New Movies
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Opening This Week - August 23
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld.
Director:Harald Zwart |
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The Buzz: Cassandra Clare's six-novel Mortal Instruments series seems to possess enough dark magic, secret family histories, and love-triangle dynamics to please fans of both Harry Potter and Twilight, and casting Lily Collins as Clary Fray seems like a wise move in the post-Bella Swan era. Sony is looking to build a franchise, and it's ultimately not surprising to see Harald Zwart, who helped turn The Karate Kid into an over-performing worldwide hit, in the director's chair. If the initial formula works, look for this story to get even cooler as it progresses.
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The World's End (2013)
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.
Director:Edgar Wright |
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The Buzz: The cherry atop Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's "Blood and Ice Cream" trilogy has us all guessing if the threat will be some sort of natural disaster or an alien invasion -- or something else entirely? Personally, I'm hoping for at least one overt From Dusk Till Dawn homage.
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You're Next (2011)
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.
Director:Adam Wingard |
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The Buzz: Adam Wingard belongs to the current wave of indie horror filmmakers who dominate the film festival circuit while distributors are figuring out the best way to get the most people to see movies such as V/H/S . You're Next, which Wingard made with his writing/producing partner Simon Barrett before the craze went industry-wide, reunites the principal cast from their serial-killer shocker A Horrible Way to Die.
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The Grandmaster (2013) - [Limited]
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Director:Kar Wai Wong |
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The Buzz: Kung-fu aficionados have been waiting for Wong Kar Wai's new work for over ten years (he "announced" the project back in 2002); you have to travel back to 1994 for his last action piece, Dung che sai duk. Fitting, then, that he's putting his unique narrative spin on the genre's chief legend -- that of Ip Man, the Wing Chun master who mentored Bruce Lee -- and reuniting Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen. A probable worldwide smash, the film could turn out to be WKW's best performer in the U.S. -- especially if Harvey Weinstein puts his full weight behind it.
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Drinking Buddies (2013) - [Limited]
Luke and Kate are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect for each other, except that they're both in relationships. Luke is in the midst of marriage talks with his girlfriend of six years, Kate is playing it cool with her music producer boyfriend Chris. But you know what makes the line between "friends" and "more than friends" really blurry? Beer.
Director:Joe Swanberg |
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The Buzz: Imagine if you were a self-employed creative type, really productive, and most of the time someone bought your work, and if not, you just put out the work on your own. Those are pretty much the modes Joe Swanberg operates in -- do you know he's made a dozen movies over the past three years? There are more familiar faces starring in his latest, which explores similar tricky romantic themes seen in his earlier scenarios. Personally, I tend to like it when characters and subplots come and go from Swanberg's projects, but it will be interesting to see how people react as his audience expands. Oh, and he co-stars in another release this week, You're Next.
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Short Term 12 (2013) - [Limited]
A 20-something supervising staff member of a foster care facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.
Director:Destin Cretton |
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The Buzz: Destin Cretton's last film, I Am Not a Hipster, came and went, but his latest has made some inroads thanks to Brie Larson's lead performance and a supporting appearance by Keith Stanfield, who was also in Cretton's short version of this feature.
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Scenic Route (2013) - [Limited]
Tensions rise between lifelong friends Mitchell and Carter after their truck breaks down on an isolated desert road as they start to attack each other's life decisions with unwavering brutality.
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The Buzz: A pair of frustrated, middle-class white dudes breaking down in the desert? I'd rather re-watch I Melt with You twice. But good for Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler for earning solid reviews on the festival circuit.
In Theaters Now - Box Office Top Ten
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The Butler (2013)
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
Director:Lee DanielsBox Office:Weekend: $24.64M, Gross: $24.64M |
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We're the Millers (2013)
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.
Director:Rawson Marshall ThurberBox Office:Weekend: $17.96M, Gross: $69.70M |
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Elysium (2013)
Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Director:Neill BlomkampBox Office:Weekend: $13.69M, Gross: $56.00M |
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Planes (2013)
A cropdusting plane with a fear of heights lives his dream of competing in a famous around-the-world aerial race.
Director:Klay HallBox Office:Weekend: $13.39M, Gross: $45.34M |
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Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
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.
Director:Jeff WadlowBox Office:Weekend: $13.33M, Gross: $13.33M |
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
In order to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Director:Thor FreudenthalBox Office:Weekend: $8.75M, Gross: $39.28M |
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Jobs (2013)
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Director:Joshua Michael SternBox Office:Weekend: $6.71M, Gross: $6.71M |
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2 Guns (2013)
A DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance: Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent.
Director:Baltasar KormákurBox Office:Weekend: $5.81M, Gross: $59.46M |
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The Smurfs 2 (2013)
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.
Director:Raja GosnellBox Office:Weekend: $4.77M, Gross: $57.08M |
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The Wolverine (2013)
When Wolverine is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons.
Director:James MangoldBox Office:Weekend: $4.52M, Gross: $120.55M |
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