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Photos and Trailers Added for "Cowboys & Aliens"
What happens when you take the classic Western genre, get Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford to star, and add an alien invasion? You get Cowboys & Aliens, that's what!
Just the name tells you that you're going to see something different, and then... (more)
Next Superman Role Filled - See the New Man of Steel
The next Superman movie, tentatively titled Superman: Man of Steel, now has someone to fill the lead role. Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures announced last week that Henry Cavill will be the next man of steel. The movie is scheduled for a... (more)
Hollywood, CA: World Premiere of "Hall Pass" at ArcLight Cinerama Dome on 2/23
Warner Bros. Pictures announced last week that the World Premiere of the upcoming comedy Hall Pass will be held at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California on Wednesday, February 23, 2011.
Scheduled to attend are Owen Wilson, Jason... (more)
- The Roommate
- Sanctum
- No Strings Attached
- The King's Speech
- The Green Hornet
- The Rite
- The Mechanic
- True Grit
- Black Swan
- The Dilemma
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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.
Blood Ties
Ex Governmental Operative Jack Davis is being manipulated in a life and death struggle by warring factions within the covert arms of the Homeland Security Agency in a fight for congressional funding. When his brother is kidnapped while working for a foreign embassy, Jack pulls out all stops in a race to save his brother that takes him from the desolate mountains of Virginia to Miami, Washington DC, and then into the exotic lands of Thailand and Cambodia.
Starring Kely McClung, Robert Pralgo, Erik Markus Schuetz, Nawanun Anoma, George Anton
Genre - Action/Adventure
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Carbon Nation
A documentary film about climate change solutions. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don't buy it at all, this is still a compelling and relevant film that illustrates how solutions to climate change also address other social, economic and national security issues.
Carbon Nation is an optimistic discovery of what people are already doing, what we as a nation could be doing and what the world needs to do to stave off climate change by moving to a low carbon economy.
Starring Bill Kurtis, Richard Branson, Thomas L. Friedman, James Woolsey, Van Jones, Col. Dan Nolan, Bernie Karl, Denis Hayes, Cliff Etheredge
Genre - Documentary
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Cedar Rapids
Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) was the guy people always thought would go places but then he just... didn't. He's been living in über-sleepy Brown Valley, Wisconsin his whole life, still "pre-engaged" to his 7th grade teacher Millie Vanderhei (Sigourney Weaver), while selling insurance to protect other people's dreams. But now, Tim's stalled life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he's headed to a "major" metropolis -- Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- where he must try to save his company at a do-or-die insurance convention that, for him, will be entirely nonconventional.
From the minute he checks into his hotel with his ancient American Tourister and cummerbund money-belt, it's clear Tim has no idea how the modern world really works. He is soon smitten with seductive Nebraskan insurance agent Joan (Anne Heche) and awed by his experienced roommates, the straight-shooting Wilkes (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) and the suspicious Zeigler (John C. Reilly). Disheartened when he comes face-to-face with corporate corruption, Tim is ultimately lured beyond the lobby into an urban jungle he's only ever seen on DVD and when it seems his life - and chances to succeed - have gone completely topsy-turvy, he finds his own unjaded way to turn it all around.
Starring Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche, Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Mike O'Malley, Rob Corddry, Seth Morris
Genre - Comedy
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The Eagle
A Roman epic adventure, set in the dangerous world of second-century Britain. In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth.
Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Jamie Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia – to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
Starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Donald Sutherland, Tahar Rahim
Genre - Drama
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Gnomeo & Juliet
Two garden gnomes, Gnomeo (voice of James McAvoy) and Juliet (voice of Emily Blunt), try to avoid tragedy and find a happy ending to their star-crossed love affair when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors.
Starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Maggie Smith
Genre - Animation
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Gnomeo & Juliet 3D
Two garden gnomes, Gnomeo (voice of James McAvoy) and Juliet (voice of Emily Blunt), try to avoid tragedy and find a happy ending to their star-crossed love affair when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors.
Starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Maggie Smith
Genre - Animation
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Just Go With It
A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie.
When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
Starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker, Nicole Kidman, Bailee Madison, Heidi Montag
Genre - Comedy
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Mustang Man: How a Wild Horse Tamed a Vietnam Vet
Dale Harker's doctor told him he had between 18 months to 7 years to live. Suffering from metastatic prostate cancer due to exposure to Agent Orange during his tour of duty in Vietnam, he shares what life in the jungle was really like, the months of no sleep, the frustrating mix of non-uniformed Viet Cong infiltrating innocent villagers, and his hate and anger at how the Viet Cong hurt innocent Vietnamese.
Returning to an environment in 1969 that was hostile to the military, he felt like an outcast, out of place in his own country. After running the gauntlet of anti-war San Francisco Airport, he felt as if he wanted to return to the Asian jungle—at least he understood what he was dealing with there. Though he returned to a loving wife and young child, his past haunted him through horrific nightmares, bursts of rage when he was startled by someone's touch, and his terrifying reaction when his young daughter woke him up in the middle of the night.
Share this Vietnam veteran's journey of turning his life of hate and anger into joy and peace as he discovers God's word and hears the calling to adopt a wild horse. See the first tentative steps as Dale walks the path of fulfilling his lifelong dream of taming a wild mustang. Follow him through the uncertain adoption process, ups and downs of training using intuition and love as his guides, and his joy of ultimately riding the horse of his dreams, living the life in the saddle he always craved.
Starring Dale Harker
Genre - Documentary
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RISE
NCM Fathom and U.S. Figure Skating will present the cinematic feature RISE as part of a special in-theater event on Feb. 17, 2011. This evening will celebrate American figure skating, while commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Feb. 15, 1961 plane crash in which all of the members of the United States World Figure Skating team perished.
Take a journey through some of the biggest moments in the history of the sport. Figure skating luminaries, family and friends will share their memories of the 1961 U.S. World Team while discussing the effects the tragedy had on the skating world and beyond. 2010 Olympic champion Evan Lysacek and his legendary coach Frank Carroll are two of the skating luminaries that will appear in the cinematic feature.
Genre - Program
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