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That's it for this week, so take a look at what's new in theaters and what's coming up in the next couple of weeks. Have a good weekend!
Scott Jentsch
Publisher, The BigScreen Cinema Guide
The following are new releases opening in theaters in the next week.
| April Showers Sean struggles to cope with the loss of his friend April while the middle class suburban community surrounding Jefferson High attempts to pick up the pieces in the direct aftermath of one of America's growing epidemics, school violence turned media circus. Starring Daryl Sabara, Tom Arnold, Illeana Douglas, Kelly Blatz, Fernanda Romero Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips |   some disturbing violent content |
| Baby on Board A happily married, career-oriented couple's life is turned upside down with an unplanned pregnancy. Starring Heather Graham, John Corbett, Jerry O'Connell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Katie Finneran Genre - Comedy View trailers and video clips |  crude and sexual content, nudity and language |
| The Bride & The Grooms A romantic comedy about a woman who accidentally gets engaged to four men at the same time. Starring Jacilyn Ledford, Shaphan David Seiders, Michael Wendt, Christopher Leabu, Oliver Gray Genre - Romance View trailers and video clips |  |
| Empty Nest A successful writer and a hyperactive woman attempt to reconstruct their marriage after their children leave home. Starring Carlos Bermejo, Eugenia Capizzano, Inés Efron, Arturo Goetz, Oscar Martínez Genre - Comedy View trailers and video clips |
| Fighting Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for street fighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership. As Shawn's manager, Harvey introduces him to the corrupt bare-knuckle circuit, where rich men bet on disposable pawns. Almost overnight, he becomes a star brawler, taking down professional boxers, mixed martial arts champs and ultimate fighters in a series of staggeringly intense bouts. But, if Shawn ever hopes to escape the dark world in which he's found himself, he must now face the toughest fight of his life. Starring Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Brian J. White, Luis Guzmán, Zulay Henao Genre - Action/Adventure View trailers and video clips |   intense fight sequences, a sex scene and brief strong language |
| The Garden In the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, hundreds of mostly Mexican-American families came together and turned a blighted corner of South Central Los Angeles into a 14 acre urban oasis with enough fruit and vegetables to feed hundreds of families. Starring Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, Antonio Villaraigosa Genre - Documentary View trailers and video clips |  |
| Il Divo Portrait of controversial Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, the country's seven-time former prime minister, tried for Mafia ties and subsequently acquitted. Starring Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Piera Degli Esposti, Paolo Graziosi, Giulio Bosetti Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips |
| The Informers Sex, drugs, and new wave...Los Angeles in the early 1980s: a time of excess and decadence, and Bret Easton Ellis coadapts his own acclaimed novel for the screen. Its multistrand narrative balances a vast array of characters, who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman and an amoral ex-con). Connecting his intertwining strands are the quintessential Ellis protagonists-a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs-and one another-with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of an abyss. Gregor Jordan returns to Sundance (Two Hands and Buffalo Soldiers played at previous Festivals) with a glamorous and gritty exposé of a culture where too much was never enough. He presents both the seductive and repellent sides of a time when safe sex meant being on the pill. A scathing descent into the morally bankrupt core beneath L.A.'s superficial beauty, it is both titillating and horrifying as it captures an era on the verge of an implosion whose effects we are still feeling today. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Brandon Routh, Austin Nichols, Ashley Olsen, Jon Foster, Lou Pucci, Amber Heard, Chris Isaak, Diego Klattenhoff, Rhys Ifans Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips |  strong sexual content, nudity, drug use, pervasive language and some disturbing images |
| Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy Mil Mascaras is a renaissance man of international repute. He is a connoisseur of the arts, a scholar of science and humanity, and a masked wrestler. Like his fellow luchadores, El Santo and Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras is often called upon to assist the authorities in combating threats to mankind, whether they are seductive vampire women, lycanthropic madmen, or invaders from other worlds. However, no threat has ever been greater than that posed by the Aztec mummy. In this story, the Aztec mummy is resurrected by the power of the gem of Tonauac. Using its power, the Aztec mummy is able to control the minds of men, even those of strong pedigree and erudition. Determined to lead the ascendancy of the Aztec nation over the descendants of its past conquerors, the Aztec mummy conspires to manipulate men of power for his own ends. Whether Mil Mascaras can be corrupted by the influence of his undead adversary is not clear, but the answer hinges upon the secret of his mask -- a mask which has been passed down to him from his ancestors since time in memoriam. Starring Mil Mascaras, Jeffrey Uhlman, Willard E. Pugh, Gary Ambrosia, PJ Soles Genre - Action/Adventure View trailers and video clips |
| Mutant Chronicles Set in the distant future when the Earth is no longer inhabitable and the Megacorporations have banded together to control the remaining planets and their moons. When an alien force of undead Necromutants known as the Dark Legion prepares to attack the inhabited Mars, the Megacorporations assemble a band of warriors to destroy the warlord Alakhai. Together they return to Earth, infiltrate Alakhai's gothic Citadel, and attempt to reduce it to rubble. Starring Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, John Malkovich, Devon Aoki Genre - Action/Adventure View trailers and video clips |  strong bloody violence and language throughout |
| Obsessed Derek Charles (Idris Elba), a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage to the beautiful Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles). But when Lisa (Ali Larter), a temp worker, starts stalking Derek, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy. Starring Idris Elba, Ali Larter, Beyoncé Knowles, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill, Jerry O’Connell Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips |  sexual material including some suggestive dialogue, some violence and thematic content |
| The Soloist Journalist Steve Lopez (Oscar® nominee Robert Downey Jr.) discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers (Oscar® winner Jamie Foxx), a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener, Stephen Root, Tom Hollander Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips |  thematic elements, some drug use and language |
| Tyson A portrait of Mike Tyson which allows Tyson to reveal himself without inhibition and with eloquence and a pervasive vulnerability. Through a mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs, a startlingly complex, fully-rounded human being emerges. The film ranges from Tyson's earliest memories of growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn through his entry into the world of boxing, to his rollercoaster ride in the funhouse of worldwide fame and fortunes won and lost. It is the story of a legendary and uniquely controversial international athletic icon, a figure conjuring radical questions of race and class. In its depiction of a man rising from the most debased circumstances to unlimited heights, destroyed by his own hubris, "Tyson" emerges as a modern day version of classic Greek tragedy. Starring Mike Tyson Genre - Documentary View trailers and video clips |  language including sexual references |
| Death Note: L, Change the World (subtitled) Genre - Program View trailers and video clips |
| Death Note: L, Change the WorLd (overdubbed) Genre - Program View trailers and video clips |
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