Opening in theaters today (October 9)
COUPLES RETREAT
Director: Peter Billingsley
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau
Studio: Universal Pictures
The Plot: Four couples settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.
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GOOD HAIR (limited)
Director: Jeff Stilson
Stars: Chris Rock, Maya Angelou, Al Sharpton
Studio: Roadside Attractions
The Plot: Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles.
AN EDUCATION (limited)
Director: Lone Scherfig
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
The Plot: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London (Mulligan) and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age (Sarsgaard).
ST. TRINIAN'S (limited)
Director: Oliver Parker Barnaby Thompson
Stars: Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett, Gemma Arterton
Studio: NeoClassics Films
The Plot: The students at St. Trinian's, a rundown private school whose headmistress celebrates freedom and anarchy, plan a heist in order to save their financially troubled institution from bankruptcy.
TRUCKER (limited)
Director: James Mottern
Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt
Studio: Plum Pictures
The Plot: A truck driver looks to turn her carefree life around after she takes in her estranged 11-year-old son. |
FREE STYLE (limited)
Director: William Dear
Stars: Corbin Bleu, Sandra Echeverría
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Company
The Plot: A determined young motocross athlete (Bleu) looks to to win a spot on the Grand National racing team.
BRONSON (LA/NY)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars: Tom Hardy
Studio: Magnet Releasing
The Plot: In 1974, Michael Peterson (Hardy) earns 7 years in jail for attempted robbery, though his actions behind bars earn him a longer stay -- most of it spent in solitary confinement, where his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
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