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Movies Released January 20, 2012

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Underworld: Awakening Poster

96%

Ratings

  • 4.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

No plot details have been announced. However, it is rumored this fourth installment will actually be the start of a new trilogy and that the studio, Screen Gems, is looking at reprising the story of the world’s sexiest vampire, Selene (Kate Beckinsale).

Kate Beckinsale, Richard Wright, John Hlavin, Tom Rosenberg, Charles Dance, India Eisley, Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein

R Action 1 hr, 29 mins
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Haywire Poster

82%

Ratings

  • 3.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes.

Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Steven Soderbergh, Bill Paxton, Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Ryan Kavanaugh, Greg Jacobs

R Action 1 hr, 33 mins
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Red Tails Poster

94%

Ratings

  • 4.1 / 5

out of 5 stars

A group of young WWII pilots overcome racism to form the Tuskegee Airmen, a distinguished group of fliers who broke the aviation color barrier to become the first African-American fighter pilots in U.S. military history.

Bryan Cranston, Michael B. Jordan, David Oyelowo, George Lucas, John Ridley, Tristan Wilds, Terrence Howard, Nate Parker

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 5 mins
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Poster

86%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

Oskar Schell, a nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player and pacifist, searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.

Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Eric Roth, Tom Hanks, Viola Davis, Stephen Daldry, James Gandolfini, Scott Rudin

PG-13 Drama Adaptation
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The Flowers of War Poster

92%

Ratings

  • 4.1 / 5

out of 5 stars

The story of China's Nanjing Massacre, which involved Japanese troops killing thousands of Chinese citizens in what was then the nation's capital in 1937. Christian Bale will play an American priest called John who helps a great number of Chinese escape certain death.

Zhang Yimou, Christian Bale, Zhang Weiping, Liu Heng

R Action Adventure
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Coriolanus Poster

86%

Ratings

  • 3.4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, is manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, resulting in his banishment. He subsequently offers himself to his sworn enemy, and together they march on Rome intending to destroy the city.

Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Eddie Marsan, Gabrielle Tana

R Drama 2 hrs, 2 mins
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Miss Bala Poster

67%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

An aspiring beauty queen finds her dream corrupted when she unwillingly gets involved with a criminal group at war in Mexico.

Gerardo Naranjo

Drama Action
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16-Love Poster

75%

Ratings

  • 3.9 / 5

out of 5 stars

When the number one junior player in the country is injured, she begins to discover the teenage life she never got to live… and find the love she never thought she’d have.

Chandler Massey, Susie Abromeit, Adam Lipsius, Lindsey Shaw, Keith Coulouris, Lindsey Black, Mark Elias, Leigh Dunlap

PG Comedy Romance
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Carol Channing: Larger Than Life Poster

21%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Chronicles the 90-year-old icon - both onstage and off...past and present. The film is both an intimate love story and a rarefied journey inside Broadway's most glamorous era.

Dori Berinstein

Documentary
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Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos Poster

87%

Ratings

  • 4.4 / 5

out of 5 stars

In the lost holy land of Milos, the Elrics search for the truth behind an unknown form of alchemy.

Kazuya Murata

Action Sci-Fi
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Watching TV with the Red Chinese Poster

75%

Ratings

  • 2.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.

Ryan O'Nan, Shimon Dotan

Drama 1 hr, 45 mins
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Mom

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Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force

changed release date from TBA to January 31, 2025

The Last Supper

changed release date from April 20, 2025 to March 14, 2025

I Am Living Proof

changed release date from TBA to March 9, 2025

We’re All Gonna Die

changed release date from TBA to March 7, 2025

The Chronicles of Narnia Reboot

changed release date from TBA 2026 to November 26, 2026
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