INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2
(FilmDistrict) Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Danielle Bisutti, Leigh Whannell, Steve Coulter, Angus Sampson. Directed by James Wan
Following the events of Insidious the Lambert family thinks the terror is behind them. However, little do they know that they were signed to do a sequel and the supernatural forces that bedeviled them in the first film aren’t done with them yet. Not only are they back but they are more frightening than ever – which is good news for gorehounds looking for a pre-Halloween scarefest.
See the trailer, clips and a featurette here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Release formats: Standard (opens Thursday)
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of terror and violence, and thematic elements)
Austenland
(Sony Classics) Keri Russell, Jane Seymour, James Callis, Jennifer Coolidge. A New Yorker with a not-so-secret passion for the world of Jane Austen, finds herself the perfect vacation – an English resort in a Regency-era estate which has been outfitted to take their guests back to that time, complete with actors playing the characters from the novel. But as she flirts and finds her perfect nirvana, perhaps someone will turn out to be her perfect Mr. Darcy.
See the trailer and clips here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Release formats: Standard
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (for some suggestive content and innuendo)
The Family
(Relativity) Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron. A mafia boss who testified against the mob has been in witness protection but that doesn’t mean they’re safe. Unruly, unable to give up their life of crime and mayhem despite the danger it puts them in, their exasperated handler puts them in a house in rural France but even there they can’t get past that they’re most definitely not in Brooklyn anymore. And as the mob closes in on them, they realize they have no other place to go.
See the trailer, clips and a featurette here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Release formats: Standard
Genre: Crime Action Comedy
Rating: R (for violence, language and brief sexuality)
The Investigator
(Gabriel’s Messenger) Wade Williams, David Sanborn, Kevin White, Mollyanna Ward. A veteran police detective, weary of the worst side of humanity he confronts every day, is forced to retire after a drug bust goes horribly wrong. He becomes a criminal justice teacher and baseball coach at a local Christian high school, but after his wife’s miscarriage he questions his once-strong faith. However, one of his students urges him to put his police skills to the test – to investigate the murder of one Jesus of Nazareth. Based on a true story.
See the trailer and a clip here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Release formats: Standard
Genre: Faith
Rating: PG-13 (for some drug material and a scene of violence)
Winnie Mandela
(RLJ Entertainment) Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Wendy Crewson, Elias Koteas. While many are aware of the accomplishments of the South African activist and politician Nelson Mandela, his wife Winnie was no less a formidable advocate for freedom and a major figure in bringing down the system of apartheid in that country. This is that story from her point of view.
See the trailer here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Release formats: Standard
Genre: Biographical Drama
Rating: R (for some violence and language)
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