The Five-Year Engagement
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Actors: Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans, Chris Pratt, Kevin Hart
Plot: Follows the relationship of a couple during the turbulent engagement period.
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elia Petridis
Actors: Ernest Borgnine, Barry Corbin, Carla Ortiz, Arturo del Puerto, Tony Plana, Dale Dickey
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Actors: Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Salma Hayek, Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven, Brendan Gleeson
Plot: The Pirate Captain sets out on a quest to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the coveted "Pirate of the Year" award. His crew is along for the ride from the tropical Blood Island to the foggy streets of London.
The Raven
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James McTeigue
Actors: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson, Alice Eve, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Plot: During the final days of Edgar Allen Poe's life, he chases a serial killer whose murder's mirror the stories of Poe.
Safe
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Boaz Yakin
Actors: Jason Statham, Chris Sarandon, James Hong, Anson Mount, Reggie Lee, Danny Hoch
Plot: A former elite agent must take on two tough assignments: rescue a girl from the dangerous Triads while using a coveted safe combination to outwit the Russian Mafia, corrupt cops and the Triads themselves.
Crulic: The Path to Beyond ( Crulic - drumul spre dincolo )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/26/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Animation/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anca Damian
Actors: Sandrine Bonnaire, Vlad Ivanov, Jamie Sives
Garden of Hedon
Theatrical Release Date: 04/26/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin Kangas
Actors: Richard Cutting, Danielle Lozeau, John C. Bailey, Beau Peregino, Andrew C. Ely, Leanna Chamish
In My Mother's Arms
Theatrical Release Date: 04/26/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Atea Al Daradji, Mohamed Al Daradji
Actors: Saif Husham
As Luck Would Have It ( chispa de la vida, La )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/24/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Actors: José Mota, Salma Hayek, Blanca Portillo, Juan Luis Galiardo, Fernando Tejero, Carolina Bang
Plot: An out-of-work ad exec can't catch a break - that is, until a freak accident puts him in the media spotlight. His story sparks a bidding war for the interview and he finally finds a way to provide for his family again.
That Wasn't Me ( Aquel no era yo )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/24/2012
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Esteban Crespo
Actors: Alejandra Lorente, Gustavo Salmerón, Babou Cham, Mariano Nguema, Alito Rodgers Jr., Jose María Chumo
Plot: Two aid workers in Africa experience firsthand the horrors of brainwashed child soldiers.
Turn Off the Lights
Theatrical Release Date: 04/24/2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ivana Mladenovic
Actors: Alexandru Mititelu, Dragomir Christian George, Papan Chilibar, Israila Jamir
Burn
Theatrical Release Date: 04/22/2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Putnam, Brenna Sanchez
Actors: Donald Austin, Brendan Doogie Milewski, Craig Dougherty, Terrell Hardaway, Dennis Hunter, Dave Miller
Plot: A sobering documentary that shows a year in the life of the Detroit Fire Department.
Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist
Theatrical Release Date: 04/22/2012
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Brown
Actors: Peter Brown, Robert Hunter, Paul Watson
The Last Gladiators
Theatrical Release Date: 04/22/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Gibney
Actors: Donald Brashear, Marty McSorley, Chris Nilan, Paul Schantz, Tony Twist
Plot: In Ice Hockey, the "goon" takes and gives the most punishment on the rink. He has one goal: to protect the star player at all costs - usually resulting in fights and injury - all with a smile on his face.
Old Dog ( Khyi rgan )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/22/2012
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pema Tseden
Actors: Yanbum Gyal, Drolma Kyab, Lochey, Tamdrin Tso
Resolution
Theatrical Release Date: 04/22/2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Actors: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Bill Oberst Jr., Kurt David Anderson, Emily Montague
Caroline and Jackie
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Adam Christian Clark
Actors: Marguerite Moreau, Bitsie Tulloch, David Giuntoli, Valerie Azlynn, Jason Gray-Stanford, David Fuit
Marvin Seth and Stanley
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Gurewitz
Actors: Marvin Gurewitz, Stephen Gurewitz, Alex Karpovsky
Nancy, Please
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew Semans
Actors: Will Rogers, Eleonore Hendricks, Rebecca Lawrence Levy, Santino Fontana, Novella Nelson, Wally Dunn
Revenge for Jolly!
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chadd Harbold
Actors: Brian Petsos, Oscar Isaac, Elijah Wood, Ryan Phillippe, Kristen Wiig, Adam Brody
Struck by Lightning
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Brian Dannelly
Actors: Rebel Wilson, Christina Hendricks, Sarah Hyland, Dermot Mulroney, Robbie Amell, Chris Colfer
Plot: A young man wants nothing more than to escape the confines of his small-town life, his perpetually drunk mother and the idiots who surround him - and make it big in New York. He manages to fool his fellow students into contributing to his literary magazine - but will he even attain his goals?
Bernie
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Gary Teague, Tommy G. Kendrick, Rick Dial
Plot: When a wealthy widow he's been seeing drops dead, a local mortician will do just about anything to convince people she's still alive.
Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raymond De Felitta
Actors: Hodding Carter III, Frank De Felitta, Yvette Johnson, Leroy Jones, Senator David Jordan, Governor William Winter
Plot: In 1965 Frank De Felitta, a documentarian, provided a report for NBC news on the changing face of the American South. One of his interviews was an eye-opening piece by waiter Booker Wright, who worked in a "whites only" restaurant. His honest opinion was revealing and stunning - causing him to lose his job, face violence from the white community and become ostracized from his friends. Now, De Felitta's son Raymond, 45 years later, returns to the community to find out what lasting repercussions that one interview had on the family and community.
The Giant Mechanical Man
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lee Kirk
Actors: Malin Akerman, Lucy Punch, Topher Grace, Jenna Fischer, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Messina
Plot: Love blooms between a shy zoo keeper and silver-painted street performer.
Headhunters ( Hodejegerne )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Morten Tyldum
Actors: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard, Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Baard Owe, Joachim Rafaelsen
Plot: A headhunter who moonlights as an art thief gets more than he bargains for when he targets a priceless work of art owned by a former mercenary.
The Highest Pass
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jon Fitzgerald
Actors: Paul Greene, Paul Greene, Brooks Hale, Ariane de Bonvoisin, Adam Schomer, Anand Mehrotra
Plot: A young man who puts trust in his Yogi guru it told of a prophecy that predicts his death at age 27. When that same guru invites him on a motorcycle ride though the India's Himalayas, on the highest drivable road in the world, it makes him face some tough questions regarding his life... and death.
Restless City
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew Dosunmu
Actors: Hervé Diese, Mohamed Dione, Ger Duany, Anthony Okungbowa, Danai Gurira, Zoey Martinson
Plot: An African immigrant survives on the fringes of New York City, just getting by on his passion for music but when love enters the picture, it may prove the biggest challenge of all.
Sound of My Voice
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Zal Batmanglij
Actors: Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling, Avery Kristen Pohl, Davenia McFadden, Kandice Stroh
Plot: A pair of documentary filmmakers find themselves pulled deeper and deeper into a cult whose leader, Maggie, claims to be from the future.
Law in These Parts, The ( Shilton Ha Chok )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Hebrew
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Freaky Deaky
Theatrical Release Date: 04/22/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Charles Matthau
Actors: Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Billy Burke, Roger Bart, Andy Dick
Informant
Theatrical Release Date: 04/22/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jamie Meltzer
Actors: Scott Crow, Brandon Darby, David McKay
Plot: Documentary about Brandon Darby who went from a radical left-wing activist to a valued FBI informant.
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
Theatrical Release Date: 04/22/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: S. Leo Chiang
Actors: Joseph Cao
Plot: The film chronicles Israel's 43-year military legal system in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The story unfolds through interviews with the architects of this legal system juxtaposed with historical footage showing the enactment of these laws upon the Palestinian population.
One Day on Earth
Theatrical Release Date: 04/22/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kyle Ruddick
Actors: Vincent Miedema
Plot: Kyle Ruddick's documentary captures a 24-hour period (10/10/10) and uses footage submitted from every country on Earth, and the International Space Station, with help from the UN and 60 non-profit groups.
17 Girls ( 17 filles )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
Actors: Louise Grinberg, Juliette Darche, Roxane Duran, Esther Garrel, Yara Pilartz, Solène Rigot
Plot: A 16-year-old student, Camille, accidentally becomes pregnant, and when 16 of her friends decide to join her by becoming pregnant themselves, it throws the town and school into chaos.
Americano
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mathieu Demy
Actors: Mathieu Demy, Salma Hayek, Geraldine Chaplin, Chiara Mastroianni, Carlos Bardem, Jean-Pierre Mocky
Double Steps, The ( pasos dobles, Los )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Isaki Lacuesta
Actors: Bokar Dembele, Miquel Barceló, Alou Cisse, Hamadoun Kassogué, Amon Pegnere Dolo, Amassagou Dolo
In Their Skin
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeremy Power Regimbal
Actors: Selma Blair, Joshua Close, James D'Arcy, Rachel Miner, Quinn Lord, Alex Ferris
Plot: A family looking to heal following the death of their daughter heads for a retreat at an isolated cabin. When they arrive they meet another family - a family looking for perfection and they will do whatever it takes to achieve that goal.
Knuckleball!
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
Actors: Tim Wakefield, R.A. Dickey, Charles Hough, Phil Niekro
Plot: Two pitches - one unpredictable ball - follows Tim Wakefield (Redsox) and R.A. Dickey (Mets) in the 2011 as each attempt to tame the classic, and unforgiving, knuckleball.
Minister, The ( exercice de l'État, L' )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pierre Schöller
Actors: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker, Sylvain Deblé, Arly Jover
Raze
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Josh C. Waller
Actors: Zoe Bell, Rachel Nichols, Tracie Thoms, Sherilyn Fenn, Doug Jones, Bruce Thomas
Plot: A pair of women find themselves kidnapped and thrown into a larger group of women - and they are forced to fight for their lives bare-handed and with no mercy.
The Revisionaries
Theatrical Release Date: 04/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Scott Thurman
Actors: Don McLeroy, Scott Thurman, Cynthia Dunbar
Plot: Don McLeroy is head of the Texas Board of Education - one of the most influential groups deciding the curriculum of our nation's schools. He is also an outspoken creationist and in 2009, his views on evolution and history became a polarizing subject.
