Journey 2- The Mysterious Island 2012 Poster

Release Date: February 10, 2012 (3D/2D theaters and IMAX 3D)
Studio: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Director: Brad Peyton
Screenwriter: Richard Outten, Mark Gunn, Brian Gunn
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzman, Kristen Davis
Genre: Action, Family
MPAA Rating: PG (for some adventure action, and brief mild language)
Official Website: Journey3Dmovie.com
Review: 5/10 rating

Plot Summary: The follow-up to the 2008 hit. The new journey begins when young adventurer Sean (Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist–a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from going, Sean’s new stepfather (Dwayne Johnson) joins the quest. Together with a helicopter pilot (Luis Guzman) and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter (Vanessa Hudgens), they set out to find the island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island under the sea and bury its treasures forever.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 2012 Movie Trailer

Safe House 2012 Poster

Release Date: February 10, 2012
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Screenwriter: David Guggenheim
Starring: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Brendon Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Liam Cunningham, Vera Farmiga
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence throughout and some language)
Official Website: NoOneisSafe.com
Review: 7/10 rating

Plot Summary: The film centers on a young house sitter of a CIA-run safe house who must help a criminal, who’s being hidden there, avoid being killed as they flee to another secure facility when the first house is destroyed by villains who want the witness dead.

Safe House 2012 Movie Trailer

Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D 2012 Poster

Release Date: February 10, 2012 (3D theaters)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: George Lucas
Screenwriter: George Lucas
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Pernilla August, Ahmed Best, Anthony Daniels, Ray Park, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG (for sci-fi action/violence)
Official Website: StarWars.com
Review: Not Available

Plot Summary: Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox have announced that the 3D theatrical launch of “Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace” has an official release date – February 10, 2012! Set against the thrilling and exotic backdrop of a “galaxy far, far away,” “Star Wars” is perfectly suited to the immersive 3D theatrical experience, and “Episode I” delivers some of the Saga’s most stunning and spectacular sequences – from the Naboo invasion to the Tatooine Podraces to the climactic lightsaber battle between Darth Maul and the Jedi. Supervised by Industrial Light & Magic, the meticulous conversion is being done with utmost respect for the source material, and with a keen eye for both technological considerations and artistic intentions.

Naboo, a peaceful planet governed by the young, elusive, but wise Queen Amidala (Portman), is being threatened by the corrupt Trade Federation, puppets of an evil Sith lord and his terrifying apprentice, Darth Maul (Park). The seemingly benevolent Senator Palpatine (McDiarmid) is chief advisor to the queen, though there are suspicions surrounding him. Jedi knights Qui-Gon Jinn (Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (McGregor) are called on to intervene in the trade disputes. Along the way, they acquire an apprentice of their own in the form of young prodigal Anakin Skywalker (Lloyd). They also encounter Jar Jar Binks (Best), a goofy, lizardlike creature who has been banished from his underwater world for his clumsiness. When the Trade Federation launches an attack on Naboo, the queen and her allies must battle hordes of robot troopers while Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan face off against the sinister Darth Maul.

Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D 2012 Movie Trailer

The Vow 2012 Movie

Release Date: February 10, 2012
Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: Michael Sucsy
Screenwriter: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Jason Katims
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, Wendy Crewson, Jessica Langec
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for an accident scene, sexual content, partial nudity and some language)
Official Website: TheVow-movie.com
Review: Not Available

Plot Summary: A newlywed couple recovers from a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. Waking up with severe memory loss, her husband endeavors to win her heart again.

The Vow 2012 Movie Trailer

Big Miracle 2012 Poster

Release Date: February 3, 2012
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Ken Kwapis
Screenwriter: Jack Amiel, Michael Begler
Starring: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson
Genre: Adventure, Family
MPAA Rating: PG (for language)
Official Website: EverybodyLovesWhales.com
Review: 8/10 rating

Plot Summary: Inspired by the true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure “Big Miracle” tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter (John Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

Local newsman Adam Carlson (Krasinski) can’t wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. But just when the story of his career breaks, the world comes chasing it, too. With an oil tycoon, heads of state and hungry journalists descending upon the frigid outpost, the one who worries Adam the most is Rachel Kramer (Barrymore). Not only is she an outspoken environmentalist, she’s also his ex-girlfriend.

With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales. As the world’s attention turns to the top of the globe, saving these endangered animals becomes a shared cause for nations entrenched against one another and leads to a momentary thaw in the Cold War.

Big Miracle 2012 Movie Trailer

The Woman in Black 2012 Poster

Release Date: February 3, 2012
Studio: CBS Films
Director: James Watkins
Screenwriter: Jane Goldman
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Liz White, Janet McTeer, Alisa Khazanova, Tim McMullan, Roger Allam, Daniel Cerqueira, Shaun Dooley, Mary Stockley, Cathy Sara, David Burke, Victor McGuire, Lucy May Barker
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material and violence/disturbing images)
Official Website: WomaninBlack.com
Review: 5.5/10 rating

Plot Summary: The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true intent.

The Woman in Black 2012 Movie Trailer

Chronicle 2012 Movie Poster

Release Date: February 3, 2012
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Josh Trank
Screenwriter: John Landis, Max Landis
Starring: Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense action and violence, thematic material, some language, sexual content and teen drinking)
Official Website: www.facebook.com/Chronicle
Review: 8.5/10 rating

Plot Summary: John Landis, the director of classics like “Animal House” and “An American Werewolf in London,” has teamed with his son, Max, for an original script called “Chronicle.” The film, to be shot in faux-documentary style with a handheld camera, tells the story of three Portland teenagers who develop superpowers.

Chronicle 2012 Movie Trailer

The Grey 2012 Poster

Release Date: January 27, 2012
Studio: Open Road Films
Director: Joe Carnahan
Screenwriter: Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Starring: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, James Badge Dale, Nonso Anozie
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (violence/disturbing content including bloody images, and for pervasive language)
Official Website: www.facebook.com/TheGreyMovie
Review: 8/10 rating

Plot Summary: In “The Grey,” Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs out.

The Grey 2012 Movie Trailer

Underworld Awakening 2012 Poster

Release Date: January 20, 2012 (3D/2D theaters and IMAX 3D)
Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Screenwriter: Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, Allison Burnett, J. Michael Straczynski
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley, Charles Dance
Genre: Action, Horror
MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence and gore, and for some language)
Official Website: EntertheUnderworld.com
Review: 5/10 rating

Plot Summary: “Underworld Awakening” brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D.

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.

Underworld Awakening 2012 Movie Trailer

Haywire 2012 Poster

Release Date: January 20, 2012
Studio: Relativity Media
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenwriter: Lem Dobbs
Starring: Gina Carano, Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas, Michael Angarano
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for some violence)
Official Website: Haywiremovie.com
Review: 9.6/10

Plot Summary: Mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar Gina Carano (“American Gladiators”) makes her feature film debut, starring and performing her own high-adrenaline stunts. The film’s talented cast also includes Channing Tatum (“GI Joe: Rise of the Cobr”), Ewan McGregor (“The Ghost Writer”), Michael Fassbender (“X-Men: First Class”), Antonio Banderas (“Desperado”), Bill Paxton (“Titanic”), Michael Douglas (“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”) and Michael Angarano (“Almost Famous”).

In “Haywire,” an electrifying tale of espionage and betrayal, a female covert ops specialist (Carano), who works in the deadly world of international operatives, strikes back after discovering she’s been double-crossed by someone close to her in the agency. The film is produced by Gregory Jacobs (“Ocean’s” Trilogy) and written by Lem Dobbs (“The Limey”).

Haywire 2012 Movie Trailer