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Starring Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, John Corbett, Ian Nelson, Kristin Chenoweth
Director: Rob Cohen
Release Date: 1-23-2015
Run Time: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for violence, sexual content/nudity and language
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Reviews for The Boy Next Door:
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei, Wang Leehom, William Mapother, Holt McCallany, John Ortiz, Ritchie Coster, Tracee Chimo, Jason Butler Harner
Director: Michael Mann
Release Date: 1-16-2015
Run Time: 133 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for violence and some language
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Reviews for Blackhat:
Starring Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, Elyes Gabel, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Peter Gerety, Christopher Abbott, Ashley Williams
Director: J.C. Chandor
Release Date: 1-16-2015
Run Time: 124 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for language and some violence
Distributor: A24 Films
Reviews for A Most Violent Year:
Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Luke Grimes, Jake McDorman, Keir O'Donnell, Max Charles, Owain Yeoman
Director: Clint Eastwood
Release Date: 1-16-2015
Run Time: 134 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong and disturbing war violence, and language throughout including some sexual references
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Reviews for American Sniper:
Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Jon Gries, Forest Whitaker, Dogray Scott, Sam Spruell, Leland Orser, Al Sapienza, Andrew Howard
Director: Oliver Megaton
Release Date: 1-9-2015
Run Time: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for intense sequences of violence and action, and for brief strong language
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Reviews for Taken 3:
Starring Timothy Spall, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Julian Seager, James Norton, Lasco Atkins, Jamie Thomas King, Robert Portal
Director: Mike Leigh
Release Date: 1-9-2015
Run Time: 150 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for some sexual content
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Reviews for Mr. Turner:
Starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Lorraine Toussaint, Giovanni Ribisi, Common, and Oprah Winfrey
Director: Ava DuVernay
Release Date: 1-9-2015
Run Time: 128 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for disturbing thematic material including violence, a suggestive moment, and brief strong language
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Reviews for Selma:
Starring Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter, Christoph Waltz, Jason Schwartzman, Terence Stamp, Danny Huston, Krsyten Ritter
Director: Tim Burton
Release Date: 12-25-2014
Run Time: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for thematic elements and brief strong language
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Reviews for Big Eyes:
Starring Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock
Director: Angelina Jolie
Release Date: 12-25-2014
Run Time: 137 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Reviews for Unbroken:
Starring Johnny Depp, Chris Pine, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, James Corden, Tracey Ullman, Anna Kendrick, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone
Director: Rob Marshall
Release Date: 12-25-2014
Run Time: 125 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG), for thematic elements, fantasy action and peril, and some suggestive material
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Reviews for Into the Woods:
Starring Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Lee Pace, Christopher Lee, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
Director: Peter Jackson
Release Date: 12-17-2014
Run Time: 144 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Reviews for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies:
Starring Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union, JB Smoove, Cedric the Entertainer, Hayley Marie Norman
Director: Chris Rock
Release Date: 12-12-2014
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language throughout and some drug use
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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