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This Week/NEW MOVIES
For theaters and show times, please refer to www.moviefone.com,
www.hollywood.com, LA
Weekly, or Los Angeles Times. Click on the underlined movie titles below to visit a movie's official Web
site.
Opening Friday, March 14:
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (G) Steve Carell as
the Mayor of Whoville and Jim Carrey as Horton the elephant
lend their voices and comedic talents to the animated family
adventure based on the original Dr. Seuss story. In the 20th
Century Fox release, Horton struggles to protect a
microscopic civilization on a speck of dust from his
unbelieving neighbors. The directors are Jimmy Hayward and
Steve Martino; other voice actors include Carol Burnett,
Will Arnett, Seth Rogen and Dan Fogler.
Doomsday (R) In this English-made sci-fi thriller
from Rogue Pictures, a deadly plague breaks out in Great
Britain leading to a brutal quarantine period with a few
walled-in survivors. Decades later a team ventures into the
ravaged land in search of a cure for the returning plague.
The cast includes Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins and Malcom
McDowell; the writer-director is Neil Marhsall ("The
Descent").
Fighting for Life (No Rating) Two-time Academy
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Terry Sanders presents
this non-fiction account of military doctors, nurses and
medics treating wounded soldiers and Marines on the front
lines of the Iraq War. A Truly Indie release.
Funny Games (R) Acclaimed Austrian filmmaker Michael
Haneke ("The Piano Teacher," "Cache") remakes in English his
own 1997 thriller, a brutal tale of a couple on vacation
that turns into a nightmare when they are terrorized by
sociopathic home invaders. Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael
Pitt, Brady Corbet and Devon Gearhart star in the Warner
Independent Pictures release.
Never Back Down (PG-13) At his new high school, a
rebellious teen (Sean Faris) is lured into an underground
fight club, where he finds a mentor in a mixed martial arts
veteran (Djimon Hounsou), in this Summit Entertainment
action-drama. The cast includes Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet,
Evan Peters and Leslie Hope; the director is Jeff Wadlow ("Cry_Wolf").
Sleepwalking (R) This drama, starring and
co-produced by Charlize Theron, follows an 11-year-old
girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's
abandonment. The cast includes Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb,
Woody Harrelson and Dennis Hopper. The Overture Film release
is directed by Bill Maher. |
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