August 2011 Movies

With Kevin Kerslake

Features footage from the 2011 Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

With James Franco • Tom Felton • Freida Pinto • Andy Serkis • John Lithgow • David Oyelowo • Dylan Clark • Rick Jaffa • Peter Chernin • Scott Frank • Ralph Winter • Jamie Moss • Tyler Labine • Chelah Horsdal • Amanda Silver • Rupert Wyatt

Set in present day San Francisco, "Rise of the Apes" deals with the aftermath of man's experiments with genetic engineering that lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. James Franco will play a driven scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes.

With Ryan Reynolds • Jason Bateman • Leslie Mann • Olivia Wilde • Scott Bernstein • David Dobkin • Scott Moore • Jeff Kleeman • Alan Arkin • Jon Lucas

Growing up together, Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they’ve slowly drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked. To Mitch, Dave has it all: beautiful wife Jamie (Leslie Mann), kids who adore him and a... high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. To Dave, living Mitch’s stress free life without obligation or consequence would be a dream come true.

Following a drunken night out together, Mitch and Dave’s worlds are turned upside down when they wake up in each other’s bodies and proceed to freak the &*#@ out.

Despite the freedom from their normal routines and habits, the guys soon discover that each other’s lives are nowhere near as rosy as they once seemed. Further complicating matters are Dave’s sexy legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde), and Mitch’s estranged father (Alan Arkin). With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

With Rebekah Brandes • Evan Glodell • Jessie Wiseman • Tyler Dawson • Vincent Grashaw

A pair of eccentric L.A.-based friends spend their time preparing for the apocalypse.

With David Strathairn • Rachel Weisz • Vanessa Redgrave • Monica Bellucci • Christina Piovesan • Larysa Kondracki • Amy Kaufman • Eilis Kirwan

In Bosnia in 1999, Kathryn Bolkovac, a U.N. peacekeeper whose post with the Intl. Police Task Force was arranged by DynCorp Inc., is assigned to run the IPTF office that investigates sex trafficking, domestic abuse and sexual assault. She ultimately alleges that peacekeepers, U.N. workers and international police are visiting brothels and facilitating sex trafficking by forging documents and aiding the illegal transport of woman into Bosnia. DynCorp responds by firing Bolkovac, who returns to the U.S. and files a wrongful termination case. She wins the suit but says she's still blacklisted.

With Alex Gibney • Allison Ellwood

A documentary about the psychedelic 1960s cross-country bus tour taken by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

With Jason Ritter • Kevin Zegers • Taryn Manning • Scott Rosenbaum • Rose Atropos • Clifton Hangar

Two estranged childhood friends channel their talent and passion for music into a cross-country road trip that brings them face to face with their past on a quest to confront the future.

With Léa Seydoux • Clotilde Hesme • Melvil Poupaud • Raoul Ruiz • Carlos Saboga

The drama follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy.

With Emma Stone • Jessica Chastain • Viola Davis • Allison Janney • Octavia Spencer • Bryce Dallas Howard • Tate Taylor • David Oyelowo • Chris Columbus • Cicely Tyson • Michael Barnathan • Kathryn Stockett • Jennifer Blum • Michael Radcliffe • Brunson Green • Nate Berkus • Dean Jones • Mohamed Khalef Al-Mazrouei • Lila Rogers

Story follows a young white woman in the early 1960s in Mississippi who becomes interested in the plight of the African-American domestic servants that every family has working for them. She writes their stories about mistreatment, abuse and heartbreak, all just before the Civil Rights revolution.

With William Eubank

A man left behind on a space station witnesses the collapse of human civilization.

With Eric Heisserer • Richard Brener • Craig Perry • Walter Hamada • David Koechner • Courtney B. Vance • Tony Todd • Nicholas D'Agosto • Arlen Escarpeta • Steven Quale • Dave Neustadter • Sheila Hanahan • Emma Bell • P.J. Byrne • Ellen Wroe • Miles Fisher • Eric Holmberg • Jacqueline MacInnes-Wood

The fifth installment of the franchise in which teens escape a deadly accident only to later discover that death is hunting them down. The opening scene will involve a suspension bridge and another scene reportedly involves a character undergoing laser-eye surgery.

With Ben Stiller • Michael Peña • Jesse Eisenberg • Aziz Ansari • Nick Swardson • Fred Ward • Brian Levy • Danny R. McBride • Ruben Fleischer • Stuart Cornfeld • Jeremy Kramer • Michael Diliberti • Matthew Sullivan • Hina Abdullah • Monica Levinson

Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) is a small town pizza delivery guy whose mundane life collides with the big plans of two wanna-be criminal masterminds (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson). The volatile duo kidnaps Nick and forces him to rob a bank. With mere hours to pull off the impossible task, Nick enlists the help of his ex-best friend, Chet (Aziz Ansari). As the clock ticks, the two must deal with the police, hired assassins, flamethrowers, and their own tumultuous relationship.

With Ryan Murphy • Chris Colfer • Kevin Tancharoen • Dianna Agron • Amber Riley • Naya Rivera • Cory Monteith • Lea Michele • Kevin McHale • Jenna Ushkowitz • Mark Salling • Heather Morris

A 3D concert movie based on the performances from Glee Live! In Concert!

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

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

With Asif Kapadia

Senna's remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of SENNA, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later. Far more than a film for F1 fans, Senna unfolds a remarkable story in a remarkable manner, eschewing many standard documentary techniques in favor of a more cinematic approach that makes full use of astounding footage, much of which is drawn from F1 archives and previously unseen.

With Max Good

A new breed of crime-fighter now stalks the urban landscape: the anti-graffiti vigilante. These dedicated blight warriors stop at nothing to rid their neighborhoods and cities of street art, stickers, tags, and posters. Yet several of these vigilantes have become the very menace they set out to eliminate. In their relentless attempt to stamp out graffiti, they have turned to illegally and destructively painting other people's property.

With Alex de la Iglesia

1937, Spain is in the midst of the brutal Spanish Civil War. A "Happy" circus clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by a militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers, where he single handedly massacres an entire platoon.

With Léa Seydoux • Clotilde Hesme • Melvil Poupaud • Raoul Ruiz • Carlos Saboga

The drama follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy.

With Fernando Barreda Luna

The film centers on the Spanish police’s discovery of hours of recorded evidence that shed new light on a gruesome murder investigation. The found footage documents a family’s summer holiday, where a brother and sister investigate a terrifying local urban legend. As their investigation intensifies, strange occurrences in and around the house escalate rapidly, before culminating in unspeakable atrocities.

With Anne Hathaway • Jim Sturgess • Rafe Spall • Tessa Ross • Jamie Sives • Jodie Whittaker • Ken Stott • Romola Garai • Lone Scherfig • Nina Jacobson • David Nicholls • Jane Frazer • Benoit Delhomme

Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) meet for the first time during their graduation and proceed to meet one day a year for the next 20 years. They experience different lives and loves until they realize they are meant for each other.

With Jason Momoa • Leo Howard • Avi Lerner • Stephen Lang • George Furla • Ron Perlman • Rose McGowan • Rachel Nichols • Said Taghmaoui • Sean Hood • Marcus Nispel • Henry Winterstern • Thomas Dean Donnelly • Bob Sapp • Joe Gatta • Boaz Davidson • Fredrick Malmberg • Joshua Oppenheimer • Peter Sederowsky • Fredrik Malmberg

Since birth, Conan’s life has been marked by violence. And after watching his fellow tribesmen and his father brutally and cruelly killed, Conan vows to avenge his peoples’ slaughter, even if it means sacrificing his own life in the process. Writer: Sean Hood

With Jessica Alba • Antonio Banderas • Danny Trejo • Ricky Gervais • Robert Rodriguez • Jeremy Piven • Joel McHale • Alexa Vega • Daryl Sabara • Elizabeth Avellan • Rowan Blanchard • Mason Cook

On the surface, Marissa Cortez Wilson (Jessica Alba) has it all...married to a famous spy hunting television reporter, a new baby and intelligent twin step kids. But in reality, trying to mother Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook), who clearly don't want her around, is her toughest challenge yet. Also, her husband, Wilbur (Joel McHale), wouldn't know a spy if he lived with one which is exactly the case - Marissa's a retired secret agent.

Marissa's world is turned upside down when the maniacal Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) threatens to take over the planet and she's called back into action by the head of OSS, home of the greatest spies and where the now-defunct Spy Kids division was created. With Armageddon quickly approaching, Rebecca and Cecil are thrust into action when they learn their boring stepmom was once a top agent and now the world's most competitive ten year olds are forced to put their bickering aside and rely on their wits. With a little help from a couple of familiar Spy Kids, Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara), they just may be able to save the world and possibly bring their family together while they're at it.

With Christopher Mintz-Plasse • Imogen Poots • Colin Farrell • Toni Collette • David Tennant • Michael De Luca • Craig Gillespie • Josh Bratman • Alison Rosenzweig • Marti Noxon • Emily Montague • Anton Yelchin • Lloyd Ivan Miller • Sandra Vergara

Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all going on: he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the most coveted girl in his high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend. But trouble arrives when Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right—but everyone, including Charlie’s mom (Toni Collette), doesn’t notice. After observing some very strange activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on the neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself.

With John Davis • Neil Burger • Stephen Hauser

The story centers on an American man who becomes a terrorism suspect while traveling with his family.

With Tim Blake Nelson • Patrick Dempsey • Greg Germann • Mekhi Phifer • Scott Moore • Ashley Judd • Rob Minkoff • Peter Safran • Jon Lucas • Jeffrey Tambor • Pruitt Taylor Vince • Mark Damon

Tripp Kennedy (Patrick Dempsey) ambles into a bank near closing time, just as two different gangs unwittingly converge to rob it. A shoot-out erupts, and Tripp tackles the smart, pretty teller, Kaitlin (Ashley Judd), to protect her.

With Miyavi Matsunoi • Lan Yan • Christopher Sun Lap Key • Hiro Hayama

Follows Ming Dynasty scholar Yangsheng (Hiro Hayama) as he seeks to gain the stamina needed to satisfy his beautiful new bride, Yuxiang (Leni Lan).

With Ryan Kwanten • Leon Ford

Griff, a shy and awkward office worker by day, finds escape from his ordinary life by assuming the identity of a fantastic superhero each night. Griff's secret is jeopardized when he meets Melody, a cute but unconventional daydreamer.

With Chris Cooper • Yul Vazquez • D.J. Qualls • Garret Dillahunt • John Sayles • Maggie Renzi • Joel Torre

The U.S. occupation of the Philippines in 1900 provides the backdrop to this story of squad of American soldiers who occupy a village and learn how to live and negotiate with the natives. They focus on the local head man who finds himself torn between loyalty to his family and the Americans.

With Rene Feret • Marie Feret • Marce Barbe

riginally the featured performer, Nannerl has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe. Approaching marriageable age and now forbidden to play the violin or compose, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender. But a friendship with the son and daughter of Louis XV offers her ways to challenge the established sexual and social order.

With Andy Garcia • Renny Harlin • Val Kilmer • Johnathon Schaech • Rupert Friend • Emmanuelle Chriqui • Mikko Alanne • George Lascu • Michael P. Flannigan • Antje Traue • David Imedashvili • David Battle

An American journalist, his cameraman and a Georgian native become caught in the crossfire of the five-day war between Russian and the Georgian Republic in 2008.

With Mona Achache • Josiane Balasko • Togo Igawa • Anne-Dominique Toussaint • Ariane Ascaride

The timely story of Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father’s old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renée Michel (Josiane Balasko). When Paloma’s camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renée’s back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma’s own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect.

With Jeff Warrick

Explores the alleged usage of subliminal messaging in advertising, music, film, television, anti-theft devices, political propaganda, military psychological operations, and advanced weapons development, to determine if such tactics have succeeded.

With Amandla Stenberg • Zoe Saldana • Luc Besson • Michael Vartan • Robert Mark Kamen • Olivier Megaton • Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

"Columbiana" is set in Latin America and the U.S. Saldana would play a young woman who, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

With Guillermo del Toro • Bailee Madison • Katie Holmes • Guy Pearce • Mark Johnson • Keri Putnam • Jack Thompson • Matthew Robbins • Michael Falbo • Troy Nixey

A young girl is sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend and discovers sinister creatures that live underneath the stairs.

With Elizabeth Banks • Paul Rudd • Kathryn Hahn • Emily Mortimer • Rashida Jones • T.J. Miller • Steve Coogan • Zooey Deschanel • Adam Scott • Hugh Dancy • Shirley Knight • Jesse Peretz • Anthony Bregman • Marc Turtletaub • Peter Saraf • Janet Montgomery • Evgenia Peretz • David Schisgall

An idealist, hounded by his overbearing mother, crashes into the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition while also wreaking havoc.

With Christina Hendricks • Bow Wow • Rachael Leigh Cook • Hope Davis • Max Thieriot • Selma Blair • Chi McBride • J. Todd Harris • Madeline Zima • Keith Carradine • Dermot Mulrony • Brittany Robertson • Allan Jones • Mark Lisson • Vivi Friedman

Life in suburban Serenity, Ohio is never quite as serene as it appears. And just when the Burnett family - Bunnie (Hope Davis), Jack (Dermot Mulroney) and their twin 17 year olds Eric (Max Theriot) and Kelly (Britt Robertson) - seems a lost cause, they get an unlikely and unexpected second chance at happiness when an unusual accident leaves Bunnie with a case of amnesia.

With Julie Byrne • Matthew Bate

When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbours, they accidentally created one of the world’s first ‘viral’ pop-culture sensations.

With Michael Bay • Shia LaBeouf • Tyrese Gibson • Patrick Dempsey • Lorenzo di Bonaventura • Alex Kurtzman • Steven Spielberg • John Malkovich • Josh Duhamel • Alan Tudyk • Ken Jeong • Frances McDormand • Julie White • Tom DeSanto • Kevin Dunn • Leonard Nimoy • Ehren Kruger • Roberto Orci • James Avery • Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

"Transformers 3" features Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the U.S.S.R. and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet's most dangerous secrets. The villain of the third film will be Shockwave.

With Martin Freeman • Mandy Moore • Deepak Nayar • Jerry Stiller • Jonathan Newman • Thomas Augsberger • Melissa George • Jonathan Silverman • David Mutch

Mandy Moore and Martin Freeman star as a bored suburban couple that decide to spice up their sex life by swinging.

With Luis Guzman • Rachelle Lefevre • Stephen Moyer • Matthew Parkhill

Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman claiming that she's calling from the past.

With Mona Achache • Josiane Balasko • Togo Igawa • Anne-Dominique Toussaint • Ariane Ascaride

The timely story of Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father’s old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renée Michel (Josiane Balasko). When Paloma’s camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renée’s back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma’s own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect.

With Sean Harris • Andy Serkis • Andrea Riseborough • Sam Riley • Paul Webster • Rowan Joffe • Pete Postlethwaite • John Hurt • Steven Robertson

The story centers on a small-time gangster who kills a rival and finds his life in turmoil as he faces blackmail threats from a waitress (Andrea Riseborough) who knows about the murder.

With Krysten Ritter • Darrell Hammond • Steven Kampmann

A struggling writer, Ray Wyatt, acquires fame when a notorious murderer steals his car and the newest draft of his script.

With James 'Jim' Whitaker

The nearly ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001.

With Tom Skerritt • Michael Clarke Duncan • Mario Van Peebles • Kiele Sanchez • Taryn Manning • Luke Perry • Morgan Simpson • George Richards

Two seemingly different men (Michael Clarke Duncan, Morgan Simpson) embark on a music-steeped journey through the American South, learning along the way that life isn't about where you end up - it's how you get there that matters. Somewhere along the 900 miles between Austin, TX and Huntsville, AL the two men become unlikely friends.

With Randy Manis • Jeff Prosserman

The true-life tale of investigator Harry Markopolos' meticulous, decade-long fight to reveal Madoff's widely destructive Ponzi scheme.

With Isabelle Huppert • Sabila Moussadek • Bouli Lanners • Jeanne Labrune • Richard Debuisne

A high class prostitute (Isabelle Huppert) and an eminent psychoanalyst discover that they share many things in common. They are both unhappy with their professions, seeking a way out that involves unique contact with each other's worlds.

With Maryam Keshavarz • Nikohl Boosheri • Sarah Kazemy

A wealthy family in Iran struggling to contain a teen's growing sexual rebellion.

With Vera Farmiga • Taissa Farmiga • Bill Irwin • John Hawkes • Jonathan Burkhart • Joshua Leonard • Matt Parker • Norbert Leo Butz • Donna Murphy • Tim Metcalfe • Carly Hugo

Carolyn Briggs grew up with modest means in the Iowa heartland. Pregnant at seventeen, married a few months later, by the age of 18 she found herself living in a trailer with no plans beyond having more babies-until she found Jesus.

With Malcolm McDowell • Tom Sizemore • Corbin Bernsen • Timothy A. Chey • Shannen Fields • Bart Bronson • Rebecca St. James • Jeff Gannon

A down-and-out law student sues Satan for $8 trillion dollars. Satan appears to defend himself and the trial of the century takes place.

With Jessica Chastain • Matthew Vaughn • Ciaran Hinds • Kris Thykier • Jane Goldman • Helen Mirren • Tom Wilkinson • John Madden • David Greenbaum

Twenty years after World War II's end, three Mossad agents learn that a Nazi war criminal is still alive and set out to pursue him across Europe.

With Al Pacino • Michelle Pfeiffer • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio • Robert Loggia • Steven Bauer • Brian De Palma

Released in 1983, Scarface is directed by Brian Del Palma and written by Oliver Stone and stars Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steven Bauer. Scarface is the rags-to-riches story of Tony “Scarface” Montana (Al Pacino), a Cuban immigrant who finds wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams…at a price he never imagined. Tony Montana’s meteoric rise, lavish life and soul-destroying fall anchor an epic film that inspired a worldwide following.

With Mylene Jampanoi • Didier Lupfer • Anna Mouglalis • Marc DuPontavice • Joann Sfar • Eric Elmosnino • Laetitia Casta

Lucien Ginsberg grows up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris, and then later transforms into the hard-living showman Serge Gainsbourg. He becomes as famous for his glamorous lovers, including Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin, as he for writing such hits as Je t'aime ... moi non plus.

With Siddique

Assigned to guard Divya, the daughter of a business tycoon, Lovely Singh accompanies Divya to her campus, but ends up rubbing her the wrong way with his over-protective nature and paranoia about security. She finds him to be a major obstacle in leading a regular campus life. To throw him off-track and get him out of the way, she plans to trap him in a fake love affair.