Movies opening Friday, Dec. 14 Any Day Now Entertainer Rudy (Alan Cumming) sees his drugged-out hooker neighbor abandon her Down syndrome son, Marco, so he rescues the teen. The Central Park Five This documentary depicts the tensions bubbling over in 1980s New York when a white female jogger becomes the victim of a horrid attack and rape in Central Park.
Movies to see this weekend, Dec. 14 Killing Them Softly Brad Pitt stars as a hit man who has come to town to straighten out a crisis of confidence within a gambling community, in a clever, dramatic and yet often very funny crime drama with parallels to the 2008 financial crisis.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Dec. 11 Kino Classics Remastered” (1972), “Beloved” (2011), “The Bourne Legacy” (2012), “Collision Earth” (2011), “Darken” (2012), “Doomsday Book” (2012), “Dreams of a Life” (2011), “Following” (1999), “Gangsters, Guns and Zombies” (2012), “Hemo” (2010), “Kill ‘Em All” (2012), “Mansome” (2012), “Miami Connection” (1987), “Mr. Bricks” (2011), “Night Claws” (2012), “Osombie …
“Dark Knight Rises,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” join awards season favorites “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Lincoln,” but Weinstein Co.’s “The Master” is snubbed.
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New movies opening Dec. 9 Any Day Now The Central Park Five The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Hyde Park on Hudson The Matchmaker
What movies to see this week, Nov. 30 Chasing Ice This documentary presents striking visual evidence of global warming in the form of time-lapse photography sequences of glaciers melting and breaking up
All movies are 2012 releases unless otherwise noted. Availability: DVD | Blu-ray | Both Blu-ray and DVD The winner of awards at Sundance and Cannes, and the recipient of four Independent Spirit Award nominations—including one for best picture—this week, the debut feature from Benh Zeitlin is also one of the best-reviewed films released in 2012
Movies opening Friday, Nov. 30 The Collection No one re-enters the lair of a serial killer after escaping – unless he or she is being coerced. Liu (Donnie Yen) just wants to live in anonymity with his family, but a snooping detective begins to peel away the layers
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Nov. 27 Feature: The Apparition (2012), Burning in the Sun (2010), Burning Man (2011), Cartel War (2010), Christmas in Compton (2012), Compañeros de Lucha (2011), The Day (2011), The Experiment: The One-Man Show Starring Gary Saderup (2012), Men in Black 3 (to be released Friday) (2012), ParaNorman (2012), Rites of Spring (2011), Sparkle (to be released Friday) (2012 …