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February 4th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"dallas<\/a>Dallas Buyer’s Club<\/strong><\/em><\/a> –\u00a0Matthew McConaughey,\u00a0Jared Leto,\u00a0Jennifer Garner<\/p>\n

Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof’s free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely successful ‘buyers’ club.’ Rated R<\/p>\n

February 11th<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"riddick\"<\/a>Riddick<\/strong><\/em><\/a> –\u00a0Vin Diesel,\u00a0Karl Urban,\u00a0Katee Sackhoff<\/p>\n

Riddick must fight for his life after his people betrayed him, leaving him stranded on a desolate planet to die. On this unbearably hot planet, Riddick is up against predators of an alien race. Using his emergency signals, he summons two ships: one transporting a mercenary, and the other led by an old acquaintance. Rated R<\/p>\n

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\"enders<\/a>Ender’s Game<\/strong><\/em><\/a> –\u00a0Asa Butterfield,\u00a0Harrison Ford,\u00a0Hailee Steinfeld,\u00a0Abigail Breslin,\u00a0Ben Kingsley,\u00a0Viola Davis
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A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s next great hope. Once at Command School, he’s trained by Mazer Rackham to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

\"all<\/a>All is Lost<\/strong><\/em><\/a> – Robert Redford<\/p>\n

An open-water thriller about one man’s battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling, and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

\"austenland\"<\/a>Austenland<\/strong><\/em><\/a> –\u00a0Keri Russell,\u00a0Jj Feild,\u00a0Jennifer Coolidge,\u00a0Bret McKenzie,\u00a0Jane Seymour<\/p>\n

Jane Hayes’s adoration of all things Jane Austen is complicating her love life. Determined to be the heroine of her own story, Jane spends her life savings on a trip to Austenland, an eccentric Austen-inspired resort, where she meets two very different gentlemen…but has a difficult time determining where fantasy ends and real life, and maybe even love, begins. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

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February 25th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"rush\"<\/a>Rush<\/em> <\/a>–\u00a0Chris Hemsworth,\u00a0Daniel Bruhl,\u00a0Olivia Wilde<\/p>\n

Set against the golden age of Formula One racing in the 1970s, Rush is based on the true story of a spectacular sporting rivalry between English playboy James Hunt, and his structured, intelligent opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda. Directed by Ron Howard. Rated R<\/p>\n

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\"gravity\"<\/a>Gravity<\/strong><\/em><\/a> – Sandra Bullock, George Clooney<\/p>\n

Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

\"nebraska\"<\/a>Nebraska<\/strong><\/em> –\u00a0Bruce Dern,\u00a0Will Forte<\/p>\n

After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father thinks he’s struck it rich, and wrangles his estranged son into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Getting waylaid in the father’s hometown in Nebraska, the son tries to reconnect with his impenetrable father. Rated R<\/p>\n

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\"thor\"<\/a>Thor – the Dark World<\/strong><\/em><\/a> –\u00a0Chris Hemsworth,\u00a0Tom Hiddleston,\u00a0Idris Elba,\u00a0Christopher Eccleston,\u00a0Stellan Skarsgard,\u00a0Natalie Portman<\/p>\n

Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos, but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

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