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Movies Opening In Theaters This Week: March 17 – March 21

List of movies opening in theaters this week:

Divergent, starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Ansel Elgort and Ray Stevenson, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The action film is set in a world where people are divided into groups based on their virtues. Divergents will not fit into any one group and are in danger. Divergents Tris and Four team up to save their kind. Runtime: 2 hr 23 min, Rated: PG 13

Muppets Most Wanted, starring Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ty Burrell, Ray Liotta, Steve Whitmire and Eric Jacobson, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The family comedy follows the Muppets as they become entangled in a jewel heist plot led by Constantine, a Kermit look-a-like. Runtime: 1 hr 46 min, Rated: PG

50 to 1, starring Skeet Ulrich, Christian Kane, William Devane, Madelyn Deutch, Todd Lowe, Calvin Borel and Bruce Wayne Eckelman, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The comedy/drama centers on a group of misfit cowboys whose racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. Runtime: 1 hr 50 min, Rated: PG 13

Blood Ties, starring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts and James Caan, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The thriller follows two very different brothers as they are driven apart by organized crime. Runtime: 2 hr 22 min, Rated: R

Cheap Thrills, starring Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton and David Koechner, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The comedy/thriller follows two friends as they are put through increasingly violent dares. Runtime: 1 hr 25 min, Rated: N/A

God’s Not Dead, starring Shane Harper, Kevin Sorbo and David A.R. White, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The drama follows a college student whose faith in God is challenged by his philosophy professor. Runtime: 1 hr 53 min, Rated: PG

It Felt Like Love, starring Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni and Ronen Rubinstein, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The drama tells the story of a 14-year-old girl who wants to reach the same level of sexual experience as her best friend. In her pursuit for experience she fixates on a tough older guy. Runtime: 1 hr 22 min, Rated: N/A

Jodorowsky's Dune, starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux and H.R. Giger, opens in limited theaters Friday, March 21. The documentary explores Alejandro Jodorowsky's attempt to adapt Frank Herbert’s novel Dune into a film. Runtime: 1 hr 30 min, Rated: PG 13

McCanick, starring David Morse, Cory Monteith, Ciarán Hinds and Mike Vogel, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The thriller follows a narcotics detective on his search for a young criminal. Runtime: 1 hr 36 min, Rated: R

Nymphomaniac: Volume I, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater and Uma Thurman, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The drama tells the story of a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who recounts her story to the stranger who saved her after a bad beating. Runtime: 1 hr 57 min, Rated: N/A

Rob The Mob, starring Michael Pitt, Nina Arianda, Andy Garcia, Ray Romano, Griffin Dunne, Michael Rispoli, Yul Vázquez, Frank Whaley and Burt Young, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The thriller tells the story of a Queens couple that specializes in robbing mafia social clubs. The become targets of the mafia and the FBI. Runtime: 1 hr 44 min, Rated: R

A Birder's Guide to Everything, starring Ben Kingsley, James LeGros, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alex Wolff and Katie Chang, opens in theaters Friday, March 21. The comedy/drama follows a teen as he leads his friends on an epic road trip to locate a rare duck. Runtime: 1 hr 28 min, Rated: PG 13

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