Screen Rant’s 2012 Fall Movie Preview

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OCTOBER 2012 MOVIES

 

Butter

October 5th (Limited)

In small-town Iowa, an adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town’s annual contest. Olivia Wilde, Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Ashley Greene, Alicia Silverstone, Ty Burrell, and Rob Corddry star.

(Butter Trailer)

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Frankenweenie

October 5th

Young Victor (Charlie Tahan) conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.

(Frankenweenie Trailer)

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The Paperboy

October 5th (Limited)

A reporter (Zac Efron) returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate. Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, David Oyelowo and Macy Gray star. Lee Daniels (Precious) directs.

(The Paperboy Trailer)

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Pitch Perfect

October 5th

Beca (Anna Kendrick), 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. Elizabeth Banks, Rebel Wilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Alexis Knapp, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp and Adam DeVine star.

(Pitch Perfect Trailer)

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Taken 2

October 5th

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and his wife (Famke Janssen) are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter (Maggie Grace).

(Taken 2 Trailer)

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Sinister

October 5th

Found footage helps a true-crime novelist (Ethan Hawke) realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.

(Sinister Trailer)

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V/H/S

October 5th

In this horror anthology, a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, only to discover more found footage than they bargained for.

(V/H/S Trailer)

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 Argo

October 12th

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA ‘exfiltration’ specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador. Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Alan Arkin, Taylor Schilling, Clea DuVall and Zeljko Ivanek star.

(Argo Trailer)

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Atlas Shrugged: Part 2

October 12th

With the global economy on the brink of collapse, Dagny Taggart (Samantha Mathis) discovers what might be the answer to a mounting energy crisis and races against the clock to prevent the motor of the World from being stopped for good.

(Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 Trailer)

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Here Comes the Boom

October 12th

A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school’s music program. Kevin James, Henry Winkler Joe Rogan and Salma Hayek star.

(Here Comes the Boom Trailer)

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Seven Psychopaths

October 12th

A struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken) kidnap a gangster’s (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu. Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Zeljko Ivanek and Tom Waits co-star.

(Seven Psychopaths Trailer)

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Alex Cross

October 19th

Detective Alex Cross (Tyler Perry) is told that a member of his family has been murdered. He vows to track down the killer, the psychotic Picasso killer (Matthew Fox). Rachel Nichols, Giancarlo Esposito, Jean Reno, Edward Burns and John C. McGinley co-star.

(Alex Cross Trailer)

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Killing Them Softly

October 19th

 Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. James Gondolfini, Scoot McNairy, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta and Garret Dillahunt co-star.

(Killing Them Softly Trailer)

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Paranormal Activity 4

October 19th

Years after the events of first two films, young Alice (Kathryn Newton) begins to notice hauntingly strange things about her neighbor, a young boy who may have a dark secret. Paranormal Activity 3 directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman will be back to direct the new chapter.

(Paranormal Activity 4 Trailer)

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The Big Wedding

October 26th

A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding. Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Robin Wiliams, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton and Susan Sarandon star.

(The Big Wedding Trailer)

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Chasing Mavericks 

October 26th

Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks. Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer and Jonny Weston star.

(Chasing Mavericks Trailer)

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Cloud Atlas

October 26th

Six stories set in a different time and place become intricately related to each other. Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Keith David, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Jim Sturgess, and Susan Sarandon star. The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer direct.

(Cloud Atlas Trailer)

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Fun Size

October 26th

When a troubled but whip-smart teen girl loses her oddball little brother on Halloween, she has one desperate night to track him down. Victoria Justice, Jane Levy, Thomas Mann, Chelsea Handler, Josh Pence and Johnny Knoxville star.

(Fun Size Trailer)

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Silent Hill: Revelation

October 26th

Heather Mason (Adelaide Clemens) and her father (Sean Bean) have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she’s not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.

(Silent Hill: Revelation Trailer)

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