With this week's Oscar nominations making noise, studios are hoping to cash in on audiences' renewed movie fervor by releasing their box office hopefuls. Liam Neeson's survivalist flick The Grey is going up against the heist thriller Man on a Ledge, while rom-com fans will want to check out Katherine Heigl's One for the Money. The Wicker Tree, Robin Hardy's reimagining of his 1973 thriller The Wicker Man, also hits theaters this weekend.
Oscar nominees Albert Nobbs and In Darkness will get a limited release this weekend, as will the French-language film Declaration of War.
The Grey
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Frank Grillo
Synopsis: Survivors of a plane crash must battle the Alaskan wilderness and a vicious pack of wolves.
Rated: R
Man on a Ledge
Directed by: Asger Leth
Starring: Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Elizabeth Banks
Synopsis: An ex-con threatens to jump from a New York rooftop as part of an elaborate jewel heist.
Rated: PG-13
One for the Money
Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, John Leguizamo, Daniel Sunjata
Synopsis: An unemployed divorcee takes a job as a bounty hunter and crosses path with a local cop from her past.
Rated: PG-13
The Wicker Tree
Directed by: Robin Hardy
Starring: Brittania Nicol, Henry Garrett, Graham McTavish
Synopsis: Two naive missionaries to Scotland participate in a local festival, unaware of what they have unleashed.
Rated: R
Albert Nobbs (Limited Release)
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia
Starring: Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson
Synopsis: A woman in 19th century Ireland disguises herself as a man in order to find work, but she soon finds herself trapped in her assumed identity.
Rated: R
In Darkness (Limited Release)
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Maria Schrader
Synopsis: One man sets out to rescue Jewish refugees in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Rated: R
Declaration of War (Limited Release)
Directed by: Valerie Donzelli
Starring: Valerie Donzelli, Jeremie Elkaim, Cesar Desseix
Synopsis: Two young parents fight for their young son's survival after a devastating diagnosis.
Rated: NR
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