Movie Releases - 27 September 2013

As I Lay Dying (Limited Release)

Language: English
Actors: James Franco, Danny McBride, Logan Marshall-Green
Director: James Franco
Genre: Drama
Lee Caplin / Picture Entertainment, RabbitBandini Productions

MPAA rating: R

Plot: Based on Faulkner's novel: when Addie Bundren dies, her last wish is to buried in the nearby town of Jefferson. Her family does their best to honor that wish.

Baggage Claim

Language: English
Actors: Paula Patton, Adam Brody, Djimon Hounsou
Director: David E. Talbert
Genre: Comedy

Sneak Preview Productions
Time: 96min.

MPAA rating: PG-13

Plot: A single woman is bound and determined not to be the only woman in her family to remain unwed and decides to take a 30 day, 30,000 mile journey to land a fiance.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Language: English
Actors: Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg
Director: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Genre: Animation/Family

Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI)
Time: 95min.

MPAA rating: PG

Plot: Flint Lockwood has been forced to leave home with his friends but finds himself as part of a group of eclectic inventors working for Chester V at The Live Corp Company for the betterment of mankind. Yet when Flint learns his machine is still active - and pumping out strange animal/food hybrids, he sets out to shut it down once and for all.

Don Jon

Language: English
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Genre: Comedy

Voltage Pictures, HitRecord Films, Ram Bergman Productions
Time: 90min.

MPAA rating: R

Plot: A New Jersey man objectifies everything around him - from his family to his car to the various women he enjoys wild flings with. But Don Jon, as his friends call him, finds the most blissful experience in life are spend alone, watching pornography. In a quest to finally find a gratifying sex life, two women will help teach him about life and love.

Morning (2010) (Limited Release)

Language: English
Actors: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Laura Linney, Leland Orser

Director: Leland Orser
Genre: Drama

Red Rover Films

MPAA rating: R

Plot: Follows the lives of Alice and Mark - who must deal with the grief and loss following the accidental death of their child.

Muscle Shoals (Limited Release)

Language: English
Actors: Rick Hall, Mick Jagger, Etta James
Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
Genre: Documentary/Biography

Time: 111min.
MPAA rating: PG

Plot: Rick Hall and FAME Studios turned Muscle Shoals, Alabama into one of the most influential, and unlikely, centers for music in North America. Poverty, tragedy, racial tension "The Swampers" has churned out and influences some of the greatest musicians and this is the story behind it.

Out in the Dark (Limited Release)

Language: Hebrew
Actors: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jamil Khoury

Director: Michael Mayer
Genre: Drama/Romance
M7200 Productions, Channel 10, Israel Film Fund

Time: 96min.

MPAA rating: NR

Plot: Two men on opposite sides of the Mid-East conflict: a Palestinian student and an Israeli lawyer, begin a relationship.

Rush (2013)

Stars: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara

Director: Ron Howard

Writer: Peter Morgan (screenplay)

Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sprot

Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media Group, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures limited

Time: 123min.

Rating: Restricted

Plot: The story of Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda who, throughout the 1970s, shared a rivalry with English playboy James Hunt. On and off the track, the two shared a much different approach to racing and life but nothing topped the 1976 in which Lauda was involved in crash that nearly claimed his life, but weeks later, challenged Hunt once again.

The Secret Lives of Dorks (Limited Release)

Language: English
Actors: Gaelan Connell, Vanessa Marano, Riley Voelkel
Director: Salomé Breziner
Genre: Comedy
Indomitable Entertainment, School Pictures

MPAA rating: PG-13

Plot: Payton is a dork in love with Carrie, a cheerleader who is dating Clark, the captain of the football team. When Clark seeks out Payton for some advice on comic books, Payton sees it as a chance to get closer to Carrie - but all Carrie wants is to set up Payton with Samantha, a fellow dork. And though it all Clark keeps his own secret.

We Are What We Are (Limited Release)

Language: English

Actors: Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner

Director: Jim Mickle

Writers: Nick Damici, Jim Mickle

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Belladonna Productions, Memento Films International, Uncorked Productions

Time: 105min.

MPAA rating: Restricted

Plot: The Parkers, a reclusive family who follow ancient customs, find their secret existence threatened as a torrential downpour moves into their area, forcing daughters Iris and Rose to assume responsibilities beyond those of a typical family.

Wedding Palace (Limited Release)

Language: English
Actors: Brian Tee, Hye-jeong Kang, Bobby Lee

Director: Christine Yoo
Genre: Comedy/Romance
GoGoGo Entertainment

MPAA rating: NR

Plot: Jason is left at the alter and his family quickly tries to set himself up with another woman before a family curse can strike him when he turns 30. Yet he spurns all advances until a business meeting to Korea sets up a meeting with the girls of his dreams... over the Internet, that is. He proposes, his family is delighted - but things aren't going to be that easy.