August 2010 Movies

With Marco Amenta

A 17-year-old Sicilian girl goes to see an anti-Mafia judge to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother.

With Dwayne Johnson • Mark Wahlberg • Will Ferrell • Michael Keaton • Eva Mendes • Adam McKay • Rob Riggle • Craig Robinson • Steve Coogan • Ray Stevenson • Charles Roven • Lindsay Sloane • Anne Heche • Damon Wayans • Jimmy Miller • Kevin Messick • Chris Henchy • Patrick Crowley • David Householter • Jessica Elbaum • Josh Church

Set in New York City, "The Other Guys follows Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), a forensic accountant who's more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg), who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an embarrassing public incident with his quick trigger finger. Allen and Terry idolize the city's top cops, Danson and Manzetti (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson), but when an opportunity arises for the "Other Guys" to step up, things don't quite go as planned.

With Jon M. Chu • Patrick Wachsberger • Erik Feig • Harry Shum Jr. • Adam G. Sevani • Amy Andelson • Bailey Hanks • Briana Evigan • Adam Shankman • Jennifer Gibgot • Sharni Vinson • Christopher Scott • Robert Hoffman • Alyson Stoner • Emily Meyer • Rick Malambri • Kylie Goldstein • Ruby Feliciano • Jason Etter

When the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA) goes to Paris for an international dance competition, one of the dancers - Moose (Adam G. Sevani) - misses his flight back to Baltimore. He soon makes friends with an American away from home and a beautiful French sophisticate. They introduce Moose to the red-hot Parisian underground dance scene, and before long he is wowing the local dancers with his unique moves as they prepare for an underground dance competition. With time running out before the big event and their routine stolen by a rival crew, Moose turns to his loyal MSA crew in Baltimore for help. Can Moose, the MSA crew and the French crew pull together a new dance number at the last minute? And will it be good enough to beat the world’s best street dancers?

With Francois Berléand • Mélanie Laurent • Matthew Robbins • Radu Mihaileanu • Alexei Guskov

"The Concert" is the new film from Radu Mihaileanu, the acclaimed writer/director of "Live and Become," starring Mélanie Laurent ("Inglorious Basterds"), François Berléand; ("Transporter" series), and Alexei Guskov. In this new comedy, Guskov stars as Andrei Filipov, a once celebrated Russian conductor of the Bolshoi who has hit rock bottom and is now working as a depressed custodian who drinks too much. But when he intercepts an invitation meant for this former orchestra to perform in Paris, Andrei masterminds a plan to pose as the leader of the group in order to make a triumphant return to the music scene. With a motley bunch of former musicians at his side, Andrei sets off for Paris to fulfill his destiny and return to his glory as a great conductor. Along the way, he will reunite with a young, beautiful violin virtuoso played by acclaimed actress Mélanie Laurent who holds the key to his past and to his future. With a message of hope and making the most of second chances, "The Concert" promises to be one of the most uplifting and entertaining films of the year.

With Rob Reiner • David Siegel • Penelope Ann Miller • Anthony Edwards • Aidan Quinn • Liz Glotzer • Madeline Carroll • John Mahoney • Rebecca De Mornay • Kevin Weisman • Kelly Gonda • Tracy Trench • Martin Shafer • Andrew Scheinman • Cody Horn

When second-graders Bryce and Juli first meet, Juli knows it's love. But Bryce isn't so sure. Girl-phobic and easily embarrassed, young Bryce does everything he can to keep his outspoken wannabe girlfriend at arm's length... for the next six years, which isn't easy since they go to the same school and live across the street from each other. But if Juli finally looks away, will it be Bryce's turn to be dazzled? "Flipped" takes Bryce and Juli from grade school to junior high, through triumph and disaster, family drama and first love, as they make the discoveries that will define who they are - and who they are to each other.

With Emma Roberts • Ted Field • Rory Culkin • 50 Cent • Ellen Barkin • Joel Schumacher • Kiefer Sutherland • Billy Magnussen • Chace Crawford • Esti Ginzburg • Mike Weber • Jordan Melamed • Cody Horn

Based on the controversial Nick McDonell novel, "Twelve" follows high school dropout turned successful drug dealer White Mike (Chace Crawford) in New York's Upper East Side. Business is booming when all of the kids are home from boarding school and everyone has money to blow. Mike leads a double life, concealing the truth from his childhood friend Molly (Emma Roberts) while his supplier Lionel (Curtis Jackson) pulls Mike further into the world of the Manhattan drug trade. Mike's two lives begin to collide when his cousin is brutally murdered on an East Harlem playground and a new drug, twelve, emerges as the recreational drug of choice.

With Gemma Arterton • Eddie Marsan • J Blakeson • Martin Compston • Adrian Sturges

On a suburban street, two masked men seize a young woman. They bind and gag her and take her to an abandoned, soundproofed apartment. She is Alice Creed, daughter of a millionaire. Her kidnappers, the coldly efficient Vic and his younger accomplice Danny, have worked out a meticulous plan. But Alice is not going to play the perfect victim – she's not giving in without a fight. In a tense power-play of greed, duplicity and survival we discover that sometimes disappearances can be deceptive...

With Peter Stormare • Luke Wilson • Terry Crews • Jason Shuman • Kelsey Grammer • James Caan • Giovanni Ribisi • Gabriel Macht • Kevin Pollak • Michael Weiss • Rade Sherbedgia • Rachael Taylor • Laura Ramsey • George Gallo • William Sherak • Andy Weiss • Christopher Mallick

Businessman Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) had the perfect life – a beautiful family and a successful career fixing problem companies. And then he met Wayne Beering (Giovanni Ribisi) and Buck Dolby (Gabriel Macht), two genius but troubled men, who had invented the way adult entertainment is sold over the internet. When Jack agrees to help steer their business, he soon finds himself caught between a 23 year-old porn star and the FBI all the while becoming one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs of his time.

With Liam Neeson • Ralph Fiennes • Alan Rickman • Anthony Geffen • Hugh Dancy • Natasha Richardson • Mark Halliley

Directed by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Anthony Geffen and featuring the vocal talents of narrators Liam Neeson, Hugh Dancy, the late Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes and Alan Rickman, "The Wildest Dream" is a breathtaking mountaineering adventure that seeks to provide answers to the enduring mystery of the death of George Mallory on Mount Everest. Foremost among them: Did Mallory succeed in reaching the summit before he and fellow climber Sandy Irvine died that fateful day in 1924?

In 1999, renowned American mountaineer Conrad Anker made a discovery that reverberated around the globe. High in Mount Everest's "death zone," he found the remarkably preserved body of George Mallory—75 years after the British explorer mysteriously vanished during his attempt to become the first man to summit the world's tallest peak.

In the quest for answers, Anker returns to Everest in 2007 with British climbing prodigy Leo Houlding, replicating as closely as possible Mallory's fateful expedition. The men retrace the North East Ridge Route, even removing the 90-foot ladder from the infamous Second Step to "free climb" this terrifying section of the mountain, just as Mallory and Irvine would have done 83 years earlier.

Far more than a documentary about mountain climbing, "The Wildest Dream" tells the passionate story of a man torn between two overwhelming and competing loves: his wife and the mountain that ultimately took his life. Told through revealing letters between Mallory and his beloved Ruth, the film combines previously unseen archival photos and film footage with the present-day story of Anker's expedition.

With William H. Macy • John C. McGinley • Robert Bella

Two security guards, Paul and Grady, guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz, on the fifth anniversary of his death.

With Elijah Wood • John Hurt • Leonor Watling • Alex de la Iglesia

A professor and a grad student work together to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

With Patricia Clarkson • Alexander Siddig • Ruba Nadda

A romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people completely off-guard.

With Dudu Tassa • Samuel Maoz • Yoav Donat • Michael Moshonov • Zohar Shtrauss • Itay Tiran

June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they cannot contain. Motivated by fear and the basic instinct of survival, they desperately try not to lose themselves in the chaos of war.

With Ralph Fiennes • Ricky Gervais • Matthew Goode • Stephen Merchant • Emily Watson

The story of being trapped in a small town in the UK and dreaming of escape.

With Jason Statham • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Sylvester Stallone • Mickey Rourke • Terry Crews • Jet Li • 50 Cent • Danny Dimbort • Avi Lerner • Dolph Lundgren • John Thompson • Eric Roberts • Brittany Murphy • Dave Callaham • Charisma Carpenter • Trevor Short • Boaz Davidson • Robert Earl • Kevin King Templeton • Giselle Itie • David Zayas

"The Expendables" follows a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal.

With Brad Pitt • Julia Roberts • Viola Davis • Javier Bardem • Ryan Murphy • Dede Gardner • Richard Jenkins

Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) is a modern woman on a quest to marvel at and travel the world while rediscovering and reconnecting with her true inner self in "Eat Pray Love". At a crossroads after a divorce, Gilbert takes a year-long sabbatical from her job and steps uncharacteristically out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life. In her wondrous and exotic travels, she experiences the simple pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of love in Bali.

With Chris Evans • Michael Cera • Anna Kendrick • Aubrey Plaza • Brie Larson • Mary Elizabeth Winstead • Edgar Wright • Marc Platt • Kieran Culkin • Michael Bacall • Ellen Wong • Mae Whitman • Nira Park • Eric Gitter • Brandon Routh • Satya Bhabha

Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams...literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Genre-smashing filmmaker Edgar Wright ("Hot Fuzz," "Shaun of the Dead") tells the amazing story of one romantic slacker's quest to power up with love in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World."

Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It's getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who kicked his heart's ass--and now is back in town--to the teenage distraction he's trying to shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love hasn't been easy. He soon discovers, however, his new crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious league of exes controls her love life and will do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor.

As Scott gets closer to Ramona, he must face an increasingly vicious rogues' gallery from her past--from infamous skateboarders to vegan rock stars and fearsomely identical twins. And if he hopes to win his true love, he must vanquish them all before it really is game over.

With Joel Edgerton • Ben Mendelsohn • Guy Pearce • James Frecheville • David Michôd • Liz Watts

The story of seventeen year-old Josh as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

With Mahmood Farooqui • Anusha Rizvi

On the eve of national elections in the Indian village of Peepli, two poor farmers, Natha and Budhia, face losing their land over an unpaid government loan.

With Goro Miyazaki

While searching for the source of their world's imbalance, a teenage prince and a wizard encounter a foe who seeks eternal youth.

With Manny Perez • Josh Crook

A cop works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case.

With Annemarie Jacir

A Brooklyn-born woman follows her Palestinian roots back to Israel, where she attempts to recover the funds from a family bank account that was frozen and seized in 1948.

With Tony Pagano • Micki Dickoff

A Mississippi town still divided about the meaning of justice, 40 years after the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.

With Ken Jeong • Charlie Weber • Jenn Proske • Matt Lanter • Chris Riggi • Matthew Warzel • Jason Friedberg • Aaron Seltzer • Marcelle Baer

A spoof of the vampire movie genre, particularly "The Twilight Saga." Becca, an anxious, non-vampire teen, is torn between two boys. Before she can choose, Becca must get around her controlling father, who embarrasses Becca by treating her like a child. Meanwhile, Becca’s friends contend with their own romantic issues – all of which collide at the prom.

With Yael Hersonski

The documentary examines an unfinished Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto.

With Elisabeth Shue • Richard Dreyfuss • Ving Rhames • Jerry O'Connell • Adam Scott • Ryan Kavanaugh • J. Todd Harris • Alexandre Aja • Jessica Szohr • Marc Toberoff • Riley Steele • Paul Scheer • Chuck Russell • Mark Canton • Steve Barnett • Chako Van Leeuwen • Kelly Brook • Steven R. McQueen

From acclaimed director Alexandre Aja ("The Hills Have Eyes") comes the new action thriller "Piranha 3D", in the latest eye-popping 3D technology. A new type of terror is about to be cut loose on beautiful Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents. But our heroine (Elisabeth Shue) is seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the lake and her family from totally being devoured, she must risk everything to destroy the aquatic carnivores herself.

With Ice Cube • Terry Crews • Bow Wow • Loretta Devine • Brandon T. Jackson • Oren Koules • Keith David • Mark Burg • Matt Alvarez • Brad Kaplan • Broderick Johnson • Andrew A. Kosove • Abdul Williams • Erik White • Natari Naughton • Timothy M. Bourne

Kevin Carson (Bow Wow), a young man living in the projects, wins $370 million in a nationwide lottery. When his opportunistic neighbors discover he has the winning ticket in his possession, Kevin must survive their greedy and sometimes even threatening actions over a three-day holiday weekend before he can claim his prize.

With Jennifer Aniston • Jason Bateman • Patrick Wilson • Juliette Lewis • Allan Loeb • Jeff Goldblum • Josh Gordon • Will Speck • Nathan Kahane • Albert Berger • Ron Yerxa

A neurotic and insecure man finds out his best friend wants to have a child through artificial insemination. He surreptitiously replaces her donor's semen with his own and is then forced to live with the secret that he is the child's real father.

With Emma Thompson • Ralph Fiennes • Tim Bevan • Eric Fellner • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Lindsay Doran • Rhys Ifans • Asa Butterfield • Maggie Smith • Susanna White

In "Nanny McPhee 2," Oscar®-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she's needed the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.

In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she's arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green's children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave.

Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

With Kyle MacLachlan • Bruce Greenwood • Joan Chen • Bruce Beresford

The true-life story of Chinese dancer Li Cunxin and his defection to the US and subsequent life in Australia.

With Amir Bar-Lev • John Battsek

A documentary about the coverup of the friendly-fire death of Pat Tilman, the NFL player who joined the Army Ranger after the 9/11 attacks.

With Dallas Jenkins

Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker left his girlfriend and his ministry calling for a business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him a glimpse into what his life would look like had he followed his calling.

With Rehana Mirza

As a young woman in India, Divya seemed to have it all. She was beautiful, married to a handsome man of great wealth, and was mother to their precious daughter Linny. But when Divya began acting erratically, and, at times, outrageously, her seemingly-perfect life fell apart. Divya's husband abandoned both Divya and their three-year-old daughter, and the family disowned her after accusing Divya of having "bad blood." Rather than remain a pariah, Divya summoned the strength to take Linny to America, where she started life anew in suburban New Jersey. She fell deeply in love with an American, John, who not only became a surrogate father to Linny, but also cared for Divya during her bipolar episodes. Yet, her untreated illness took its toll. Linny became rebellious, and eventually ran away from home, sixteen and pregnant.

With Jessica Hope Woodworth • Peter Brosens

A former war photographer and her physician husband are caught up in a riot when locals in an Andean village vent their unhappiness with contamination from a nearby mine.

With Fatih Akin

Chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

With Jackie Earle Haley • Shanti Lowry • Anthony Coleman • Dan Pritzker

A silent film about Louis Armstrong as a young boy and how he acquired his first cornet.

With Hayden Christensen • Idris Elba • Paul Walker • Matt Dillon • Morris Chestnut • Zoe Saldana • John Luessenhop • Jay Hernandez • Michael Ealy • Chris Brown • Steve Harris • Gabriel Casseus • William Packer • Glenn S. Gainor • Avery Duff • Peter Allen • Jason Geter

"Takers" takes you into the world of a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) who continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no evidence behind and laying low between heists. But when they attempt to pull off one last job with more money at stake than ever before, the crew may find their plans interrupted by a hardened detective (Matt Dillon) who is hell-bent on solving the case.

With Caleb Landry Jones • Eric Newman • Jamie Alyson Caudle • Eli Roth • Iris Bahr • Patrick Fabian • Marc Abraham • Tom Bliss • Huck Botko • Andrew Gurland • Daniel Stamm • Ashley Bell • Louis Herthum • Tony Bentley

After a career spent helping the devout through prayer and trickery, Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) invites a film crew to document his final fraudulent days as an exorcist. Soon his faith is truly tested when a desperate plea from the father of a possessed girl (Ashley Bell) brings him face to face with the devil himself.

With Neil Marshall • Olga Kurylenko • Michael Fassbender • Dominic West • Christian Colson

In ancient Scotland, a Roman officer named Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender) is liberated from his Pictish captors by the Ninth Legion. The soldiers are in pursuit of the Picts' leader, and Quintus joins their quest. Soon after, the Romans' Pictish guide betrays them, resulting in the slaughter of all but a handful of men. Quintus and his fellow survivors try desperately to reach safety as enemy warriors pick them off one by one.

With Vincent Cassel • Jean-Francois Richet • Gerard Depardieu • Cecile de France

Mesrine, a dedicated soldier, returns home to his parents after serving in the Algerian War, but he is soon seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido (Gerald Depardieu), Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder. After pulling off an audacious heist he and his lover Jeanne (Cecile de France) flee to Canada where the opportunity of one big payout lures him out of hiding and propels his towards international notoriety.

With Nagesh Kukunoor

After a long streak of losing, a compulsive gambler wins a large sum of money, but then finds that he is dying of cancer.

With Simerjit Singh

After retiring from the Indian Navy, a sailor returns to the village of his birth and finds an abundance of irresponsible kids.

With Danièle Thompson

A group of friends meet for a dinner party in Paris.

With Michel Franco

Ana is about to be married, Daniel is a gregarious teenager discovering his personal and sexual identity. Yet their harmony is instantly shattered when they are kidnapped and something shocking happens which forces them to confront their desires and fears.