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Review: 'Girl in Progress' Deals with Very Mature Subject Matter

By UCN on May 12, 2012 2:40 PM

Release Date: May 11, 2012 (limited)

Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic elements, sexual content including crude references, and drinking--all involving teens)

Genre: Drama

Run Time: 90 min.

Director: Patricia Riggen

Actors: Eva Mendes, Cierra Ramirez, Patricia Arquette, Raini Rodriguez, Matthew Modine, Landon Liboiron

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Review: Another Vampire Story Fail In 'Dark Shadows'

By UCN on May 12, 2012 6:31 AM

Release Date: May 11, 2012 (2D theaters and IMAX)

Rating: PG-13 (for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking)

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Remake

Run Time: 113 min.

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloë Grace Moretz, Gulliver McGrath, Alice Cooper

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Review: 'The Avengers' Assembled! Action-Packed Movie Full of Old-Fashioned Fun

By UCN on May 4, 2012 5:57 AM

Release Date: May 4, 2012 (3D/2D theaters and IMAX 3D)

Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference)

Genre: Action, Adventure

Run Time: 142 min.

Director: Joss Whedon

Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgard, Gwyneth Paltrow

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Review: 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' Full of Claymated Sophisticated Silliness

By UCN on April 27, 2012 3:19 PM

Release Date: April 27, 2012

Rating: PG (for mild action, rude humor and some language)

Genre: Animation, Family

Run Time: 88 min.

Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt

Cast: Voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Anton Yelchin, Brendan Gleeson

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Review: 'Five-Year Engagement' Is Worth Skipping

By UCN on April 27, 2012 3:16 PM

Release Date: April 27, 2012

Rating: R (for sexual content, and language throughout)

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Run Time: 124 min.

Director: Nicholas Stoller

Actors: Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans

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Review: 'To the Arctic' Is Beautiful but Drags

By UCN on April 24, 2012 11:02 AM

Release Date: April 20, 2012 (IMAX)

Rating: G

Genre: Documentary, Nature

Run Time: 40 min.

Director: Greg MacGillivray

Voiceover talent: Meryl Streep

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Review: The Long-Awaited 'Marley' Documentary

By UCN on April 24, 2012 7:01 AM

A long-awaited and honest look at the iconic musician.

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Review: 'Think Like a Man' Good Entertainment with a Moral Dimension

By UCN on April 22, 2012 6:36 AM

Release Date: April 20, 2012

Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, some crude humor, and brief drug use)

Genre: Comedy, Adaptation

Run Time: 123 min.

Director: Tim Story

Actors: Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Regina Hall, Taraji P. Henson, Meagan Good, Kevin Hart, Terrence Jenkins, Jenifer Lewis, Romany Malco, Gabrielle Union, Terrence J, Gary Owen, Steve Harvey

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