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Journal Articles

AMC Theatres announced this week that the AMC Flatiron Crossing 14 in Broomfield, Colorado is now offering its customers its big-screen concept called ETX (Enhanced Theater Experience). Broomfield is located between Denver and Boulder. ETX is... (more)

Top Box Office Movies for the Weekend of March 4, 2011

1. Rango
2. The Adjustment Bureau
3. Beastly
4. Hall Pass
5. Gnomeo & Juliet
6. Unknown
7. Just Go With It
8. The King's Speech
9. I Am Number Four
10. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

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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

New Releases

The following are new releases opening in theaters in the next week.

Battle: Los Angeles For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world – Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before. Starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Peña, Ramon Rodriguez, Ne-Yo Genre - Action/Adventure View trailers and video clips

sustained and intense sequences of war violence and destruction, and for language

Black Death Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is tasked with learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village. Starring Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Eddie Redmayne, David Warner, Kimberley Nixon Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips

strong brutal violence, and some language

Elektra Luxx Recently retired from the adult film industry, superstar Elektra Luxx (Carla Gugino) is pregnant with the child of late rock star Nick Chapel. She is trying to make ends meet by teaching a community college sex education class aimed at housewives when a figure from her past, flight attendant Cora (Marley Shelton), approaches her with a proposition. In exchange for the (stolen) lyrics to Nick Chapel's last record, all of which is about Elektra, Cora needs Elektra to seduce her fiancee. Elektra reluctantly agrees to do this favor, setting in motion a series of hilarious events which will see her come face to face with detectives, sex bloggers, emotionally unstable neighbors and the Virgin Mary herself as she wrestles with the prospect of motherhood and tries to become a person of substance. Starring Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Malin Akerman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy Olyphant, Lucy Punch, Marley Shelton Genre - Comedy View trailers and video clips

strong sexual content, nudity and language

Jane Eyre Jane Eyre flees Thornfield House, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester. As she reflects upon the people and emotions that have defined her, it is clear that the isolated and imposing residence - and Mr. Rochester's coldness - have sorely tested the young woman's resilience, forged years earlier when she was orphaned. She must now act decisively to secure her own future and come to terms with the past that haunts her - and the terrible secret that Mr. Rochester is hiding and that she has uncovered… Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jamie Bell, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Tamzin Merchant Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips

some thematic elements including a nude image and brief violent content

Kill the Irishman Over the summer of 1976, 36 bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. "Kill the Irishman" chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob. Turning the tables on loan shark Shondor Birns and allying himself with gangster John Nardi, Greene stops taking orders from the mafia and pursues his own power. Surviving countless assassination attempts from the mob and killing off anyone who went after him in retaliation, Danny Greene's infamous invincibility and notorious fearlessness eventually led to the collapse of mafia syndicates across the U.S. and also earned him the status of the man the mob couldn't kill. Starring Val Kilmer, Paul Sorvino, Linda Cardellini, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio Genre - Action/Adventure View trailers and video clips

strong violence, language and some sexual content/nudity

Mars Needs Moms Take out the trash; eat your broccoli -- who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. "Mars Needs Moms" showcases Milo's quest to save his mom -- a wild adventure that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader. With the help of a tech-savvy, underground earthman named Gribble and a rebel Martian girl called Ki, Milo just might find his way back to his mom -- in more ways than one. Starring Seth Green, Joan Cusack, Elisabeth Harnois, Dan Fogler, Mindy Sterling Genre - Animation View trailers and video clips

sci-fi action and peril

Mars Needs Moms: An IMAX 3D Experience Take out the trash; eat your broccoli -- who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. "Mars Needs Moms" showcases Milo's quest to save his mom -- a wild adventure that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader. With the help of a tech-savvy, underground earthman named Gribble and a rebel Martian girl called Ki, Milo just might find his way back to his mom -- in more ways than one. Starring Seth Green, Joan Cusack, Elisabeth Harnois, Dan Fogler, Mindy Sterling Genre - Animation View trailers and video clips

sci-fi action and peril

Mars Needs Moms in Disney Digital 3D Take out the trash; eat your broccoli -- who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. "Mars Needs Moms" showcases Milo's quest to save his mom -- a wild adventure that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader. With the help of a tech-savvy, underground earthman named Gribble and a rebel Martian girl called Ki, Milo just might find his way back to his mom -- in more ways than one. Starring Seth Green, Joan Cusack, Elisabeth Harnois, Dan Fogler, Mindy Sterling Genre - Animation View trailers and video clips

sci-fi action and peril

Monogamy A Brooklyn wedding photographer three months from tying the knot with his fiance is hired by a woman he doesn't know to take anonymous, surveillance-style photos of her. As his wedding date nears, his growing obsession with his seemingly-liberated, thrill-seeking subject puts his relationship in jeopardy. Starring Chris Messina, Rashida Jones, Meital Dohan, Zak Orth, Ivan Martin Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips

Red Riding Hood Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect...and bait. Starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, Julie Christie Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips

violence and creature terror, and some sensuality

3 Backyards The story of four inhabitants of the same suburban town over the course of one curious autumn day. Starring Embeth Davidtz, Edie Falco, Elias Koteas, Rachel Resheff, Kathryn Erbe Genre - Drama View trailers and video clips

a scene of sexual content

For a complete list of recent movies playing in theaters, please see our "New Movies" page.

Coming Soon

Watch for these movies coming to a theater near you!

Friday, Mar 18th

• Alabama Moon
• Desert Flower
• Limitless
• The Lincoln Lawyer
• The Music Never Stopped
• Paul
• Tornado Alley
• Tornado Alley 3D
• Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter)

Friday, Mar 25th

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

For a complete list of movies coming soon to theaters, please see our "Coming Soon" page.

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