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Star Trek Into Darkness - 3.5.4

The crew of the Starship Enterprise is faced with the task of taking out a criminal (Benedict Cumberbatch) responsible for the murder of several Starfleet commanders. With Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller and Alice Eve. Directed by J.J. Abrams. [2:12 - PG-13]

In the House - 6.5.5

After a teen student proves to be a gifted writer, a literature teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for work; however, the boy's involvement in the man's life unleashes a series of awkward events. With Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas and Vincent Schmitt. Directed by Francois Ozon. In French with English subtitles. [1:45 - R]

Sightseers - 6.8.6

When a loving couple goes on a short trip together, a series of strange events turns a normal sightseeing holiday into a bizarre, violent trip. With Alice Lowe, Steve Oram and Eileen Davies. Directed by Ben Wheatley. [1:28 - R]

Love is All You Need - 6.4.6

A woman recovering from breast cancer finds out that her husband is having an affair. She then travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding, where she meets a widower who still blames the world for the loss of his wife. With Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind and Sebastian Jessen. In Dutch with English subtitles. Directed by Susanne Bier. [1:56 - R]

Peeples - 5.3.5

A children's entertainer (Craig Robinson) arrives unannounced at the home of his fiancée's (Kerry Washington) rich parents to introduce himself. He's a big surprise for the family, but they have surprises of their own. Also with S. Epatha Merkerson, Melvin Van Peebles, Diahann Carroll, Tyler James Williams and Kali Hawk. Directed by Tina Gordon Chism. [1.35 - PG-13]

At Any Price - 6.5.6

The relationship of a workaholic farmer and his son (Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron) is strained as the family's farm comes under threat: The agribusiness trend of using only patented seeds may put the family out of business, as well as lead to intrigue, mayhem and death. Also with Kim Dickens, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, Maika Monroe and Red West. Directed by Ramin Bahrani. [1.45 - R]

The Great Gatsby - 5.6.3

Film adaptation of the eponymous classic novel of the roaring '20s New York by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the enigmatic millionaire who continues to pursue his former sweetheart (Carey Mulligan) who's now married to a man that's brutish but comes from old money. Also with Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Debicki, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke and Amitabh Bachchan. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. [2:23 - PG-13]

Iron Man 3 - 3.7.4

Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), finds himself unable to sleep and troubled by the idea that he will not be able to protect the one thing that matters most to him, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). When a terrorist unleashes gruesome attacks on innocent civilians, Iron Man is thrown into action. Also with Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley, Paul Bettany, William Sadler and Ty Simpkins. Directed by Shane Black. [2:10 - PG-13]

On the Road - 9.3.6

Based on the coming-of-age book by Jack Kerouac: a young writer (Sam Riley) and a free-spirit (Garrett Hedlund) and his girlfriend (Kristen Stewart) travel across the country meeting a wide variety of people who impact their lives. Also with Amy Adams, Elisabeth Moss, Danny Morgan, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen and Tom Sturridge. Directed by Walter Salles. [2:04 - R]

Blancanieves - 4.6.0

This Spanish-language silent film with title cards as a modern interpretation of "Snow White," set in 1920s Spain: Snow White is a matador touring with a group of small people, as her wicked stepmother tries to ruin her life. Directed by Pablo Berger. [1:44 - PG-13]

Mental - 5.6.6

Australian film about a woman (Toni Collette) who comes to help a family after their mother (Rebecca Gibney) goes to a psychiatric hospital; however, when she also turns out to be mentally unstable, their family has to band together. Also with Live Schreiber, Anthony LaPaglia and Deborah Mailman. Directed by P.J. Hogan. [1:56 - R]

Lore - 6.7.4

A teen girl (Saski Rosendahl) is left in charge of her four siblings as they make their way across war-torn Germany and see the consequences of their parents' actions -- their father is an SS officer and their mother a staunch Nazi faithful. That includes meeting a concentration camp survivor (Kai Malina). Also with Ursina Lardi, Hans-Jochen Wagner and Nele Trebs. Directed by Cate Shortland. [1:48 - NR]

Pain & Gain - 7.7.10

A man (Mark Wahlberg) leads several personal trainers and bodybuilders, who in their pursuit of the American Dream are caught up in kidnapping, extortion and murder. Based on the true story of Miami's Sun Gym gang. Also with Dwayne Johnson, Tony Shalhoub, Rebel Wilson, Anthony Mackie, Ken Jeong, Jennifer Nicole Siciliano and Ed Harris. Directed by Michael Bay. [2:09 - R]

The Big Wedding - 7.3.6

The families of a young couple come together for their wedding and personalities and past history clash when the divorced parents of the groom are forced to pretend that they are still married. With Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes, Christine Ebersole, David Rasche, Patricia Rae, Ana Ayora and Kyle Bornheimer. Directed by Justin Zachman. [1:30 - R]

Mud - 3.5.5

A 14-year-old (Tye Sheridan) lives in a ramshackle houseboat on the banks of an Arkansas river with his parents (Sarah Paulson and Ray McKinnon). She and a friend meet a fugitive (Matthew McConaughey) and agree to help him avoid bounty hunters and return to his true love. Also with Reese Witherspoon, Jacob Lofland, Sam Shepherd and Michael Shannon. Directed by Jeff Nichols. [2:10 - PG-13]

The Company You Keep - 1.4.6

A group of former Weather Underground activists are revealed after one of them, wanted for the death of a bank security officer, turns herself in decades after the indictment. With Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon, Terrence Howard, Chris Cooper, Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick, Sam Elliott, Brenan Gleeson, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci and Nick Nolte. Directed by Robert Redford. [2:05 - R]

To the Wonder - 6.4.1

After a romantic trip abroad a married couple (Olga Kurylenko and Ben Affleck) return home to Oklahoma where their problems come to a head when the wife seeks help from a priest (Javier Bardem) and the husband falls for his childhood friend (Rachel McAdams). Directed by Terrence Malick. Primarily in French with an English subtitled voiceover. [1:52 - R]

Everybody Has a Plan - 6.7.5

A man (Viggo Mortensen) seeking a new life assumes the identity and life of his dead twin, with unpredictable results. Also with Soledad Villamil and Daniel Fanego. Directed by Ana Piterbarg. In Spanish with English subtitles. [1:58 - R]

Starbuck - 5.4.5

A perpetual slacker (Patrick Huard) discovers that after a few years of sperm donation, he is the father of hundreds of children. As he gradually discovers his children, without their knowledge, he grows to find the joy of parenthood on his own; meanwhile some of his children are joining a class-action lawsuit to find their sperm-donor father. Also with Julie LeBreton, Antonine Bertrand, Igor Ovadis. Directed by Ken Scott. In French with English subtitles. [1:49 - R]

Oblivion - 4.6.5

Decades after aliens destroy the moon and most of the Earth, two soldiers (Tom Cruise and Andrea Riseborough) exterminate scavenger aliens and help extract Earth's remaining resources. While mysterious dreams cause one of the soldiers to question their mission, the other just wants to go to their new home on Saturn's moon Titan. Also with Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Melisa Leo and Nickolaj Coster-Waldau. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. [2:05 - PG-13]

My Brother the Devil - 6.6.10

Two British-born Arab brothers have to face the racism of gangland London while one of them tries to stay in college and choose a different life. With Saïd Taghmaoui, James Floyd, Fady Elsayed, Aymen Hamdouchi, Ashley Thomas, Anthony Welsh, Arnold Oceng, Letitia Wright, Amira Ghazalla, Elarica Gallacher and Nasser Memarzia. Directed by Sally El Hosaini. [1:51 - NR]

A Place Beyond the Pines - 5.6.10

When a man (Ryan Gosling) decides to rob a bank to support his child, we see the complex set of consequences and the aftermath involving his own child and the child of one of the policemen (Bradley Cooper) involved in his apprehension. Also with Rose Byrne, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta and Ben Mendelsohn. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. [2:20 - R]

Scary Movie 5 - 7.7.5

The fifth installment in the movie parody series features a couple (Simon Rex and Ashley Tisdale) that brings home an adopted newborn and his two sisters and they all suddenly begin to experience strange phenomena. Frightened and frustrated, they use home-surveillance cameras and a team of ghost busters to find out that they're being stalked by a demon. Also with Erica Ash, Molly Shannon, Heather Locklear, J.P. Manoux, Jerry O'Connell, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee. [1:25 - PG-13]

42 - 3.4.4

The story of baseball's legendary Number 42, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman), as he breaks the color barrier in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He receives support and help from friend Pee Wee Reese (Lucas Black), General Manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) and manager Leo Durocher (Christopher Meloni). Also with John C. McGinley, Nicole Beharie, Andre Holland, T.R. Knight, Alan Tudyk, James Pickens Jr. and Max Gail. Directed by Brian Helgeland. [2:08 - PG-13]

The Sapphires - 4.5.4

Australian film based on the true story of a group of four Australian cousins (Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell and Shari Sebbens) from a remote Aboriginal mission who form a girl-group that travels to Vietnam in 1968 to sing for the American troops. Also with Chris O'Dowd, Don Battee and Tory Kittles. Directed by Wayne Blair. [1:43 - PG-13]

From Up on Poppy Hill - 2.3.1

In this Japanese animated feature, when a school's beloved clubhouse is being threatened to make way for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a group of students band together to protect it. With the voices of Sarah Bolger, Anton Yelchin, Gillian Anderson, Christina Hendricks, Aubrey Plaza, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bruce Dern, Chris Noth, Beau Bridges, Isabelle Fuhrman and Ron Howard. Directed by Goro Miyazaki. [1:31 - PG]

Evil Dead - 5.10.8

Five young professionals take a trip to an isolated cabin and discover an obscure book called "Necronomicon Ex-Mortis." The teacher among them opens it and accidentally summons up a demon from the nearby woods; one by one, the friends become murderously possessed, until just one is left. With Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore. Directed by Fede Alvarez. [1:31 - R]