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Atlas Shrugged: Part 2

Atlas Shrugged: Part 2

📅 Release: October 12, 2012
🎭 Genre: DramaMysterySci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Samantha Mathis, Esai Morales, Jason Beghe, Patrick Fabian, Kim Rhodes, Richard T. Jones, D.B. Sweeney, Bug Hall, Ray Wise, Diedrich Bader
📖 Synopsis: The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear at the ...
Thieves, The

Thieves, The

📅 Release: October 12, 2012
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventure
🎬 Starring: Kim Yoon Seok, Kim Hye Soo, Jeon Ji Hyun, Lee Jung Jae, Simon Yam, Kim Hae Sook, Oh Dal Soo, Angelica Lee
📖 Synopsis: It's the score of their lives - if they can pull it off. Five thieves at the top of their game, and the crew is assembling for their biggest job yet. Popie's the muscle and brains, Pepsee's the safec...
Smashed

Smashed

📅 Release: October 12, 2012
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Mary Kay Place, Kyle Gallner, Bree Turner, Mackenzie Davis, Richmond Arquette
📖 Synopsis: When we first meet functioning alcoholic Kate Hannah (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), she's already close to rock bottom. She takes a shot of whiskey to brace herself for a day of teaching first grade. When...
Special Forces

Special Forces

📅 Release: October 12, 2012
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Denis Menochet, Benoit Magimel, Raphael Personnaz, Tcheky Karyo
📖 Synopsis: In the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan, a French journalist played by [c=Diane Kruger] is taken hostage by the Taliban, sparking a desperate international crisis. With time running out, a veteran c...
Argo

Argo

📅 Release: October 12, 2012
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Kyle Chandler, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Scoot McNairy, Tate Donovan, Nelson Franklin, Taylor Schilling, Kerry Bishe, Chris Messina
📖 Synopsis: Based on true events, "Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis-the truth of which was unknown by the pu...
Here Comes The Boom

Here Comes The Boom

📅 Release: October 12, 2012
🎭 Genre: ActionComedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Joe Rogan, Charice, Bas Rutten, Henry Winkler, Melissa Peterman, Greg Germann, Reggie Lee
📖 Synopsis: In the action-comedy "Here Comes the Boom," former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss, portrayed by [c=Kevin James], finds himself at a crossroads when budget cuts threaten the music program at his schoo...
Sinister

Sinister

📅 Release: October 12, 2012
🎭 Genre: Horror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ethan Hawke, James Ransone, Fred Dalton Thompson, Clare Foley, Cameron Ocasio, Victoria Leigh, Juliet Rylance, Michael Hall D'Addario
📖 Synopsis: In the chilling horror film "Sinister," true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt, portrayed by [c=Ethan Hawke], moves his family into a new home, seeking inspiration for his next book. Unbeknownst to them, t...
Smiley

Smiley

📅 Release: October 12, 2012
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson, Andrew James Allen, Roger Bart, Liza Weil, Keith David, Michael Traynor, Toby Turner, Jana Winternitz, DeStorm Power, Patrick O'Sullivan, Billy St.John, Steve Greene, Richard Ryan, Nikki Limo
📖 Synopsis: After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named "Smiley" can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley (Caitlin Gerard from "Magic Mike" and "The Social Netwo...
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

📅 Release: October 12, 2012
🎭 Genre: Comedy
🎬 Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Chris O'Dowd, Ron Perlman, Lizzy Caplan, Whitney Cummings, Chris Noth, Sam Anderson, Nora Dunn
📖 Synopsis: In the comedy "3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom", [c=Charlie Hunnam] stars as Frankie, a man whose life has been a relentless series of embarrassments, all captured on film by his well-meaning but destruct...
Hotel Noir

Hotel Noir

📅 Release: October 9, 2012
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Rufus Sewell, Carla Gugino, Danny DeVito, Robert Forster, Malin Ackerman, Kevin Connolly, Rosario Dawson, Mandy Moore, Cameron Richardson, Michael B. Jordan
📖 Synopsis: In the rain-slicked, shadowy world of [c=Sebastian Gutierrez]'s stylish drama, a weary detective named Nick checks into a Los Angeles hotel with a suitcase full of cash and a lifetime of regrets. Pla...
Courier, The

Courier, The

📅 Release: October 9, 2012
🎭 Genre: ThrillerAction
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mickey Rourke, Til Schweiger, Josie Ho, Miguel Ferrer, Lili Taylor, Andrea Frankle
📖 Synopsis: In the high-stakes underworld of international crime, a simple delivery becomes a fight for survival in this relentless thriller. [c=Jeffrey Dean Morgan] stars as The Courier, a meticulous and anonym...
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

📅 Release: September 29, 2012
🎭 Genre: Horor
🎬 Starring: Robert Englund, Elisabeth Rohm, Yancy Butler, Poppy Lee Friar, Jeff Stewart, Jonas Talkington, Sewell Whitney
📖 Synopsis: The serene waters of Black Lake turn deadly once more in this thrilling horror entry, where a recently reopened aquatic park becomes a hunting ground for a massive, prehistoric crocodile. When a grou...
English Vinglish

English Vinglish

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand, Sulabha Deshpande
📖 Synopsis: Money, fame and the knowledge of English: in India, these three factors play a huge role in how society judges an individual. "English Vinglish" is the story of a woman who does not know English and i...
Girl (2012), The

Girl (2012), The

📅 Release: October 20, 2012
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Toby Jones, Sienna Miller, Penelope Wilton, Imelda Staunton, Sean Cameron Michael, Candice D'Arcy
📖 Synopsis: Starring Toby Jones and Sienna Miller, THE GIRL tells the story of iconic director Alfred Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with his leading lady, Tippi Hedren, during the making of "The Birds" and "...
Knot, The

Knot, The

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedy
🎬 Starring: Talulah Riley, Noel Clarke, Matthew McNulty, Mena Suvari, Jason Maza, Juliet Oldfield
📖 Synopsis: Directed by [c=Jesse Lawrence], this romantic comedy explores the tangled web of modern relationships as a group of friends in London find their lives intertwined in unexpected ways. The story center...
Winnie Mandela

Winnie Mandela

📅 Release: September 6, 2013
🎭 Genre: BiographyDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Elias Koteas, Wendy Crewson
📖 Synopsis: The story of Winnie Mandela - as she is simply known throughout the world - is remarkable.From the 1960's to the 1980's, Winnie Mandela was widely admired as a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle in...
Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare

Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: Documentary
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Don Berwick, Shanon Brownlee, Steve Burd, David Fridovich, Wayne Jonas, Roy Litton
📖 Synopsis: Escape Fire examines the powerful forces maintaining the status quo, a medical industry designed for quick fixes rather than prevention, for profit-driven care rather than patient-driven care. After d...
Sister

Sister

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Lea Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Gillian Anderson, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Johan Libereau, Magne-Havard Brekke, Yann Tregouet
📖 Synopsis: Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) lives with his older sister (Lea Seydoux) in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, twelve-year-ol...
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Toby Regbo, Marcia Gay Harden, Deborah Ann Woll, Lucy Liu, Ellen Burstyn, Peter Gallagher, Stephen Lang, Dree Hemingway, Jonny Weston, Ron Maestri, Peter Y. Kim
📖 Synopsis: A funny and tender film about James Sveck (Regbo), a vulnerable teenager with a deep appreciation for the world and no idea how to live in it. James is the child of divorced parents living in Manhatta...
Trade Of Innocents

Trade Of Innocents

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino, John Billingsley, Trieu Tran, Kieu Chinh, Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul, Vithaya Pansringarm, Tanapol Chuksrida, Lock Lee, Sahajak Boonthanakit
📖 Synopsis: In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man. Alex (Dermot Mulroney), a human...
Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

📅 Release: October 7, 2012
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
🎬 Starring: Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Jill Scott, Phylicia Rashad, Condola Rashad, Lance Gross, Anna Colwell, Adepero Oduye
📖 Synopsis: The highly anticipated Lifetime Original Movie Event, "Steel Magnolias" is set to air on Sunday, October 7 at 9/8c. The movie stars Academy Award nominee, Queen Latifah as 'M'Lynn', Golden Globe and m...
Butter

Butter

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde, Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone, Ashley Greene, Yara Shahidi, Rob Corddry, Kristen Schaal, Phyllis Smith
📖 Synopsis: A tale of competition at its most cut-throat, Butter surveys the raw ambition of Laura Pickler (Jennifer Garner), the wife of Bob Pickler (Ty Burrell), Iowa's long-reigning champion butter carver. For...
Paperboy, The

Paperboy, The

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Zac Efron, John Cusack, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, Scott Glenn, Nikolette Noel, Beau Brasseaux, Ned Bellamy
📖 Synopsis: From Academy Award-nominated director Lee Daniels (Precious) comes this sexy thriller based on the New York Times best seller by Pete Dexter. Lured by imploring letters from the beautiful siren Charlo...
V/H/S

V/H/S

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Calvin Reeder, Adam Wingard, Hannah Fierman, Joe Swanberg, Sophia Takal, Kate Lyn Sheil, Jason Yachanin, Helen Rogers, Lane Hughes
📖 Synopsis: When a group of petty criminals is hired by a mysterious party to retrieve a rare piece of found footage from a rundown house in the middle of nowhere, they soon realize that the job isn't going to be...
Oranges, The

Oranges, The

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Leighton Meester, Adam Brody, Alia Shawkat, Allison Janney, Oliver Platt, Sam Rosen
📖 Synopsis: David and Paige Walling (Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener) and Terry and Cathy Ostroff (Oliver Platt, Allison Janney) are best friends and neighbors living on Orange Drive in suburban New Jersey. Their c...
Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedyHorror
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Charlie Tahan, Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau, Christopher Lee, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell
📖 Synopsis: In the whimsical and haunting world of "Frankenweenie," directed by the visionary [c=Tim Burton], a young boy named Victor Frankenstein embarks on a heartwarming yet eerie journey to bring his belove...
Taken 2

Taken 2

📅 Release: October 5, 2012
🎭 Genre: ActionThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Rade Serbedzija, Luke Grimes, Leland Orser, Aclan Bates
📖 Synopsis: Former CIA operative Bryan Mills, played by the formidable [c=Liam Neeson], is trying to build a normal life with his ex-wife Lenore ([c=Famke Janssen]) and daughter Kim ([c=Maggie Grace]) after the ...
Chained

Chained

📅 Release: October 2, 2012
🎭 Genre: ThrillerPsychological
⭐ Rating: NC-17
🎬 Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Julia Ormond, Eamon Farren, Gina Philips, Jake Weber, Shannon Jardine
📖 Synopsis: From the mind of writer/director Jennifer Lynch comes the shocker that panicked ratings boards and stunned audiences worldwide: When he was 9 years old, Tim and his mother were abducted by taxi-drivin...
After Dusk They Come

After Dusk They Come

📅 Release: November 8, 2008
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureHorror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kellan Lutz, Nikki Griffin, Jewel Staite, Justin Baldoni, Marc Bacher, Helena Barrett, Mohit Ramchandani
📖 Synopsis: A group of friends set out on a luxury yacht for a gorgeous island vacation. But they soon realize that they have veered off-course to a strange uncharted island. After a horrific boat crash shipwreck...