G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Opening March 28
Action. Adventure. Science Fiction. Directed by Jon M Chu. Zartan (Arnold Vosloo), the Cobra commander who is impersonating the president of the United States, has world leaders under his control. His ruthless terrorist organization is determined to rule the world, and the U.S. is in turmoil -- advanced warheads are aimed at innocent people around the world, and the G.I. Joe team is accused of crimes against the country. On Zartan’s orders, some of the G.I. Joes have been terminated by the Cobras. Outnumbered and gunned, the surviving team members team up with the original G.I. Joe General Joseph Colton (Bruce Willis) to overthrow Zartan along with the his notorious allies Storm Shadow (Lee Byung-hun) and Firefly (Ray Stevenson).
Django Unchained
Opening March 21
Drama. Western. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Set in the South in 1858, Django (Jamie Foxx), an ex-slave with a brutal history with his former owners, finds himself with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christopher Waltz). Together they search for the Brittle brothers who are wanted dead or alive. Once they find the brothers, the team sets on a mission to rescue Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), Django’s wife from his slave days. On their journey they bump into Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the owner of “Candie Land,” famous for its “mandingos” -- slaves bred to fight each other to the death. While exploring the compound, the two arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s most trusted slave.
Warm Bodies
Opened March 14
Horror. Romance. Comedy. Directed by Jonathan Levine. After a huge zombie epidemic, the streets are filled with the undead. All the survivors of the plague are driven behind the walls of a heavily guarded city. Now all that is left are the zombies roaming in search of human prey, and the Boneys, the next undead incarnation. As a zombie, R (Nicholas Hoult) constantly craves human flesh. However, he is most attracted to brains, as he is able to “feel alive” on the memories of their former owners. One day as he and his friend M (Rob Corddry) are in search of food, R sets his eyes on Julie (Teresa Palmer), a beautiful human, with whom he falls deeply in love.
Psycho-metry
Opened March 7
Mystery. Directed by Kwon Ho-young. A little girl is kidnapped and murdered, and detective Yang Chun-dong (Kim Kang-woo) investigating the murder realizes that he had seen the exact crime scene drawn onto a mysterious wallpaper he once saw on the street. He tracks down the owner of the wallpaper, where he finds Joon (Kim Beom) who drew it. He arrests Joon, but soon finds out that it was not Joon who had committed the crime. Joon has the “psycho-metry” ability to see the past by touching objects with his right hand. He has lived his whole life hating his ability but Chun-dong finds ways to use Joon’s power. The two team up to track down the real criminal.
Stoker
Opened Feb. 28
Drama. Thriller. Directed by Park Chan-wook. India (Mia Wasikowska) is a curious, mysterious young girl whose world turns upside down when her father and best friend Richard (Dermot Mulroney) dies in a tragic car accident on her 18th birthday. The peace of the tranquil town is shattered by the accident, and things become even more complicated with the arrival of eccentric Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), whom she didn’t know existed before he appeared at Richard’s funeral. When Uncle Charlie eventually moves in with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evie (Nicole Kidman), India comes to suspect that this mysterious man has ulterior motives. Yet instead of feeling uneasy, the friendless girl and mother become increasingly infatuated with him.
