BATTLESHIP
(Universal) Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgard, Liam Neeson, Rihanna, Asana Tadanobu, Peter MacNicol, Joe Chrest, Rami Malek. Directed by Peter Berg
A sailor on board the USS John Paul Jones during a naval war games exercise gets a lot more than he bargained for when the Earth is invaded – by a foe lying in wait beneath the waves. Based on the board game from Hasbro, this comes from the producers of Transformers which might account for the look of the aliens.
See the trailer, clips, interviews, a promo and a featurette here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Release formats: Standard
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence, action and destruction, and for language)
Darling Companion
(Sony Classics) Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Richard Jenkins, Dianne Wiest. After saving a bedraggled lost dog and taking it into her home, a woman pours her emotional center into the dog as she suffers from an empty nest and a distracted husband who’s a little self-involved. When the husband loses the dog while hosting a wedding at their vacation home in the Rockies, the hysterical woman will enlist the remaining guests in a frantic search for the love of her life.
See the trailer and a clip here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Release formats: Standard
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (for some sexual content including references, and language)
The Dictator
(Paramount) Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, Megan Fox. The brutal dictator of an Arab republic, known to encourage terrorism, is called to address the United Nations and answer for his crimes against his people. However on his way there, his prodigious beard is shaved, rendering him unrecognizable. Will he be able to fight his way back to the UN, make his address and resume abusing his country? (Opens today)
See the trailer, clips, a promo and an Academy Awards promo here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Release formats: Standard
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R (for strong crude and sexual content, brief male nudity, language and some violent images)
What to Expect When You’re Expecting
(Lionsgate) Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock. A group of five couples are all expecting new arrivals – and I’m not talking deliveries from Best Buy. No, they are all going to have babies – four the usual way, one via adoption. Each has their own unique issues and all of them will intersect in one way or another. A great ensemble cast highlights this film inspired by the bestselling book that has become a bible for expectant mothers.
See the trailer and a clip here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Release formats: Standard
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (for crude and sexual content, thematic elements and language)
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