Movies Released January 20, 2012

Friday, January 20

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close PG-13

Oskar Schell, a nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player and pacifist, searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.
Tom Hanks, Viola Davis, James Gandolfini, Scott Rudin, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Stephen Daldry, Eric Roth
Drama Adaptation
89 mins

Underworld: Awakening R

No plot details have been announced. However, it is rumored this fourth installment will actually be the start of a new trilogy and that the studio, Screen Gems, is looking at reprising the story of the world’s sexiest vampire, Selene (Kate Beckinsale).
Scott Speedman, Charles Dance, Bjorn Stein, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Mans Marlind, Len Wiseman, Richard Wright
Action Sequel Horror 3D
125 mins

Red Tails PG-13

A group of young WWII pilots overcome racism to form the Tuskegee Airmen, a distinguished group of fliers who broke the aviation color barrier to become the first African-American fighter pilots in U.S. military history.
Bryan Cranston, Daniela Ruah, Cuba Gooding Jr., David Oyelowo, Method Man, John Ridley, Rick Otto, Terrence Howard
Drama War Historical
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93 mins

Haywire R

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes.
Tucker Tooley, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton, Antonio Banderas, Steven Soderbergh, Ryan Kavanaugh
Action Thriller

16-Love PG

When the number one junior player in the country is injured, she begins to discover the teenage life she never got to live… and find the love she never thought she’d have.
Adam Lipsius, Leigh Dunlap, Lindsey Shaw, Chandler Massey, Keith Coulouris, Susie Abromeit, Lindsey Black, Mark Elias
Comedy Romance Sports Family

The Flowers of War R

The story of China's Nanjing Massacre, which involved Japanese troops killing thousands of Chinese citizens in what was then the nation's capital in 1937. Christian Bale will play an American priest called John who helps a great number of Chinese escape certain death.
Zhang Yimou, Christian Bale, Zhang Weiping, Liu Heng
Action Adventure Historical
105 mins

Watching TV with the Red Chinese

In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.
Ryan O'Nan, Shimon Dotan
Drama Comedy
122 mins

Coriolanus R

Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, is manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, resulting in his banishment. He subsequently offers himself to his sworn enemy, and together they march on Rome intending to destroy the city.
Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Eddie Marsan, Vanessa Redgrave, Gabrielle Tana, Jessica Chastain, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Ralph Fiennes
Drama

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

Chronicles the 90-year-old icon - both onstage and off...past and present. The film is both an intimate love story and a rarefied journey inside Broadway's most glamorous era.
Dori Berinstein
Documentary

Miss Bala

An aspiring beauty queen finds her dream corrupted when she unwillingly gets involved with a criminal group at war in Mexico.
Gerardo Naranjo
Drama Action

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

In the lost holy land of Milos, the Elrics search for the truth behind an unknown form of alchemy.
Kazuya Murata
Action Sci-Fi Animation

Friday, January 20