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Movies Released January 20, 2012

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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.

Steven Soderbergh, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Ryan Kavanaugh

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.

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

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 5 mins
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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, Len Wiseman, Scott Speedman, Michael Ealy, India Eisley, Gary Lucchesi, J. Michael Straczynski, Tom Rosenberg

R Action 1 hr, 29 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, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, James Gandolfini, Stephen Daldry, Tom Hanks, Scott Rudin

PG-13 Drama Adaptation
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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.

Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox, Gerard Butler, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave, Eddie Marsan, Gabrielle Tana, William Hurt

R Drama 2 hrs, 2 mins
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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.

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

PG Comedy Romance
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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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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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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.

Christian Bale, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Weiping, Liu Heng

R Action Adventure
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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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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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Borderline

changed release date from March 14, 2025 to March 7, 2025

The Ritual

changed release date from April 18, 2025 to June 6, 2025

The Mummy

changed release date from April 17, 2025 to April 17, 2026

Bad Fairies

changed release date from July 23, 2025 to July 23, 2027

Bad Fairies

changed release date from TBA to July 23, 2025

The Mummy

changed release date from TBA to April 17, 2025
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