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Life of Pi

Life of Pi, based on Yann Martel’s critically acclaimed novel, follows a shipwreck where a young man named Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma) finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with another survivor, a fearsome Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. For those wondering how Richard found himself on a raft lost at sea, he and the other animals aboard are (or were up until the shipwreck) part of a zookeeper’s cargo. From there, Pi has to fend for his and Richard’s survival all while negotiating with the irritable and often hungry Bengal to improve their odds and make the most of their dire situation on a seemingly endless expanse of sea.

Roger Ebert writes, “Ang Lee’s Life of Pi is a miraculous achievement of storytelling and a landmark of visual mastery.” Lou Lumenick of the New York Post says, “It’s the best-looking film I’ve seen this year and possibly so far this century. It’s so hypnotically beautiful that people will be using it to calibrate their new TV monitors. HSX estimates that Life of Pi will open at around $27M.

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Rating: PG // Genre: Adventure, Drama // Runtime: 2 hr. 7 min. // Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan and Adil Hussain// Directed by: Ang Lee // Written by: David Magee and Yann Martel // Produced by: Fox 2000 Pictures, Haishang Films and Rhythm and Hues // Distributed by: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Fox 2000 Pictures

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Taken 2

Set two years after Taken, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) gets a surprise visit from his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), and his ex-wife, Lenore (Famke Janssen), while on a business trip in Istanbul, but the reunion quickly turns sour when Lenore is taken hostage by Murad Hoxha (Rade Šerbedžija), the father of a man Mills killed in Paris. With Lenore held hostage and Kim on the run, it’s up to Mills to rescue his family by any means necessary.

Bernard Besserglik of The Hollywood Reporter calls the film, “a high-octane mixture of violence and pursuit. The filmmakers know precisely what they are doing, and Taken 2 is in some ways a more polished product than its predecessor, taking full advantage of its exotic locations and pacing its action sequences more successfully.” HSX predicts that the film will open at just over $31M between its 3,000 locations.

As a bonus perk, if you navigate to the film’s Facebook page, you can test your skills to see if you have what it takes to survive being taken or play with the Bryan Mills meme generator.

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Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Action, Crime, Drama // Runtime: 1 hr. 31 min. // Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace and Rade Serbedzija // Directed by: Olivier Megaton // Written by: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen // Produced by: EuropaCorp, Grive Productions, Canal+, M6, Ciné+ // Distributed by: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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Premium Rush and The Apparition

In Premium Rush, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Wilee (like the coyote), a law student-turned-bike messenger in New York City. Sent uptown to his alma mater on a premium rush run to fetch an envelope destined for Chinatown, he discovers this run is unlike any other when he becomes the target of a bad cop (Michael Shannon) hell bent on stealing the package.

Premium Rush, Bravo DesignBetsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times describes the flick as “A tightly wound, radically fresh slice of street action. The action is inventive, extensive and exciting, a bang-up job by cinematographer Mitchell Amundsen, one of the town’s hot new shooters.” Boxoffice.com predicts that the movie will take in around $9M from an estimated 2,100 locations.

Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Action, Thriller // Runtime: 1 hr. 31 min. // Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon and Dania Ramirez // Directed by: David Koepp // Written by: David Koepp, John Kamps // Produced by: Pariah // Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

In The Apparition, Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan), a young couple, discover that their house is haunted by an apparition that feeds on their fear, which was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. Their only hope? An expert in the supernatural, Patrick (Tom Felton), but even with his help, they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force that seems to follow them regardless as to where they run and hide.

The Apparition, Bravo DesignAlison Willmore of Movieline writes, “The framing of the story presents a captivating concept, of a spirit birthed entirely out of human belief, a self-reinforcing thing once it came into being and started scaring people.” Boxoffice.com estimates that this movie will earn about $2.5M in its first weekend from 800 or so locations.

Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Horror, Thriller // Runtime: 1 hr. 22 min. // Starring: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan and Tom Felton // Directed by: Todd Lincoln // Written by: Todd Lincoln // Produced by: Dark Castle Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures// Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures