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Three new R-rated films will compete for moviegoers on the weekend prior to the Super Bowl. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters [HNGH] is tracking the best amongst the trio. Jeremy Renner [JRENN] and Gemma Arteton [GARTE] star as the fairy tale siblings of Grimm’s fame who have grown to become steampunk exterminators of witches. Originally set for release last March, the fantasy actioner was pushed back to allow Renner to gain further exposure from The Avengers and The Bourne Legacy. The...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013 @ 04:20 PM
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A promotional trailer for the Coen Brothers-directed musical drama Inside Llewyn Davis [INSLD] has been "leaked" online by its producers. The film is set in New York City of the 1960s and loosely based on the life of folk musician Dave Van Ronk. Oscar Isaac [OISAA], who displayed his vocal chops in the little seen 10 Years, leads the impressive cast that includes Carey Mulligan [CMULL], Justin Timberlake [JTIMB], Garrett Hedlund [GHEDL] and John Goodman[JGOOD]. The film looks to be a...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013 @ 10:00 AM
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FilmDistrict has unleashed the first trailer for the action thriller Olympus Has Fallen [OLYHF] on Apple. Gerard Butler [GBUTL] stars as a Secret Service agent who blames himself for not being able to save the First Lady of the U,S, President, played by Aaron Eckhart [AECKH]. When terrorists infiltrate the White House and kidnaps the President, the agent finds himself trapped alone within the building and becomes the country's only hope to take down the terrorists and save the President....
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 @ 10:25 AM
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Oscar-nominated Jessica Chastain led the Martin Luther King Jr. long weekend with an one-two punch as the horror film Mama [MAMA] topped the box office with an estimated $33.0 million, while Zero Dark Thirty [ZDTHR] stepped down to second with $18.7 million over the four-day holiday period. The audience for the PG-13 rated Mama skewed 61% female and 63% under 25.
Silver Linings Playbook [SLINB] rose to third place with $13.0 million in its expansion to 2523 theters. The multiple-Oscar...
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Monday, January 21, 2013 @ 11:10 AM
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Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled the first trailer for the drama At Any Price [ATANY] written and directed by Ramin Bahrani. Dennis Quaid [DQUAI] stars as a farmer with an ambitious plan to expand into genetic foods that could threaten his agriculture business. Zac Efron [ZEFRO] plays his son who would rather be a race car driver than join the family business. At Any Price opens in limited release on April 26th.
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Friday, January 18, 2013 @ 09:41 AM
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Summit has debuted the teaser trailer for the action comedy sequel Red 2 [RED2] on Apple. The first film proved to be a sleeper hit so Bruce Willis [BWILL], Helen Mirren [HMIRR], John Malkovich [JMALK] and Mary-Louise Parker [MLPAR] return for another round joined by Catherine Zeta-Jones [CZETA], Anthony Hopkins [AHOPK] and Storm Shadow, I mean Byung-hun Lee [BHLEE] as the villain.
CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a...
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Friday, January 18, 2013 @ 08:43 AM
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The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend brings 3 new wide openers. The supernatural horror Mama [MAMA] stars Jessica Chastain [JCHAS] and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau [NCOST] as a couple who take in her young nieces after they spent five years living in the woods. The Universal film is produced by Guillermo del Toro which should attract his male fanbases, while the PG-13 rating should appeal to women and teeangers that are into ghostly tales. Playing 2647 theaters, Mama may scare up $20...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 @ 03:03 PM
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Roadside Attractions has released the debut trailer for the historical drama Emperor [EMPER]. Tommy Lee Jones [TLJON] stars as General Douglas MacArthur who heads the U.S. occupation of Japan post-World War II Japan. Matthew Fox [MFOX] plays General Bonner Fellers who is tasked to investigate whether the Japanese Emperor is guilty of war crimes, and if he was, what would be the reprecussion be on the people who worshipped him. Emperor opens in theaters March 8th.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 @ 10:06 AM
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New distributor A24 has dropped the first trailer for the good-girls-gone-bad drama Spring Breakers [SPBRK]. Vanessa Hudgens [VHUDG], Selena Gomez [SGOME] Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine star as four bored coeds who decides to spice up their Spring Break vacation wilth a little crime spree. James Franco [JAFRA] looks to steal the movie with as a wigger gangster who bails them out of jail. Featuring a score by Skrillex that's evident in the trailer, Spring Breakers will dubstep into...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 @ 09:56 AM
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Roadside Attractions has unveiled the debut trailer for the drama Mud [MUD] starring Matthew McConaughey [MMCCO], Reese Witherspoon [RWITH] and Michael Shannon [MISHA]. After premiering at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and playing the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Mud will open in theaters on April 26th.
Two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios -- he killed a man in Texas and vengeful...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013 @ 10:30 AM
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