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By Raphael Seth, NBC News

July 13, 2012 Updated Jul 13, 2012 at 7:45 PM PDT

Prehistoric pals weather global change in "Ice Age: Continental Drift." Manny, Diego, and Sid are set adrift on a iceberg in this fourth chapter of the of the "Ice Age" series. They're out on the open seas battling weather, pirates, and the urge to push the moronic sloth overboard. But when Sid reconnects with his granny, and Diego meets a love interest, the way back home gets a lot more complicated. "Ice Age: Continental Drift" is rated PG.

Sigourney Weaver is a ghost-buster in "Red Lights." she and Cillian Murphy play supernatural skeptics -- investigators of paranormal parlor tricks and fraudulent faith healing. But when faced with blind psychic Robert DeNiro, weaver backs off out of fear... Leaving Murphy and his star pupil Elizabeth Olsen to try to expose the gifted mystic. "Red Lights" is rated R.

A little girl takes on the world in "Beasts of the Southern Wild." This independent film lives in the reality and imagination of "Hushpuppy," a 6-year-old living in poverty on the bayou. When a powerful storm wipes-out her home, it's up to Hushpuppy and her fantasies to save her father and survive the catastrophe. "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is rated PG-13.

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