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Carrie

A reimagining of Stephen King’s Carrie, Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz) is a shy girl bullied relentlessly by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore). But when Carrie gets pushed past her breaking point at prom, she wreaks vengeance on her high school classmates.

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter writes, “Director Kimberly Peirce’s respectful Carrie overhaul is an earnest yet engrossing take on the original. What’s more, it captures the tender, tortured mother-daughter conflict at the center of Stephen King’s indestructibly compelling story in vivid performances from Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore.”

Rating: R // Genre: Drama, Horror // Runtime: 1 hr. and 40 min. // Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde // Directed by: Kimberly Peirce // Based Upon the Novel by: Stephen King // Screenplay by: Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa // Produced by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Screen Gems, Misher Films // Distributed by: Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Releasing

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Captain Phillips

It was just another day on the job for 53-year-old Richard Phillips, Captain of the Maersk Alabama, a cargo ship carrying food and agricultural materials for the World Food Program among other things, until armed Somali pirates climbed aboard using a ladder they hooked to the ship’s side. Despite the captain’s $30,000 offer, all the cash he has on hand, to call it a day, the gate of pirates opts to hunker down and wait for millions of dollars in insurance money. But as a U.S. Naval vessel closes in, the pirates take off in a lifeboat to ransom their most valuable asset, Captain Phillips, culminating in a tense five-day stand-off.

David Ehrlich of Film.com writes, “Captain Phillips is not only a masterful action movie that breathlessly and believably re-stages a tense standoff at sea, but a resonant portrait of systemized financial imbalance trickling down into the water. While this is arguably director Paul Greengrass’ best film, it’s almost certainly his most urgent.” BoxOffice.com predicts that the movie will open at $20M.

Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Action, Biography, Drama // Runtime: 2 hr. and 14 min. // Starring: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman // Directed by: Paul Greengrass // Based Upon the Book by: Richard Phillips, Stephan Talty // Screenplay by: Billy Ray // Produced by: Michael De Luca Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Translux, Trigger Street Productions // Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing, Columbia Pictures

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Gravity

Veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney), on what is slated to be his last mission to space, and his colleague Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), a medical engineer on her first, are marooned when a swath of debris destroys their shuttle killing every other astronaut on-and-off-board. Drifting 372 miles away from Earth and cut off from any human contact, their only hope for survival is to quickly travel to a Soviet space station in search of a usable escape module before running out of oxygen all while avoiding more lethal debris.

Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice writes, “Gravity is remarkable. Both lyrical and terrifying, director Alfonso Cuarón merges the two, sending us into free fall along with his characters in the kind of movie that makes you feel more connected to the world rather than less.”

BoxOffice.com predicts that Gravity will earn $42M in its debut weekend. As of publishing, the movie is holding a solid 98% on RottenTomatoes.com with 99 reviews, only two of which are rotten.

Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi // Runtime: 1 hr. and 30 min. // Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris  // Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón // Written by: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón // Produced by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Esperanto Filmoj, Heyday Films // Distributed by: Warner Bros.