Opening This Week
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 16:48 Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 October 2011 17:01
Puss in Boots
Opens: October 28, 2011
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Sedaris, Billy Bob Thornton
Directed by: Chris Miller
Plot: The swashbuckling feline, Puss in Boots (voice of Antonio Banderas), fights to save his town with the help of Kitty Softpaws (voice of Salma Hayek), and Humpty Dumpty (voice of Zach Galifianakis).
Genre: Action, Family-oriented
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Opens: October 28, 2011
Stars: Sam Riley, Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Ray Winstone, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Ray Liotta
Directed by: Géla Babluani
Plot: Vince Ferro is a man in desperate circumstances. While on a quick fix-it job, he steals an envelope containing instructions for a mysterious job that promises a potential fortune. He assumes a false identity and follows the instructions, only to find himself a numbered participant in an underworld Russian roulette competition, where gamblers place bets on who'll survive when the trigger is pulled. The stakes are high, but the payout is more than he can resist. Many are competing for the first time, and a precious few have even returned to play again, but are his odds any better than other players in this most deadly game? What will it take to be the last man standing?
Genre:Crime and Mystery, Drama
Saturday, 15 October 2011 22:38
Margin Call
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto
Directed by: J.C. Chandor
Plot: Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, MARGIN CALL is a thriller entangling the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When entry-level analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster. Expanding the parameters of genre, Margin Call is a riveting examination of the human components of a subject too often relegated to partisan issues of black and white.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Snowmen
Opens: October 21, 2011
Stars: Bobby Coleman, Josh Flitter, Ray Liotta, Christopher Lloyd, Beverley Mitchell
Directed by: Robert Kirbyson
Plot: SNOWMEN is a humorous and heartfelt coming-of-age story about three unlikely heroes and the winter that changed their lives forever. After a surprising discovery in the snow catapults three small-town boys into the spotlight, the best friends hatch a plan to be remembered forever by setting a Guinness World Records title. Along the way, the trio battles schoolyard bullies, unites their community and discovers that -- while fame may be fleeting -- true friendship lasts forever.
Genre:Family Drama
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Stars: Kevin Clash, Whoopi Goldberg
Directed by: Constance Marks, Philip Shane
Plot:Filmmaker In this documentary, Constance Marks introduces viewers to Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who brings the Muppet Elmo to life. Clash, a big and burly-looking man with a large reserve of shyness, was born and raised in Baltimore and was something of a loner in his youth, but found a way to express himself when he discovered puppetry. In his teens, Clash began building his own puppets (once destroying one of his father's coats to use as material for his latest project), and showed a remarkable talent for the art. Clash worked on a variety of television shows and movies before being hired to work on Sesame Street, where he formulated his most famous character. Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey offers a backstage look at Clash's life. It also delves into his working methods, and insight into how he informs Elmo's personality and uses the character to send a positive message to the world.
Genres: Documentary, Family
Monday, 10 October 2011 13:32
Fireflies in the Garden
Opens: October 14, 2011
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, and Shannon Lucio
Directed by: Dennis Lee
Plot: To an outsider, the Taylors are the very picture of the successful American family. But when a serious accident interrupts a family celebration, the far more nuanced reality of this Midwestern family's history and relationships come to light.
Genres: Drama
Footloose (2011)
Opens: October 14, 2011
Stars: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, and Miles Teller
Directed by: Craig Brewer
Plot: This movie is a remake of the popular 1984 musical romance of the same name about a big-city teen who moves to a town that has outlawed dancing. Uprooted from Boston and reluctantly transplanted to the small Bible Belt town of Bomont, Ren MacCormack (Kenny Wormald) finds himself in a repressed community still reeling from a devastating loss. Shortly before he arrived in Bomont, five local teens perished in a tragic car accident following a local dance. As a result, the upstanding Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) and the local councilmen passed a strict ordinance outlawing both dancing and excessively loud music. Convinced that the new law is hopelessly misguided, rebellious Ren puts on his dancing shoes and wins the heart of Reverend Moore's distraught daughter, Ariel (Julianne Hough), while showing his fellow classmates that it's perfectly normal to blow off a little steam with some loud music and good friends.
Genres: Romance, Musical
Father of Invention
Opens: October 14, 2011
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Heather graham, Camilla Belle, Virginia Madsen, Craig Robinson
Directed by: Trent Cooper
Plot: Millionaire infomercial guru, Robert Axle (Kevin Spacey) loses everything when one of his inventions has a design flaw that accidentally chops off the fingers of thousands of customers. After serving eight years in prison, a disgraced Axle is released, and ready to redeem his name and rebuild his empire with a new innovation. However, Axle's ex-wife (Virginia Madsen) has spent all of his money and moved into his house with her new husband (Craig Robinson). Out of desperation, he finds a part-time job as a janitor, and is forced to move in with his estranged daughter (Camilla Belle) and her over-protective roommates. Despite these setbacks he is determined to pitch his newest gadget and rebuild his infomercial empire. But the world has changed in the last decade, and Axle finds himself out of step with current technology, his family, and the self-confidence that made him king of the infomercials in the past.
Genres: Comedy
Tuesday, 30 August 2011 12:00 Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 August 2011 12:18
Apollo 18
Stars: Although the studio says the movie is found-footage and has no stars, Wikipedia states that the film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia and the actors are Lloyd Owen and Warren Christie.
Directed by: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego
Plot: Apollo 18 is a found-footage style film set in December 1974, about a post-Apollo 17 mission to the Moon that takes on a premise of why NASA discontinued the Apollo Moon missions. The plot involves a government cover-up of the Apollo 18 mission after parasitic life-forms on the Moon are discovered by the crew and begin to attack them. In the trailer, an American astronaut discovers the foot prints made by a Soviet cosmonaut and also found a helmet, a dead cosmonaut, and a Soviet LK Lander on the lunar surface.
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
Shark Night
Stars: Sinqua Walls, Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz, Joel Moore, Sara Paxton,
Directed by: David R. Ellis
Plot: A sexy summer weekend turns into a blood-soaked nightmare for a group of college students trapped on an island surrounded by voracious underwater predators in 'Shark Night 3D.'
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Saving Grace B. Jones
Stars: Tatum O’Neal,
Directed by: Connie Stevens
Plot: No information at press time, but this may be a curiosity move because the movie is directed by Connie Stevens
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Sunday, 17 July 2011 16:47 Last Updated on Sunday, 17 July 2011 16:59
Friends With Benefits
Opens: July 22, 2011
Stars: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Bryan Greenberg Directed by: Will Gluck
Plot: A young female headhunter (Mila Kunis) in New York convinces a potential recruit (Justin Timberlake) to leave his job in San Francisco behind and accept a job in the big apple. Despite an attraction to each other, both realize they're everything they've been running from in a relationship and decide to become friends...with benefits. It's the perfect arrangement--until they realize there's no such thing as no strings attached.
Genre: Comedy
A Little Help
Opens: JULY 22, 2011
Stars: Jenna Fischer, Chris O’Donell, Rob Benedict, Arden Myrin, Danile Yelsky
Directed by: Michael J. Weithorn
Plot: Set in suburban Long Island in the post-9/11 summer of 2002, A Little Help examines a period of chaotic and rather bizarre upheaval in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer) made more complicated by a couple of lies.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Captain America: The First Avenger
Opens: JULY 22, 2011
Stars: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, Sebastian Stan, Hayley Atwell
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Plot: A once-meek U.S. soldier-turned-hero gains strength and agility far beyond that of a normal human being after taking an experimental super-serum and good triumphs over evil.
Genre: Action
Opens: July 15, 2011
Opens: July 8, 2011