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THE DEBT
Riviting drama centering on Israeli agents, a one-time nazi butcher and a lie. Jessica Chastain and Sam Worthington.
POINT BLANK
French-subtitled-male nurse's wife is kidnapped and he has to free bad guy. This one moves fast.
THE NAMES OF LOVE
French comedy featuring the girl who makes men change their ways.
APOLLO 18
Horror film on the mission to the moon that ended badly for 3 astronauts. A clue-lookout for those damn moon rocks-they'll getcha.
OUR IDIOT BROTHER
Paul Rudd is funny as he makes life difficult for his three sisters.
SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA
Golf movie with Robert Duvall as the teacher that makes a confident pro golfer out of Lucas Black.
A GOOD OLD FASHIONED ORGY
Jason Sudeikis stars in this one where a group of friends decide to hold an end of summer blowout...an orgy.
COLUMBIANA
Zoe Saldana stars as the stone-cold assassin bent on revenging the death of her family.
THE WHISTLEBLOWER
True story based on a Nebraska cop who becomes a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and busts a UN coverup of the sex-slave trade.
ATTACK THE BLOCK
From the Shaun of the Dead guys, this one centers on a south London gang taking back their block from a bunch of extra terrestrial creatures.
THE GUARD
Great movie with Brendon Gleeson as the local Irish cop and Don Cheadle as the FBI guy sent over to break up a big drug gang.
Very funny.
THE FUTURE
Miranda July's second movie is freakier than her first, as she and her boyfriend go though some serious changes.
THE HELP
What a great movie and great performances by Bryce Dallas Howard and Emma Stone in this 60's civil rights story.
30 MINUTES OR LESS
Pizza delivery duy has a bomb strapped to his chest and is forced to rob a bank for some wannabe criminals. Funny.
THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE
Story of Saddam Hussein's son Uday, and the lookalike he forces to be his body double. Wow what a movie.
CRAZY STUPID LOVE
Love in all it's different forms examined here..and some great twists. Steve Carrell is great as always and Ryan Gosling as well.
TERRI
Principal John C. Riley helps troubled kids including Terri, who wears his pajamas to school each day.
ANOTHER EARTH
Part Sci-Fi, part drama. It looks like Earth, and has mirrors of ourselves. Will it be a new start for the woman who destroyed a family.
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
It all starts with scientist James Franco giving a serum to his Alzheimers ridden father, and an ape. Eventually, they take over. Good battle on the Golden Gate Bridge.
THE CHANGE-UP
You've seen this before..Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman switch bodies..this one is pretty funny.
COWBOYS AND ALIENS
Jon Favreau does a great job directing Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, as they try to stop those pesky aliens from mining gold in Absolution, Arizona.
SARAH'S KEY
Powerful movie beginning in WWII when the French sent jews to concentration camps. One of the best I've seen this year.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2
Things wrap up nicely for the Potter series and we finally get to see the end of that pesky Voldemort.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
Chris Evans is transformed from a wimp to Captain America..great ending to this movie and a glimpse into the new Avenger movie.
A LITTLE HELP
Jenna Fischer becomes a widow and tries to raise her son with lots of obstacles in the way.
THE DRUMMOND WILL
One of those quirky British comedies, in black and white, with two brothers returning to the small village the grew up in for their father's funeral..hijinks prevail.
ZOOKEEPER
The latest from Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions stars Kevin James as the zookeeper who all of a sudden can talk with his animals, and they try to help him get the girl of his dreams..trouble is, she's not the right one for him.
QUEEN TO PLAY
A great french film about a maid who is inspired to learn to play chess. Kevin Kline does the inspiring and speaks great french.
BRIDE FLIGHT
Dutch is the language in this foreign film about 3 women who emigrate to New Zealand as war brides. Soap opera.
GUNLESS
Canadian movie about an 1880's wild west gunslinger who ends up in a friendly canadian town and falls in love. Comedy.
FIRST DOG
The President's (eric Roberts) dog runs away after an attempt on his life, and an orphan sets out on a cross-country journey to return him. Kind of B-Movie-ish, but I'm a sucker for this kind of flick.
HORRIBLE BOSSES
3 guys set out to kill their bosses-and hilarity ensues. Funny.
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
The third installment has plenty of action-some new faces, and of course Shia LeBeouf and a new girlfriend.
LARRY CROWNE
Good to see Tom Hanks back with Julia Roberts..fun story.
BAD TEACHER
Cameron Diaz is a foul-mouthed teacher in search of breast implants and a rich guy.
Justin Timberlake is funny as a nerd teacher.
BEGINNERS
Christopher Plummer is looking Oscar with this performance as a widow who comes out of the closet, and Ewan McGregor as his son coming to terms with it.
GREEN LANTERN
Ryan Reynolds takes the comic book role and is great, with help from Peter Sarsgaard, Blake Lively and Tim Robbins.
MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS
This is a great movie for the kids..and Jim Carrey does a fine job with the penguins.
HESHER
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a loner who lives in his van until he meets TJ and moves in. Pyrotechnics ensue. Different kind of movie. I liked it.
SUPER 8
Good collaboration between JJ Abrams and Speilberg-alien monster in railroad car gets out and terrorizes town.
POTICHE
French film takes place in 1977 and is a big take on women's lib. Funny.
TREE OF LIFE
Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain in this one, but the kids are center stage-lot of thinking goin on here.
SUBMARINE
Takes place in Wales and explores the funny relationship between school chums Oliver Tate and Jordana.
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
This prequel to the franchise shows how it all started for Charles Xavier and his school for genetic mutants. Exciting Bay of Pigs action.
THE DOUBLE HOUR
This italian movie takes place in Turin and keeps you guessing with lots of twists. Good story and great performances. Won big at Venice Film Festival.
HANGOVER 2
Another great installment of this franchise, with everything taken to the next level. I say let's have another one.
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
One of Woody Allen's best..starring Owen Wilson as a visitor to Paris-He wants to stay
after a few midnight trips back in time, where he gets to rub elbows with Hemingway, Salvadore Dali and the like.
MEEK'S CUTOFF
Three families head west in 1847-3 covered wagons and a guide to get them to the Columbia River. They come across an indian who they hope is leading them to water. Great movie that ends too soon.
Quiet independent about a Ontario Mennonite town's sherriff on the murder trail. With Martha Plimpton and Jill Hennessey.
KUNG FU PANDA 2
Po is back in action trying to save China from a big bad new weapon. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4: ON STRANGER TIDES
Another great Pirates with the help of Ian McShane as Blackbeard, and Penelope Cruz as another Jack Sparrow love interest.
LEGEND OF THE FIST
Donnie Yen beats the crap out of the Japanese as they occupy Shanghai and make life miserable for everyone in post World War I.
SOMETHING BORROWED
Dramady with Ginnifer Goodwin and Kate Hudson as best friends who want the same guy. With John Krasinski.
THE BEAVER
Mel Gibson is back with a solid performance in this heavy one about depression and mental illness. Jodie Foster directed and also stars, and that pesky Beaver won't come off his arm without some drastic measures.
Heavy one from South Korea as a woman tries to raise her grandson, keep him out of jail, and learns how to write poetry.
THOR
The God of Thunder, and a great movie (I saw it in IMAX 3D). The hammer worked pretty good-so did Natalie Portman. Good action.
EVERYTHING MUST GO
It's a serious Will Ferrell as a struggling alcoholic coming to grips with his disease, and Rebecca Hall as the neighbor across the street who helps. Filmed in the Arcadia neighborhood of East Phoenix(even a shot of our building in the first scene.
INCENDIES
A dying mother sends her twins on a search for their brother and father in the Palestinian lands-with a shocking ending.
BRIDESMAIDS
Funny movie about best friends-a wedding-and raunchy jokes from Kristin Wiig and Maya Rudolph..Funny!
HENRY'S CRIME
Keanu Reeves is his usual self in this comedy with James Caan and Vera Farmiga. He goes to rob the bank he was falsely convicted of robbing.
EXPORTING RAYMOND
Phil Rosenthal, the creator of Eveybody Loves Raymond, is called by the Russians to come over and help them make Raymond. Funny documentary.
THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD
Morgan Spurlock(Super Size Me)decides to go out and find sponsors to fund his 1.5 million dollar movie in return for product placement. Great doc.
FAST FIVE
The team of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker is back, joined by The Rock, and this time they are in Brazil to pull of one last job.
Exciting.
MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY
Tyler Perry does it again, as Madea's neice Shirley gets her family together and prepares to go to heaven. The usual conflicted kids..and Madea straightens them all out. I was cryin' laughing.
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
We go back to the Great Depression in 1931 and Robert Pattinson is joining the circus where he meets Reese Witherspoon, the wife of Christoph Waltz and all hell breaks loose. You should see what happens at the end. A clue-it involves lions tigers and bears.
WINTER IN WARTIME
With the Nazis occupying his village, things just aren't going right for 14 year old Michiel, who risks everything helping a downed british soldier.
MIRAL
Freda Pinto from Slumdog plays her, a palestinian caught up in the struggles from Israel first becoming a state through 1985.
Powerful story..and true.
IN A BETTER WORLD
The Academy Award winner for best foreign film, this one follows the lives of two Danish families and how they intertwine. Great story..powerful.
ATLAS SHRUGGED
One woman tries to keep her railroad afloat in uncertain times 5 years in the future. This was from a 1957 book by Ayn Rand and I've never heard applause this loud at the end of a movie. Part 1 of a trilogy, and I'm looking forward to the other two.
THE CONSPIRATOR
Another great history lesson about what happened when the Lincoln's went to the Ford Theatre. James McAvoy is great and it's directed by Robert Redford.
ARTHUR
Great politically correct updating of the original, with Russell Brand and Helen Mirren. Arthur stands to loose the family money if he doesn't marry the right girl(Jennifer Garner). A clean shaven Nick Nolte plays her father.
KILL THE IRISHMAN
Ray Stevenson stars in this one -true story-1970's Cleveland, as he works for mobsters, then tries to rise to the top. More car bombings than I've seen in a long time.
HANNA
Saoirse Ronan is an assissin trained by her father(Eric Bana) and she's out to complete a mission across Europe. But Cate Blanchette is out to get her.
YOUR HIGHNESS
It's Pineapple Express going medieval in this comedy with Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman. Funny and vulgar.
SOUCE CODE
Jake Gyllenhaal is great as a dead army helicopter pilot and his mind is used in another person's body to catch a bomber. A good action movie.
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED
J.K. Simmons at his best as a father who's son returns home with short term memory loss, and they finally bond with the help of the music they remember.
OF GODS AND MEN
Heavy movie about a group of monks caught up in the conflict between the army and the rebels. They decide to stay no matter what happens...and you can guess what happens.
WIN WIN
Paul Giamatti is great as a lawyer and high school wrestling coach who befriends a boy who helps the team become competitive.
NORA'S WILL
This one is from Mexico, and a good story about a woman who commits suicide after leaving instructions for her ex-husband and housekeeper on what to do after she is gone-right down to the meals to prepare.
SUCKERPUNCH
Orphaned girl tries to survive and breakout of home for mentally insane. Wierd but visually nice.
PAUL
Great comedy with the Shaun of the Dead guys and an alien voiced by Seth Rogan.
With Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman.
LIMITLESS
Bradley Cooper takes a pill and gets to use ALL of his brain to get ahead in life. Robert DeNiro wants in.
THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Matthew McConaughey practices law from the backseat of his Lincoln, and gets the case of his life. With Ryan Phillippe and Marisa Tomei.
JANE EYRE
Another one of those homework assignments I never read. Great telling of a popular story with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender.
BATTLE: LOS ANGELES
Well I was worried those pesky aliens would win, but thanks to Staff Sargeant(Aaron Eckhart), we're ok. Great effects.
RED RIDING HOOD
Great updating of the story, with a werewolf in the mix, and a great cast with Julie Christie as Grandmother.
HALL PASS
The Farrelly Brothers do it again..funny movie with Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis as buddies given a "Hall Pass" by their wives for a week.
UNKNOWN
Is the condition of Liam Neeson in this movie similar to last year's smash Taken, with slightly less fighting and killing. Really entertaining though.
CEDAR RAPIDS
Ed Helm is funny as an insurance agent going to the big city for the convention. John C Riley and Anne Heche are great too. Funny movie.
I AM NUMBER FOUR
Fun science fiction movie about a kid sent to earth with powers. Kind of like Smallville.
THE EAGLE
Standard 2nd century fare with warring factions tearing it up. The Romans are led by Channing Tatum.
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS
Another 5 great 20 minute features..Na Wewe from Belgium is my pick for the Oscar.
JUST GO WITH IT
A little more meaty than your typical Adam Sandler features, and Jennifer Anniston does a great job.
BIUTIFUL
Javier Bardem is incredible in this story of a Barcelona street husler trying to tie up loose ends before he dies of cancer in a couple of months.
SANCTUM
Story about a deep cave/hole and the people that die in it..the IMAX 3-D was cool.
BARNEY'S VERSION
Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman star in this one about the life of a Canadian soap opera producer and his wives.
CASINO JACK
Kevin Spacey is great as super lobbyist Jack Abrahmoff.
THE MECHANIC
Jason Stathem in the Charles Bronson hitman role and Ben Foster as his apprentice out to avenge his father's death.
THE WAY BACK
Colin Farrell and his buddies escape from a Siberian prison in WWII into the frozen tundra...and walk 4000 miles to freedom. Good war movie.
ANOTHER YEAR
A year in the lives of some old people, with emphasis on their screwed-up friends.
BLUE VALENTINE
Ryan Gosling and Michelle WIlliams are oscar-worthy in this study of a failed marriage.
GREEN HORNET
Typical Seth Rogan funny..but he does a good job. The 3D was ok.
MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT and MESRINE: PUBLIC ENEMY
French movie about the life of crime of Jacques Mesrine..Over 4 hours of great movies. Subtitled.
SOMEWHERE
From Sophia Copolla, and in the style of Lost In Translation, a movie star reconnects with his daughter while contemplating his own life.
SEASON OF THE WITCH
Nicolas Cage fights with swords in medieval times...and some mean witches.
COUNTRY STRONG
Great music..so so plot..but the stars come out.
RABBIT HOLE
Somber look at the subject of grieiving, with Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart losing their son in an auto accident..Not too many laughs in this one. With Sandra Oh.
MADE IN DAGENHAM
What a great movie, bassed on the true story of women Ford workers in the 60's and the strike they had to earn equal wages as the men. Sally Hawkins.
TRUE GRIT
Jeff Bridges reprises the John Wayne role-Coen Brothers direct-with Matt Damon.
LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS
Funny, yes-but also dealing with a serious subject-Parkinsons Disease. Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway star.
BURLESQUE
Christina Aguilera comes to the big city and gets a job in a club run by a former dancer(Cher). Singing and dancing follows.
GULLIVERS TRAVELS
Jack Black does a nice job of putting a modern spin on the old story..with Jason Segel and Amanda Peet. In 3D.
LITTLE FOCKERS
I laughed at the first two movies..and I laughed at this one. With Jessica Alba and Laura Dern.
TRON LEGACY
Great movie in IMAX 3D and the effects were worth it.
THE KINGS SPEECH
True story-interesting-about the King of England's stammer and the man helped him get rid of it.
THE FIGHTER
Another true story about a fighter in Boston, and his brother's battle with addiction. Great performances by Christian Bale and Melissa Leo.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
Reese Witherspoon chooses between Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd.
BLACK SWAN
Natalie Portman slowly descends into madness as she prepares for the role of her ballet career. Heavy flick.
FASTER
The Rock is out of prison and hell bent on revenge. It moves.
THE TOURIST
Rom com with Johnny Depp getting a 24 mill facelift to be back with his love Angelina Jolet.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS PART 1
Next to the last Potter movie was pretty exciting and Ray Finnes is great as the bad guy. Looking forward to the series ender.
127 HOURS
Based on the true story of one man's ordeal in Canyonlands Utah. James Franco nails it as the guy who has to cut off his forearm to live.
THE NEXT THREE DAYS
Good action movie with Russell Crowe breaking his wife out of jail.
ANTON CHEKOV'S THE DUEL
From the novella by the acclaimed writer,
a story of infidelity and anger leading to the duel.
UNSTOPPABLE
Based on a true story, an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride with Denzel Washington trying to stop that unmanned train heading for Stanton, PA.
MOURNING GLORY
Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton and Rachael McAdams on the struggling wakeup TV show and this one is funny.
FAIR GAME
What a great telling of the story involving former CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame(played by Naomi Watts)and her husband-Ambassador Joe Wilson(Sean Penn).
TAMARA DREWE
British rom-com with Gemma Arterton as the object of affection for many.
DUE DATE
Robert Downey Jr on a road trip with Zach Galifianakis trying to get to LA for the birth of his child.
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST
The third in the trilogy of the popular Swedish films..Lisbeth is recovering in the hospital and has to clear herself of being accused of three murders. What an awesome ending as all the bad guys get theirs.
CONVICTION
Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell as brother and sister. She becomes a lawyer to get him out of prison for the murder he didn't commit. It takes 12 years. Based on a true story.
STONE
Story about a con getting out of prison, a parole officer retiring, and the con's wife working on the parole officer.
KNUCKLEHEAD
WWE Studio release featuring Paul Wight as the gentle giant turned fighter on a journey to save his orphanage. With Dennis Farina.
HEREAFTER
3 stories about the afterlife come together at the end in this Clint Eastwood movie starring Matt Damon.
NOWHERE BOY
The childhood years of John Lennon, his relationship with his aunt and mother, his meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, and the formation of his first band. Great movie.
IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY
Zack Galifianakas and Emmy Roberts are in a mental ward when Keir Gilchrist checks in feeling depressed. Gets kinda funny from there on.
RED
Retired and Extremely Dangerous. Tha's what RED stands for in this hilarious outing for Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and company as former bloack-ops agents trying to stay alive.
NEVER LET ME GO
A Sort of sci-fi in a world where cloned kids sole purpose is to grow up to make 3 donations of their organs. Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield.
SECRETARIAT
Great telling of the story of the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. Good family movie.
FAREWELL
Soviet Union spy delivers secrets to a french electronics engineer. A movie about spy paranoia that prospered during the cold war.
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
The trailer makes you think this is pure comedy, but actually-there's a lot of drama. Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel.
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Story of how Facebook came about(started on the campus of Harvard).
JACK GOES BOATING
Philip Seymour Hoffman takes this one from the stage to the screen in a study of relationships and personalities in New York. With Amy Ryan.
BRAN NUE DAE
Musical set in Austrailia in the summer of 1965 and this is a pretty good story..They say if you like Mama Mia you'll like this one.
A GIRL A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP
Remake of the Coen Brothers Blood Simple..pretty much the same story, only moved to China in the early 1900's.
WALL STREET MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
Michael Douglas reprises his role of Gorden Gekko, and is joined by Shia Labeouf, Josh Brolin and Carey Mulligan. The story is updated to Wall Streeet's trouble a couple of years ago.
EASY A
Emma Stone in high school saying she lost her virginity and getting in all kinds of trouble. Great supporting cast-Stanley Tucci Patricia Clarkson-Thomas Haden Church-Lis Kudrow.
KINGS OF PASTRY
Doc about the competition in France every four years where a chosen few chefs are awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France(Best Craftsman in France) by French OPresident Sarkozy. Good movie.
THE TOWN
Ben Affleck directs and stars in this story of a gang of robbers and love and Rebecca Hall as the hostage turned love interest.
COUNTDOWN TO ZERO
This attempt at reducing the WMD's to zero is interesting..good luck.
LEBANON
Wow what a movie..The view from inside an Israeli tank rolling into Lebanon on the first day of the war in 1982.
I'M STILL HERE
This doc follows Joaquin Phoenix for a year as he decides to quit acting for a rap career.
FLIPPED
Two kid's love story with each scene shown first from his, then her perspective. Rob Riener directed.
TAKERS
Big cast including Matt Dillon and Paul Walker-it's another heist caper..lots of shooting, some dead bodies-and it's all very cool.
MACHETE
Robert Rodriguez' latest is a knife-wielding guy(Danny Trejo) against the bad guys (Robert DeNiro, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal)with a little Lindsay Lohan thrown in for good measure. Violent.
The Tillman Story
Documentary on the life of Pat Tillman, with an accounting of exactly what happened that day in Afghanistan.
GOING THE DISTANCE
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in another rom-com. Pleasant.
ANIMAL KINGDOM
Austrailian story of a small time crime family whose members are getting picked off one by one by the Armed Robbery squad of the Police. Violent.
THE AMERICAN
This one had a foreign film feel with George Clooney as an assasin whose gonna get rubbed out. He's holed up in a little Italian town and meets a nice prostitute.
WHAT IF
What a great movie with Kevin Sorbo and John Ratzenberger.
An angel shows a high powered businessman what his life would have been like if he took the other path.
LOVE RANCH
A different movie for Helen Mirren..with Joe Pesci. The first legal brothel in Nevada.
WILD GRASS
One of the more obscure french movies I've seen..not sure what was happening here...but I liked it.
WINNEBAGO MAN
Great documentary about the angry RV guy(look it up on the internet) and what happened to him.
THE EXTRA MAN
Good to see Kevin Kline in a film(independent), and Paul Dano is great..story of a society guy and the kid he takes under his wing..John C> Reilly is in it, too.
GET LOW
Great little movie with Robert Duvall and Bill Murray as the old man who wants a funeral party..while he's still alive.
THE EXPENDABLES
Reunion of testosterone boys..Sly-Arnold-Statham-Li-Lundgren-Couture-Austin-Crews-and Rourke.
THE OTHER GUYS
Funny Will Farrell movie with Mark Wahlberg as cop partners bumbling their way through things.
DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS
Based on a 1998 French movie..Steve Carell and Paul Rudd have a field day with these characters..the perfect idiot and the exec on the rise. Funny.
RESTREPO
This doc follows a platoon for a year in the deadliest valley in Afganistan. Wow.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Oliver Stone's documentary is interesting-he travels to South America to interview the presidents and it's different than what we have been hearing in the media.
WINTER'S BONE
One of the best independents of the year-a story of a teenage girl taking care of her siblings and trying to keep the house after her father takes off. Life in the woods of Missouri.
SALT
Angelina Jolie is superwoman as agent Evelyn Salt and is she ours or the Russians.
COCO CHANEL AND IGOR STRAVINSKY
Fiction about an affair between these two famous people. We do get to see how she came up with Chanel No. 5.
INCEPTION
Wow-what a movie-it plays with your mind..and the entire cast is great!
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Lesbian couple meet the sperm donor who gave them their kids.
Madcap hilarity ensues-and it all turns out ok.
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
The second of the three novels is a great continuation with a few references to the first movie-and a lot of action as Lizbeth and Mikael are exposing a sex trafficking ring.
Swedish w/subtitles.
HOLY ROLLERS
Based on a true story-Jesse Eisenberg stars in this one about an Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn getting into the drug biz as a courier bringing Ecstacy from the Netherlands.
CYRUS
John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill are funny in this one-with Marisa Tomei. He meets her and has to put up with her son.
JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK
In this doc, the cameras follow her for a year, showing all the ups and downs of her career. Interesting and funny.
I AM LOVE
Powerful Italian story of a well to do family that falls apart when the mother has an affair with her son's friend. Tilda Swinton.
TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE
The third installment finds Edward trying to protect Bella from a new gang of young bloodsuckers.
THE LAST AIRBENDER
Saw this one in 3D and a great story from M. Night Shayamalan
as the Avatar must stop that pesky Fire Nation from enslaving the other nations.
KNIGHT AND DAY
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are good together in this shoot em up spy movie. Lots of action.
JONAH HEX
Josh Brolin brings the comic book to life as he must stop a crazed ex soldier bent on destroying the world with a new weapon. With Megan Fox.
GROWN UPS
Adam Sandler and his former basketball teammates reuinte for the funeral of their coach and learn some life lessons. Funny.
MICMACS
French movie that ended up reminding me of the original Mission Impossible on TV.
THE A TEAM
No matter what movie your making-Liam Neeson always makes it more credible..no exception here. And Bradley Cooper does a fine job also-breathing new life into the old TV series. Frenetic pace-good.
PLEASE GIVE
Catherine Keener and Olive Platt as a NYC couple-owners of a resale furniture store-and he's having an affair with his neighbor(Amanda Peet).
OSS 117 Lost In Rio
French movie with a bumbling version of James Bond and this movie takes place in 1967. Funny with a B Movie flavor.
SOLITARY MAN
Michael Douglas got some bad medical news and decides to throw away his career and marraige because of it.
Get Him to the Greek
Jonah Hill, Russell Brand and Diddy are funny in this spinoff from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. A record company intern has to get rock star Aldous Snow to the Greek Theatre for a concert.
THE KILLERS
Another great Ashton Kutcher movie, this time with Katherine Heigl - former assasin just can't seem to get out of the biz!
WOMEN WITHOUT MEN
Iranian movie about the 1953 CIA backed coup and four women end up in an orchard garden where they get together amidst turmoil.
SEX IN THE CITY 2
This one starts off with a wedding and Liza Minelli and moves to Morocco where Samantha gets into trouble.
HARRY BROWN
Michael Caine is great as an ex military elderly widower who teaches the local gangs a thing or too.
PRINCE OF PERSIA
 
Jake Gyllenhaal and a can of whoop-a** against the guy with that big sandstorm that could end the world.
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Sanctum
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
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Beneath the Blue
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Sanctum 3D
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MACGRUBER
Will Forte in another movie spinoff from Saturday Night Live. Powers Boothe Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe are in it. All trying to stop the evil Deiter Von Cunth(Val Kilmer) and his nuclear warhead.
CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY
Documentary about The trial and tribulations of super-lobbyist con-man Jack Abramoff and his trusted circle of cronies. The movie comes out next.
Princess Ka'iulani
Q'orianka Kilcher as the Hawainn princess trying to save her island from being taken as an American territorial possession. Visually awesom and a great story.
ROBIN HOOD
Good story-great actors-and this is before he robs from the rich to give to the poor. Russell Crowe as the famed archer is fighting for England.
IRON MAN 2
I liked it-thought it was as good as the first movie and Robert Downey Jrs wisecracking was great. Could have used a little longer final fight scene, but overall another great entry in this series. Can't wait to see what they do next.
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES
The Oscar winner for best foreign movie(Argentina)..this one has it all..a former policeman is trying to solve a murder from many years back.
THE LOSERS
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, and Zoe Zaldana star in this rockem-sockem flick, as members of a former CIA black ops team are out for revenge.
THE JONESES
The perfect family moves into an upscale neighborhood to show off their possessions, and everyone starts buying the same stuff. They are really a super sales team just doing their job. David Duchovny and Demi Moore.
CITY ISLAND
What a great flick with Andy Garcia starring and producing. Buddy of mine texted me after he saw it to say he thought it was "Movie of the Year."
KICK A##
Nicolas Cage is good..his daughter Chloe Moritz(Hit Girl) is fantastic and this movie is just plain fun. Spoof of super hero movies has Dave Lizewski(Kick A##) fighting for all that is right..Funny and violent.
TERRIBLY HAPPY
After getting in trouble, a policeman is sent to a small town to redeem himself. This Danish import was billed as "in the style of the Coen Brothers", and it delivers.
DATE NIGHT
Tina Fey and Steve Carell are mistaken for another couple and madcap comedy ensues. Funny.
CLASH OF THE TITANS
Sam Worthington is great as Perseus, and it's his job to get rid of that pesky Cracken. Not a bad job by Ralph Finnes as Hades either. Special effects-awesome.
GREENBERG
Nice little movie with Ben Stiller as a self absorbed 40 year old trying to figure out life.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO
What a great murder mystery from Sweden, and yes the girl figures it all out with a nice little surprise at the end.
THE RED BARON
The story of Germany's famous World War I ace pilot..Baron Manfred Von Richthofen..good history lesson and I liked it.
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE
Funny movie with a great cast starring John Cusack and a fun ending. Oh by the way, it's about a hot tub time machine.
A PROPHET
French movie about a young arab’s rise to the top of the mafia.
REPO MEN
Futuristic sci-fi where Jude Law and Forest Whitaker come to rip out your artificial heart for lack of payment.
THE BOUNTY HUNTER
Funny one with an ex-cop(Gerard Butler) after his bail-jumping ex-wife(Jennfier Aniston).
THE RUNAWAYS
History lesson about Joan Jett(Kristen Stewart), Cherie Currie(Dakota Fanning), and the rest of the Runaways, an all girl rock group.
GREEN ZONE
Matt Damon in a looking for WMDs in Iraq story that reminds me of the Bourne movies(with the Bourne director Paul Greengrass assisting) and good action.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
My second movie at the new Harkins IMAX(the largest one in town)and what a great telling of the story with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. The 3D was awesome.
BROOKLYN'S FINEST
Typical cop movie with RIchard Gere and Ethan Hawke. Ehhhh.
GHOST WRITER
Roman Polanski directs this thriller with Pierce Brosnan and Ewan MacGregor about the former British Prime Minister and his memoirs ghost writer. What a great movie.
COP OUT
Director and airline passenger ejectee Kevin Smith has fun with this one, starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan as NYPD cops on the trail of a stolen baseball card. Funny.
SHUTTER ISLAND
Scorsese and DiCaprio team up again in this scary movie of a U.S. Marshall on the trail of an escaped murderer. But things ARE NOT as they seem.
ST. JOHN OF LAS VEGAS
Nice little movie with Steve Buscemi as an Insurance Fraud Investigator lured back to the city he has a bad history with-Las Vegas. With Sarah Silverman.
VALENTINE'S DAY
Geez there were tons of stars in this one about make ups and break ups on V Day. Oh, and a couple of great twists too.
THE WOLFMAN
Benicio Del Toro looks like Lon Chaney Jr from the original-good move there. This update was great with some goood blood (ie heads off everybody).
THE WHITE RIBBON
Austrian black n white flick set just before WWI and there is alot of strange doins in a small german village.
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE
John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers with the director of Taken in an explosive action movie. Good killing!
THE LAST STATION
The last year of Tolstoy's life and it's a great film for Helen Mirren. Also stars Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti and James McAvoy.
Wonderful.
EDGE OF DARKNESS
Mel Gibson is back...with a vengeance. Nice take on the BBC Miniseries, with Mel on the trail of his daughter's killers. Some nice bloodshed.
EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES
Brendan Fraser as the dad trying to save his kids from dying and Harrison Ford as the scientists who can do it. Have you ever noticed that Harrison Ford is at his best when he's mad and gruff.
LEGION
Almost a horror movie(not quite) with Paul Bettany as the angel trying to save Earth from ending. With Dennis Quaid and Gladys, the zombie-like old lady with the powerful jaws.
THE LOVELY BONES
Peter Jackson directs this story of a girl in the in-between after being murdered. Gripping story.
THE BOOK OF ELI
Dark picture with Denzel Washington on a divine mission in post-apocalyptic times.
LEAP YEAR
Amy Adams and Matthew Goode star and it seems this is typical of movies coming out at the beginning of the year..but good. She is going to Ireland to propose on Leap Day(a Irish custom). Rom Com.
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Heath Ledger's last movie and Terry Gilliam strikes again with another amazing cerebral movie. That should do it for ya..go see this one.
CRAZY HEART
Jeff Bridges is awesome in this one about a has been country star on the comeback. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell.
BROKEN EMBRACES
The director Pedro Almodovar does it again with this story of a blind writer, formerly a great director, and the series of events that lead to his blindness.
A SINGLE MAN
Colin Firth in one of his best performances yet as a college professor in LA in the 60's, trying to get over the death of his lover.
IT'S COMPLICATED
Funny at times, but a great story too about mid-life and love. Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin star.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Lots of action and great stars Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law and Rachael McAdams. Looks like another franchise is born.
NINE
Really enjoyed this musical with Daniel Day Lewis and a bunch of great stars.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS
Funny film featuring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant as an estranged couple put in the witness protection program.
THE YOUNG VICTORIA
The early years of the future Queen in a well done movie. Emily Blunt fills the bill.
AVATAR
Stunning movie in 3D(I saw it at the new Harkins IMAX)and a pretty good story too.
UP IN THE AIR
Topical movie about corporate firing with George Clooney. Oscar talk.
INVICTUS
Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon are great in this story of the South African Rugby Team in the 1995 World Cup.
ME AND ORSON WELLES
Zac Efron is cast as an actor hired by Orson Welles in his 1937 production of Julius Caesar. The guy who plays Welles(Christian McKay)looks and acts just like him.
THE MESSENGER
The soldiers who notify next of kin of casualties, and how they deal with it makes for a great movie and Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster should be mentioned for Oscars.
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