Opening in theaters this week (November 13)
2012
Director: Roland Emmerich
Stars: John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Studio: Columbia Pictures
The Plot: Academic researcher Jackson Curtis (Cusack) leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events that were predicted by the Mayan calendar.
Keep reading to see the rest of this week’s movies.
PIRATE RADIO
Director: Richard Curtis
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost
Studio: Focus Features
The Plot: A 1960’s comedy about an illegal radio station run by a band of rogue DJs on a ship in the middle of Britain’s North Sea. By defying the tastes and laws of the ruling government, the disc jockeys hooked their listeners on pop music and its attendant ideas of love and free will.
FANTASTIC MR. FOX (limited)
Director: Wes Anderson
Stars: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Plot: Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family. Based on the book by Roald Dahl.
DARE (limited)
Director: Adam Salky
Stars: Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer
Studio: Image Entertainment
The Plot: A drama centered around three high school seniors – an aspiring actress (Rossum), her misfit best friend (Springer), and a loner (Gilford) – who become engaged in an intimate and complicated relationship.
WOMEN IN TROUBLE (limited)
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Stars: Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Connie Britton
Studio: Screen Media Films
The Plot: Different forms of trouble bring together eight seemingly disparate women over the course of one day in Los Angeles.
THE MESSENGER (NY/LA)
Director: Oren Moverman
Stars: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Jena Malone
Studio: Independent
The Plot: An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer
Source IMDb
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