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2011 Movies : Action

Portrait of Amy Renner Amy Renner

Last modified: Jan. 28, 2012

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With James Franco Tom Felton Freida Pinto Andy Serkis John Lithgow David Oyelowo Dylan Clark Rick Jaffa Peter Chernin Scott Frank Ralph Winter Jamie Moss Tyler Labine Chelah Horsdal Amanda Silver Rupert Wyatt

Set in present day San Francisco, "Rise of the Apes" deals with the aftermath of man's experiments with genetic engineering that lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. James Franco will play a driven scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes.

PG-13 Action
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With Rebekah Brandes Evan Glodell Jessie Wiseman Tyler Dawson Vincent Grashaw

A pair of eccentric L.A.-based friends spend their time preparing for the apocalypse.

R Drama
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With Ben Stiller Michael Peña Jesse Eisenberg Aziz Ansari Nick Swardson Fred Ward Brian Levy Danny R. McBride Ruben Fleischer Stuart Cornfeld Jeremy Kramer Michael Diliberti Matthew Sullivan Hina Abdullah Monica Levinson

Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) is a small town pizza delivery guy whose mundane life collides with the big plans of two wanna-be criminal masterminds (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson). The volatile duo kidnaps Nick and forces him to rob a bank. With mere hours to pull off the impossible task, Nick enlists the help of his ex-best friend, Chet (Aziz Ansari). As the clock ticks, the two must deal with the police, hired assassins, flamethrowers, and their own tumultuous relationship.

R Action
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With Jason Momoa Leo Howard Avi Lerner Stephen Lang George Furla Ron Perlman Rose McGowan Rachel Nichols Said Taghmaoui Sean Hood Marcus Nispel Henry Winterstern Thomas Dean Donnelly Bob Sapp Joe Gatta Boaz Davidson Fredrick Malmberg Joshua Oppenheimer Peter Sederowsky Fredrik Malmberg

Since birth, Conan’s life has been marked by violence. And after watching his fellow tribesmen and his father brutally and cruelly killed, Conan vows to avenge his peoples’ slaughter, even if it means sacrificing his own life in the process. Writer: Sean Hood

R Action
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With Jessica Alba Antonio Banderas Danny Trejo Ricky Gervais Robert Rodriguez Jeremy Piven Joel McHale Alexa Vega Daryl Sabara Elizabeth Avellan Rowan Blanchard Mason Cook

On the surface, Marissa Cortez Wilson (Jessica Alba) has it all...married to a famous spy hunting television reporter, a new baby and intelligent twin step kids. But in reality, trying to mother Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook), who clearly don't want her around, is her toughest challenge yet. Also, her husband, Wilbur (Joel McHale), wouldn't know a spy if he lived with one which is exactly the case - Marissa's a retired secret agent.

Marissa's world is turned upside down when the maniacal Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) threatens to take over the planet and she's called back into action by the head of OSS, home of the greatest spies and where the now-defunct Spy Kids division was created. With Armageddon quickly approaching, Rebecca and Cecil are thrust into action when they learn their boring stepmom was once a top agent and now the world's most competitive ten year olds are forced to put their bickering aside and rely on their wits. With a little help from a couple of familiar Spy Kids, Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara), they just may be able to save the world and possibly bring their family together while they're at it.

PG Action
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With Andy Garcia Renny Harlin Val Kilmer Johnathon Schaech Rupert Friend Emmanuelle Chriqui Mikko Alanne George Lascu Michael P. Flannigan Antje Traue David Imedashvili David Battle

An American journalist, his cameraman and a Georgian native become caught in the crossfire of the five-day war between Russian and the Georgian Republic in 2008.

R Action
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With Amandla Stenberg Zoe Saldana Luc Besson Michael Vartan Robert Mark Kamen Olivier Megaton Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

"Columbiana" is set in Latin America and the U.S. Saldana would play a young woman who, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

PG-13 Action
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With Michael Bay Shia LaBeouf Tyrese Gibson Patrick Dempsey Lorenzo di Bonaventura Alex Kurtzman Steven Spielberg John Malkovich Josh Duhamel Alan Tudyk Ken Jeong Frances McDormand Julie White Tom DeSanto Kevin Dunn Leonard Nimoy Ehren Kruger Roberto Orci James Avery Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

"Transformers 3" features Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the U.S.S.R. and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet's most dangerous secrets. The villain of the third film will be Shockwave.

PG-13 Action 2 hrs, 37 mins
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Assigned to guard Divya, the daughter of a business tycoon, Lovely Singh accompanies Divya to her campus, but ends up rubbing her the wrong way with his over-protective nature and paranoia about security. She finds him to be a major obstacle in leading a regular campus life. To throw him off-track and get him out of the way, she plans to trap him in a fake love affair.

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