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New Release Review - Trouble With the Curve
Directed by: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard
A baseball scout suffering the onset of glaucoma is forced to reconcile his relationship with his daughter.
New Release Reviews - The Apparition / Citadel / Gut
The Apparition
Directed by: Todd Lincoln
Starring: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill
New Release Review - Amour
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell
The effects of a debilitating condition on an elderly couple.
New Release Reviews - Silver Linings Playbook / End of Watch / The Bay
Silver Linings Playbook
Directed by: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles
Directed by: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles
New Release Review - The Master
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern
WWII veteran Phoenix is taken under the wing of cult leader Hoffman.
New Release Review - Argo
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Chloe Duvall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane
The true story of the extraction of American diplomats from revolutionary Iran.
New Release Reviews -Electrick Children / The Sapphires / Deadfall
Electrick Children
Directed by: Rebecca Thomas
Starring: Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken, Bill Sage, Cynthia Watros, Billy Zane
Starring: Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken, Bill Sage, Cynthia Watros, Billy Zane
Like a companion piece to "Martha Marcy May Marlene", Thomas' movie similarly deals with a teenage girl escaping a religious community. It's star, Garner, actually featured in the former film as the newest recruit to John Hawkes' commune. Here she's a fifteen year old girl who lives in a strict Utah Mormon colony. After hearing a cover version of Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone" on a mysterious audio cassette, her world-view is shattered. A few months later she becomes pregnant and claims it's an immaculate conception brought on by the cassette. Believing the singer to be the father, she flees the colony and heads to Las Vegas, presuming that a "city of electricity" like Vegas must be responsible for her situation.
New Release Review - Rust & Bone
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Bouli Lanners, Corinne Masiero
Amputee Cotillard embarks on a relationship with bare-knuckle boxer Schoenaerts.
New Release Review - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Directed by: Benh Zeitlin
Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana
Magic realist tale of the life of a six year old girl (Wallis) in a flooded Louisiana bayou.
New Release Review - Wreck-It Ralph
Directed by: Rich Moore
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman, Alan Tudyk
While there are many who would argue differently, 2012 has been a relatively good year for animation. With "Brave", "Pirates! Band of Misfits" and "Frankenweenie" (among others), there's been plenty of appealing films for all ages. And while "Wreck-It Ralph" looked somewhat less promising than the others in my eyes, it ended up being an absolute joy and one of the best of 2012.
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End of Year Preview
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New Release Review - People Like Us
Directed by: Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D'Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass
When his record producer father dies, Pine discovers he has a sister he was previously unaware of.
New Release Reviews - Smiley / Safety Not Guaranteed / Ginger & Rosa
Smiley
Directed by: Michael Gallagher
Starring: Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson
A throwback to nineties post-"Scream" horror, "Smiley" tells of an urban legend based on a killer who inhabits the internet and can be summoned by typing "I did it for the lulz" three times.
New Release Review - Paranormal Activity 4
Directed by: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Starring: Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Brady Allen
Fourth installment in the found footage series.
New Release Review - Ruby Sparks
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Chris Messina, Antonio Banderas, Elliot Gould, Steve Coogan, Deborah Ann Woll
Author Dano conjures up his dream girl Ruby Sparks (Kazan) and finds he can magically control her every whim with his typewriter.