Arts & Entertainment

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.

  • R
  • Released: April 10, 2012
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer
  • Matt King, a husband and father of two girls, must re-examine his past and navigate his future when his wife is in a boating accident off Waikiki. Along the way, in encounters alternately funny, troublesome and transcendent, he realizes he's finally on course toward rebuilding his life and family

2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

  • R
  • Released: March 20, 2012
  • Genre: Action, Drama, Hit Movies, Suspense
  • Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd, Steven Berkoff
  • A journalist is hired by one of Sweden's richest industrialists to investigate the disappearance of his niece 40 years ago. With a female hacker assisting him, they uncover a secret history of murder and sexual abuse that puts their lives in danger.

3. Immortals

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  • R
  • Released: April 3, 2012
  • Genre: Action, Adventure
  • Starring: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Luke Evans, John Hurt, Stephen Dorff
  • The brutal and bloodthirsty King Hyperion and his murderous army are rampaging across Greece, demolishing everything in their wake with ruthless efficiency. It seems nothing will stop the evil king's mission to become the undisputed master of the world, until a stonemason named Theseus vows to avenge the death of his mother in one of Hyperion's raids.

4. Tower Heist

  • PG-13
  • Released: March 20, 2012
  • Genre: Action, Comedy, Hit Movies
  • Starring: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick
  • Queens native Josh Kovaks has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. In the swankiest unit atop Josh's building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage. With only days before Arthur gets away with the perfect crime, Josh's crew turns to petty crook Slide to plan the nearly impossible...to steal what they are sure is hidden in Arthur's guarded condo.

5. War Horse

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  • PG-13
  • Released: April 3, 2012
  • Genre: Drama, Adventure
  • Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Niels Arestrup, David Thewlis
  • When World War I breaks out, young Albert Narracott's beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Joey serves in both the British and German armies before he winds up alone in the dangerous area between the two sides-"No Man's Land." Albert is too young to enlist, but goes to France to save Joey.

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