In Theaters This Week: January 13th, 2012

Thursday, January 12, 2012
Here's the list of films to be released in theaters this week:

Beauty and the Beast 3D
Synopsis: Belle is a bright and beautiful young woman who's taken prisoner by a hideous beast in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff -- a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others -- and ultimately learns to see beneath the Beast's exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]





Contraband
Synopsis: Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best -- running contraband -- to settle Andy's debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian, to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills.

Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach the cash, Chris must use his rusty skills to successfully navigate a treacherous criminal network of brutal drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife, Kate, and sons become their target.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]





Joyful Noise
Synopsis: Two women, one a mother of two teenagers, the other a widow of the recently deceased choir director, join forces to save their small-town gospel choir.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




The Divide
Synopsis:Nine strangers -- all tenants of a New York high rise apartment --escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building's bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, and they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




Don't Go in the Woods
Synopsis: A young band heads to the woods in order to focus on writing new songs. Hoping to emerge with new music that will score them their big break, they instead find themselves in the middle of a nightmare beyond comprehension.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




The Iron Lady
Synopsis:A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




Lula, Son of Brazil
Synopsis: Portrait of Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's early years. Chronicles his family's immigration from Northeast Brazil to Sao Paulo, his years as a shoeshine boy and his brother's arrest which drove him into trade union activism, climaxing in Lula's heading Brazil's trade union movement and incarceration, just as his mother dies.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




Man on a Mission
Synopsis:Best known as the father of early computer RPGs like Ultima and Tabula Rasa, Richard Garriott always wanted to follow in his astronaut father's footsteps. But when eye problems made a career at NASA impossible, he turned to private space travel to make his dream come true. Man On A Mission captures everything from Garriott's training in Russia, to his launch aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, life aboard the International Space Station, and his capsule's fiery re-entry to Earth.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




Newlyweds
Synopsis: A newly wedded couple's honeymoon period is upended by the arrival of the husband's wild-child baby sister and the crumbling marriage of the wife's meddlesome sister.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




Sing Your Song
Synopsis:Inspired by singer and actor Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte rose to fame as a singer, despite trying tours across a segregated country and his crossover into mainstream Hollywood. Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement, while impacting many other developments in social justice. The documentary reveals Belafonte as a tenacious hands-on activist, who worked intimately with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., mobilized celebrities for social justice, participated in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa and took action to counter gang violence, prisons and the incarceration of youth.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




Vettai
Synopsis: The story of two brothers, Thiru Murthy (Madhavan) and Guru Murthy (Aarya) who are poles apart in character. Their father was a constable but after his demise, Thiru takes on the same duty. Due to his lack of bravery, Thiru find it difficult to fight crime in his town. It is in these times that Guru who is not a cop steps up and assists his elder brother. As Guru wins many of his brother's battles with crime, the accolades are showered though on Thiru to an extent that he is promoted as the Superintendent of Police. The turning point in the story arises when Thiru is caught off guard and brutally thrashed. It now becomes imperative for Guru to build his brothers courage to face his fears and overcome them. This point onwards we see Thiru stand tall and brave and how he along with Guru tackle the villains who are out to hunt them down.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




We need to Talk About Kevin
Synopsis:Eva is the mother of Kevin, a teenage boy who went on a murderous rampage at his high school, killing several of his classmates. Following the tragedy, Eva is overwhelmed with grief as well as guilt, and she finds herself the target of her community's anger for raising a son who is considered a monster. She moves to a smaller home, endures vandalism, tries to earn a living, and occasionally visits Kevin in prison. In an attempt to cope with this dreadful situation, Eva reaches out in writing to Kevin's father, her estranged husband.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [US]




Crazy Horse
Synopsis: A cinéma vérité look inside Paris' Crazy Horse, a club that boasts the greatest and most chic nude dancing in the world.

Release Date: January 18th, 2012 [US]




War Horse
Synopsis:The friendship between a boy and a horse who are separated but whose fates continue to be intertwined over the course of World War I.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [UK]




The Darkest Hour
Synopsis: Five young people find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [UK]




Shame
Synopsis:In New York City, Brandon's carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister Cissy arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [UK]




Margin Call
Synopsis: The key players at an investment firm become entangled during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When entry-level analyst Peter Sullivan unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [UK]




A Useful Life
Synopsis:A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [UK]




Tatsumi
Synopsis: A story based on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a mangaka known for his gekiga style of alternate Japanese manga.

Release Date: January 13th, 2012 [UK]



Which one are you planning to watch this week?




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