July 2011 Movies

Three Midwestern schoolteachers ditch a disappointing no-frills holiday in Paris and pose as wealthy women vacationing in Monaco.

Nicole Kidman, Leighton Meester, Andie MacDowell, Arnon Milchan, Katie Cassidy, Selena Gomez, Denise Di Novi, Alison Greenspan

PG Drama Comedy 1 hr, 49 mins

88% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

88%

3.9 / 5

(43)

Larry Crowne

Story centers on a man forced to reinvent himself and find a new career as he navigates the second act of his life.

Taraji P. Henson, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Gary Goetzman, Nia Vardalos, Cedric the Entertainer, Rami Malek

PG-13 Drama Comedy 1 hr, 39 mins

88% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

52%

3.9 / 5

(9)

The Perfect Host

A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.

David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Nick Tomnay, Helen Reddy, Megahn Perry

R Thriller

52% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

54%

3.7 / 5

(10)

Terri

Follows the relationship between Terri (Jacob Wysocki), an oversized teen misfit, and the garrulous but well-meaning vice principal (John C. Reilly) who takes an interest in him.

Patrick Dewitt, Creed Bratton, Azazel Jacobs, John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki

Comedy

54% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

63%

3.6 / 5

(21)

Troll Hunter

Focuses on a group of students who discover what they believe is a government conspiracy to keep the existence of trolls in the north of Norway hidden from the general public.

Andre Ovredal, Tomas Alf Larsen, John M. Jacobsen, Otto Jespersen, Hans Morten Hansen

PG-13 Thriller Horror 1 hr, 30 mins

63% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

70%

2.3 / 5

(3)

Love Etc.

Five different relationship stories: high school sweethearts, octogenarian lovebirds, the divorced father of two teenagers, a gay single man and a traditional Indian wedding.

Jill Andresevic

Documentary

70% WILL SEE

2.3 / 5

36%

4.3 / 5

(3)

Documentary on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. She finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law step forward to take her case.

Yoav Potash

Crime Documentary 1 hr, 35 mins

36% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

Released Wednesday, July 6th

10%

3.7 / 5

(3)

Septien

Eighteen years after disappearing without a trace, Cornelius Rawlings returns to his family's farm.

Robert Longstreet, Michael Tully, Rachel Korine, John Maringouin, Mark Darby Robinson

Drama Comedy 1 hr, 20 mins

10% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

36%

4 / 5

(2)

Rapt

Yvan Attal stars as a millionaire who is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Lucas Belvaux, Yvan Attal

Thriller Foreign

36% WILL SEE

4 / 5

Released Friday, July 8th

89%

3.9 / 5

(200)

Zookeeper

A lonely, misguided zookeeper gets unexpected romantic help from the animals in his care.

Sylvester Stallone, Adam Sandler, Rosario Dawson, Kevin James, Donnie Wahlberg, Walt Becker, Frank Coraci, Jennifer Eatz

PG Comedy Romance 1 hr, 42 mins

89% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

66%

3.3 / 5

(28)

The Tree of Life

No plot details have been announced.

Tye Sheridan, Terrence Malick, Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn

PG-13 Drama

66% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

82%

3.4 / 5

(64)

Horrible Bosses

Three best friends come together and agree to kill their horrible bosses.

Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Richard Brener, Colin Farrell, Isaiah Mustafa, Brett Ratner, John Francis Daley

R Comedy Crime 1 hr, 33 mins

82% WILL SEE

3.4 / 5

84%

3.6 / 5

(17)

The Ward

The disturbing experience of a young woman in an institution who is terrorized by a ghost.

Amber Heard, John Carpenter, Andy Spaulding, Peter Block, Mamie Gummer, Doug Mankoff, Mike Marcus, Michael Rasmussen

R Suspense Horror

84% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

81%

4 / 5

(17)

The Ledge

Not plot details are known regarding this thriller.

Charlie Hunnam, Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson, Terrence Howard, Mark Damon, Matthew Chapman, Michael Mailer, Moshe Diamant

R Thriller

81% WILL SEE

4 / 5

53%

3.3 / 5

(4)

Project Nim

The life of a chimpanzee who was raised like a human child as part of a pioneering 1970s experiment. The film combines interviews with participants in the experiment and archival footage to depict the chimpanzee's experience.

James Marsh, Simon Chinn

PG-13 Documentary 1 hr, 33 mins

53% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

89%

3.9 / 5

(9)

Ironclad

Ironclad is a castle epic based on the true story of the great siege of Rochester castle.

Robert Carlyle, Odette Yustman, Paul Giamatti, James Purefoy, Chris Curling, Derek Jacobi, Jason Flemyng, Jonathan English

R Action Adventure

89% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

47%

4.3 / 5

(4)

Fading of the Cries

A young man defends his town from evil forces, aided by a magic sword.

Thomas Ian Nicholas, Brian Metcalf, Jordan Matthews, Karoline Kautz

R Fantasy Horror

47% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

45%

3 / 5

(7)

The Chameleon

The reunion of a young man and his family after being positively identified in an unsolved missing-persons case. The reunion turns bittersweet when suspicions arise about whether he really is their son.

Ellen Barkin, Emilie de Ravin, Ram Bergman, Famke Janssen, Nick Stahl, Jean Paul Salome, Bill Perkins, Cooper Richey

R Drama Thriller 1 hr, 46 mins

45% WILL SEE

3 / 5

Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest Poster

40%

5 / 5

(2)

Beats, Rhymes and Life: The ...

Documents the inner workings and behind-the-scenes drama that follow the band, A Tribe Called Quest, even today and explores what’s next for a group many claim are the pioneers of alternative rap. Having helped to pave the way for innovative hip hop artists, A Tribe Called Quest has kept a generation hungry for more of its groundbreaking music since the group’s much-publicized breakup in 1998

Michael Rapaport

R Documentary Music

40% WILL SEE

5 / 5

36%

4.3 / 5

(3)

Crime After Crime

LA Only

Yoav Potash

Crime Documentary 1 hr, 35 mins

36% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

Released Wednesday, July 13th

45%

3.4 / 5

(16)

Phase 7

Coco (Daniel Hendler) has just moved to a new apartment with his wife Pipi (Jazmin Stuart), who’s seven months pregnant. At first, they don’t seem to notice the growing chaos around them, but when authorities quarantine their building after a deadly pandemic breaks out, Coco joins forces with his off-kilter, but well-prepared and stocked next-door neighbor Horacio to defend his refrigerator and keep Pipi safe.

Nicolas Goldbart, Steven Schneider

Horror

45% WILL SEE

3.4 / 5

Released Friday, July 15th

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Poster

87%

4.6 / 5

(434)

Harry Potter and the Deathly...

The final adventure of Harry Potter as he attempts to bring an end to his nemesis, Lord Voldemort.

Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter, David Heyman, Timothy Spall, Robbie Coltrane, Kelly MacDonald

PG-13 Action Adventure 2 hrs, 10 mins

87% WILL SEE

4.6 / 5

84%

4.6 / 5

(227)

Winnie the Pooh

A hand-drawn animated "Winnie the Pooh" film, which will be released theatrically. The film will feature five previously unadapted stories from the original books.

John Lasseter, Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson, Max Burkholder, Don Hall, Clark Spencer, Gilbert Gottfried, Kath Soucie

G Sequel Family 1 hr, 10 mins

84% WILL SEE

4.6 / 5

87%

4.8 / 5

(5)

Snow Flower and the Secret F...

Set in 19th century remote China, the movie revolves around the lifelong friendship of Lily and Snow Flower and their imprisonment by rigid cultural codes of conduct for women.

Li Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi, Florence Sloan, Ron Bass, Angela Workman, Wendi Murdoch

PG-13 Drama

87% WILL SEE

4.8 / 5

74%

3.7 / 5

(9)

Girlfriend

A young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.

Jackson Rathbone, Evan Sneider, Shannon Marie Woodward, Justin Lerner, Patch Mackenzie, Amanda Plummer

Drama

74% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

50%

4.8 / 5

(4)

Lucky

Ben wins the Iowa State Lottery and uses the money to pursue his life-long crush while hiding that he's a fledgling serial killer.

Kent Sublette, Ari Graynor, Jeffrey Tambor, Gil Cates Jr., Caitlin Murney, Colin Hanks, Ann Margret

R Comedy

50% WILL SEE

4.8 / 5

40%

3.8 / 5

(4)

Tabloid

The salacious adventures of a beauty queen with an IQ of 168, whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her on a labyrinthine crusade for love. Down a surreal rabbit hole of kidnapping, masochistic Mormons, risque photography, magic underwear, celestial sex, jail time and a cloning laboratory in South Korea, Joyce's fantastic exploits were constant headlines.

Errol Morris

R Documentary 1 hr, 28 mins

40% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

69%

4 / 5

(5)

Salvation Boulevard

A private detective investigates the killing of a professor and it becomes a clash of faiths: The detective is a born-again Christian, the dead man an atheist, the accused killer an Islamic foreign student and the D.A. is Jewish.

Pierce Brosnan, Marisa Tomei, Jennifer Connelly, Isabelle Fuhrman, Cathy Schulman, Celine Rattray, George Ratliff, Douglas Stone

R Drama Crime

69% WILL SEE

4 / 5

37%

4.5 / 5

(2)

Life, Above All

A drama, based on the novel Chanda's Secrets, about AIDS orphans in South Africa.

Oliver Schmitz

PG-13 Drama

37% WILL SEE

4.5 / 5

20%

4.3 / 5

(4)

The Undefeated

A documentary on Sarah Palin inspired by her book Going Rogue.

Stephen K. Bannon

PG-13 Documentary

20% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

4.4 / 5

(5)

The Tree

After the sudden death of her father, 8-year-old Simone shares a secret with her mother Dawn. She’s convinced her father speaks to her through the leaves of her favourite tree and he’s come back to protect them. But the new bond between mother and daughter is threatened when Dawn starts a relationship with George, the plumber, called in to remove the tree’s troublesome roots.

Marton Csokas, Morgana Davies, Julie Bertuccelli, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Byers

Drama Romance 1 hr, 40 mins

4.4 / 5

33%

3.7 / 5

(3)

Daylight

On their way to a wedding, Danny and Irene pick up a hitchhiker and find themselves against a conniving gang of kidnappers

David Barker

Thriller

33% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

Released Wednesday, July 20th

The Woman with the Five Elephants Poster

2.6 / 5

(7)

The Woman with the Five Elep...

Her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps and then young Svetlana experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.

Vadim Jendreyko

Documentary

2.6 / 5

Released Friday, July 22nd

86%

4.1 / 5

(49)

Friends with Benefits

Story centers on a headhunter who recruits a magazine editor for a job, and realizing each is too busy to find a mate, they agree to sleep together with no strings attached. However, things start to get complicated when the guy falls for the girl, who’s started dating someone else.

Andy Samberg, Woody Harrelson, Will Gluck, Emma Stone, Keith Merryman, Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson

R Comedy Romance

86% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

Captain America: The First Avenger Poster

88%

4.4 / 5

(355)

Captain America: The First A...

Born during the Great Depression, Steve Rogers grew up a frail youth in a poor family. Horrified by the newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the army. However, because of his frailty and sickness, he was rejected. Overhearing the boy's earnest plea, General Chester Phillips offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a special experiment... Operation: Rebirth. After weeks of tests, Rogers was at last administered the Super-Solider Serum and bombarded by "vita-rays." Steve Rogers emerged from the treatment with a body as perfect as a body can be and still be human. Rogers was then put through an intensive physical and tactical training program. Three months later, he was given his first assignment as Captain America. Armed with his indestructible shield and battle savvy, Captain America has continued hiswar against evil both as a sentinel of liberty and as leader of the Avengers.

Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Samuel L. Jackson, Neal McDonough, Stephen McFeely, Hayley Atwell, David Maisel, Joe Johnston

PG-13 Action Adventure 2 hrs, 4 mins

88% WILL SEE

4.4 / 5

80%

3.5 / 5

(8)

Sarah's Key

An American, living in Paris, researching the arrests of Jewish families in 1942 discovers she shares a connection with a 10-year-old Jewish girl and their stories unfold in parallel.

Kristin Scott Thomas, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Niels Arestrup

PG-13 Drama Adaptation 1 hr, 51 mins

80% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

68%

3.3 / 5

(10)

Another Earth

Rhonda, an ambitious MIT astrophysics student, kills a man's family in a car accident after leaning out of the window to catch sight of a newly discovered planet. After she spends four years in prison, she returns home compelled to meet the bereaved husband and father.

William Mapother, Brit Marling, Mark Cahill, Jordan Baker

PG-13 Drama

68% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

64%

2.5 / 5

(4)

A Little Help

A recently widowed single mom reconnects with an old flame, who happens to be her sister's husband.

Jenna Fischer, Dena Hysell, Joe Gressis, Michael J. Weithorn

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 45 mins

64% WILL SEE

2.5 / 5

60%

3.8 / 5

(21)

Singham

Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgn) is a police sub- inspector who hails from a small town of Sawantwadi in Maharashtra. He fights against corruption with the valor of lion. When Kavya (Kaajal Aggarwal) comes to Sawantwadi, from Goa to visit her grandparents on a vacation she is charmed by Bajirao’s bold and courageous demeanor. Everything goes well for Singham until there is a clash with a goon that eventually escalates into a full blown fight. Singham eventually gets promoted & is transferred to Goa which also happens to be the operational hub of the goon. While this move brings Singham closer to Kavya, it also brings him in the clutches of the very same goon who is on a mission to destroy him. How Singham rises to the challenge to expose this crook and put an end to his malicious activities forms the rest of the story.

Rohit Shetty

Drama Action

60% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

The Myth of the American Sleepover Poster

51%

4.8 / 5

(5)

The Myth of the American Sle...

Storyline follows four teens on the last night of summer.

David Robert Mitchell, Adele Romanski

Drama Comedy 1 hr, 37 mins

51% WILL SEE

4.8 / 5

Released Wednesday, July 27th

60%

4.6 / 5

(5)

Life in a Day

Shot by filmmakers all around the world, the documentary aims to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the July 24, 2010.

Kevin Macdonald, Liza Marshall

Documentary

60% WILL SEE

4.6 / 5

50%

3 / 5

(5)

El Bulli: Cooking in Progres...

For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his restaurant El Bulli -- repeatedly voted the world's best -- and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season.

Gereon Wetzel

NR Documentary

50% WILL SEE

3 / 5

Released Friday, July 29th

90%

3.8 / 5

(50)

Crazy, Stupid, Love

A father deals with a marital crises while managing a relationship with his children.

Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, Dan Fogelman, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Liza Lapira

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 53 mins

90% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

80%

3.5 / 5

(8)

Sarah's Key

An American, living in Paris, researching the arrests of Jewish families in 1942 discovers she shares a connection with a 10-year-old Jewish girl and their stories unfold in parallel.

Kristin Scott Thomas, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Niels Arestrup

PG-13 Drama Adaptation 1 hr, 51 mins

80% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

Buy DVD On Amazon

81%

4 / 5

(264)

The Smurfs

"The Smurfs" are little blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a forest inhabited mainly by their own kind.

George Lopez, Sofia Vergara, Anton Yelchin, Katy Perry, Paul Reubens, Jordan Kerner, Audrey Wells, Neil Patrick Harris

PG Adventure Comedy 1 hr, 49 mins

81% WILL SEE

4 / 5

87%

3.9 / 5

(93)

Cowboys and Aliens

Set in 1800s Arizona, a battle between cowboys and Apaches is interrupted by the crash landing of a space ship. The alien commander plans to tame the Old West and enslave everyone, but the cowboys and Native Americans turn their six-guns against the alien invaders.

Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, Brian Grazer, Keith Carradine, Adam Beach, Damon Lindelof, Jon Favreau, Alex Kurtzman

PG-13 Drama Action 1 hr, 52 mins

87% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

73%

3.3 / 5

(4)

Without Men

In a remote South American town, the women remake their world when all the town's men are forcibly recruited by communist guerrillas.

Gabriela Tagliavini, Eva Longoria, Christian Slater, Paul Rodriguez, Judy Reyes, Yvette Yates

R Comedy

73% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

72%

3.5 / 5

(11)

Point Blank

A hospital nurse forced to do the bidding of a criminal after his pregnant wife is kidnapped.

Mireille Perrier, Fred Cavaye, Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gerard Lanvin, Elena Anaya

R Thriller Crime 1 hr, 24 mins

72% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

68%

3.4 / 5

(18)

The Devil's Double

The story centers on the inner circle of Suddam Hussein, and the love triangle between Hussein’s son, Uday, his body double Latif Yahia, and the concubine they both loved.

Dominic Cooper, Mem Ferda, Ludivine Sagnier, Emjay Rechsteiner, Amber Rose Revah, Lee Tamahori, Catherine Vandeleene, Paul Breuls

R Thriller

68% WILL SEE

3.4 / 5

78%

4.3 / 5

(9)

Good Neighbors

Set in the dead of winter, Good Neighbors tells the story of a serial killer on the loose. Three residents of a small apartment building retreat indoors, but they might not be any safer there.

Emily Hampshire, Kevin Tierney, Jay Baruchel, Jacob Tierney, Scott Speedman

R Thriller Suspense

78% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

79%

3.6 / 5

(19)

The Guard

A small-town cop gets pulled into the investigation of an international drug smuggling ring.

Brendan Gleeson, Mark Strong, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Fionnula Flanagan, David Wilmot, John Michael McDonagh, Chris Clark

R Action Comedy

79% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

87%

3.8 / 5

(15)

Attack the Block

A gang of South London teenagers defends their housing project against an alien attack.

Joe Cornish, Nick Frost, Alex Esmail, Edgar Wright, Tessa Ross, Jodie Whittaker, Nira Park, Luke Treadaway

R Comedy 1 hr, 28 mins

87% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

31%

2.8 / 5

(4)

The Future

A story about a thirtysomething couple grappling with their personal and professional malaise, which is narrated by a talking shelter cat named Paw Paw.

Hamish Linklater, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul, Miranda July, Gina Kwon

R Drama

31% WILL SEE

2.8 / 5

66%

4.2 / 5

(6)

All She Can

In a small Texas town, a high school student enters a powerlifting competition in order to earn a college scholarship.

Amy Wendel, Daniel Meisel, Julio Cedillo

Drama

66% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

4.5 / 5

(2)

The Interrupters

The stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed.

Steve James

Documentary

4.5 / 5

50%

3.7 / 5

(3)

The Harvest/La Cosecha

Children who work as many as 12 hours a day, six months a year in the scorching hot sun, without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the fields in some far away land. They are working here, in our back yard, in America.

U. Roberto Romano

Documentary

50% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5