2013 Movie Preview

From Iron Man 3 to Catching Fire and everything in between, here's your full movie preview for 2013 - the movies, the stories, trailers where available, plus links for tickets & fan alerts for all of the releases headed to a theater near you!

by Fandango Staff
Texas Chainsaw 3D

Release Date: 1/4/13
Genre: Horror
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Years after an entire family in a podunk Texas town were killed for being suspected of being behind people's disappearances, an unsuspecting young woman finds out she's inherited the property. We'd give it a look, since it's a new twist on the old horror classic.
The Impossible

Release Date: 1/4/13
Genre: Drama
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Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts star in a harrowing account of the ordeal faced by one family in the midst of the 2004 Thailand tsunami. Praised by critics for its gripping depiction of the real events, it’s a difficult, affecting tale of endurance and the human spirit.
Promised Land

Release Date: 1/4/13
Genre: Drama
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Corporate raiders Matt Damon and Frances McDormand are on a quest to take over a small town for its natural gas properties (extracted by a controversial process called "fracking," ever heard of it?), but the townspeople aren't about to give up their land for a few bucks. No fracking way.
Gangster Squad

Release Date: 1/11/13
Genre: Action, Drama
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In Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad, Sean Penn plays seminal Los Angeles kingpin Mickey Cohen, who is the target of hard-hitting, sharp-dressing lawmen Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Anthony Mackie.
A Haunted House

Release Date: 1/11/13
Genre: Comedy
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It's not your mother's Scary Movie. This no doubt a crude, raunchy send-up of the Paranormal Activity series, with stars like Cedric the Entertainer, Marlon Wayans and Nick Swardson aiming to have folks shrieking with laughter, and rolling in the aisles.
Zero Dark Thirty

Release Date: 1/11/13
Genre: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller
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With awards nominations and critics' accolades galore, this (semi-true?) tale of one woman's tireless efforts to not only take down Osama bin Laden but take him out completely should keep audiences riveted over its two-plus hour runtime.
Broken City

Release Date: 1/18/13
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
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Mark Wahlberg is Hollywood's go-to guy (he has at least four movies this year), the first up being this action thriller in which he plays a cop hired to trail the mayor's (Russell Crowe) wife, who appears to be cheating on him…or is that all that's really going on? We're gonna say...no...
The Last Stand

Release Date: 1/18/13
Genre: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller
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When a big-time drug lord escapes the FBI's clutches, it's Arnold time! With guns a-blazin' and even tanks (wuut?) Schwarzenegger and team (including Johnny Knoxville, wuuuut?) head to the border to exact justice.
Mama

Release Date: 1/18/13
Genre: Horror/Thriller
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Acclaimed dramatic actress Jessica Chastain takes on the thriller genre in this Guillermo del Toro-produced tale of a wife and husband who take in the man’s two nieces, discovered in the woods years after their disappearance on the day their parents were killed. Something, though, is still out to get them.
Movie 43

Release Date: 1/25/13
Genre: Comedy
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A cast of seemingly hundreds (Halle Berry, Emma Stone, Kristen Bell, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman…) converge in this Peter Farrelly raunch-com that has 12 storylines each directed by someone different...in what may be the biggest ensemble movie ever.
Parker

Release Date: 1/25/13
Genre: Comedy
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You may call Jason Statham typecast—and we won't argue—but we also call him kinda awesome. Here he stars as another hard-nosed thief with an honor system who partners with con artist Jennifer Lopez for payback on his double-crossing crew.
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

Release Date: 1/25/13
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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In this reimagined twist on the fairy tale, siblings played by Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton are all grown up as bounty hunters on a quest for retribution for events in their childhood. They now hunt witches around the world for a living.
Bullet to the Head

Release Date: 2/1/13
Genre: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller
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These old dudes keep coming back for more, right? Here, Sylvester Stallone is an assassin who teams up with a New York cop to blast their way through N'awlins and avenge their murdered partners. We just love that it's directed by Walter Hill, the man behind action classics like 48 Hrs. and The Warriors.
Stand Up Guys

Release Date: 2/1/13
Genre: Comedy
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Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin…how does that cast grab you? In this dark comedy, they play onetime partners separated by a stint in the slammer who reunite—but the trouble is, one of them's been hired to kill another.
Warm Bodies

Release Date: 2/1/13
Genre: Comedy
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Don't call it Twilight -- this zom-rom-com takes a cute, funny twist on the mortal-immortal love story and stars Nicholas Hoult as a speechless zombie in love with a human girl. (Check out our blogger's report of playing a zombie extra on the set.)
Identity Thief

Release Date: 2/8/13
Genre: Comedy
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Jason Bateman is a mild mannered guy just minding his own business, when his identity gets stolen by a thief played by Melissa McCarthy. This leads to all sorts of mishaps and misunderstandings, not the least of which is a couple of criminals on their tail.
Side Effects

Release Date: 2/8/13
Genre: Thriller
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Director Steven Soderbergh and Catherine Zeta-Jones team up for the third time, along with Channing Tatum, Rooney Mara and Jude Law, for an intriguing thriller about a New York couple who take a drug for anxiety that instead causes their lives to unravel.
Beautiful Creatures

Release Date: 2/13/13
Genre: Drama, Romance
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It's taken awhile (four years) to bring this film version of the novel of the same name to the big screen, but here it is now starring newcomer Alice Englert as a mysterious girl with powers that will eventually force her to choose between the light side and the dark at the same time she's falling for a local boy in town.
A Good Day to Die Hard

Release Date: 2/14/13
Genre: Action
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Look who’s back: the fly in the ointment. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the backside of terrorists everywhere. And for his latest mission, rugged cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) teams with his oldest son (Jai Courtney) in Moscow to prevent a nuclear weapons heist.
Escape from Planet Earth

Release Date: 2/14/13
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The first big animated movie of the year hits screens courtesy of the Weinstein Co., of all folks, featuring an all-star cast including Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Sofia Vergara, Jane Lynch, and Brendan Fraser as a space pilot whose arrogance lands him in some hot water.
Safe Haven

Release Date: 2/14/13
Genre: Drama, Romance
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If you know Nicholas Sparks movies, you know exactly what you're in for with this one: love, loss, secret pasts and lots of tears. This time, Josh Duhamel is a guy who falls for a mysterious stranger (Julianne Hough) who keeps to herself, but finally opens up to their relationship only to have her past come back to haunt her.
Dark Skies

Release Date: 2/22/13
Genre: Horror/Thriller
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The producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious turn their eyes to a suspenseful horror thriller involving Kerri Russell and Josh Hamilton’s suburban family, increasingly haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force.
Snitch

Release Date: 2/22/13
Genre: Action, Drama
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Dwayne Johnson stars in this gritty action-drama as a parent who agrees to become a government informant in order to help his son, wrongly accused of being a drug dealer. The scenario turns dangerous for Johnson’s family as he sinks deeper undercover inside a high-powered drug cartel.
21 and Over

Release Date: 3/1/13
Genre: Comedy
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It’s a timeless tale of debauchery and flaunting the rules in this coming-of-age-comedy about a pre-med college student who decides to roll the dice and head out on the town for a beer or two…even though he’s set for an important medical school interview the next morning.
Jack the Giant Slayer

Release Date: 3/1/13
Genre: Adventure
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Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy, Warm Bodies) stars as Jack, an innocent farmhand who, depsite his best intentions, sets off a series of high-stakes conflicts between our world and a land of fearsome giants.
The Last Exorcism Part II

Release Date: 3/1/13
Genre: Horror
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For those who weren’t frightened enough the first time, the exorcisms continue in this second outing that finds heroine Ashley Bell – the last surviving member of her family - fighting once more for her life and soul in rural Louisiana.
Phantom

Release Date: 3/1/13
Genre: Action, Thriller
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David Duchovny and Ed Harris co-star in this submarine action-thriller about the haunted captain of a Soviet vessel who holds the fate of the world in his hands – while something else under the water seems to be stirring, too.
Admission

Release Date: 3/8/13
Genre: Comedy
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About a Boy director Paul Weitz helms this dramedy about a university admissions officer played by Tina Fey, thrown for a loop by old high school mate Paul Rudd, who tells her that his gifted student may actually be the son she secretly gave up for adoption.
Dead Man Down

Release Date: 3/8/13
Genre: Action, Drama
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Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace co-star as two strangers whose common desire for vengeance lead them on a bloody and action-filled quest of mayhem and violence towards a sinister figure played by Terrence Howard. Directed by original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev.
Oz: The Great and Powerful

Release Date: 3/8/13
Genre: Fantasy
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Somewhere over the rainbow, a wicked witch uses flying monkeys to terrorize a magical land. Three enchantresses have teamed to stop her, but they need help. Enter a Kansas magician (James Franco), who arrives in Oz courtesy of a hot-air balloon … giving us the opening scenes to the Wizard of Oz prequel we never thought we’d see.
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Release Date: 3/15/13
Genre: Comedy
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Steve Carell faces off against Jim Carrey in this Vegas-set comedy about dueling magicians, co-starring Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, Steve Buscemi and some incredibly magical hair pieces.
The Croods

Release Date: 3/22/13
Genre: Family, Adventure
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Prehistoric family The Croods, led by patriarch Nicolas Cage, are in for several surprises when they’re forced to abandon the cave they’ve always called home, and venture into the larger, animated world around them.
Olympus Has Fallen

Release Date: 3/22/13
Genre: Action, Thriller
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When terrorists lay siege to the White House, disgraced Secret Service agent Gerard Butler is called back into service. Aaron Eckhard, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and an all-star cast lend supporting firepower.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Release Date: 3/29/13
Genre: Action
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If you can remember back to Stephen Sommers G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, a major villain had infiltrated the White House. Years later, audiences finally are going to find out what happens when C.O.B.R.A. manipulates the U.S. President and launches an attack on a major city.
The Host

Release Date: 3/29/13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama
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The Twilight saga may have come to an end, but that doesn't mean Hollywood has stopped adapting Stephenie Meyer books. The latest stars Saoirse Ronan and Diane Kruger in a sci-fi thriller about a parasitic alien soul.
Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

Release Date: 3/29/13
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Tyler Perry’s latest deals with the temptations and consequences of infidelity, telling the tale of a marriage counselor (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) who risks her own relationship by sleeping with one of her clients.
The Heat

Release Date: 4/5/13
Genre: Comedy, Action
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Bridesmaids director Paul Feig takes on the female buddy action comedy with this all-star pairing of Sandra Bullock’s uptight FBI agent and Melissa McCarthy’s foul-mouthed Boston cop. Together, this dynamic duo/odd couple are tasked with tracking down a major druglord.
Jurassic Park 3D

Release Date: 4/5/13
Genre: Adventure
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Just when you thought it was safe to head back into the theater comes the 3D re-release of Steven Spielberg's dino-classic. Get ready for a close-up with Mr. T-Rex.
42

Release Date: 4/12/13
Genre: Drama
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Jackie Robinson, one of the most iconic athletes of all-time is front and center in a new biopic that arrives in theaters just as the 2013 baseball season gets under way. Newcomer Chadwick Boseman portrays the legendary infielder. Harrison Ford and Chris Meloni co-star.
The Evil Dead

Release Date: 4/12/13
Genre: Horror
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The remake of Sam Raimi’s beloved cult horror film – produced by Raimi and original Dead star Bruce Campell – once again finds five twentysomethings trapped in a cabin in the middle of the woods, and conjuring up all kinds of hellraisers after discovering the Book of the Dead.
Scary Movie 5

Release Date: 4/12/13
Genre: Comedy
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The latest in the Scary Movie series promises all kinds of satirizing of the current “found footage horror movie” trend, complete with numerous shaky camera shots, spooky-looking kids and wayward evil forces, plus appearances from Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Lindsay Lohan, Chris Elliot and Charlie Sheen.
Oblivion

Release Date: 4/19/13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
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Tron: Legacy helmer Joseph Krasinski and Tom Cruise team up on this sci-fi tale about a drone repairman stationed on Earth in a distant future, where the planet has been all but abandoned. After rescuing a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, Cruise’s character begins to question everything he knows about the planet and his past.
The Big Wedding

Release Date: 4/26/13
Genre: Romance, Comedy
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Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Katherine Heigel, Topher Grace, Amanda Seyfried and Ben Barnes invite you to this all-star wedding tale about divorced parents who decide to act as if they’re still married when their adopted son’s ultra-conservative biological mom decides to attend.
Pain and Gain

Release Date: 4/26/13
Genre: Action, Comedy
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Once upon a time, before he was orchestrating the grand CG-eye fest franchise known as the Transformers, Michael Bay was directing "smaller" budget films. Bay returns to the buddy movie genre, teaming Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson in this bodybuilding crime caper that we're pumped up to check out.
Iron Man 3

Release Date: 5/3/13
Genre: Action
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How do the Avengers pick up the pieces after the attack on New York City in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers? Iron Man 3 will be the first standalone Marvel movie to ask that question. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces off with a classic comic-book antagonist in The Mandarin (Sir Ben Kingsley).
About Time

Release Date: 5/10/13
Genre: Sci-Fi
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Love Actually director Richard Curtis directs Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy and more in this time-travelling story about a man whose special gift for being able to move in and out of different eras doesn’t save him from the ups and downs of basic human experience.
The Great Gatsby

Release Date: 5/10/13
Genre: Drama
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Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and star Leonardo DiCaprio provide their star power to this big budget version of the classic novel, with DiCaprio taking on the title role of Jay Gatsby, the New York millionaire who invites Tobey Maguire’s writer Nick Carraway to take a closer look at his life of luxury, privilege and particular tragedy.
Tyler Perry Presents We The Peeples

Release Date: 5/10/13
Genre: Comedy
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Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington star in this Tyler Perry-presented comedy about a laid-back man who crashes his girlfriend’s uptight family reunion and hilariously tries to win over her family members, especially disapproving dad Judge Peeples.
Star Trek Into Darkness

Release Date: 5/17/13
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
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James Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) face a new foe played by the wonderful Benedict Cumberbatch, while Abrams and company will attempt to live up to Wrath of Khan – the movie they believe to be the strongest "second chapter" in Trek history.
Epic

Release Date: 5/24/13
Genre: Family, Animation
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The makers of Ice Age and Rio present an animated tale about an ongoing struggle deep within the forest between forces of good and evil. A teenager finds herself transported into this world, and teams up with the inhabitants to save their world and her own.
Fast & Furious 6

Release Date: 5/24/13
Genre: Action
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The long-running franchise jumps over to Europe for the sixth installment that welcomes Gina Carano and Luke Evans as well as early franchise star Michelle Rodriguez.
The Hangover Part III

Release Date: 5/24/13
Genre: Comedy
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The gang’s all back, sans wedding and bachelor party, but still hitting the road for all sorts of off-color and zany, sure-to-be raunchy and rollicking adventures.
The Purge

Release Date: 5/31/13
Genre: Thriller
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Ethan Hawke exists in a future world where the government allows an annual 12-hour period where anything goes, including murder. When an intruder breaks into the locked-down, gated community where Hawke and his family reside, he and his neighbors are faced with a test.
After Earth

Release Date: 6/7/13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
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Will and Jaden Smith co-star as interstellar traveler and teenage son who crash land on Earth centuries after the population abandoned it to seek refuge elsewhere. In order to save his injured father, Jaden sets out on a dangerous mission to signal for help.
The Internship

Release Date: 6/7/13
Genre: Comedy
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Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are back together again and it feels oh so right. Like macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly or Kibbles and Bits, the duo are perfectly cast as two laid off men in their 40s who intern at a successful Internet company.
Now You See Me

Release Date: 6/7/13
Genre: Thriller, Drama
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The FBI and a group called “The Four Horsemen” – magicians who steal from corrupt business leaders and give their money to their audiences – play a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in this film co-starring Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Common and Michael Caine.
Man of Steel

Release Date: 6/14/13
Genre: Action
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Director Zack Snyder reportedly worked closely with producer Christopher Nolan to reimagine the Superman mythology for this summer blockbuster. Not much is known, though, beyond the casting. Henry Cavill will play Superman; Amy Adams is Lois Lane; Michael Shannon is evil General Zod; and Russell Crowe plays Jor-El, Kal-El’s dad.
This Is The End

Release Date: 6/14/13
Genre: Comedy
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Inspired by a short film, This Is the End is an end-of-the-world comedy that stars Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill and Danny McBride as themselves. Somehow, the six Hollywood actors all manage to survive the apocalypse, or at least the start of it.
Monsters University

Release Date: 6/21/13
Genre: Comedy, Animated, Family
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Pixar's offering this year is a prequel to their 2001 hit, Monsters, Inc., which takes us back to Mike and Sully's college days – a time when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
World War Z

Release Date: 6/21/13
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action, Thriller
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Brad Pitt tries to save the world from zombies? Yeah, we’re in. Director Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) works off an adaptation of the best-selling book by Max Brooks, which tells – via flashbacks – how select members of humanity survived a sudden, rapid zombie apocalypse.
Kick Ass 2

Release Date: 6/28/13
Genre: Action, Comedy
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Normally, comic-book movies instantly get sequels. But no one knew, for sure, that Kick-Ass would earn a second feature because the first movie was so strange and deliriously off-putting. Thankfully, enough people dug the dark humor. All the stars return, but the big news is the addition of Jim Carrey as Colonel Stars and Stripes.
White House Down

Release Date: 6/28/13
Genre: Action
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Roland Emmerich loves destroying America’s landmarks, and here he’s going after a previous target – the White House – in his terrorist thriller that stars Channing Tatum as a Secret Service agent tasked with protecting the U.S. President (Jamie Foxx).
Despicable Me 2

Release Date: 7/3/13
Genre: Comedy, Animated, Family
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Those crazy minions are back in Universal's sequel to the 2010 smash hit. Steve Carell returns to voice Gru as he, his girls and their hoard of minions face a new villain, voiced by Al Pacino.
Lone Ranger

Release Date: 7/3/13
Genre: Action
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Despite all the talk about budget issues and script changes, Jerry Bruckheimer's latest big budget spectacle is set to arrive on Independence Day weekend. Gore Verbinski helms the popcorn flick which finds Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp starring in the adaptation of the classic '50 television series.
Grown Ups 2

Release Date: 7/12/13
Genre: Comedy
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Adam Sandler, Kevin James, David Spade, Chris Rock and Rob Schneider are all back as childhood buddies, this time tasked with taking on a cocky group of frat boys including Nick Swardson and Taylor Lautner.
Pacific Rim

Release Date: 7/12/13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
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Guillermo del Toro brings us this sci-fi action flick featuring giant robots and monsters doing battle and a band of heroic fighters led by Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi, who seek to prevent an apocalypse from occurring.
The Conjuring

Release Date: 7/19/13
Genre: Horror/Thriller
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Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star in this story about demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, two of the first paranormal investigators involved in the Amityville haunting. The new film takes place prior to the Amityville events.
R.I.P.D.

Release Date: 7/19/13
Genre: Drama, Action
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Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds star in this adaptation of the comic book, Rest in Peace Department. The story follows a slain young cop who joins a team of undead police officers to try and find the man who murdered him.
Turbo

Release Date: 7/19/13
Genre: Family, Animation
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In this family animated adventure, Ryan Reynolds provides the voice of Turbo, a turtle who longs to become the greatest racer in the world, just like his hero, 5-time Indianapolis champ, Guy Gagne.
The Wolverine

Release Date: 7/26/13
Genre: Action
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Hugh Jackman returns as the quick-tempered, adamantium-clawed mutant Wolverine as he journeys to Japan in James Mangold's adaptation of a Chris Claremont-Frank Miller story arc that sees Logan battling The Silver Samurai and ninjas.
300: Rise of An Empire

Release Date: 8/2/13
Genre: Action
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The follow-up to Zack Snyder’s 300 (penned by Snyder) is said to tell the story of Greek General Themistocles and his battle against Persian invaders at the same time as 300’s Battle of Thermopylae.
Red 2

Release Date: 8/2/13
Genre: Action, Comedy
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Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich are back for a second turn in this action comedy which welcomes Catherine Zeta-Jones and Lee Byung-hun to the cast.
The Smurfs 2

Release Date: 8/2/13
Genre: Family, Comedy
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Gargamel’s up to his usual dastardly deeds, here creating smurf-like baddies called The Naughties, who kidnap Smurfette, take her to Paris, and try to get her to be a bad girl smurf. It’s up to Papa Smurf, Clumsy, Grouchy and Vanity, along with their human friends, to rescue her and save the day.
Elysium

Release Date: 8/9/13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
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Matt Damon leads a future rebellion in the year 2159, where poor people are confined to a decrepit Earth while the rich are allowed to inhabit a clean, man-made station called Elysium. District 9’s Neill Blomkamp directs.
Planes

Release Date: 8/9/13
Genre: Comedy, Animated, Family
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Originally slated as a direct-to-DVD release, Pixar's sort-of spin-off from the Cars franchise flies into theaters in the late summer months. What's next? Boats?
We're the Millers

Release Date: 8/9/13
Genre: Comedy, Action
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Jason Sudeikis stars as a small-time pot dealer who ends up in debt to dealer Ed Helms, and manages to convince his stripper neighbor played by Jennifer Aniston and streetwise teen Emma Roberts to masquerade as a family and head south of the border to complete a drug deal.
2 Guns

Release Date: 8/16/13
Genre: Drama, Action
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Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington face off against the mob in this action crime drama that co-stars James Marsden, Paula Patton and Bill Paxton.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Release Date: 8/16/13
Genre: Action, Fantasy
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Logan Lerman returns to the title role of Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, here continuing on a quest with his powerful friends to retrieve the Golden Fleece and save his home and his training ground, Camp Half-Blood.
The To-Do List

Release Date: 8/16/13
Genre: Comedy
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Aubrey Plaza (Safety Not Guaranteed, TV’s Parks & Recreation) is cast as an overachiever who decides to spend her summer between high school and college checking off all of the wild things on her to-do list that she never was able to achieve during her high school years.
Mortal Instruments

Release Date: 8/23/13
Genre: Action, Fantasy
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Lily Collins and Jaime Campbell Bower appear in this first adaptation of the popular young adult fantasy book series, which concern teenager Clary Fray, who discovers that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters, a secret group of half-angel warriors.
You're Next

Release Date: 8/23/13
Genre: Horror
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This well-reviewed horror/thriller concerns a group of twisted killers who set their sights on a family reunion at a remote location. What they don’t realize is that one of the family’s guests is anything but a victim, and is ready and willing to fight back with her own special set of skills.
Closed Circuit

Release Date: 8/30/13
Genre: Thriller
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Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall star in this tale of two former lovers whose lives are put at risk when they’re joined together on the defense team at a terrorism trial.
Getaway

Release Date: 8/30/13
Genre: Action
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Ethan Hawke’s a burnt out race car driver who’s forced to put the pedal to the metal to save his kidnapped wife. Watched by hidden cameras in his car and forced by an unknown voice to follow directions or else, Hawke’s only ally is a young female hacker in the passenger seat.
Insidious Chapter 2

Release Date: 8/30/13
Genre: Horror
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Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne return in this second installment as parents whose son was possessed by a demon in the first installment, and who still find their lives affected by something sinister. Saw director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Wannell also return for the project.
One Direction Concert Movie

Release Date: 8/30/13
Genre: Documentary, Music
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The hugely popular musical act – over 13+ million records sold worldwide and counting – star in their first movie, presented as a 3D concert film that should be the next best thing to being there for the pop outfit’s legion of fans.
Satanic

Release Date: 8/30/13
Genre: Horror
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Haley Bennett is a college student whose decision to stay on campus over the Thanksgivng break turns dangerous when she’s targeted by a violent gang.
Riddick

Release Date: 9/6/13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
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Director David Twohy and star Vin Diesel reunite for another adventure involving Riddick, the dangerous convict left for dead on a seemingly lifeless planet. When alien predators close in on him, Riddick is forced to activate a beacon that draws bounty hunters back to the planet to find him.
Battle of the Year

Release Date: 9/13/13
Genre: Drama, Musical
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Lost star Josh Holloway is featured as a former basketball coach who’s asked by a friend to change his game plan and coach American B-boys preparing to win breakdancing’s Battle of the Year, and bring the championship – held annually in France – back home to the U.S.
I, Frankenstein

Release Date: 9/13/13
Genre: Action, Thriller
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Aaron Eckhart heads up the cast in this action thriller about a Frankenstein monster named Adam who’s lived through the centuries and now finds himself caught up in a long-standing battle between two immortal clans.
Prisoners

Release Date: 9/20/13
Genre: Action, Drama
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Hugh Jackman is a small-town carpenter in a race against time to save his kidnapped daughter and her best friend. After receiving little help from the authorities, Jackman takes the law into his own hands, but is tested by a young detective assigned to the case. Jake Gyllenhaal co-stars.
Rush

Release Date: 9/20/13
Genre: Action, Drama
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Ron Howard directs Thor star Chris Hemsworth as Englishman James Hunt and Daniel Bruhl as Austrian Niki Lauda – two of sports’ greatest rivals and Formula 1 Racing all-stars in the 1970s. During their prime, the men competed at the limit of their abilities on the race track and off.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 3D

Release Date: 9/20/13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
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George Lucas’ second episode in the Stars Wars prequels finds Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) developing on his path as a Jedi knight, and focusing on his relationship with Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman) – presented here on the big screen in larger-than-life 3D.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Release Date: 9/27/13
Genre: Comedy, Animated, Family
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Menacing hybrid food-animals are causing problems and it's up to Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) to put a stop to it in this sequel to Sony Animations' 2009 hit. Anna Faris, Neil Patrick Harris Terry Crews and James Caan return.
Runner Runner

Release Date: 9/27/13
Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake star in this drama/thriller set in the world of offshore, online gaming, and tells the story of the tense relationship between a gaming mentor and his protégé.
The Tomb

Release Date: 9/27/13
Genre: Action
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After being wrongly imprisoned in the world’s most secure prison, a security specialist (Sylvester Stallone) is compelled to team up with a fellow inmate (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to help construct a plan to escape.
The Delivery Man

Release Date: 10/4/13
Genre: Comedy
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A likeable slacker (Vince Vaughn), in debt to the mafia and rejected by his pregnant girlfriend, finds his life further complicated when he learns that the sperm donations he made two decades earlier were used to father 533 children…and 142 of them now want to know the identity of the donor.
Paranoia

Release Date: 10/4/13
Genre: Drama
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Liam Hemsworth finds himself caught in the middle of a high-stakes game of corporate corruption when he’s blackmailed by boss Gary Oldman into spying on Oldman’s former mentor, corporate rival Harrison Ford.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Release Date: 10/4/13
Genre: Action, Fantasy
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Robert Rodriguez finally brings us the sequel to his 2005 cult hit, Sin City. Rodriguez has said the film will contain two original stories along with adaptations of A Dame to Kill For and Just Another Saturday Night. Jessica Alba, Roasrio Dawson and Mickey Rourke are among returning cast members.
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 3D

Release Date: 10/4/13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
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The fall movie season also sees the 3D release of the last in George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels, as Anakin Skywalker takes the final steps in his destiny to become Darth Vader, and the seeds of the future rebellion are sown with the births of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.
Captain Phillips

Release Date: 10/11/13
Genre: Drama
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Hold on to your life vests. Paul Greengrass, famous for his fast-paced action-dramas United 93 and Supremacy and Ultimatum in the Bourne franchise, directs Tom Hanks in the title role about the true story of a man whose ship was overtaken by Somali pirates. Catherine Keener co-stars.
Oldboy

Release Date: 10/11/13
Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Spike Lee delivers his take on the Chan-wook Park cult classic, casting Josh Brolin in the lead role and Sharlto Copley as the villain. Elizabeth Olsen plays the love interest and Samuel L. Jackson co-stars.
Carrie

Release Date: 10/18/13
Genre: Horror
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The classic horror film is updated for the post millennium, with Chloe Grace Moretz cast as shy, lonely teen Carrie, whose painful adolescence is made more dangerous and scary by her unique telekinetic powers. Julianne Moore takes on the role of Carrie’s oppressive, stifling mother.
Malavita

Release Date: 10/18/13
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
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Luc Besson’s action/comedy/drama features Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones in the tale of a mafia family relocated to Normandy under the witness protection program. While they do try to fit in, it’s only a matter of time before they start handling their affairs in the best way they see fit – the mob way.
The Seventh Son

Release Date: 10/18/13
Genre: Action, Fantasy
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Jeff Bridges stars as a knight whose worst fears comes true when Julianne Moore’s evil witch, whom he had imprisoned hundreds of years ago, returns with a vengeance. It’s up to Bridges to mentor apprentice Ben Barnes, the seventh son of a seventh son, in time to save the world from eternal darkness.
Paranormal Activity 5

Release Date: 10/25/13
Genre: Horror
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The plot has yet to be revealed, but you can sure that lots of possessed folks, supernatural spirits, and lots of found footage and camera angles will be involved.
The World's End

Release Date: 10/25/13
Genre: Comedy
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The third film in the unofficial Edgar Wright-Simon Pegg-Nick Frost trilogy (the other two films were Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) finds five friends who reunite to attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier. Instead, they become humankind's only hope for survival.
Ender's Game

Release Date: 11/1/13
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
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Gavin Hood helms this adaptation of the best-selling sci-fi series that counts Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley and Hailee Steinfeld among its cast. The film takes place 70 years after an alien war, where an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school.
Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Release Date: 11/1/13
Genre: Family, Animation
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The classic cartoon is revisited and refreshed, but the basic story about a smart dog named Peabody and his boy Sherman remains the same. This time, when Sherman gets a hold of a time machine, the animated duo take a fantastical joyride through the ages.
Thor: The Dark World

Release Date: 11/8/13
Genre: Action, Fantasy
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The Marvel movie machine looks to shake up the holiday movie season with the return of Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Game of Thrones director Alan Taylor helms the sequel that co-stars Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins.
Untitled Sequel to The Best Man

Release Date: 11/15/13
Genre: Romance, Comedy

Writer-director Malcolm Lee and star Taye Diggs return for this follow-up to their 1999 tale about a writer whose book – which revealed his one-time relationship with his best friend’s girl – was published at exactly the wrong time: right before the couple's nuptials.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Release Date: 11/22/13
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
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Francis Lawrence steps in to direct the final three films of this franchise, beginning with Catching Fire, the second book in Suzanne Collins' best-selling series. Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson return as the Games swing into the Quarter Quell.
Frozen

Release Date: 11/27/13
Genre: Family, Animation
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This animated tale about the journey of a hopeful girl, an extreme mountain man, and his sidekick to find the girl’s sister, the Snow Queen, and end her icy reign over the lands, promises lots of adventure, laughs, and the heart expected from the folks behind Tangled, Surf’s Up, and Wreck-It-Ralph.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Release Date: 12/13/13
Genre: Action, Fantasy
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Since Gandalf, Bilbo and the dwarves didn't stay on the giant birds and fly back home at the end of Unexpected Journey, we get this second movie which will find the crew taking on the gold-loving dragon Smaug.
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas

Release Date: 12/13/13
Genre: Comedy
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Tyler Perry’s most famous creation returns for the holiday, this time convinced to help a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit, and in turn providing all of the town a good sprinkling of Madea’s own unique brand of Christmas cheer.
Monuments Men

Release Date: 12/18/13
Genre: Drama
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George Clooney directs and stars in this adaptation of Robert Edsel's novel about a crew of art historians and museum curators who race against time to recover a collection of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys them. Daniel Craig, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett and Bill Murray co-star in what is sure to be an awards season contender.
Last Vegas

Release Date: 12/20/13
Genre: Comedy
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It’s got Robert DeNiro, Michael Douglas and Morgan Freeman starring as a bunch of best friends who throw a Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single. So basically, it's like The Hangover, but with old people.
Anchorman: The Legend Continues

Release Date: 12/20/13
Genre: Comedy
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Stay classy, world! The gang’s all back – Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, et. al. – and they’re ready to tickle your funny bone with more Anchorman hijinx courtesy of original director Adam McKay and screenwriters McKay and Ferrell.
Saving Mr. Banks

Release Date: 12/20/13
Genre: Drama
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Tom Hanks portrays Walt Disney in this behind-the-scenes drama about the making of Mary Poppins. Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell and Paul Giamiatti co-star in another awards season favorite.
Walking with Dinosaurs 3D

Release Date: 12/20/13
Genre: Family, Animation
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Ever wanted to walk the earth with prehistoric creatures? Walking with Dinosaurs promises to let audiences do just that, using the latest technology and 3D to enhance the experience of following a young dinosaur on his heroic journey.
47 Ronin

Release Date: 12/25/13
Genre: Drama, Action
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There's no telling if this film will still be releasing on Christmas Day as it has been moved several times already. But if it does arrive in theaters, Keanu Reeves will headline this re-telling of the classic Japanese story about 47 samurais on a mission to avenge the murder of their master.
Jack Ryan

Release Date: 12/25/13
Genre: Action
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Kenneth Branagh brings one of Tom Clancy's best known characters back to the big screen with Chris Pine in the title role. Keira Knightley stars as the love interest and Kevin Costner portrays William Harper in a story that finds Russian terrorists attempting to crash the U.S. economy with an attack.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Release Date: 12/25/13
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
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The remake of the 1947 original still involves Walter Mitty, a daydreaming comic book writer with an overly protective mom. Mitty likes to see himself as a hero, and has the chance to live out his fantasy when a woman hands him a book and tells him that it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels.
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