Subscribe to CommentsThis is a very biased list of upcoming theatrical releases, only highlighting the things that I am personally interested in. So for your more general/more objective listings, check out Box Office Mojo or IMDb or The Numbers. Last updated from Box Office Mojo 10/2/12.
2013
May 2013
May 3
Pick of the Week
Iron Man 3
Director: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley, Jon Favreau, Don Cheadle
Synopsis: Tony Stark uses his ingenuity to fight those who destroyed his private world and soon goes up against his most powerful enemy yet: the Mandarin.
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Maybe See
The Iceman
Director: Ariel Vromen
Starring: Michael Shannon, James Franco, David Schwimmer, Ray Liotta, Ryan O’Nan, Winona Ryder
Synopsis:
Others
The Attack
Kiss of the Damned (Magnolia)
Love is All You Need (Sony Classics)
May 10
Pick of the Week
The Great Gatsby
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan
Synopsis: Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby’s nouveau riche existence.
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Definitely See
Stories We Tell
Director: Sarah Polley
Synopsis:
Maybe See
About Time
Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
Synopsis: As he goes through life, a young man who can travel through time learns his unique gift can’t save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere.
Not Interested
Tyler Perry Presents We the Peeples
Director: Tina Gordon Chism
Starring: Craig Robinson, Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier
Synopsis: A psychologist realizes his professional help is needed after he arrives unannounced at his girlfriend’s family’s annual end-of-summer party.
May 17
Pick of the Week
Frances Ha
Director: Noah Baubmach
Starring: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver
Synopsis: Frances is an apprentice in a dance company who wants so much more than she has but lives life with unaccountable joy and lightness.
Definitely See
Star Trek: Into Darkness
Director: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Chris Pine, Simon Pegg and Zoe Saldana
Synopsis:
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Maybe See
Pieta
Director: Kim Ki-duk
Starring:
Synopsis:
May 24
Pick of the Week
Before Midnight
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Synopsis:
Maybe See
Fast and Furious 6
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez
Synopsis:
Epic
Director: Chris Wedge
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Beyonce Knowles
Synopsis: An army of bugs summon mythical creatures known as Leaf Men to help them protect their garden from an evil spider queen.
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Not Interested
The Hangover Part III
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms
Synopsis: The continuing misadventures of friends, Phil, Stu and Alan.
May 31
Maybe See
Now You See Me
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson
Synopsis: FBI agents track a team of illusionists who pull of bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
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The East
Director: Zal Batmanglij
Starring: Brit Marling, Ellen Page, Alexander Skarsgard, Julia Ormond, Patricia Clarkson
Synopsis: A story centered on a contract worker who is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group, only to find herself falling for its leader.
After Earth
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Will Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jaden Smith
Synopsis: After a crash landing, a father and son explore an alien planet.
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TDB May
Maybe See
The Hunt
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp
Synopsis: A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
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June 2013
June 7
Pick of the Week
Much Ado About Nothing
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Reed Diamond, Clark Gregg, Jillian Morgese, Fran Kranz, Nathan Fillion
Synopsis: A modern retelling of Shakespeare’s classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
Maybe See
Not Interested
The Internship
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell
Synopsis: Two recently laid-off men in their forties, try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their twenties.
The Purge
Director: James DeMonaco
Starring: Lena Headey, Ethan Hawke
Synopsis: Given the country’s overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
June 14
Pick of the Week
Man of Steel
Director: Zach Snyder
Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Shannon
Synopsis: Clark Kent/Kal-El (Henry Cavill) is a young twenty-something journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone’s imagination.
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Definitely See
The Bling Ring
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Emma Watson, Leslie Mann, Taissa Farmiga
Synopsis:
Maybe See
This is the End
Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson
Synopsis: While attending a party at James Franco’s house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
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June 21
Definitely See
Monsters University
Director: Dan Scanlon
Starring: John Goodman, Billy Crystal
Synopsis: A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at the University of Fear — when they weren’t necessarily the best of friends.
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Maybe See
World War Z
Director: Marc Foster
Starring: Brad Pitt, Bryan Cranston and Mireille Enos
Synopsis: A UN representative, writing a report on the great zombie war, interviews survivors in the wake of World War Z.
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June 28
Pick of the Week
Byzantium
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring:
Synopsis:
Definitely See
I’m So Excited
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring:
Synopsis:
Not Interested
The Heat
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir
Synopsis: An FBI agent teams up with a Boston police officer to take down a Russian mobster.
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White House Down
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Channing Tatum, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Joey King
Synopsis: A Secret Service agent is tasked with saving the life of the U.S. President after the White House is overtaken by a paramilitary group.
July 2013
July 3
Pick of the Week
Lone Ranger
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Timothy Hutton
Synopsis: Native American spirit warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.
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Maybe See
Despicable Me 2
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Starring: Jason Segal, Steve Carell, Javier Bardem
Synopsis: Gru, the girls, the unpredictably hilarious minions and a host of new characters return.
View teaser | View trailer
July 12
Pick of the Week
Pacific Rim
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day
Synopsis: When an alien attack threatens the Earth’s existence, giant robots piloted by humans are deployed to fight off the menace.
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Not Interested
Grown Ups 2
Director: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Taylor Lautner
Synopsis: A follow up to the 2010 comedy about a group of childhood friends who reunite years later.
July 19
Maybe See
R.I.P.D
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, Jeff Bridges, Mary Louise Parker
Synopsis: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
Not Interested
Turbo
Director: David Soren
Studio: DreamWorks Animation
Starring: Ryan Reynolds
Synopsis: A garden snail with dreams of becoming the fastest snail in the world experiences a freak accident that might just allow him to realize his goal.
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Girl Most Likely
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Starring: Annette Bening, Kristen Wiig, Natasha Lyonne, Matt Dillon
Synopsis:
The Conjuring
Director: James Wan
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Joey King
Synopsis: A family encounters spirits living among them in their New England farmhouse.
July 26
Maybe See
The Wolverine
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Hugh Jackman
Synopsis: Wolverine travels to Japan to train with a samurai warrior.
Not Interested
Phineas and Ferb
Director:
Starring: Vincent Martella, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dee Bradley Baker
Synopsis: The adventures of two stepbrothers and their pet platypus.
August 2013
August 2
Pick of the Week
RED 2
Director: Dean Parisot
Starring: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich
Synopsis:
Maybe See
300: Rise of an Empire
Director: Noam Murro
Starring: Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro, Jack O’Connell
Synopsis: The Greek general Themistocles battles an invading army of Persians under the mortal-turned-god, Xerxes.
Not Interested
The Smurfs 2 (Wednesday)
Director: Raja Gosnell
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Christina Ricci, Anton Yelchin
Synopsis: The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been kidnapped by Gargamel since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer’s newest creation – creatures called the Naughties – into real Smurfs.
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August 9
Pick of the Week
Elysium
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga
Synopsis: Set in the year 2159, where the very wealthy lives on a man-made space station while the rest of population reside on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Maybe See
Planes
Director: Klay Hall
Starring: Jon Cryer, Carlos Alazraqui
Synopsis: Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true.
Not Interested
We’re the Millers
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts
Synopsis: A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
August 16
Definitely See
Kick-Ass 2
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, John Leguizamo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Synopsis: The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows.
Maybe See
The To-Do List
Director: Maggie Carey
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Andy Samberg, Connie Britton, Clark Gregg, Rachel Bilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat
Synopsis: Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Clark makes a list of things to accomplished before hitting campus in the fall.
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2 Guns
Director: Baltasar Kormákar
Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton
Synopsis: A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob — the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Not Interested
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Logan Lerman, Gina Carano
Synopsis: The son of Poseidon and his friends head into the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece.
August 23
Pick of the Week
You’re Next
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: Sharni Vinson, Ti West, Joe Swanberg
Synopsis: When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Maybe See
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Director: Harald Zwart
Starring: Lily Collins
Synopsis: When her mom is attacked and taken from their home in New York City by some creature, a seemingly ordinary teenage girl, Clary Fray, finds out truths about her past and bloodline on her quest to get her back, that changes her entire life.
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August 30
Maybe See
Closed Circuit (Wednesday)
Director: John Crowley
Starring: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds
Synopsis: Martin and Claudia are lawyers — and ex-lovers — who find themselves put at risk after they join the defense team for an international terrorist’s trial.
Getaway
Director: Courtney Solomon, Yaron Levy
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight
Synopsis: Brent Magna must get behind the wheel and follow the orders of a mysterious man to save his kidnapped wife.
Not Interested
Insidious Chapter 2
Director: James Wan
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins
Synopsis: A continuation of the 2010 horror hit about the fate of the Lambert family and their haunted house.
Satanic
Director:
Starring: Haley Bennett
Untitled One Direction Documentary
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Starring: One Direction
Synopsis: An all-access pass to the British pop sensation One Direction live in concert.
TBD August 2013
Others
10 Habits of Highly Successful People
Twenty Feet from Stardom
September 2013
September 6
Pick of the Week
Riddick
Director: David Twohy
Starring: Karl Urban, Vin Diesel
Synopsis: Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before.
September 13
Pick of the Week
Machete Kills
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen
Synopsis:
Maybe See
I, Frankenstein
Director: Stuart Beattie
Starring: Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto
Synopsis: An unlikely hero comes to the aid of humankind as a race of supernatural creatures look to take over the Earth.
Battle of the Year: The Dream Team
Director: Benson Lee
Starring: Josh Holloway, Josh Peck, Laz Alonso
Synopsis: An American b-boy crew heads to France to compete at the Battle of the Year International Championships.
The Little Mermaid 3D
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Starring: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois
Synopsis: A mermaid princess makes a faustian bargain with an unscrupulous seahag in order to meet a human prince on land.
September 20
Maybe See
Prisoners
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Paul Dano, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo
Synopsis: A Boston man kidnaps the person he suspects is behind the disappearance of his young daughter and her best friend.
Not Interested
Rush
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde, Natalie Dormer
Synopsis: A biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his rival, James Hunt.
September 27
Maybe See
Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers
Director: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Starring: Anna Faris, Andy Samberg, Bill Hader
Synopsis
Runner Runner
Director: Brad Furman
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton, Justin Timberlake
Synopsis: A businessman is caught up in the world of offshore online gaming.
Not Interested
The Tomb
Director: Mikael Håfström
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Vincent D’Onofrio, Sam Neill, Vinnie Jones, 50 Cent, Amy Ryan
Synopsis: Ray Breslin is the world’s foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He’s framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.
October 2013
October 4
Pick of the Week
Gravity
Director: Alfonso Cuaró
Starring: George Clooney, Sandra Bullock
Synopsis: The lone survivor of a space mission to repair the Hubble telescope desperately tries to return to Earth and reunite with her daughter.
Definitely See
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Starring: Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke, Michael Madsen
Synopsis: In the dark bowels of Sin City, Dwight plans to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy is trying to cope with Hartigan’s death.
Maybe See
Paranoia
Director: Robert Luketic
Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford
Synopsis: A boss blackmails one of his young employees to spy on a rival company.
Not Interested
The Delivery Man
Director: Ken Scott
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders
Synopsis: A former sperm donor finds out years later that he fathered hundreds of kids and now many of them want to meet him.
October 11
Maybe See
Oldboy
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley
Synopsis: An everyday man has only five days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 15 years without any explanation.
Captain Phillips
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener
Synopsis: A chronicle of Captain Richard Phillips and his crew’s encounter with Somali pirates.
Not Interested
Haunts
Director: Mac Carter
Starring: Jacki Weaver, Liana Liberato, Harrison Gilbertson
Synopsis: An introverted teen sparks with his new neighbor, and together the couple begins to explore the haunted house that is family has unknowingly just purchased.
Others
The Devil’s Rapture
October 18
Pick of the Week
Carrie
Director: Kimberley Peirce
Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore
Synopsis: A sheltered high school girl unleashes her newly developed telekinetic powers after she is pushed too far by her peers.
View teaser
Maybe See
Malavita
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron
Synopsis: The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
The Seventh Son
Director: Sergey Bodrov
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes
Synopsis: The seventh son of a seventh son learns how to exorcise ghosts, contain witches, and bind boggarts in the 1700s.
October 25
Pick of the Week
The World’s End
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan
Synopsis: Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind’s only hope for survival.
Not Interested
Paranormal Activity 5
Director:
Starring:
Synopsis:
Others
Baggage Claim
TBD October 2013
Others
Concussion
November 2013
November 1
Pick of the Week
Ender’s Game
Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld
Synopsis: 70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.
Maybe See
Mr. Peabody and Sherman
Director: Rob Minkoff
Starring:
Synopsis: The adventures of a genius dog, his adopted boy, and their WABAC machine – a contraption that transports the duo back in time so they can witness historical events.
November 8
Pick of the Week
Thor: The Dark World
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings
Synopsis:
November 15
Maybe See
The Counselor
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Michael Fassbender, John Leguizamo
Synopsis:
The Fifth Estate
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Dan Stevens, Alicia Vikander, Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie
Synopsis:
Not Interested
Grudge Match
Director: Peter Segal
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kevin Hart, Kim Basinger
Synopsis:
The Best Man 2
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Starring:
Synopsis:
November 22
Pick of the Week
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth
Synopsis: The continuing adventures of Katniss Everdeen, which take place in a futuristic dystopian world, as she prepares for the Quarter Quell.
November 27
Maybe See
Frozen
Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad
Synopsis: A mountain climber and a young girl named Anna journey through snowy peaks and dangerous cliffs to find the legendary Snow Queen and end the perpetual winter prophecy that has fallen over their kingdom.
TBD November 2013
Others
Left Behind
December 2013
December 13
Pick of the Week
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Hugo Weaving
Synopsis: Thorin and Company have reached Lake-town and it is time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves.
Not Interested
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas
Director: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry
Synopsis: Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she’s coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.
December 20
Pick of the Week
The Monuments Men (Wednesday)
Director: George Clooney
Starring: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, John Goodman
Synopsis: In a race against time, a crew of art historians and museum curators unite to recover renown works of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys them.
Maybe See
Saving Mr. Banks
Director: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford
Synopsis: Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
Walking With Dinosaurs 3D
Director: Neil Nightingale, Barry Cook
Starring:
Synopsis: Two brothers wanting to follow in their fatherss footsteps leads to a showdown in the Arctic North. Live action 3D shoot in Alaska and Australia.
Not Interested
Anchorman: The Legend Continues
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carrell
Synopsis: The continuing on-set adventures of San Diego’s top rated newsman.
Last Vegas
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Mary Steenburgen, Kevin Kline
Synopsis: Four best friends in their late-60′s decide to escape retirement and throw a Las Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single.
December 25
Pick of the Week
Jack Ryan
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh
Synopsis: Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Maybe See
47 Ronin
Director: Carl Rinsch
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rinko Kikuchi and Hiroyuki Sanada
Synopsis: An 18th century set story centered on a band of samurai who set out to avenge the death of their master.
Not Interested
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Director: Ben Stiller
Starring: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn
Synopsis: A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
TBD December 2013
Definitely See
Gambit
Director: Michael Hoffman
Screenplay: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring: Stanley Tucci, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Cloris Leachman
Synopsos: An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
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Not Interested
Bad Santa 2
Director: Steve Pink
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton
Synopsis:
TBD 2013
Seen and Recommend
Something in the Air
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Clément Métayer, Lola Créon, Felix Armand
Synopsis: An 18-year-old man reacts to the social changes of late 1960′s Europe.
View trailer (French)
Definitely See
Inside Llewyn Davis
Director: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman
Synopsis: A singer-songwriter navigates New York’s folk music scene during the 1960s.
Only God Forgives
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Sott Thomas, Tom Burke
Synopsis: A Bangkok police lieutenant and gangster settle their differences in a Thai-boxing match.
Sightseers
Director:Ben Wheatley
Starring: Sara Stewart, Tony Way, Monica Dolan
Synopsis: Two crazy people go on vacation together.
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The Grandmaster
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Starring: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Chang
Synopsis: The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
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Before Midnight
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Synopsis:
Can a Song Save Your Life?
Director: John Carney
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Hailee Steinfeld
Synopsis: A dejected music business executive forms a bond with a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan.
Knight of Cups
Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Joe Manganiello
Synopsis: A man, temptations, celebrity, and excess.
Untitled Terrence Malick film (formerly Lawless)
Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Rooney Mara
Synopsis: Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.
Jane Got a Gun
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Starring: Natalie Portman, Michael Fassbender, Joel Edgerton
Synopsis:
Snowpiercer
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Alison Pill, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Octavia Spencer
Synopsis:
The Wolf of Wall Street
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio
Synopsis:
Her
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix
Synopsis:
The Raid: Retaliation
Director: Gareth Evans
Starring:
Synopsis:
Night Moves
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg
Synopsis:
The Shadow King
Director: Henry Selick
Starring:
Synopsis:
Project X
Director: Brett Haley
Starring: Lili Taylor, Devin Brochu, Skyler Gisondo
Synopsis: In the wilderness of junior high, Edwin Hanratty and his only friend Flake are at the bottom of the food chain. Branded together as misfits, their fury simmers quietly until an unthinkable idea offers them a terrifying release.
Would Like to See
Only Lovers Left Alive
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Tilda Winton, Michael Fassbender, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt
Synopsis: A story centered on two vampires who have been in love for centuries.
The Dark Tower
Director:
Starring: Russell Crowe
Synopsis:
Calvary
Director: John Michael McDonough
Starring:
Synopsis:
the Zero Theorem
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Whishaw, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis
Synopsis:
Labor Day
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire, James Van Der Beek
Synopsis:
Mood Indigo
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris
Synopsis:
I’m So Excited
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring:
Synopsis:
Twelve Years a Slave
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Synopsis:
Blue Jasmine
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Alec Bladwin, Cate Blanchett, Bobby Cannavale, Louis C.K., Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg
Synopsis:
Goodbye to Language
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring:
Synopsis:
Singularity
Director: Roland Joffé
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Neve Campbell, Claire van der Boom
Synopsis: An epic, sweeping and riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.
Under the Skin
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