21 Jump Street
Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Actors: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Brie Larson, Johnny Simmons, Johnny Depp, Ice Cube
Plot: A group of young police officers control youth crime by going undercover as students in local high schools.
Casa de mi Padre
Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matt Piedmont
Actors: Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Nick Offerman, Diego Luna, Efren Ramirez, Genesis Rodriguez
Plot: A man has worked on his father's Mexican ranch all his life, but financial troubles mean he may soon have to give up on the property. Luckily his younger brother and fiance arrive, and his success as an international businessman seems to solve the issue - but shady dealings, not to mention his attraction to his fiance, put both on a collision course with each other and an infamous drug lord.
The Wise Kids
Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Cone
Actors: Molly Kunz, Eric Hulsebos, Tyler Ross, Frank Stennett, Stephen Cone, Lee Armstrong
Plot: Three kids from a southern church deal with growing up and their religious beliefs as they
prepare for their last months before college.
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Theatrical Release Date: 03/15/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Drew DeNicola, Olivia Mori
Actors: Rick Clark, Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jon Auer, Andy Hummel, John Lightman
Plot: Big Star gained critical acclaim but never caught on with the general public. That didn't stop the rock icons from influencing such alternative rock greats such as REM, The Replacements and The Flaming Lips amongst others. This is an in-depth look at cult phenomena and legacy of Big Star.
The Good Life
Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christopher Nolen
Actors: Tangi Miller, Richard Gallion, Christian Keyes, Maya Gilbert, Mari Morrow, Christopher Nolen
Amma Lo-Fi
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Documentary/Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir, Orri Jonsson, Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir
Actors: Sigridur Nielsdottir
Amor crónico
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jorge Perugorría
Actors: Cucu Diamantes, Andrés Levin, Liosky Clavero, Adela Legrá, Nestor Jimenez, Enrique Molina
The Announcement
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nelson George
Actors: Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Karl Malone, Pat Riley, Chris Rock, Arsenio Hall
Plot: On November 7, 1991, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, one of NBA's most electrifying point guards, made the stunning announcement that he was HIV positive and was retiring from the sport of basketball. Many people thought this meant a beloved star and personality was about to suffer an excruciating battle leading to an untimely death, but Johnson had a different outlook and turned his illness into a crusade.
Eden
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Megan Griffiths
Actors: Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Scott Mechlowicz, Matt O'Leary, Ernie Joseph, Tantoo Cardinal
Plot: A young Korean-American girl is kidnapped and forced into prostitution by
human traffickers. With not other options, she joins forces with her
captors so that she can survive.
Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clayne Crawford
Actors: Ross Patterson, Michael Raymond-James, Christine Lakin, Curtis Armstrong, Desi Lydic, Ray Wise
Extracted
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nir Paniry
Actors: Sasha Roiz, Jenny Mollen, Dominic Bogart, Richard Riehle, Nick Jameson, Rodney Eastman
Plot: A scientist has discovered a way to observe the memories of people but when he's tasked with entering the mind of heroin addict to find out whether he committed a murder, the world he enters is much more dangerous than he could have predicted.
Nice Girls Crew
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tanuj Chopra
Actors: Lynn Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Sheetal Sheth
Sun Don't Shine
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Amy Seimetz
Actors: Kate Lyn Sheil, AJ Bowen, Kentucker Audley, Kit Gwin, Mark Reeb, Gregory Gordon Schmidt
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
Actors: Lynda Carter, Jane Espenson, Kathleen Hanna, Gloria Steinem, L.S. Kim, Shelby Knox
Detachment
Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tony Kaye
Actors: Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Adrien Brody, Lucy Liu, James Caan, Marcia Gay Harden
Plot: As seen through the eyes of substitute teacher Detachment follows three weeks in the life of high school from the students to the faculty and the attachments the substitute is afraid to make.
The FP
Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brandon Trost, Jason Trost
Actors: Jason Trost, Lee Valmassy, Art Hsu, Caitlyn Folley, Brandon Barrera, James DeBello
Plot: After the rivalry between two gangs over Frazier Park using the dance/fight video game Beat Beat Revolution results in the death of his brother, JTRO turns his back and vows never to play. But a year later, The FP is in ruins and JTRO will have to summon the courage to dance again... for his brother's honor and for his revenge.
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Actors: Jason Segel, Judy Greer, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, Rae Dawn Chong, Katie Aselton
Plot: A slacker is uprooted from his parents' basement on an errand from his mother but just may find his purpose in life when he joins his brother in tracking down his supposedly adulterous wife.
Kid with a Bike, The ( gamin au vélo, Le )
Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Actors: Thomas Doret, Cécile De France, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Egon Di Mateo, Olivier Gourmet
Plot: A boy given up by his father and left to a state-run youth farm catches a break when the town hairdresser decides to foster him on weekends.
Reuniting the Rubins
Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Yoav Factor
Actors: Rhona Mitra, Timothy Spall, James Callis, Honor Blackman, Blake Harrison, Loo Brealey
Plot: A man's dream retirement is put on hold when his aged, Jewish grandmother emotionally blackmails him in bringing together his dysfunctional siblings one last time before she dies.
Electrick Children
Theatrical Release Date: 03/15/2012
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rebecca Thomas
Actors: Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken, Bill Sage, Billy Zane, Cynthia Watros
Rabbi's Cat, The ( chat du rabbin, Le )
Theatrical Release Date: 03/15/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar
Actors: Mathieu Amalric, Daniel Cohen, Maurice Bénichou, Hafsia Herzi, Mohamed Fellag, Eric Elmosnino
Plot: Rabbi Sfar has his hands full - his daughter Zlabya is entering her turbulent teen years and, to his wonder, his parrot-killing cat has decided to start talking. When a box arrives from Russia and a near-dead painter tumbles out - it is the start of a grand adventure for a mythical African city,
Pray for Japan
Theatrical Release Date: 03/14/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stuart J. Levy
Actors: Hideo Otsuki, Seiji Yoshimura, Shu Chiba, Kento Ito, Shuki Ito, Hiroyuki Abe
Plot: Following the devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, heroes emerged and the country began the process of rebuilding. This documentary explores some of their stories so that the world may not forget.
Truth About Kerry
Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2012
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Katherine Torpey
Actors: Stana Katic, Jessica Dean, Darren Keefe, Paul Hardiman, Ryan C. King, Rick Yudt
Plot: When a young American women is found dead on an Ireland beach, her best friend, convinced the death was not an accident, travels to a remote fishing village to uncover the truth.
Gayby
Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jonathan Lisecki
Actors: Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, Christian Coulson, Charlie Barnett, Dulé Hill, Joanne Tucker
The Tall Man
Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pascal Laugier
Actors: Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, Jakob Davies, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris
Plot: After her daughter goes missing, a mother is convinced an urban legend
known as The Tall Man is behind the disappearance and sets about
unraveling the legend behind the myth.
Twilight Portrait ( Portret v sumerkakh )
Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2012
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Angelina Nikonova
Actors: Olga Dykhovichnaya, Sergei Borisov, Sergei Golyudov, Roman Merinov, Vsevolod Voronov
Birders: The Central Park Effect
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeffrey Kimball
Actors: Jonathan Franzen, Jeffrey Kimball, Anya Auerbach, Dick Gershon, Irving Cantor, Joe DiCostanzo
Brooklyn Castle
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Katie Dellamaggiore
Actors: Rochelle Ballantyne, Fred Rubino, Elizabeth Vicary, Pobo Efekoro, John Galvin
Plot: I.S. 318 seems at first glance like a typical inner-city school - 65% of students come from homes that live before the poverty line and looming budget cuts threaten the school - but it is different. In I.S. 318 chess is king - in fact, the school boasts the best team in the country and took a school on the brink of failure to one of the best in New York. Yet even with such high regard, the recession may mean the hard-earned success may be shut down.
Chicago Farmer
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cory Poplin
Actors: Cody Diekhoff
Citadel
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ciaran Foy
Actors: James Cosmo, Aneurin Barnard, Wunmi Mosaku, Amy Shiels, Jake Wilson, Ingrid Craigie
Plot: An agoraphobic father tries to protect his young daughter from a gang of hooded, feral children - the same gang who brutally attacked his wife and led directly to his condition. An understanding nurse and vigilant priest try to help him, but to face his demons he will have to brave a place that he fears from his past - an abandoned tower block known as the Citadel - where the answers to who the gang is, and what they have to do with him, will finally be revealed.
Decoding Deepak
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gotham Chopra
Actors: Deepak Chopra, Gotham Chopra
Francine
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky
Actors: Melissa Leo, Victoria Charkut, Keith Leonard, Barbara Sebring-Forman, Dave Clark, Laurent Rejto
Her Master's Voice
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nina Conti
Actors: Nina Conti, Brad Cummings, Dan Horn, Jay Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Kimberly Miller
Keyhole
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Isabella Rossellini, Jason Patric, Udo Kier, Kevin McDonald, Tattiawna Jones, Brooke Palsson
Plot: Ulysses Pick arrives back home after his latest criminal endeavor to an uneasy alliance with his gang, but more than that, he wants to find his wife, Hyacinth. As her journeys through a house haunted by memories, room by room, he discovers many family secrets on his odyssey.
Operation Terror
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Cross
Actors: Jack Brand, Paul Cross, Christopher Kriesa, Graham Clarke, Robert Stilwell, Danny Grossman
Plot: A CIA operative works for a powerful, mysterious organization to plan an attack on the United States and lay the blame on foreign terrorists.
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bob Byington
Actors: Nick Offerman, Keith Poulson, Jess Weixler, Stephanie Hunt, Kevin Corrigan, Megan Mullally
Plot: Two men - one woman - each wants her as their own as life runs its course.
Yes, We're Open
Theatrical Release Date: 03/11/2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Wong
Actors: Lynn Chen, Parry Shen, Sheetal Sheth, Kerry McCrohan, Megan Lee Joy, H.P. Mendoza
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jordan Roberts
Actors: Sam Anderson, Lizzy Caplan, Whitney Cummings, Charlie Hunnam, Nora Dunn, Ron Perlman
Plot: Frankie has been the subject of embarrassment and humiliation at the hands of his brother, Bruce his entire life - often on camera. Just when he thinks he has escaped this part of his past - things turn out even worse.
The Aggression Scale
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven C. Miller
Actors: Ray Wise, Derek Mears, Dana Ashbrook, Jacob Reynolds, Boyd Kestner, Fabianne Therese
Plot: A quartet of deadly, armed hitmen get into a bloody battle for $500,000 in stolen cash against two inventive, violent teens - one of which is the son of the lead hitman.
Beauty is Embarrassing
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Neil Berkeley
Actors: Wayne White, Mimi Pond, Woodrow White, Lulu White, Gary Panter, Mark Mothersbaugh
Plot: Wayne White started as a cartoonist before finding success after working on Pee Wee's Playhouse. He soon moved on to create some of the most arresting, irreverent and interesting pop culture art pieces of our times. Beauty is Embarrassing catches up with the artist to see how White is doing today.
The Crumbles
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Boch
Actors: Teresa Michelle Lee, Katie Hipol, Jeff Torres, Seth Millwood, Adrian Torres, Ebony Perry
Funeral Kings
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus
Actors: Dylan Hartigan, Alex Maizus, Jordan Puzzo, Charles Kwame Odei, Kevin Corrigan, Michaela McManus
Game Change
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris, Peter MacNicol, Jamey Sheridan, Ron Livingston
Plot: Follows the 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain and his choice of Alaskan governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, her meteoric rise in the media spotlight and their eventual defeat in the general election.
In Our Nature
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 1.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Brian Savelson
Actors: Jena Malone, Gabrielle Union, Zach Gilford, John Slattery, Lola Cook, David Ilku
Plot: Due to a scheduling mistake a father and his estranged son find themselves, and their respective girlfriends, sharing the same vacation home.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris James Thompson
Actors: Andrew Swant, Pamela Bass, Jeffrey Jentzen, Pat Kennedy, Bobby Ciraldo, Mark Borchardt
King Kelly
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew Neel
Actors: Louisa Krause, Libby Woodbridge, Roderick Hill, Will Brill, Beth Dzuricky, Anthony Fazio
Tchoupitoulas
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
Plot: Three brothers set out to discover all the wonders and sights that late-night New Orleans has to offer.
Trash Dance
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew Garrison
Actors: Virginia Alexander, Don Anderson, Lee Houston, Ivory Jackson Jr., Orange Jefferson, Allison Orr
Waiting for Lightning
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacob Rosenberg
Actors: Danny Way, Damon Way, Travis Pastrana, Tony Hawk, Rob Dyrdek, Mat Hoffman
Plot: Documentary about pro skateboarder Danny Way from his rough childhood to
becoming a pioneer in the sport of skateboarding. Despite the odds against
him, Way's relentless pursuit helped him overcome the obstacles in his
life and become a legend in the skateboarding world - including an
incredible jump over The Great Wall of China.
