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Friday, November 23, 2012

In Theaters: LIFE OF PI, RISE OF THE GUARDIANS and RED DAWN

Life of Pi


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Official Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zoo keeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, all fighting for survival.

Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Gerard Depardieu, Tabu, Gautam Belur, James Saito

Director: Ang Lee
Genre: Drama, Adventure

Running Time: 127 min.

Rating: PG for emotional thematic content throughout and some scary action sequence and peril.

Critical Response:
  • Rottentomatoes: 86% (118 fresh, 19 rotten, score: 7.9/10).
  • Metacritic: 78 out of 100 (32 positive, 7 mixed, 0 negative).



Rise of the Guardians


Official Synopsis: RISE OF THE GUARDIANS is an epic and magical adventure that tells the story of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost – legendary characters with previously unknown extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children everywhere.

Starring: Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher, Jude Law

Director: Peter Ramsey
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family

Running Time: 97 min.

Rating: PG for thematic elements and some mildly scary action

Critical Response:
  • Rottentomatoes: 72% (59 fresh, 23 rotten, score: 6.4/10).
  • Metacritic: 57 out of 100 (15 positive, 12 mixed, 2 negative).



Red Dawn


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Official Synopsis: In Red Dawn, a city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky – shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, Josh Hutcherson, Josh Peck, Adrianne Palicki, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Director: Dan Bradley
Genre: Action

Running Time: 114 min.

Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense war violence and action, and for language.

Critical Response:
  • Rottentomatoes: 11% (10 fresh, 81 rotten, score: 3.9/10).
  • Metacritic: 32 out of 100 (1 positive, 13 mixed, 15 negative).




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