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Can You Guess The Top Five Movies in Cedar Falls This Week?

Here are the top five movies rented from Redbox in Cedar Falls, according to www.redbox.com, in the last week.

  • PG-13
  • Released: May 22, 2012
  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Suspense
  • Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Misha Handley, Liz White

Arthur Kipps is a widowed lawyer whose grief has endangered his career. When he is sent to a remote village to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased eccentric, it soon becomes clear that everyone in the town is keeping a terrible secret. Although the locals try to hide the town's tragic history from Kipps, he soon learns that his client's house is haunted by the ghost of a woman who is looking for someone and something she had lost, and until she finds it, no one is safe from her vengeance.

2. Contraband

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  • R
  • Released: May 22, 2012
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Suspense
  • Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas

Legendary smuggler Chris Farraday had abandoned his life of crime to settle into a life of comfortable domesticity with his wife and their two young sons. But after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does better than anyone-running contraband to settle Andy's debt. With the help of his best friend, Sebastian Abney, Chris quickly assembles a crew that includes their childhood friend Danny Raymer to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills. They must pull this off under the suspicious eyes of the ship's captain, whose long history with Chris' father makes him suspect the younger Farraday of even shadier dealings.

3. The Vow

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  • PG-13
  • Released: May 8, 2012
  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange, Sam Neill, Jessica McNamee

Paige and Leo are a happy newlywed couple whose lives are changed by a car accident that puts Paige in a coma. Waking up with severe memory loss, Paige has no memory of Leo, a confusing relationship with her parents, and an ex-fiancé she may still have feelings for. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

4. One for the Money

  • PG-13
  • Released: May 15, 2012
  • Genre: Action, Comedy
  • Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd

A down-on-her-luck New Jersey woman gets a job as a bounty hunter and her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder--the same man who broke her heart years before.

5. We Bought A Zoo

  • PG
  • Released: May 1, 2012
  • Genre: Drama, Family
  • Starring: Matt Damon, Colin Ford, Thomas Haden Church, Scarlett Johansson, Patrick Fugit

Based on a true story, Benjamin Mee is a Los Angeles newspaper columnist and adventure writer who, as a single father, faces the challenges of raising his two young kids. Hoping that a fresh start and a new life will restore their family spirit, Mee quits his job and buys an old rural house on 18 acres outside the city that comes with a unique bonus feature: a zoo named the Rosemoor Animal Park, where dozens of animals reside under the care of head zookeeper Kelly Foster and her dedicated team. With no experience, limited time and a shoestring budget, Mee sets out with the support of his family and the local community to reopen the zoo. Now, Benjamin is no longer reporting an adventure story; he's living his own and it is right in his own backyard.

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