen Upper West Side Manhattan protagonist as "The Worst Day," into an occasion for interborough healing and emotional encounters of the cheapest kind. If actors this good cannot overcome their material, then we can only say: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock … Max von Sydow, Zoe Caldwell, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, John Goodman… thanks for your honest efforts in the service of a fundamentally dishonest weepie. Release date: Fri 20, Jan 2012
Haywire Genre: Action/Thriller Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Gina Carano, Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender
Synopsis:Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive. Using her black-ops military training, she devises an ingenious--and dangerous--trap. But when things go haywire, Mallory realizes she'll be killed in the blink of an eye unless she finds a way to turn the tables on her ruthless adversary. Release date: Fri 20, Jan 2012
Underworld 4 Awakening Genre: Action/Fantasy/Thriller Directed by: Starring: Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy
Synopsis: When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species commences. The vampire warrioress Selene leads the battle against humankind. Release date: Fri 20, Jan 2012
One for the Money Genre: Action/Comedy Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason OMara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguiziamo, Debbie Reynolds, Debra Monk
Synopsis:A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum's got plenty of attitude, even if she's been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company...as a recovery agent. True, she doesn't even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but that doesn't stop Stephanie from taking on Vinny's biggest bail-jumper: former vice cop and murder suspect Joe Morelli - yup, the same sexy, irresistible Joe Morelli who seduced and dumped her back in high school. Nabbing Morelli would be satisfying payback - and a hefty payday - but as Stephanie learns the ins and outs of becoming a recovery agent from Ranger, a hunky colleague who's the best in the business, she also realizes the case against Morelli isn't airtight. Add to the mix her meddling family, a potentially homicidal boxer, witnesses who keep dying and the problem of all those flying sparks when she finds Morelli himself...well, suddenly Stephanie's new job isn't nearly as easy as she thought.
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