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2012
Rated PG-13
Dvd and BluRay
Roland Emmerich has given movie watchers several apocalyptic films in the past in INDEPENDENCE DAY and THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, and he offers another look at the end of the world in 2012. This action film stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Amanda Peet. |
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PONYO
Rating: G
Fans of Hayao Miyzaki's stunning animation can rejoice since the Japanese master still hasn't made good on his promises to retire. In this film, the story of 'The Little Mermaid' is brought to modern-day Japan, where a small fish named Ponyo wants to live with a five-year-old boy named Sosuke. |
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PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE
Rating: R
For this dramedy, filmmaker Rebecca Miller (THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE) directs this star-studded adaptation of her own novel. THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE stars Robin Wright Penn, Maria Bello, Alan Arkin, Monica Bellucci, Blake Lively, and Julianne Moore.
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BOLLYWOOD HERO
Rating: PG-13
Kattan is tired of being rejected as leading-man material in Hollywood. He burns his professional bridges in L.A. and ventures to India in search of a starring role in a Bollywood film. While in India, he encounters cultural differences and the realization that making it big in Bollywood is not a sure thing.
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KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE
Rating: G
This is the story of a young witch, named Kiki who is now thirteen years old. But she is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a talking cat named Jiji by her side she's ready to take on the world, or at least the quaintly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home.
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Rating: PG
Maurice Sendak's kiddie lit classic gets a live-action adaptation thanks to two of pop culture's most creative minds. Director Spike Jonze (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH) collaborates with bestselling author Dave Eggers (A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS) on the script for this story about a young boy named Max who spends time in the company of monsters. |
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GENTLEMEN BRONCOS
Rating: PG-13
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE’s Jared Hess directs this comedy starring FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS’ Jemaine Clement as Ronald Chevalier, a struggling sci-fi writer who steals an idea for his book from a teenage fan (Michael Angarano). GENTLEMEN BRONCOS also stars Jennifer Coolidge, Sam Rockwell, and Mike White.
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CASTLE IN THE SKY
Rating: PG
Hayao Miyazaki's CASTLE IN THE SKY is a rousing adventure that follows an orphan named Sheeta as she eludes the clutches of a secret agent named Muska while trying to discern her family's history. After her first escape from Muska, Sheeta meets up with a young boy named Pazu, whose father, a photographer, was disgraced after he took a picture of the legendary flying island of Laputa and had it dismissed as a hoax. When the two realize that a family heirloom Sheeta carries allows them to levitate, the two begin a search for the lost island, trailed by Muska, who is also searching for Laputa.
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MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
Rating: G
When their mother is hospitalized because of an unspecified illness, two young sisters spend a summer in the Japanese countryside with their father. The children's strange new environment turns out to be a natural wonderland filled with exotic real-life creatures and a trio of furry, woodland sprites who can only be seen by children. |
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