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*DRAMA/SUSPENSE* SELMA
is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month
period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to
secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march
from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson)
signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories
for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernays SELMA tells the real
story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
(David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change
that forever altered history.
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*ACTION/ADVENTURE* From
director Clint Eastwood comes "American Sniper," starring Bradley
Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. But
there was much more to this true American hero than his skill with a rifle.
U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to
protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on
the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the
nickname "Legend." However, his reputation is also growing
behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target
of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home,
Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, becoming emblematic
of the SEAL creed to "leave no man behind." But upon returning home,
Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
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*THRILLER/HORROR* Six
years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a
loss. She struggles to discipline her 'out of control' 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah
Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel's dreams are plagued by a
monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook
called 'The Babadook' turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the
Babadook is the creature he's been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral
out of control, he becomes more unpredictable and violent. Amelia,
genuinely frightened by her son's behavior, is forced to medicate him. But when
Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly
dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real.
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*ACTION/ADEVENTURE*
rom Academy Award (R)-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes "The
Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies," the third in a trilogy of films
adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" brings to an epic
conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company
of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company
has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug
rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of
Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin
sacrifices friendship and honor tohoard it as Bilbo's frantic attempts to make
him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice.
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*COMEDY* Pulsing with the rhythm of his greatest
stand-up, Chris Rock's TOP FIVE takes things to the next level, reveling in the
high and the low, and blending a star-studded comedic romp with an irresistible
romance. TOP FIVE digs under the surface of show business, politics, rap, and
the exigencies of being black and famous today-holding it all up to the light
in the way only Chris Rock can. Mingling echoes of Woody Allen and Dick Gregory
with the energy of Kanye West and Jay Z, TOP FIVE is an original and
radically new kind of American movie. Written, directed by, and starring Chris
Rock, TOP FIVE tells the story of New York City comedian-turned-film star Andre
Allen, whose unexpected encounter with a journalist (Rosario Dawson) forces him
to confront the comedy career-and the past-that he's left behind.
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*COMEDY/ACTION* Get
ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled Night At the Museum ever as
Larry (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while
embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
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*DRAMA* Andrew
Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise
to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed
writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the
greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents
as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school.
Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band,
forever changing the young man's life. Andrew's passion to achieve
perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher continues to
push him to the brink of both his ability-and his sanity.
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*CRIME/ACTION* In
theaters 1/23/2015 A young woman comes
to in a roadside diner with no idea where she is or how she got there. Split
between two timelines, she gets taken on a violent journey as she seeks out the
person responsible for her lover's death.
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*HORROR* A veteran
hostage negotiator's next call leads him to an overrun insane asylum. He soon
finds that dark forces are pushing the patients to commit atrocities, and he
may be the only one that can stop them.
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*DRAMA* Filmed over
12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking
story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough
performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our
eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason's parents and
newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, BOYHOOD charts the rocky
terrain of childhood like no other film has before. Snapshots of adolescence
from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all
the moments in between become transcendent set to a soundtrack spanning the
years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep Blue. BOYHOOD is both a
nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and
parenting. It's impossible to watch Mason and his family without thinking about
our own journey.
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*THRILLER* Frank
(Michael Ray Davis) and his grandson, D (Thor Wahlestedt) go on an afternoon
hunt. Just before dusk, the two hunters wander into the darkening woods to
track down their recent kill and, to their horror, find that instead of a deer,
they've shot their trespassing neighbor, Marion Mitchell (Thomas Moore). With a
history of land disputes with the Mitchells fresh on Frank's mind, he assures
the boy that the only option is to hide the body deep in the woods. As the
night draws on, they find themselves only deeper in darkness, and the lines
between good and evil are no longer clear. Soon they begin to question if
everything will really be okay, Come Morning.
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*SUSPENSE/THRILLER*
Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to remote lake country for their
honeymoon. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in
the middle of the night. As she becomes more distant and her behavior increasingly
peculiar, Paul begins to suspect something more sinister than sleepwalking took
place in the woods.
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*ACTION/THRILLER* When
you become a detective in Warsaw Indiana - you go to Poker Night, where you
play against some of the best cops in the business. They tell you stories about
their time on the job - their successes and failures. When new Detective Stan
Jeter leaves the game, he is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a
basement. Using the stories he heard at Poker Night, he must match wits against
his captor - and save not only himself, but the young girl trapped in the
basement with him. Like Seven and Usual Suspect, Poker Night combines thrills and
twists and turns that will leave you guessing till the very end.
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*HORROR* A hopeful
young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters
into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune. In the city of
dreams, a desperate actress will do whatever it takes for the role of a
lifetime...no matter what the cost.
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*MYSTERY/THRILLER* Sitting in an empty theater, a film
archivist watches the grainy footage that will be his undoing. David and his
wife are perfectly happy-or so he believes. When he finds out the home he
shares with his wife and son was the scene of a ghastly turn-of-the-century
murder, David dismisses it as ancient history. That is, until the sinister
history ripples into the present and casts a shadow over life as he knows it.
And when a looming secret shatters his marriage, David can't help but suspect
the dark spirits of the house are somehow involved. In his drive to unveil the
shadows hidden in the walls, David begins to descend into insanity, threatening
the lives of everyone around him. Through ghastly imagery and a chilling score,
Ivan Kavanagh's The Canal is an Irish ghost story that will leave you with a
fear of the dark and a dripping chill down your spine long after the film's
conclusion.
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*ACTION/ADVENTURE* Join
an exciting new chapter in the action-packed series from the Producers of The
Mummy! After the king of Norvania is assassinated, the legendary Scorpion King
Mathayus is framed for the crime and must fight off an entire kingdom of
soldiers. Now Mathayus (Victor Webster) and his only remaining allies, a
mysterious woman and her unconventional father, are the last hope to stop the
evil heir to the throne on his quest for an ancient and almighty mystical
power.
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