IN THEATER THIS WEEK

GIMME SHELTER

Based on a true story, the movie revolves round a teenager, Apple Bailey who has never had an easy life. Her mother, June, is an addict and prostitute, is verbally and physically abusive, and is grooming her daughter to follow in her footsteps. Apple knows the streets, alleys and motels like the back of her hand but wants more from her life. She possesses a tenacious, tough, indomitable spirit, and will not surrender to fate. Apple runs away from her mother and tracks down her father whom she has never known, as he was only 19 when he got Apple’s mother pregnant. As she sets out to find her Wall Street father, she is forced into the streets in a desperate journey of survival. (Read more)

Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Brendan Fraser, Rosario Dawson

Directed by:  Ron Krauss

Genre: Drama

  Watch Gimme shelter trailer

I, FRANKENSTEIN

I, Frankenstein is a fantasy action film centered on the story of Frankenstein's monster, named Adam who having taken the surname of his creator, finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries old war between two immortal clans in an ancient city. (Read more)

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto and Jai Courtney

Directed by: Stuart Beattie

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Science fiction

 Watch I, Frankenstein trailer here

These movies hit U.S. theaters on January 24, 2014.