CLOUD ATLAS
(Warner Brothers) Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, Xun Zhou, James D’Arcy, Keith David, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant. Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Based on the bestselling novel by David Mitchell, six stories through various eras from the 19th century to the distant future. Events in all eras ripple through time in ways both directly and subtly to effect characters who have much more to do with one another than a startling resemblance to one another.
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Release formats: Standard, IMAX
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Drama
Rating: R (for violence, language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use)
Ajab Gazabb Love
(Puja) Arjun Rampal, Jakky Bhagnani, Nidhi Subbiah, Arshad Warsi. The heir to a worldwide automobile empire falls in love with a girl who’s only interested in social justice and could never have anything to do with a rich guy. The young man convinces his family to play “poor” so that the girl of his dreams will accept him. This is a remake of the Telugu film Seema Tapakai.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Bollywood
Rating: NR
Chakravyuh
(Eros International) Arjun Rampal, Abhay Deol, Manoj Bajpai, Om Puri. The very real Naxalite rebellion in India is examined as young activists battle extreme poverty and social injustice. Pushed into a corner, it seems that a violent uprising may be the only way to achieve justice for the poor and defenseless.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Bollywood
Rating: NR
Chasing Mavericks
(20th Century Fox) Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Jonny Weston. A young man yearns to surf the most dangerous waves in the world. A local legend takes him under his wing and that young man would become Jay Moriarty, one of the most beloved of the big wave surfers.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Sports Biography
Rating: PG (for thematic elements and some perilous action)
Dhenikaina Ready
(24 Frames) Vishnu Manchu, Hansika Motwani, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao. When a couple from Hindi and Muslim families elope, the two families enter open hostilities. When a court case ends the dispute, the couple tries to mend fences between the two families.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Bollywood
Rating: NR
Fun Size
(Paramount) Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann, Chelsea Handler, Jane Levy. A pretty high school senior with attitude to spare gets invited to the biggest, most important Halloween party…like, ever in the history of the universe. But there’s just one thing – her skanky mom is going to her own dress-like-a-slut Halloween party leaving the senior to babysit his little brother. And when her little brother gets lost she’ll have to rely on, like, geeks to save her night and set her on the path to awesomeness.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (for crude and suggestive material, partying and language)
Silent Hill: Revelation
(Open Road) Adelaide Clemens, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Carrie-Anne Moss. A father and his daughter are on the run from powerful supernatural forces. As she approaches her 18th birthday, disturbing nightmares plague her and when her father disappears she will have to go to Silent Hill to rescue him and come face to face with the truth of who she really is.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Rating: R (for violence and disturbing images, some language and brief nudity)
Sleepwalk With Me
(IFC) Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane. A stand-up comedian deals with a stalled career, disapproving parents, a deteriorating relationship and a sleepwalking habit increasing in length and severity. Did we mention this is a comedy?
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (for some sexual content and brief language)
V/H/S
(Magnet) Joe Swanberg, Adam Wingard, Sophia Takal, Calvin Reeder. A group of thieves hired to find a specific VHS tape in an abandoned house finds a whole stack of them, each one more morbid and horrifying than the last. As they continue to watch it soon becomes terrifyingly apparent that these tapes are much more than they seem to be.
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Release formats: Standard
Genre: Horror Anthology
Rating: R (for blood violence, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, pervasive language and some drug use)
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