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BAGGAGE CLAIM Determined to get engaged before her youngest sister’s wedding, flight attendant Montana Moore (Paula Patton) finds herself with only 30 days to find Mr. Right. Using her airline connections to “accidentally” meet up with eligible ex-boyfriends and scour for potential candidates, she racks up more than 30,000 miles and countless comedic encounters, all the while searching for the perfect guy. Rated PG-13
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 Inventor Flint Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his most infamous invention: a machine that turned water into food causing cheeseburger rain and spaghetti tornadoes. But Flint soon learns that his invention survived and is now creating food-animals: “foodimals!” Flint and his friends embark on a dangerously delicious mission to battle againt hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other foodimals to save their world and planet Earth- again! Rated PG
DON JON Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a strong, handsome, good, old-fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to “pull” a different woman every weekend, but even the finest fling doesn’t compare to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) is a bright, beautiful, good, old-fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she’s determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Rated R
RUSH Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers) stars as the charismatic Englishman James Hunt and Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds) as the disciplined Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda. Their clashes on the Grand Prix racetrack epitomized the contrast between their two extraordinary characters, a distinction reflected in their private lives. Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, Rush portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed–handsome English playboy Hunt and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Lauda. Rated R
October 4
GRAVITY Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone–tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go farther out into the terrifying expanse of space. Rated PG-13
RUNNER RUNNER Princeton grad student Richie (Justin Timberlake), believing he’s been swindled, travels to Costa Rica to confront online gambling tycoon Ivan Block (Ben Affleck). Richie is seduced by Block’s promise of immense wealth, until he learns the disturbing truth about his benefactor. When the FBI tries to coerce Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces his biggest gamble ever: attempting to outmaneuver the two forces closing in on him. Rated R
October 11
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks stars in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. The film is directed by Oscar nominee Paul Greengrass, from a screenplay by Billy Ray and based upon the book, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. Rated PG-13
MACHETE KILLS Danny Trejo returns as ex-Federale agent Machete, who is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man. He must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who have hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet. Also starring Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Carlos Estevez, and Lady Gaga. Rated R
October 18
CARRIE A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl, outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore). The horror truly begins when Carrie unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Based on the novel by Stephen King. Rated R
ESCAPE PLAN One of the world’s foremost authorities on structural security agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility called “The Tomb.” Deceived and wrongly imprisoned, Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to help devise a plan to escape from the most protected and fortified prison ever built. Also starring Jim Caviezel, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Vinnie Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio and Amy Ryan. Rated R
October 25
THE COUNSELOR Legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) have joined forces in this thriller starring Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Penélope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz. McCarthy, making his screenwriting debut, and Scott interweave the author’s characteristic wit and dark humor with a nightmarish scenario, in which a respected lawyer’s dalliance with an illegal business deal spirals out of control. Rated R
JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA 86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion, his 8-year-old grandson. Along the way, Irving will introduce the young and impressionable Billy to people, places and situations that give new meaning to the term child-rearing. The duo encounters male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants (and their equally disgruntled mothers), funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens. Real people in unreal situations, making for one really messed-up comedy. Rated R
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