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APRIL 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"anchorman2\"<\/a>Anchorman 2<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>–\u00a0Will Ferrell,\u00a0Steve Carell,\u00a0Paul Rudd,\u00a0Christina Applegate,\u00a0David Koechner<\/p>\n

Ron and Veronica’s romance falls apart as the duo anchors a weekend broadcast at a New York-based network in 1980. Ron is fired for being the worst anchor anyone has ever seen and so he leaves Veronica rather than live in her shadow. So he re-creates himself at a CNN-type network in the eighties and accidentally invents the soul-sucking brand of non-news that now rules cable as he tries to win back Veronica’s love. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

APRIL 8<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"hobbit<\/a>The Hobbit – the Desolation of Smaug<\/strong><\/em><\/a> –\u00a0Ian McKellen,\u00a0Martin Freeman,\u00a0Richard Armitage,\u00a0Orlando Bloom,\u00a0Evangeline Lilly,\u00a0Stephen Fry,\u00a0Lee Pace,\u00a0Benedict Cumberbatch,\u00a0Cate Blanchett<\/p>\n

Bilbo Baggins continues on in his journey with the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim their lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

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\"homefront\"<\/a>Homefront<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>–\u00a0Jason Statham,\u00a0James Franco,\u00a0Winona Ryder,\u00a0Kate Bosworth,<\/p>\n

An action-packed thriller about how far one man will go to protect his family. Widowed ex-DEA agent Phil Broker retires to a quiet Southern town with his ten-year-old daughter and discovers that the idyllic setting is riddled with drugs and violence. When a riveting chain of events forces him to face off with psychotic local drug lord Gator Bodine, Broker must retaliate using the fearsome skills he hoped to keep in his past. Rated R<\/p>\n

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\"paranormal\"<\/a>Paranormal Activity<\/strong><\/em><\/a> – The Marked Ones –\u00a0Andrew Jacobs,\u00a0Molly Ephraim,\u00a0Richard Cabral<\/p>\n

The same malevolent demon who claimed Kristi and Katie is back. Jesse starts experiencing several disconcerting and indescribable things after his neighbor’s death. As he looks into these occurrences, he discovers that he has been chosen for possession by this malicious demon. It’s inevitable that he will be under its control; it’s only a matter of time. Rated R<\/p>\n

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\"august<\/a>August : Osage County<\/strong><\/em><\/a> –\u00a0Meryl Streep,\u00a0Julia Roberts,\u00a0Chris Cooper,\u00a0Ewan McGregor,\u00a0Sam Shepard,\u00a0Dermot Mulroney,\u00a0Juliette Lewis<\/p>\n

The dark, hilarious, and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Rated R<\/p>\n

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APRIL 15<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"philomena\"<\/a>Philomena<\/strong><\/em><\/a> –\u00a0Judi Dench,\u00a0Steve Coogan,\u00a0Sophie Kennedy Clark<\/p>\n

In 1952, a young Philomena was sent to the convent of Roscrea in Ireland after giving birth to her first child. When her son became a toddler, the nuns sent him to America for adoption. Philomena then spent the next fifty years seeking for him in vain. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

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\"secret<\/a>Secret Life of Walter Mitty<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>–\u00a0Ben Stiller,\u00a0Kristen Wiig,\u00a0John Daly,\u00a0Gary Wilmes<\/p>\n

Watch the classic story by James Thurber, about a daydreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance, and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined. Rated PG<\/p>\n

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\"flowers<\/a>Flowers in the Attic<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>–\u00a0Ellen Burstyn,\u00a0Heather Graham,\u00a0Kiernan Shipka,\u00a0Mason Dye,\u00a0Dylan Bruce<\/p>\n

A gothic story of four siblings who, after the death of their father, are torn from a peaceful life and subjected to abuse resulting from a dark family secret. Abandoned by their mother and forced to endure unimaginable treatment living in the attic of their grandparents’ mansion, the children form their own family unit. But as the oldest boy and girl come of age, they are entrapped by their family’s sordid past as they try to survive and escape the harsh living conditions.<\/p>\n

APRIL 29<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"47<\/a>47 Ronin<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>–\u00a0Keanu Reeves,\u00a0Hiroyuki Sanada,\u00a0Ko Shibasaki<\/p>\n

Kai is an outcast who joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. They embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

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\"legend<\/a>The Legend of Hercules<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>–\u00a0Kellan Lutz,\u00a0Gaia Weiss,\u00a0Scott Adkins<\/p>\n

In ancient Greece, 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who is promised to his brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

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\"gimme<\/a>Gimme Shelter<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>–\u00a0Vanessa Hudgens,\u00a0Rosario Dawson,\u00a0Brendan Fraser,\u00a0James Earl Jones<\/p>\n

Based on inspiring true events, a teenage girl flees life with her drug-addicted mother to find the wealthy father she’s never known. Tells the extraordinary and courageous tale of one girl’s fight against the odds to find redemption and, ultimately, to create a family she can call her own. Rated PG-13<\/p>\n

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