Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) really sees dead people and they happen to be his only friends in the world. The pre-teen years sure can be a drag, but when a return of the living dead threatens to take over an entire community, it’s up to Norman and a ragtag crew of friends and family to set things straight.  

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks toplines this remake about three sisters who form a girl group back in the 1960s that sets them on the road to fame and fortune, but threatens to tear them apart.  

Sometimes a story taps into a primal human desire, a need so intrinsic that it makes belief come to life. Screenwriter (and director) Peter Hedges, working from a story conceived by Frank Zappa’s son, Ahmet, dares to make audiences hope and believe in something so real with The Odd Life of Timothy Green.  

For the last few months, my oldest daughter has been debating current events with her best friend. My wife and I have been witnesses to her burgeoning political and cultural awareness, and it has taken me back to my own awakening.  

All of the qualifying matches, on both the men and women’s sides, have been played and today marks the official start of the main draws. There are preliminary press conferences scheduled with a select group of top players and while the interviews may have star power and a hint of intrigue – especially in light of the impact of inserting a grass court Olympics event into the already crow...  

The Bourne saga must go on, and so writer Tony Gilroy takes the helm with Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross, another super assassin born and bred to do all of the dirty work to keep the country safe and sound.  

David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) reunites with Meryl Streep in Hope Springs, the story of a couple (Streep and Tommy Lee Jones), married for 30 years, who decide to attend a week-long marriage counseling program with a renowned therapist (Steve Carell) in order to renew their spark.   

For Ruby Sparks, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) tag team with first-time screenwriter and co-star Zoe Kazan to tell the incredible story of Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano), a young author who finds himself struggling to complete the follow-up to the debut novel that made him one of the brightest literary stars of the late 20th century.  

The latest big screen episode in the continuing saga of that wimpy kid, Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) and his even wimpier friends certainly has to be the last one with this particular cast because young Gordon is starting to look a little long in the tooth.  

Canada’s Foreign Language Film nominee is a tale about Bashir Lazhar, the Algerian immigrant who replaces a popular elementary school teacher in Montreal after her suicide, is more attuned to the quiet personal drama that beset Lazhar and his students.