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Opening This Week - May 18
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Battleship (2012)
A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
Director:Peter Berg |
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The Buzz: Rihanna shooting heavy artillery. It's the sort of absurdity we expect from this level of blockbuster, right? That and a theme song by Aerosmith. The pressure on Universal to make this picture under the terms of their deal with Hasbro has been obsessively tracked by industry watchers as the studio wriggled out of its deal to turn a handful of games into movies. These Naval officers lit up the international box office in advance of the US release, laying waste to alien forces to the tune of $170 million through April.
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What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
A look at love through the eyes of five interconnected couples experiencing the thrills and surprises of having a baby, and ultimately coming to understand the universal truth that no matter what you plan for, life doesn't always deliver what's expected.
Director:Kirk Jones |
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The Buzz: So it looks like the New Year's Eve/Valentine's Day formula is being applied to other movie genres ... and you cannot keep Jennifer Lopez away from this sort of starring role. The saving graces for those of us dragged to the theater by our lovers? Amiable director Kirk Jones (Waking Ned Devine) and screenwriter Shauna Cross (Whip It).
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The Dictator (2012)
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Director:Larry Charles |
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The Buzz: On paper, Sacha Baron Cohen's first non-"Ali G. Show" creation reads better than Borat and Brüno combined. I like that there's no prior character map, no set expectation for Cohen to surpass except, well, the sophomore slump that was, arguably, his foray into the world of international fashion.
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Hysteria (2011)
The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.
Director:Tanya Wexler |
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The Buzz: Nothing like a period sex comedy to remind us how uptight we can be about the subject. Tanya Wexler's stagey production should play well with older audiences looking for a blushing thrill. Hard to believe this marks ten years since Secretary for Maggie G.
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Elena (2011) - [5/16 -- NYC]
When a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten dutiful housewife Elena's potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan ...
Director:Andrei Zvyagintsev |
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The Buzz: For those of us who were entranced by The Return, Andrei Zvyagintsev's first film -- a family drama with a haunting true-life legacy -- Zvyagintsev's follow-up, The Banishment, was a bloated epic that didn't survive the festival circuit, was one of those bummers that left you thinking maybe the guy only had one good film in him. From nearly every review of Elena, it seems as though the director has resurfaced in spectacular fashion with a neo-noir that should thrill fans of slower-paced cinema.
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Virginia (2010) - [limited]
A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.
Director:Dustin Lance Black |
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The Buzz: For all the good that Dustin Lance Black has offered up -- his Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk, his political activism, his eloquent handling of a certain tabloid scandal -- this movie, formerly known as What's Wrong with Virginia was eviscerated by critics upon its late-2010 festival release. No word if any changes or edits have been made aside from the shortened title, though I've heard from more than one critic that Jennifer Connelly's performance survives the uneven writing and messy direction. That said, the film also has its fair share of public defenders, so maybe Virginia is this year's Margaret?
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Polisse (2011) - [limited]- Crime | Drama
A journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters an affair with one of her subjects.
Director:Maïwenn |
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The Buzz: Maïwenn's entertainment career is a curious one: discovered by Alexandre Aja on the stand-up comedy circuit in France, barely surviving Aja's High Tension, and then getting behind the camera to direct. Polisse, her third film, has garnered the most acclaim despite a general acknowledgment that it runs long and perhaps is a bit too soap operatic, so gauge your mood accordingly.
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Mansome (2012) - [limited]
A documentary that explores the question: In the age of manscaping, metrosexuals, and grooming products galore - what does it mean to be a man?
Director:Morgan Spurlock |
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The Buzz: Given Morgan Spurlock's penchant for the fu-manchu mustache, it's pretty natural for him to make a documentary exploring the subject of manliness in a time where sporting a flowing beard is as common as, say it with me, anal bleaching. But even with Jason Bateman and Will Arnett riffing on these subjects and more, when you consider where Spurlock began his career, his current focus on hairy dudes seems somewhat frivolous.
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Lovely Molly (2011) - [limited]
Newlywed Molly moves into her deceased father's house in the countryside, where painful memories soon begin to haunt her.
Director:Eduardo Sánchez |
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The Buzz: It's not the idea that Elizabeth Olsen has almost cornered the market on freaked-out-lady horror/thrillers, it's the question of whether this sort of fare has any box-office pull anymore, or if its success can only be measured via cable/VOD viewings. It would be fascinating, one hopes, to talk with Molly director Eduardo Sanchez about how he's seen the genre and its release strategies evolve since the time he first found an audience with The Blair Witch Project.
In Theaters Now - Box Office Top Ten
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The Avengers (2012)
Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.
Director:Joss WhedonBox Office:Weekend: $103.00M, Gross: $373.00M |
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Dark Shadows (2012)
An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.
Director:Tim BurtonBox Office:Weekend: $28.80M, Gross: $28.80M |
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Think Like a Man (2012)
Four friends conspire to turn the tables on their women when they discover the ladies have been using Steve Harvey's relationship advice against them.
Director:Tim StoryBox Office:Weekend: $6.30M, Gross: $81.90M |
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The Hunger Games (2012)
Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.
Director:Gary RossBox Office:Weekend: $4.40M, Gross: $387.00M |
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The Lucky One (2012)
A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.
Director:Scott HicksBox Office:Weekend: $4.05M, Gross: $53.70M |
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.
Box Office:Weekend: $3.20M, Gross: $23.10M |
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The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
One year after meeting, Tom proposes to his girlfriend, Violet, but unexpected events keep tripping them up as they look to walk down the aisle together.
Director:Nicholas StollerBox Office:Weekend: $3.10M, Gross: $24.40M |
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
Director:John MaddenBox Office:Weekend: $2.65M, Gross: $3.72M |
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Chimpanzee (2012)
A 3-year-old chimpanzee is separated from his troop and is then adopted by a fully-grown male.
Stars:Tim AllenBox Office:Weekend: $1.62M, Gross: $25.60M |
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Girl in Progress (2012)
As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.
Director:Patricia RiggenBox Office:Weekend: $1.35M, Gross: $1.35M |
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