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Movies Releasing: the Week of August 17, 2012 |
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ParaNorman |
Réalisateur : Sam Fell, Chris Butler. |
Starring : Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Tucker Albrizzi, Jodelle Ferland, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Elaine Stritch, Jeff Garlin. |
Runtime : 87 minutes. Genre : Animation, Adventure, Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.paranorman.com/ |
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The new 3D stop-motion comedy thriller from animation company LAIKA, reteaming the company with Focus Features after the groundbreaking Academy Award-nominated "Coraline." "ParaNorman" is, following "Coraline," the company's second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D. In "ParaNorman," a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits. |
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Robot & Frank |
Réalisateur : Jake Schreier. |
Starring : Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Dario Barosso, Jeremy Sisto, Jeremy Strong, Bonnie Bentley. |
Runtime : 85 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Drama, Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.robotandfrank-film.com/ |
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"Robot & Frank," the feature film debut of commercial director Jake Schreier, was a festival favorite at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it world premiered and was co-winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.
Set in the near future, Frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are concerned he can no longer live alone. They are tempted to place him in a nursing home until Frank's son chooses a different option: against the old man's wishes, he buys Frank a walking, talking humanoid robot programmed to improve his physical and mental health. What follows is an often hilarious and somewhat heartbreaking story about finding friends and family in the most unexpected places. |
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Robot & Frank |
DVD Release Date : February 12, 2013 |
Réalisateur : Jake Schreier. |
Starring : Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Jeremy Sisto, Jeremy Strong. |
Runtime : 85 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Drama, Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.robotandfrank-film.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
"Robot & Frank," the feature film debut of commercial director Jake Schreier, was a festival favorite at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it world premiered and was co-winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.
Set in the near future, Frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are concerned he can no longer live alone. They are tempted to place him in a nursing home until Frank's son chooses a different option: against the old man's wishes, he buys Frank a walking, talking humanoid robot programmed to improve his physical and mental health. What follows is an often hilarious and somewhat heartbreaking story about finding friends and family in the most unexpected places. |
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Cosmopolis |
DVD Release Date : January 01, 2013 |
Réalisateur : David Cronenberg. |
Starring : Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, K'naan ,Emily Hampshire, Samantha Morton, Paul Giamatti. |
Runtime : 108 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://cosmopolisthefilm.com/en |
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Based on award-winning writer Don DeLillo's novella of the same name, "Cosmopolis" is a contemporary thriller about a hedge fund trader who is stalked while his fortune evaporates under the weight of his cynical bets against the survival of the global economy. |
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The Expendables 2 |
Réalisateur : Simon West. |
Starring : Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger. |
Runtime : 102 minutes. Genre : Action, Adventure. |
Official Website : http://theexpendables2film.com/ |
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The Expendables are back and this time it's personal...
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) -- with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time - six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that's nothing compared to the justice they serve against the vill... |
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The Awakening |
DVD Release Date : ( France : July 17, 2012 ) |
Réalisateur : Nick Murphy. |
Starring : Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Lucy Cohu, John Shrapnel, Diana Kent, Richard Durden, Alfie Field, Tilly Vosburgh, Ian Hanmore, Cal Macaninch, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Anastasia Hille, Andrew Havill, Joseph Mawle. |
Runtime : 106 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : Not Available |
Plot Summary : |
Set in post-World War I England in 1921, "The Awakening" follows a skeptical woman (Rebecca Hall, "The Town") who travels to a countryside boarding school to investigate rumors of an apparent haunting. Just when she thinks she has debunked the ghost theory, she has a chilling spectral encounter which defies all her rational beliefs. |
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