New Movie Releases September 28th, 2012

List below shows all new movies released in theaters on September 28th, 2012, including both wide and limited movie releases.

Escape ( Flukt )

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: N/A
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roar Uthaug
Actors: Isabel Christine Andreasen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Milla Olin, Tobias Santelmann

Hotel Transylvania

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Actors: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Kevin James
Plot: Dracula runs a motel hidden from the human world for his other monstrous friends. When a boy stumbles upon it, and proceeds to fall in love with the count's daughter, he scrambles to keep his business, and family, together.

Looper

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels
Plot: A man who works as a "looper" - a hitman sent targets from the mob in the future - realizes his latest hit is his future self.

President Wolfman

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mike Davis
Actors: Marc Evan Jackson, Casey Robinson, Anthony Jenkins, Del Stetson

Reality

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matteo Garrone
Actors: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone, Nello Iorio
Plot: The narrative is set in the world of reality television, and follows a Neapolitan fishmonger who participates in Grande Fratello, the Italian version of Big Brother.

Six Million and One

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Hebrew
Genre: Documentary/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Fisher

Stars in Shorts

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacob Chase,Robert Festinger,Chris Foggin,Rupert Friend,Benjamin Grayson,Jay Kamen,Neil LaBute
Actors: Colin Firth, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Keira Knightley
Plot: A collection of seven short films, including " The Procession", "Sexting" and "Friend Request Pending."

We Are Family ( Moya bezumnaya semya )

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Renat Davletyarov
Actors: Mariya Shukshina, Andrey Panin, Anna Ardova, Leonid Yarmolnik

Won't Back Down

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Daniel Barnz
Actors: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac
Plot: Two women, fed up with the state of education in the inner city, decide to fight for their children's future and put everything on the line by going up against a bureaucracy that isn't looking to budge.

The Assassins

Theatrical Release Date: 09/26/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Linshan Zhao
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Yifei Liu, Hiroshi Tamaki, Alec Su

Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

Theatrical Release Date: 09/26/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Guy Vasilovich
Actors: Anthony Daniels, Matt Sloan, Lloyd Floyd, Brian Blessed
Plot: A rivalry between Darth Vader and Darth Maul causes some family chaos, whilst the Rebels have bad luck elsewhere.

Barricade

Theatrical Release Date: 09/25/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andrew Currie
Actors: Eric McCormack, Jody Thompson, Conner Dwelly, Ryan Grantham
Plot: After the death of his wife, Terrance decides to take his two kids to an isolated cabin. It
seems to be an idyllic vacation, but what awaits them at their destination?

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

Theatrical Release Date: 09/25/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jay Oliva
Actors: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, Wade Williams
Plot: In this animated adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, 55-year-old Bruce Wayne comes out of retirement to protect Gotham and face both the Joker and a battalion of new foes. But does he still have what it takes to be the Caped Crusader?

Biohazard: Patient Zero

Theatrical Release Date: 09/25/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Brian T. Jaynes
Actors: Brandon Slagle, Amanda Phillips, Van Quattro, Carl Savering

Cockneys vs Zombies

Theatrical Release Date: 09/24/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matthias Hoene
Actors: Rasmus Hardiker, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan, Jack Doolan
Plot: As a group of inept criminals attempt a bank robbery, across town a construction site unearths the curse of the undead - the would-be robbers step out onto a London that is now infested with zombies.

Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman ( Tráiganme la cabeza de la mujer metralleta )

Theatrical Release Date: 09/23/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
Actors: Fernanda Urrejola, Matías Oviedo, Jorge Alis, Nicolás Ibieta

Lace Bite

Theatrical Release Date: 09/23/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sharron Bates, Carmen Klotz

Two Rabbits ( 2 Coelhos )

Theatrical Release Date: 09/23/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Afonso Poyart
Actors: Fernando Alves Pinto, Alessandra Negrini, Marat Descartes, Caco Ciocler

Taped

Theatrical Release Date: 09/22/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Diederik Van Rooijen
Actors: Barry Atsma, Susan Visser, Roos Dickmann, Darío Levy

Limited Movie Releases

The Barrens

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Actors: Stephen Moyer, Mia Kirshner, Erik Knudsen, Allie MacDonald
Plot: A family outing to the New Jersey Pine Barrens takes a surreal turn as the father becomes convinced they are being stalked by a creature spawned of legend: the Jersey Devil.

Bringing Up Bobby

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Famke Janssen
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Spencer List, Rory Cochrane
Plot: A European con artist and her son, looking to finally build a life beyond one criminal adventure to another, find themselves in Oklahoma. But even here, the past catches up, and she will have to make a decision: continue on the path of crime or break away from her son in order to give him a better life.

Harvest of Empire

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Getzels, Eduardo Lopez
Actors: Juan Gonzalez
Plot: Documentary released in conjunction with journalist Juan Gonzalez's book, Harvest of Empire explores the history between America's involvement in Latin America and how it correlates to the current immigration crisis in the U.S.

Headshot

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Thai
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Actors: Nopachai Chaiyanam, Sirin Horwang, Chanokporn Sayoungkul, Apisit Opasaimlikit

The Hole

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Chris Massoglia, Teri Polo, Haley Bennett, Bruce Dern
Plot: A pair of brothers have put up with moving from city to city for a long time, and have finally found themselves on the countryside in Bensonville. Things are looking up when they meet their new neighbor, Julie. Inspecting their new house, they find a padlocked door in the basement floor but this opens up Pandora's Box - all their fears brought to life from a seemingly bottomless pit that just may lead to hell itself.

My Life as Abraham Lincoln

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shari Berman
Actors: Caroline Luft, Gerry Birnbach, Jennifer Lynn Malloy, Trevor Nelson

The Other Dream Team

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marius A. Markevicius
Actors: Bill Walton, Jim Lampley, Greg Speirs, Dan Majerle
Plot: In 1992 Lithuania was struggling under Soviet Rule, and the Olympic basketball team was no exception. Yet at the Barcelona games, the team became a rallying cry for independence as they went on an incredible run... with help from the Grateful Dead.

Solomon Kane

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael J. Bassett
Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, James Purefoy, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ryan James
Plot: A violent mercenary fighting Spaniards in Africa for Queen Elizabeth I finds out his soul is bound for hell and barely escapes his sentence. Vowing a life of peace, Solomon Kane sticks to his path of redemption... that is until a brutal slaying of a family and the kidnapping of a young woman before his eyes has him back on the path of vengeance against the powerful sorcerer, Malachi.

Trade of Innocents

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Bessette
Actors: Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino, John Billingsley, Trieu Tran
Plot: In Southeast Asia a husband and wife work to stop the sex trafficking trade as they confront their own demons.

Vulgaria

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang
Actors: Chapman To, Ronald Cheng, Dada Chan, Suet Lam
Plot: To has a long history of producing films... but nothing of note to show for his work. As money dwindles, he turns to an investor, Tyrannosaurus, who happens to head the Guangxi triad. With alimony threatening, To gives in to the depraved demands of Tyrannosaurus, including remaking a classic porn film with an aging idol...

The Yakuza and the Mermaid

Theatrical Release Date: 09/28/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Benker
Actors: Peter Hertsgaard, Georgiana Avram, Takumi Mitobe, Ikuko Ikari

Unraveled

Theatrical Release Date: 09/24/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Brendan Connor
Actors: Christa Campbell, Richard Christy, Brendan Connor
Plot: A group of young adults head out to a secluded cabin in order to shoot a video but they have no idea that they are being watched by a madman who wants to make his own video.

The American Scream

Theatrical Release Date: 09/23/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Stephenson
Actors: Matthew Brodeur, Victor Bariteau, Manny Souza, Lori Souza
Plot: A documentary that follows three families in a small, seaside Massachusetts town as they prepare their homes for an annual homemade Halloween haunted house. Follows the three from preparation, to set-up to cleaning up after and planning for yet another year.

The ABCs of Death

Theatrical Release Date: 09/22/2012
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Various
Actors: Fraser Corbett, Martine Årnes Sørensen, Kyra Zagorsky, Iván González
Plot: A horror anthology covering 26 chapters (each dealing with a letter of the alphabet) with a focus on death, in all its form of wonder and brutality.

Beberien Sound Studio

Theatrical Release Date: 09/22/2012
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Strickland
Actors: Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Susanna Cappellaro, Cosimo Fusco

The Exhibitionists

Theatrical Release Date: 09/22/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Melamedoff
Actors: Richard Short, Pepper Binkley, Ella Rae Peck, Mike Doyle

Last Hours in Suburbia

Theatrical Release Date: 09/22/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Stimpson
Actors: Liz Vassey, Maiara Walsh, Erica McDermott, Landry Allbright
Plot: The main character, Grace, is accused of killing her best friend in a drunk driving accident. Grace tries to prove she's innocent while her best friend's spirit guides her in figuring out the unbearable truth.

Pusher

Theatrical Release Date: 09/22/2012
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luis Prieto
Actors: Richard Coyle, Bronson Webb, Agyness Deyn, Mem Ferda
Plot: A London street-dealer finds his life spiraling out of control in the course of one week after he borrows money from his supplier, who assures him that he has an airtight plan.

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Theatrical Release Date: 09/22/2012
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Hyams
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins, Kristopher Van Varenberg
Plot: John looks to take down Luc Deveraux after a home invasion claims his wife and daughter. The fight pits John against Andrew Scott and an army of genetically enhanced warriors; meanwhile, he must contend with a UniSol in relentless pursuit.

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