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The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger. <\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/indarkness"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.moviefone.com\/movie\/in-darkness\/10068059\/main"],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/In-Darkness\/241148589268118"],"imagecount":["12"]},"aseparation":{"name":["aseparation"],"title":["A Separation"],"opens":["NOW PLAYING"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Asghar Farhadi<br><b>Starring:<\/b> Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini and Sareh Bayat<\/p><p><\/p><p>Set in contemporary Iran, A SEPARATION is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader.<\/p><p><\/p><p>When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/aseparation"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.moviefone.com\/movie\/a-separation\/10059687\/main"],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/pages\/A-Separation\/276988829000790"],"imagecount":["12"]},"carnage":{"name":["carnage"],"title":["Carnage"],"opens":["NOW PLAYING"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Roman Polanski<br><b>Written by:<\/b> Roman Polanski and Yasmina Reza<br><b>Starring:<\/b> Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly<\/p><p><\/p><p>CARNAGE is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences.  After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the \"victim\" invite the parents of the \"bully\" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/carnage"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.moviefone.com\/movie\/carnage\/54293\/main"],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Carnage\/201709386556500"],"imagecount":["11"]},"adangerousmethod":{"name":["adangerousmethod"],"title":["A Dangerous Method"],"opens":["NOW PLAYING"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> David Cronenberg<br><b>Starring:<\/b> Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, and Vincent Cassel<\/p><p><\/p><p>Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) as his patient in A DANGEROUS METHOD. Jung's weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen). Both men fall under Sabina's spell.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/adangerousmethod"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.moviefone.com\/movie\/a-dangerous-method\/10042400\/main"],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/A-Dangerous-Method\/234234589947848"],"imagecount":["25"]},"theskinilivein":{"name":["theskinilivein"],"title":["The Skin I Live In"],"opens":["NOW PLAYING"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Written and Directed by:<\/b> Pedro Almod\u00f3var<br><b>Starring:<\/b>Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya and Marisa Paredes<\/p><p><\/p><p>Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault.<\/p><p><\/p><p>In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed three more things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig...<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/theskinilivein"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.moviefone.com\/movie\/la-piel-que-habito\/1340125\/main"],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theskinilivein"],"imagecount":["19"]},"footnote":{"name":["footnote"],"title":["Footnote"],"opens":["Opens  3\/9\/12"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Written and Directed by:<\/b> Joseph Cedar<br><b>Starring:<\/b> Shlomo Bar Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Alisa Rosen, Alma Zak, Daniel Markovich, Micah Lewesohn, Yuval Scharf and Nevo Kimchi<\/p><p><\/p><p>FOOTNOTE is the tale of a great rivalry between a father and son. Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are both eccentric professors, who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies.  The father, Eliezer, is a stubborn purist who fears the establishment and has never been recognized for his work. While his son, Uriel, is an up-and-coming star in the field, who appears to feed on accolades, endlessly seeking recognition.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Then one day, the tables turn. When Eliezer learns that he is to be awarded the Israel Prize, the most valuable honor for scholarship in the country, his vanity and desperate need for validation are exposed. His son Uriel, meanwhile, is thrilled to see his father's achievements finally recognized but, in a darkly funny twist, is forced to choose between the advancement of his own career and his father's.  Will he sabotage his father's glory?<\/p><p><\/p><p>FOOTNOTE is the story of insane academic competition, the dichotomy betweenadmiration and envy for a role model, and the very complicated relationship between a father and son.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/footnote"],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Footnote\/136341779801626"],"imagecount":["16"]},"theraid":{"name":["theraid"],"title":["The Raid"],"opens":["Opens  3\/23\/12"],"synopsis":["<p>Rama, a member of a special forces team, arrives at a rundown apartment block with a mission to remove its owner, a notorious drug lord. The building has become a sanctuary to killers, gangs, rapists and thieves seeking accommodation in the one place they know they cannot be touched by the police. When a spotter blows their cover, Rama and his team must fight their way through every floor and every room not just to complete their mission but to survive their bloody ordeal.<\/p>"],"site":[""],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["false"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Raid\/340029192688592"],"imagecount":["5"]},"damselsindistress":{"name":["damselsindistress"],"title":["Damsels in Distress"],"opens":["Opens  4\/6\/12"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Written and Directed by:<\/b> Whit Stillman<br><b>Starring:<\/b> Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke<\/p><p><\/p><p>Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress is a comedy about a trio of beautiful girls as they set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university \u2013 the dynamic leader Violet Wister (Greta Gerwig), principled Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and sexy Heather (Carrie MacLemore). They welcome transfer student Lily (Analeigh Tipton) into their group which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers. The girls become romantically entangled with a series of men-including smooth Charlie (Adam Brody), dreamboat Xavier (Hugo Becker) and the mad frat pack of Frank (Ryan Metcalf) and Thor (Billy Magnussen)-who threaten the girls' friendship and sanity...<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/damselsindistress\/"],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Darling-Companion\/299236170109997?sk=wall#!\/pages\/Whit-Stillmans-Damsels-In-Distress\/163107493787039"],"imagecount":["1"]},"darlingcompanion":{"name":["darlingcompanion"],"title":["Darling Companion"],"opens":["Opens  4\/20\/12"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Lawrence Kasdan<br><b>Written by:<\/b> Meg Kasdan and Lawrence Kasdan<br><b>Starring:<\/b> Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Dianne Wiest, Richard Jenkins, Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, Ayelet Zurer and Sam Shepard<\/p><p><\/p><p>In DARLING COMPANION, Beth (Diane Keaton) saves a bedraggled lost dog from the side of the freeway on a wintry day in Denver. Struggling with her distracted, self-involved husband Joseph (Kevin Kline) and an empty nest at home, Beth forms a special bond with the rescued animal. When Joseph loses the dog after a wedding at their vacation home in the Rockies, the distraught Beth enlists the help of the few remaining guests and a mysterious young woman (Ayelet Zurer) in a frantic search. Each member of the search party is affected by the adventure, which takes them in unexpected directions \u2013 comic, harrowing, sometimes deeply emotional and ultimately towards love.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/darlingcompanion\/"],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Darling-Companion\/299236170109997?sk=wall#!\/pages\/Darling-Companion\/299236170109997"],"imagecount":["13"]},"wheredowegonow":{"name":["wheredowegonow"],"title":["Where Do We Go Now?"],"opens":["Opens  5\/11\/12"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Nadine Labaki<br><b>Written by:<\/b> Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily and Rodney Al Haddad, with the collaboration of Thomas Bidegain<br><b>Produced by:<\/b> Anne-Dominique Toussaint<br><b>Starring:<\/b> Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Layla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf and Antoinette Noufaily<\/p><p><\/p><p>Set in a remote village where the church and the mosque stand side by side, WHERE DO WE GO NOW? follows the antics of the town's women to keep their blowhard men from starting a religious war. Women heartsick over sons, husbands and fathers lost to previous flare-ups unite to distract their men with clever ruses, from faking a miracle to hiring a troop of Ukrainian strippers.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/wheredowegonow"],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["false"],"facebook":[""],"imagecount":["2"]},"hysteria":{"name":["hysteria"],"title":["Hysteria"],"opens":["Opens  5\/18\/12"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Tanya Wexler<br><b>Written by:<\/b> Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer<br><b>Starring:<\/b> Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett, and Felicity Jones<\/p><p><\/p><p>HYSTERIA, a mischievously inspired romantic comedy set in the late 19th century, is based on the surprising truth of how Mortimer Granville came up with the world's first electromechanical vibrator in the name of medical science. The film stars Academy Award nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy, alongside Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/sonyclassics.com\/hysteria\/"],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["false"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Darling-Companion\/299236170109997?sk=wall#!\/Hysteriamovie"],"imagecount":["6"]},"neilyoungjourneys":{"name":["neilyoungjourneys"],"title":["Neil Young Journeys"],"opens":["Opens  TBD"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Jonathan Demme<\/p><p><\/p><p>In May of 2011, Neil Young drove a 1956 Crown Victoria from his idyllic hometown of Omemee, Ontario to downtown Toronto's iconic Massey Hall where he intimately performed the last two nights of his solo world tour. Along the drive, Young recounted insightful and introspective stories from his youth to filmmaker Jonathan Demme.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Demme, a long-time fan and collaborator, captured these tales of Young's childhood and masterfully weaved them together with his mesmerizing music including songs from the 2010 album Le Noise and powerful renditions of classics including \"Ohio\", Hey Hey, My My\", \"I Believe in You\" and previously unreleased songs \"Leia\" and \"You Never Call.\" Through the tunes and the tales, Demme portrays a personal, retrospective look into the heart and soul of the artist.<\/p><p><\/p><p>In NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS, Young's intense performances are presented in full, along with passages from the funny and sometimes wistful ride into town. Demme and Young previously collaborated on two other documentaries, Neil Young: Heart of Gold, which chronicled Young performing in Nashville, the year after he survived a brain aneurysm and Neil Young Trunk Show, which memorialized a Pennsylvania concert during Young's \"Chrome Dreams II\" tour.<\/p><p><\/p><p>The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/sonyclassics.com\/neilyoungjourneys\/"],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["false"],"facebook":[""],"imagecount":["10"]},"searchingforsugarman":{"name":["searchingforsugarman"],"title":["Searching for Sugar Man"],"opens":["Opens  TBD"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Malik Bendjelloul<\/p><p><\/p><p>SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest '70s rock icon who never was. Discovered in a Detroit bar in the late '60s by two celebrated producers struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, they recorded an album which they believed would secure his reputation as the greatest recording artist of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, he became a phenomenon. The film follows the story of two South African fans who set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation leads them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez.<\/p>"],"site":[""],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["false"],"facebook":[""],"imagecount":["1"]},"celesteandjesseforever":{"name":["celesteandjesseforever"],"title":["Celeste and Jesse Forever"],"opens":["Opens  TBD"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Lee Toland Krieger<br><b>Written by:<\/b> Rashida Jones and Will McCormack<br><b>Starring:<\/b> Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Ari Graynor, Will McCormack, Emma Roberts and Elijah Wood<\/p><p><\/p><p>CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER is about two people who met in high school, married young and are growing apart. Now thirty, they decide to get divorced and attempt to stay best friends while pursuing other relationships. This plan is not as simple as they had imagined. Celeste -- imperious, successful and driven -- is convinced that divorcing the boyish Jesse is the right thing to do. Jesse passively accepts this transition into friendship, even though he still is in love with her. As the reality of their separation sets in, Celeste slowly and painfully realizes she has been cavalier about their relationship. But her timing with Jesse is less than fortuitous. While navigating the turbulent changes in their lives and in their hearts, these two learn that in order to truly love someone, you may have to let them go. The film is a humorous and honest examination of a broken heart and the long, hard road it takes to heal it.<\/p>"],"site":[""],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["false"],"facebook":[""],"imagecount":["1"]},"chickenwithplums":{"name":["chickenwithplums"],"title":["Chicken with Plums"],"opens":["Opens  TBD"],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud<br><b>Written by:<\/b> Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (based on the book by Marjane Satrapi)<br><br><b>Starring:<\/b> Mathieu Amalric, Edouard Baer, Maria de Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani, Eric Caravaca, Chiara Mastroianni, Mathis Bour, Enna Balland, Didier Flamand, Serge Av\u00e9dikian, Rona Hartner, Jamel Debbouze and Isabella Rossellini<\/p>"],"site":[""],"buy":[""],"itunes":[""],"trailer":["false"],"facebook":[""],"imagecount":["1"]},"takeshelter":{"name":["takeshelter"],"title":["Take Shelter"],"opens":["Now Available..."],"synopsis":["<p><b>Written and Directed by:<\/b> Jeff Nichols<br><b>Starring:<\/b>Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Kathy Baker<\/p><p><\/p><p>When Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) begins having nightmares of an encroaching, apocalyptic storm, he refrains from telling his wife, Samantha (Jessica Chastain). To protect her and their six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf, Curtis starts channeling his anxiety and money into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard. While Hannah's healthcare and special needs education has resulted in financial struggle for the modest family, Curtis' seemingly inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds Samantha, and provokes intolerance among co-workers, friends and neighbors. However, the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within the community doesn't compare to Curtis' private fear of what his dreams may truly signify.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Faced with the proposition that his disturbing visions signal disaster of one kind or another, Curtis finally opens up to Samantha, testing the power of their bond against the highest possible stakes. <\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/takeshelter"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Take-Shelter-Blu-ray-Michael-Shannon\/dp\/B006PGL7OQ"],"itunes":["http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/take-shelter\/id496471652"],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/takeshelter"],"imagecount":["14"]},"restless":{"name":["restless"],"title":["Restless"],"opens":["Now Available..."],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Gus Van Sant<br><b>Written by:<\/b> Jason Lew<br><b>Starring:<\/b>Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase, Schuyler Fisk, Jane Adams, Chin Han and Lusia Strus<\/p><p><\/p><p>Annabel Cotton (MIA WASIKOWSKA) is a beautiful and charming terminal cancer patient with a deep felt love of life and the natural world. Enoch Brae (HENRY HOPPER) is a young man who has dropped out of the business of living, after an accident claimed the life of his parents. When these two outsiders chance to meet at a funeral, they find an unexpected common ground in their unique experiences of the world. For Enoch, it includes his best friend Hiroshi (RY\u014c KASE) who happens to be the ghost of a Kamikaze fighter pilot. For Annabel, it involves an admiration of Charles Darwin and an interest in how other creatures live. Upon learning of Annabel's imminent early passing, Enoch offers to help her face her last days with an irreverent abandon, tempting fate, tradition and even death itself.<\/p><p><\/p><p>As their unique love for each other grows, so do the realities of the world that they have felt closing in on them. Daring, childlike, and distinctly rare \u2013 these two bravely face what life has in store for them. Fighting pain, anger and loss with youth, playfulness and originality, these two misfits turn the tables on life and play by their own rules. Their journey begins to collide with the unstoppable march of time, as the natural cycle of life comes to claim Annabel.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Directed by Gus Van Sant, Restless follows Annabel and Enoch's complex and moving journey together as it culminates in their acceptance of themselves. The relationships they share with their friends, families and each other teach them their greatest lessons of all - that every end begets its own kind of rebirth, and love is deathless.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/restless"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Restless-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-DVD-Combo\/dp\/B0062NAWH0"],"itunes":["http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/restless\/id492418304"],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/restlessmovie"],"imagecount":["12"]},"midnightinparis":{"name":["midnightinparis"],"title":["Midnight In Paris"],"opens":["Now Available..."],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Woody Allen<br><b>Starring:<\/b>Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen and Owen Wilson<\/p><p><\/p><p>This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It's about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. It stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, and Carla Bruni among others.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/midnightinparis"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Midnight-Paris-Blu-ray-Owen-Wilson\/dp\/B005MYEPXC\/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1325717106&sr=1-3"],"itunes":["http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=0DcWNm*QeQs&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=5573&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fmovie%2Fmidnight-in-paris%2Fid485597050"],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/midnightinparis"],"imagecount":["22"]},"beatsrhymesandlife":{"name":["beatsrhymesandlife"],"title":["Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest"],"opens":["Now Available..."],"synopsis":["<p><b>Directed by:<\/b> Michael Rapaport<br><b>Starring:<\/b>A Tribe Called Quest: Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi White<\/p><p><\/p><p>BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST is a documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history. Having released five gold and platinum selling albums within eight years, A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history, and regarded as iconic pioneers of hip hop. The band's sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened the scores of fans, whose appetite for the group's innovative musical stylings never seems to diminish.<\/p><p><\/p><p>A hard-core fan himself, Rapaport sets out on tour with A Tribe Called Quest in 2008, when they reunited to perform sold-out concerts across the country, almost ten years after the release of their last album, The Love Movement. As he travels with the band members (Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi White), Rapaport captures the story of how tenuous their relationship has become; how their personal differences and unresolved conflicts continue to be a threat to their creative cohesion. When mounting tensions erupt backstage during a show in San Francisco, we get a behind-the-scenes look at their journey and contributions as a band and what currently is at stake for these long-time friends and collaborators.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Rarely heard stories from New York's legendary DJ Red Alert, Native Tongues members like Monie Love, the Jungle Brothers, Busta Rhymes, and De La Soul bring an intimacy to the days when young artists discovered the freedom of artistic expression, while rejecting the confines of gangster rap and negative stereotypes. Chronicles of songs like \"Scenario\" and \"Check the Rhime\" paint a vivid picture of growing up in Queens, and how the band's unique approach to hip hop helped transform and influence the genre for years to come.<\/p><p><\/p><p>A New York native, Rapaport's lifelong love for hip hop helps achieve intimate, all-access interviews and cin\u00e9ma v\u00e9rit\u00e9-style filmmaking, fostering a conversation for A Tribe Called Quest to determine if there is a possibility to mend the wounds from over the years.<\/p><p><\/p><p>In addition to chronicling the past, present and uncertain future of the band, the film includes interviews from the Beastie Boys, Kanye West, Pharrell, Mos Def, Santigold, Monie Love, Pete Rock, Large Professor, De La Soul, The Jungle Brothers and Common, all of whom attribute some combination of love, respect, and inspiration drawn from the legacy of A Tribe Called Quest.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/beatsrhymesandlife"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004Z29WX0\/ref=nosim\/?tag=sonypicturese-20"],"itunes":["http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/beats-rhymes-life-the-travels\/id463107970"],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/beatsrhymesandlifemovie"],"imagecount":["37"]},"theguard":{"name":["theguard"],"title":["The Guard"],"opens":["Now Available..."],"synopsis":["<p><b>Written and Directed by:<\/b> John Michael McDonagh<br><b>Starring:<\/b>Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligott, Sarah Greene and Katarina Cas<\/p><p><\/p><p>THE GUARD is a comedic, fish out of water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption, and the two cops who must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang, an unorthodox Irish policeman and a straitlaced FBI agent.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/theguard"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Guard-Blu-ray-Brendan-Gleeson\/dp\/B005WAP2U6\/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1325716906&sr=1-2"],"itunes":["http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/the-guard\/id488544432"],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#!\/pages\/The-Guard\/115336841887435"],"imagecount":["18"]},"thegreatestmovieeversold":{"name":["thegreatestmovieeversold"],"title":["POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold"],"opens":["Now Available..."],"synopsis":["<p>Boundary-pushing Oscar\u00ae-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in POM Wonderful Presents: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD, a film that was fully financed through product placement from various brands, all of which are integrated transparently into the film.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/pomwonderfulpresentsthegreatestmovieeversold"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Greatest-Movie-Ever-Sold-Blu-ray\/dp\/B004UXUVFW\/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1311358715&sr=1-2"],"itunes":["http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/pom-wonderful-presents-the\/id447296074"],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thegreatestmovieeversold"],"imagecount":["19"]},"inabetterworld":{"name":["inabetterworld"],"title":["In a Better World"],"opens":["Now Available..."],"synopsis":["<p>Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy.<\/p>"],"site":["http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/inabetterworld"],"buy":["http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Better-World-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo\/dp\/B004G8QO7U\/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1313444001&sr=1-1"],"itunes":["http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/in-a-better-world\/id449796455"],"trailer":["true"],"facebook":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inabetterworld"],"imagecount":["18"]},"incendies":{"name":["incendies"],"title":["Incendies"],"opens":["Now Available..."],"synopsis":["<p>When notary Lebel (R\u00e9my Girard) sits down with Jeanne and Simon Marwan (M\u00e9lissa D\u00e9sormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) to read them their mother Nawal's will (Lubna Azabal), the twins are stunned to receive a pair of envelopes \u2013 one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn't know existed.<\/p><p><\/p><p>In this enigmatic inheritance, Jeanne sees the key to Nawal's retreat into unexplained silence during the final weeks of her life. She immediately decides to go to the Middle East to dig into a family history of which she knows next to nothing.\nSimon is unmoved by their mother's posthumous mind games. 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