Here is a quick and easy breakdown of all the new movies opening this weekend (films featured represent new openings in the Seattle area…limited and platformed national releases are featured below…)
Another Oscar hopeful with some big name firepower in the form of Clooney, Gosling, Giamatti, Tomei, and Hoffman finally arrives, arguably one of the most depraved films ever to play theaters gets its stateside release, Jackie Chan’s 100th film opens and the Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot toys we had as children fight it out for real at the multiplex.
1911
(R for war violence)
Starring: Jackie Chan, Bingbing Li, Winston Chao, Joan Chen, Jaycee Chan
Directed by: Jackie Chan and Li Zhang
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Distributor: Variance Films
Synopsis: At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor, and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu (Joan Chen) is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power. Huang Xing (Jackie Chan) has recently returned from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare. When he finds his country falling apart, he feels he has no choice but to pick up the sword, leading an increasingly desperate series of violent rebellions against the powerful Qing Dynasty and the New Army- several with tragic consequences. (Summary courtesy of www.1911movie.com)
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THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE II: FINAL SEQUENCE
(Unrated, after being banned in Britain for graphic violence, sequences of torture, and abhorrent/violent and graphic sexual content)
Starring: Laurence M. Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie
Directed by: Tom Six
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Synopsis: Tom Six’s internationally controversial follow-up to the original cult smash, The Human Centipede: Full Sequence ups the ante with a brute force unparalleled in motion pictures today. (Summary courtesy of IFC Films)
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THE IDES OF MARCH
(R for pervasive language)
Starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Directed by: George Clooney
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Synopsis: The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate’s shot at the presidency. (Summary courtesy of Sony Pictures)
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REAL STEEL(PG-13 for violence, intense action, and language)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Anthony Mackie
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Synopsis: A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback. (Summary courtesy of DreamWorks)
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Blackthorn (Magnolia Pictures)
Dirty Girl (The Weinstein Company)
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (Music Box Films)
Hell And Back Again (Docurama Films)
The One (TLA Releasing)
The Sons Of Tennessee Williams (First Run Releasing)
The Way (Producers Distribution Agency)
