This week’s new movies see a sequel of revenge, girls singing and a Frankenstein twist, Ala Burton! Below is the list of new movies coming out in theaters on Friday, October 5th, 2012.
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Taken 2 NEW!
PG-13, 1 hr 32 min
With a disappointing movie rating, Liam Neesom, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen all reprise their roles in this sequel to the first fun action thriller.
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Dude, does he not know that Bryan has “a very specific skill set” of which he was very good at?
It looks like quite a few folks have seen this movie already and it has an IMDb user score of [8]. Well, that sounds promising.
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Pitch Perfect
PG-13, 1 hr 52 min
In national release, it stars Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Ben Platt, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp and more
Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school’s all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
This movie has an IMDb score of [7].
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Frankenweenie NEW!
PG, 1 hr 27 min
A Tim Burton film that stars the voice power of Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Winona Ryder and more, in a Burton-esque film about
Young Victor (Charlie Tahan) conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.
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The Oranges
Starring Leighton Meester, Tim Guinee and Hugh Laurie.
The enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David, head of the Walling family.
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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Web premiere)
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Other movies in my local theater that are still playing include last week’s new movies plus a few other titles:
Hotel Transylvania
PG, 1 hr 35 min
[7]
Looper
R, 1 hr 59 min
[8]
Won’t Back Down
PG, 2 hr 1 min
[5]
Dredd
R, 1 hr 36 min
[8]
End of Watch
R, 1 hr 49 min
[8]
House at the End of the Street
PG-13, 1 hr 41 min
[6]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
PG-13, 1 hr 42 min
[8]
Trouble With the Curve
PG-13, 1 hr 51 min
[7]
Finding Nemo 3D
G, 1 hr 40 min
[8]
The Master
R, 2 hr 16 min
[8]
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About Bruce Simmons
I've been writing newsletters since 1999. Of late, I've been focusing on the entertainment consumer angle on mostly the sci-fi, fantasy and action genres of TV, movies and books.
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