Movies Released July 27th, 2012 - MovieWeb

Step Up: Revolution

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Step Up: Revolution

Emily, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer, but soon falls in love with Sean, a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs. The crew, called the MOB, strives to win a contest for a major sponsorship opportunity, but soon Emily's father threatens to develop the MOB's historic neighborhood and displace thousands of people. Emily must band together with Sean and the MOB to turn their performance mobs into protest mobs, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause.

Iron Sky

MovieWeb — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Iron Sky

In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers. When American astronaut James Washington (Christopher Kirby) puts down his Lunar Lander a bit too close to the secret Nazi base, the Moon FÃ¼hrer (Udo Kier) decides the glorious moment of retaking the Earth has arrived sooner than expected. Washington claims the mission is just a publicity stunt for the President of the United States (Stephanie Paul), but what else could the man be but a scout for the imminent attack by Earth forces? The Fourth Reich must act! Two Nazi officers, ruthless Klaus Adler (GÃ¶tz Otto) and idealistic Renate Richter (Julia Dietze), travel to Earth to prepare the invasion. In the end when the Moon Nazi UFO armada darkens the skies, ready to strike at the unprepared Earth, every man, woman and nation alike, must re-evaluate their priorities.

Ruby Sparks

MovieWeb — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Ruby Sparks

A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.

The Watch

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

The Watch

Four everyday suburban guys come together to form a neighborhood watch group, but only as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives, one night a week. When they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood -- and the world -- from total extermination.

Killer Joe

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Killer Joe

When 22-year-old Chris (Emile Hirsch) finds himself in debt to a drug lord, he stumbles on the scheme of hiring a hit man to dispatch his mother, whose $50,000 life insurance policy is supposed to go to his sister Dottie (Juno Temple). Chris hires Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), a creepy, crazy Dallas cop who moonlights as a contract killer. When Chris canât pay Joe up front, Joe sets his sight on Dottie as collateral for the job. Based on the play by Pulitzer and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts, Killer Joe is a garish, sexy, black comedy from Academy Award winning director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) and stars Emile Hirsch, Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, and Gina Gershon.

Burning Man

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Burning Man

An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach tries to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women.

Klown

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Klown

Follows two friends, Frank and Casper, as they embark on a canoe trip that thinly veils their true intentions of a weekend of debauchery. When Frank discovers his girlfriend is pregnant and having doubts about his ability to be a father, Frank kidnaps her 12-year-old nephew and brings him along for the ride. Despite their new impressionable travel companion, Frank and Casper make no changes to their original raunchy itinerary. What follows is a hilarious series of misadventures.

Abendland

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Abendland

Austrian documentarian Geyrhalterâs poetic portrait of Europe at nightâboth figuratively and literallyâutilizes image, movement, and texture to create a complex, powerful vision of a continent straining under social institutions both decaying and ironclad.

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Ai Weiwei is Chinaâs most famous international artist and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beaten him up, bulldozed his newly built studio and held him in secret detention. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai while working as a journalist in China. Her detailed portrait provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures.

Big Boys Gone Bananas!

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Big Boys Gone Bananas!

Dole Food Company wages a campaign to prevent a pair of Swedish filmmakers from showing their documentary about a lawsuit against the company.

Big Easy Express

MovieWeb — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Big Easy Express

Emmett Malloyâs latest film invites us aboard a train ride unlike any other with Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show.

Deranged

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Deranged

A mutant parasite brainwashes its hosts, ultimately making them jump into bodies of water and to their death in this Korean thriller.

Digital Dharma

MovieWeb — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Digital Dharma

Gene Smith was born in Utah and raised a Mormon. After studying science and anthropology, Smith relies on an interest and ability in obscure languages to avoid the Vietnam-era draft. While studying Sanskrit and Tibetan at the University of Washington, he takes up Tibetan Buddhism as an academic pursuit and offers to help Tibetan refugees - brought to the U.S. to teach - to assimilate into American life. He is assigned to live with the family of Deshung Rinpoche, one of the most learned lamas to escape Tibet. Smith teaches English to Deshung, and Deshung teaches Smith about Tibetan culture and Buddhism. In 1959, Red Army Soldiers destroy thousands of homes and temples. Tibetan refugees are forced to leave behind countless artifacts, the sole evidence of their culture. A 1500-year literary tradition, in Sanskrit and Tibetan, is in danger of disappearing. Smith travels through India, Bhutan and Nepal, using letters of introduction from Deshung Rinpoche to meet other Tibetan refugees. In India, he studies with notable lamas and, in 1968, starts working at the Library of Congress field office in New Delhi. Smith's home soon becomes an intellectual haven for scholars, officials and Buddhists of all nationalities. The last known official handwritten catalog of Tibetan documents and their hidden locations comes into his possession. It identifies where the monks have hidden their precious libraries for safe-keeping. A U.S.-sponsored cooperative assistance program gives Smith the opportunity to save these artifacts. Public Law 480 initiative (PL480) encourages developing countries to buy surplus U.S. wheat and other agricultural products. This program becomes known as "Food for Peace" under the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. But funds owed to the U.S. are mounting and blocked currencies, including the Indian Rupee, cannot be used for repayment, so PL480 is amended to create a kind of "Food for Thought" program. Smith and his colleagues decide that the Library of Congress should purchase these unique publications. Smith begins making copies of rare and important texts that have been smuggled out of Tibet by exiles of the four main Tibetan Buddhist lineages. These books are sent to the US and placed in university libraries for dissemination. In the late '90s, Smith realizes the power of the Internet and creates the first comprehensive library of Tibetan texts. His goal is to digitize all of the 20,000+ books in his collection so that he can return these sacred texts to native Tibetan speakers, wherever they live, and make them accessible to everyone, even in the most remote monasteries and villages, and preserve the knowledge they contain for humanity. Before he can complete his life's work, Gene Smith dies in 2010. Thousands mourn his passing and hail him as the man who saved Tibetan culture. Written by Dafna Yachin

Falling Overnight

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Falling Overnight

On the day before he could lose everything, Elliot finds Chloe. Winner of 15 awards, Falling Overnight comes to theaters in the summer of 2012.

Nuit #1

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Nuit #1

Clara and NikolaÃ¯ meet at a rave. They return to NikolaÃ¯âs apartment and make love. Afterwards, instead of parting, the two lovers divulge their deepest secrets to one another. NicolaÃ¯ is a beautiful loser. At thirty-one years old, he leads a simple and frugal life. He applies himself to reading the great classics of literature but never finishes a book he has begun. Unable to submit to any schedule, he finds himself unfit for work. He envisions big projects and has large ideas but, inevitably and despite himself, loses sight of them before they are realized. Clara, like NikolaÃ¯, seems not to be made for this world. She leads a double life. By day, she works as a third grade teacher; by night, she is acompulsive party-girl. She goes out every night, gets drunk and high and sleeps with men, women or both at once.

Planet of Snail

MovieWeb — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Planet of Snail

A wondrous documentary thatâs been winning over audiences around the world, Planet of Snail is a journey into the life of a most extraordinary couple. Young-Chan is an accomplished poet who can no longer hear or see. He communicates with his wife through finger braille, a unique form of communication where words are tapped on each otherâs hands. They rely on one another completely; even simple domestic tasks require complex collaboration and everyday moments that most of us hardly notice become tender shared experiences. Combining breathtaking imagery with Young-Chanâs personal writings, Planet of Snail becomes a transfixing portrait of life on what seems like another planet, where touch communicates everything and love conquers all.

Rites of Spring

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Rites of Spring

In Rites of Spring, a group of kidnappers abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned school in the middle of the woods. But feelings of guilt soon overtake the kidnappers, dividing the group and putting their entire plan in jeopardy. The evening further spirals out of control when their poorly chosen hideout becomes a hunting ground for a mysterious creature that requires springtime ritualistic sacrifices.

Sacrifice

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Sacrifice

A story of epic revenge, SACRIFICE focuses on a power hungry general who wipes out his rival along with his entire family, save for one newborn. The infant is protected by the doctor who delivered him and raises him as his own, hoping to mold him into his own instrument of retribution.

Searching for Sugar Man

MovieWeb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Searching for Sugar Man

In the late â60s, a musician was discovered in a Detroit bar by two celebrated Motown producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, it became a phenomenon (as big as The Beatles). Two South African fans then set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation led them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez. This is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music.

The Who: Quadrophenia - Can You See the Real Me?

MovieWeb — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

The Who: Quadrophenia - Can You See the Real Me?

The documentary takes fans on a riveting ride back to the 1970s when The Whoâs creative musical genius was taking the world music stage by storm. Packed with never-before-seen stories, including the well-known onstage collapse of Moon during the tourâs first show, the evening will also feature additional performances of songs from âQuadropheniaâ including chart topper, âLove Reign Oâer Me.â

Wu Dang

MovieWeb — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Wu Dang

There is a rumor: secret treasures hide in Wu Dang mountain. In the early days of Republican China, an American man - greedy for gold and hungry for riches - brings his daughter, a prodigy in martial arts, to compete for a championship title in kung fu combat, while planning to find and steal the riches for himself. It won't be easy. Fierce competition, dedicated protectors, and unexpected romance block the path to the Wu Dang fortune, and when the true nature of the prize is discovered - everything you know about martial arts will change forever.