COLOMBIANA
(TriStar) Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis, Callum Blue, Jordi Molla, Max Martini, Lennie James, Graham McTavish. Directed by Olivier Megaton
A young woman who witnesses the assassination of her parents is trained to become an assassin herself by her uncle. She continues to work for her uncle as a killer, all the while searching for the identity of those responsible for the deaths of her parents. Her pursuit will lead her to some dark, dangerous places..
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Action
Rating: PG-13 (for violence, disturbing images, intense sequences of action, sexuality and brief strong language)
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
(FilmDistrict) Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson. A young family moves into a spooky old house where the little girl is menaced by dark forces. Based on the 1973 made-for-television movie that some believe is one of the best horror movies ever made for any medium.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Horror
Rating: R (for violence and terror)
The Guard
(Sony Classics) Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham. An Irish cop who is dealing with a local drug smuggling ring joins forces with a straight-laced FBI agent who gets involved when those smugglers turn out to be part of a larger operation.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Crime Comedy
Rating: R (for pervasive language, some violence, drug material and sexual content)
Our Idiot Brother
(Weinstein) Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer. The perennially cheerful but completely lacking in sense or smarts is forced to live with each of his uptight sisters who are disgusted with his upbeat attitude. However the longer he spends time with them the more they realize that he may be a lot smarter than they gave him credit for.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG (for mild action and rude humor)
Sarah’s Key
(Weinstein) Kristin Scott Thomas, Melusine Mayance, Aidan Quinn, Niels Arestrup. The life of a modern-day American journalist is entwined with that of a 10-year-old French girl in Nazi-occupied France. The little girl hides her little brother in a closet with a promise to come back for him shortly, a promise that echoes into modern day France as the journalist uncovers disturbing information regarding the French round up of Jews.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material including disturbing situations involving the Holocaust)
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