Movies Released May 14th - May 21st, 2012

Battleship

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Genre:
Action, Sci-Fi

A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.

 

Indie Game: The Movie

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
BlinkWorks Media
Genre:
Documentary

Follows the dramatic journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.

 

The Dictator

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Release Date:
May 16th, 2012
Studio:
Paramount Pictures
Genre:
Comedy

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

 

What to Expect When You’re Expecting

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
Lionsgate
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

A look at the lives of five couples as they prepare to become parents.

 

Hysteria

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (7 votes, 3.71 / 5)
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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
Sony Pictures Classics
Genre:
Comedy, Romance

A romantic comedy based on the truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.

 

Elena

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Release Date:
May 16th, 2012
Studio:
Zeitgeist Films
Genre:
Drama

Elena and Vladimir are an older couple, they come from different backgrounds. Vladimir is a wealthy and cold man, Elena comes from a modest milieu and is a docile wife. They have met late in life and each one has children from previous marriages. Elena’s son is unemployed, unable to support his own family and he is constantly asking Elena for money. Vladimir’s daughter is a careless young woman who has a distant relationship with her father. A heart attack puts Vladimir in hospital, where he realizes that his remaining time is limited. A brief but somehow tender reunion with his daughter leads him to make an important decision: she will be the only heiress of his wealth. Back home he announces it to Elena. Her hopes to financially help her son suddenly vanish. The shy and submissive housewife then comes up with a plan to give her son and grandchildren a real chance in life

 

Polisse

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
Sundance Selects
Genre:
Crime, Drama

A journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters an affair with one of her subjects.

 

Lovely Molly

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
Image Entertainment
Genre:
Horror, Thriller

A horror/thriller centered on one troubled young woman and the evil power that exists inside of her.

 

Beyond the Black Rainbow

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
Magnet Releasing
Genre:
Mystery, Sci-Fi

Despite being under heavy sedation, Elena tries to make her way out of Arboria, a secluded, quasi-futuristic commune.

 

Virginia

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
EOne Entertainment
Genre:
Drama

A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decades-long affair.

 

American Animal

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
Screen Media Films
Genre:
Comedy, Drama

A wild existential comedy about a dying young man who descends into madness when he discovers that his roommate and best friend is leaving for a new job in the morning.

 

The Samaritan

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
IFC Films
Genre:
Thriller

After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter’s life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.

 

7 Days in Havana

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Release Date:
May 16th, 2012
Studio:
Not available
Genre:
Drama

7 días en La Habana (original title). A young American boy is trying to break into the acting business, and goes to Cuba during a film festival.

 

Francis Ha

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Release Date:
May 17th, 2012
Studio:
IFC Films
Genre:
Comedy

Greta Gerwig stars as Frances, an apprentice in a dance company who wants so much more than she has but lives life with unaccountable joy and lightness. This modern fable from Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Greenberg) explores youth, friendship, class, ambition, failure and redemption.

 

Mansome

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Release Date:
May 18th, 2012
Studio:
Paladin
Genre:
Documentary

In the age of manscaping, metrosexuals, and grooming products galore – what does it mean to be a man? Oscar nominee Morgan Spurlock and executive producers Ben Silverman, Will Arnett, and Jason Bateman present a delightfully entertaining doc featuring candid interviews from Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, and everyday people weighing in on everything from the obsession with facial hair to body dysmorphic disorder.