This Summer's 20 Must-See Indie & Foreign Films
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This Summer's 20 Must-See Indie & Foreign Films
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There’s plenty of big names and big films in this week’s edition of the Trailer Report!
Gerard Butler takes a dramatic turn as he protects the President and the country in the action film “Olympus Has Fallen,” the Coen brothers return with a stylized period piece about folk singers, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Bruce Willis and friends are back in action in “Red 2″ and the need for speed hits three dimensions with “Top Gun 3D.”
There’s plenty here for everyone whether you’re a fan of drama, action or hilarity — let us know what piques your interest in the comments below.
A look at a 1960s folk singer, his loves, life and entanglements.
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Adam Driver and Justin Timberlake
Release Date: 2013
Elite fighter pilots are put through their paces in this 3-D re-release of the action classic.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis and Val Kilmer
Release Date: Feb. 8, 2013
Set in the 1930s at the advent of the oil boom, this drama follows a young Arab prince torn between modernity and tradition.
Starring: Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas and Freida Pinto
Release Date: March 1, 2013
A young girl with a flair for plants and biology must fend for herself when her mother goes missing.
Starring: Moriah Cebollero, Perla Haney-Jardine and Jessica Hoffman
Release Date: 2013
A stoner comedy that riffs on (and rips off) “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
Starring: Molly C. Quinn, Edward Zo and Lara Flynn Boyle
Release Date: Feb. 19, 2013
A hardened English policemen who doesn’t play by the rules may be England’s last salvation when a master criminal turns up.
Starring: Damian Lewis, Hayley Atwell and Allen Leech
Release Date: March 1, 2013
An operative on the brink may be all that stands between between terrorists and the President of the United States.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Angela Bassett, Aaron Eckhart, Dylan McDermott
Release Date: March 22, 2013
A private intelligence contractor infiltrates an ecoterrorist cell that targets corporations, but when she gets in too deep, will she turn against her old life?
Starring: Ellen Page, Alexander Skarsgård and Brit Marling
Release Date: 2013
After the death of her father, a young girl becomes infatuated with her mysterious uncle.
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver
Release Date: March 1, 2013
A recounting of the friendship between Lincoln and his bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon.
Starring: Tom Amandes, Lea Coco and Penelope Ann Miller
Release Date: Feb. 13, 2013
A magical teapot gives a couple money every time they hurt themselves, leading them to think about their boundaries.
Starring: Juno Temple, Alexis Bledel and Alia Shawkat
Release Date: April 5, 2013
An oddball art auctioneer becomes obsessed with a mysterious and wealthy heiress.
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess and Sylvia Hoeks
Release Date: 2013
In this family drama, a father and son are divided on whether the son will take over the family farm or become a car racer.
Starring: Zac Efron, Heather Graham and Dennis Quaid
Release Date: April 26, 2013
The gang of aging operatives is back for another caper.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich
Release Date: Aug. 2, 2013
In 1945 Germany, five children begin a journey that will define the rest of their lives.
Starring: Saskia Rosendahl, Nele Trebs and André Frid
Release Date: Feb. 8, 2013
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