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Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Octavia Spencer, Zoë Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Jai Courtney, Mekhi Phifer, Ray Stevenson
Director: Robert Schwentke
Release Date: 03-20-2015
Run Time: 119 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), For intense violence and action throughout, some sensuality, thematic elements and brief language
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Reviews for The Divergent Series: Insurgent:
Starring Joel Kinnaman, Liam Neeson, Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ed Harris, Boyd Holbrook, Common, Holt McCallany, Malcolm Goodwin, James Martinez
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Release Date: 03-13-2015
Run Time: 114 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong violence, language including sexual references, and some drug use
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Reviews for Run All Night:
Starring Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Bella Heathcote, Helena Bonham Carter
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Release Date: 03-13-2015
Run Time: 112 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG), for mild thematic elements
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Reviews for Cinderella:
Starring Scotty Bowman, Mark Deakins, Vyacheslav Fetisov, Anatoli Karpov
Director: Gave Polsky
Release Date: 03-06-2015
Run Time: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG), for thematic material and language
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Reviews for Red Army:
Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Richard Gere, Dev Patel, David Strathairn, Penelope Wilton, Tamsin Greig, Celia Imrie
Director: John Madden
Release Date: 03-06-2015
Run Time: 122 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG), for some language and suggestive comments
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Reviews for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel:
Starring Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er, Brandon Auret, Sigourney Weaver, Hugh Jackman, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Anri Du Toit, Watkin Tudor Jones Jr., Jose Pablo Cantillo, Miranda Frigon, Janus Prinsloo
Director: Neil Blomkamp
Release Date: 03-06-2015
Run Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for violence, language and brief nudity
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Reviews for Chappie:
Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, Gerald McRaney
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Release Date: 2-27-2015
Run Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for language, some sexual content and brief violence
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Reviews for Focus:
Starring Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters, Donald Glover, Sarah Bolger, Scott Sheldon
Director: David Gelb
Release Date: 2-27-2015
Run Time: 83 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for intense sequences of horror violence, terror and some sexual references
Distributor: Relativity Media
Reviews for The Lazarus Effect:
Starring Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Adam Scott, and Gillian Jacobs
Director: Steve Pink
Release Date: 2-20-2015
Run Time: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for crude sexual content and language throughout, graphic nudity, drug use and some violence
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Reviews for Hot Tub Time Machine 2:
Starring Maria Bello, Kevin Costner, Carlos Pratts, Hector Duran, Chad Mountain, Johnny Ortiz, Ramiro Rodriguez, Rafael Martinez, Sergio Avelar, Michael Aguero, Diana Maria Riva, Omar Leyva
Director: Niki Caro
Release Date: 2-20-2015
Run Time: 129 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG), for thematic material, some violence and language
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Reviews for McFarland, USA:
Starring Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Ehle, Luke Grimes, Marcia Gay Harden, Max Martini, Eloise Mumford, Dylan Neal, Rita Ora, Victor Rasuk
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Release Date: 2-13-2015
Run Time: 125 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity, and for language
Distributor: Focus Features, Universal Pictures
Reviews for Fifty Shades of Grey:
Starring Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Hamill, Jack Davenport, Paulina Boneva, Sofia Boutella, Tom Prior, Neve Gachev
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Release Date: 2-13-2015
Run Time: 129 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for sequences of strong violence, language and some sexual content
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Reviews for Kingsman: The Secret Service:
