New Movies Opening This Friday, Jan 17, 2014

This week there's a new Jack Ryan movie coming out, in addition to a new comedy with Ice Cube (Well, it's labelled a comedy), and other movies.

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Opening This Week - January 17:

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Rated PG-13; 105 min   -   Action | Drama | Thriller

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Stars:    Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh

-> And suddenly, with "captain Kirk" at the helm, we are all wanting to check this movie out!!!

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Ride Along (2014)

Rated PG-13; Action | Comedy

Fast-talking security guard Ben joins his cop brother-in-law James on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta in order to prove himself worthy of marrying Angela, James' sister.

Director: Tim Story
Stars:    Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter, John Leguizamo

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Devil's Due (2014)


Rated R; 89 min   -   Horror

After a mysterious, lost night on their honeymoon, a newlywed couple finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything for posterity, the husband begins to notice odd behavior in his wife that they initially write off to nerves, but, as the months pass, it becomes evident that the dark changes to her body and mind have a much more sinister origin.

Directors:  Matt Bettinelli-Olpin | Tyler Gillett
Stars:      Allison Miller, Zach Gilford, Sam Anderson, Roger Payano

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The Nut Job (2014)

Rated PG; 85 min   -   Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter - Maury's Nut Store.

Director: Peter Lepeniotis
Stars:    Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl

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Like Father, Like Son (2013) - [Limited]

120 min   -   Drama

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth, he must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

Director:  Hirokazu Koreeda
Stars:       Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Rirî Furankî

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G.B.F. (2013) - [Limited]

Rated R; 92 min   -   Comedy

What happens after Tanner is outed by his classmates and becomes the title "gay best friend" for three high school queen bees?

Director: Darren Stein
Stars:    Michael J. Willett, Paul Iacono, Sasha Pieterse, Andrea Bowen

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Big Bad Wolves (2013) - [Limited]

110 min   -   Comedy | Crime | Thriller

A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.

Directors: Aharon Keshales | Navot Papushado
Stars:     Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Doval'e Glickman

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Summer in February (2013) - [Limited]

100 min   -   Biography | Drama | Romance

A true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall

Director:  Christopher Menaul
Stars:     Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Hattie Morahan

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