Summary: The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Release Date: May 16, 2012

Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Jason Mantzoukas, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, J.B. Smoove

Director: Larry Charles

Genres: Comedy

Summary: Eight people try to end their loneliness by searching for that one person to love, who can make their life complete.

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Cast: Qi Shu, Wei Zhao, Mark Chao

Director: Doze Niu

Genres: Drama, Romance

Summary: Grace is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford, to give her daughter, Ansiedad the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad’s English teacher, Ms. Armstrong, introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker, Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita, to plot her shortcut to “adulthood”. But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age.

Release Date: May 11, 2012

Cast: Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez, Patricia Arquette, Eugenio Derbez, Raini Rodriguez

Director: Patricia Riggen

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Summary: A group of British retirees decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past.

Release Date: May 4, 2012

Cast: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup

Director: John Madden

Genres: Adaptation, Comedy, Drama

Summary: Peter Parker, an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy, and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance — leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.

Release Date: July 3, 2012

Cast: Andrew Garfield, Rhys Ifans, Emma Stone, Sally Field, Martin Sheen, Denis Leary

Director: Marc Webb

Genres: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Adaptation

Summary: Left on a nun’s doorstep, Larry, Curly and Moe grow up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking and woo-woo-wooing their way to uncharted levels of knuckleheaded misadventure. Out to save their childhood home, only The Three Stooges could become embroiled in an oddball murder plot… while also stumbling into starring in a phenomenally successful TV reality show.

Release Date: April 13, 2012

Cast: Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jane Lynch, Sofia Vergara, Jennifer Hudson

Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Summary: When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

Release Date: May 4, 2012

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson

Director: Joss Whedon

Genres: Adaptation, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action/Adventure

Summary: A new True Life Adventure introducing an adorable baby chimp named Oscar and his entertaining approach to life in a remarkable story of family bonds and individual triumph. Oscar’s playful curiosity and zest for discovery showcase the intelligence and ingenuity of some of the most extraordinary personalities in the animal kingdom. Working together, Oscar’s chimpanzee family-including his mom and the group’s savvy leader – navigates the complex territory of the forest. The world is a playground for little Oscar and his fellow young chimps, who’d rather make mayhem than join their parents for an afternoon nap. But when Oscar’s family is confronted by a rival band of chimps, he is left to fend for himself until a surprising ally steps in and changes his life forever.

Release Date: April 20, 2012

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Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield

Genres: Action/Adventure, Documentary

Summary: U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive – a photograph he found of a woman he doesn’t even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm.

Release Date: April 20, 2012

Cast: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner, Riley Thomas Stewart, Jay R. Ferguson, Adam LeFevre

Director: Scott Hicks

Genres: Adaptation, Drama, Romance

Summary: On an orbiting prison 50 miles above the earth where the world’s most dangerous criminals are kept asleep, the prisoners are suddenly awakened, causing a panic. Only a wrongly-convicted government agent can rescue the President’s daughter from the deep space prison riot.

Release Date: April 13, 2012

Cast: Guy Pearce, Peter Stormare, Maggie Grace, Tom Hollander, Lennie James

Director: James Mather, Stephen St Leger

Genres: Thriller, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Action/Adventure

Summary: Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister’s place to enter the games, and is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy when she’s pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, with a screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 26 million copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive global following. It has spent more than 180 consecutive weeks/more than three consecutive years to date on The New York Times bestseller list since its publication in September 2008, and has also appeared consistently on USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists

Release Date: March 23, 2012

Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz

Director: Gary Ross & Steven Soderbergh

Genres: Action, Adventure, Adaptation, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Summary: Four son-in-laws marry four brides whose four father-in laws mistake every son-in law for Jolly.

Release Date: April 5, 2012 (India)

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Asin, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shreyas Talpade, Shazahn Padamsee, Ritesh Deshmukh, Zarine Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Boman Irani, Mithun Chakraborty

Director: Sajid Khan

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Summary: A visionary sheik has a big dream — to bring salmon fishing to the desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn his dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain’s leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister’s overzealous press secretary latches on for its potential as a ‘good will’ story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible.

Release Date: March 9, 2012

Cast: Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked, Tom Mison

Director: Lasse Hallström

Genres: Adaptation, Comedy, Foreign

Summary: Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people – and the state – kill.

Release Date: January 20, 2012

Cast: Jason Burkett, Werner Herzog, Michael Perry, Jeremy Richardson, Adam Stotler, Sandra Stotler, Kristen Willis

Director: Werner Herzog

Genres: Documentary, Crime