'Silver Linings Playbook' and 3 new movies open on Jan. 18

Mark Wahlberg tangles with Russell Crowe, Arnold Schwarzenegger is back and one movie may have you crying for your mother this weekend.

Crime thriller Broken City,’ action flick The Last Standand horror film Mamaopen at theaters Friday, Jan. 18, while Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbookexpands nationwide, including to Huntsville, Ala.

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‘Broken City’ stars Crowe as a big-city mayor who thinks his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is having an affair and hires a former police officer (Wahlberg) to investigate. Wahlberg discovers much there's more to the case than meets the eye. Rated R for language, sexual content and violence. Runtime: 1 hour, 49 minutes.

‘The Last Stand’ stars Schwarzenegger as a small-town sheriff with a troubled past who must lead the fight against a well-armored drug kingpin fleeing to the border. Rated R for violence and language. Runtime: 1 hour, 47 minutes.

‘Mama’ stars Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (‘Game of Thrones’) as a couple trying to care for his two young nieces who are found after living alone in the wild for five years. But were they really alone? ‘Mama’ has a promising pedigree: Chastain won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role in ‘Zero Dark Thirty,' and the film is presented by Guillermo del Toro, who directed the 2006 masterpiece, ‘Pan’s Labyrinth.’ Rated PG-13. Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes.

‘Silver Linings Playbook’ is a romantic dramedy starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jackie Weaver,who were all nominated for acting Oscars. Cooper plays a former teacher who tries to adjust to life after staying in a mental institution. Rated R for language and sexual content. Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes.

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