July 2010 Movies

With Kathleen Kennedy • M. Night Shyamalan • Jackson Rathbone • Dev Patel • Seychelle Gabriel • Cliff Curtis • Nicola Peltz Beckham • Jessica Jade Andres • Frank Marshall • Jose L. Rodriguez • Scott Aversano • Michael Dante DiMartino • Bryan Konietzko • Andrew Lesnie • Noah Ringer • Keong Sim

Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world.

With Angela Ismailos

Documentary with nine of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles.

With John Travolta • Randal Kleiser • Stockard Channing • Olivia Newton-John • Bronte Woodard • Eve Arden • Joan Blondell • Edd Byrnes

Rydell High's most famous graduating class is going back to school. A newly restored print brings the highest-grossing musical of all time, "Grease" (1978), to the big screen as a sing-along.

With Steve Carell • Julie Andrews • Jason Segel • Russell Brand • Kristen Wiig • Will Arnett • Chris Meledandri • John Cohen • Danny R. McBride • Pierre Coffin • Jemaine Clement • Janet Healy • Cinco Paul • Ken Daurio • Jack McBrayer • Chris Renaud • Nina Rappaport-Rowan

In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon in Universal’s new 3-D CGI feature, "Despicable Me".

Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.

The world’s (second) greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.

With Adrien Brody • Walton Goggins • Danny Trejo • Topher Grace • Laurence Fishburne • Joel Silver • Robert Rodriguez • Alice Braga • Oleg Taktarov • Mahershala Ali • Nimrod Antal • John Davis • Alex Litvak • Michael Finch • Louiz Ozawa

The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've been brought together on an alien planet... as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human "predators" that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators.

With Josh Hutcherson • Mark Ruffalo • Mia Wasikowska • Gary Gilbert • Julianne Moore • Annette Bening • Lisa Cholodenko • Jordan Horowitz • Stuart Blumberg

Two teenaged children (Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson) get the notion to seek out their biological father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) have built for them. Once the donor (Mark Ruffalo) is found, the household will never be the same again.

With Noomi Rapace • Michael Nyqvist • Daniel Alfredson

Mikael Blomkvist has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

With Jaume Balaguero • Paco Plaza

A sequel to hand-held horror "[Rec]" in which a medical officer and SWAT team attempt to seal off an apartment complex.

With Ben Steinbauer

A documentary about Jack Rebney, who became infamous with his foul-mouthed outtakes from an RV sales video which was passed hand-to-hand on VHS tapes, years before YouTube turned it into a full-blown viral phenomenon.

With Jacques Rivette

On a winding mountain road, Vittorio helps Kate with her stalled car, and without a single word exchanged, speeds off. Later in town, he learns that Kate has returned to join her family's travelling circus after leaving under mysterious conditions many years ago. Intrigued by her stroy, Vittorio stays for the show, and the next one, and gradually is ingratiated into the circus and the lives of its performers in order to discover the secret that led to Kate's sudden depature.

With Nicolas Cage • Monica Bellucci • Jerry Bruckheimer • Jay Baruchel • Teresa Palmer • Alfred Molina • Jon Turteltaub • Chad Oman • Mark Rosenthal • Barry Waldman • Ethan Peck • Toby Kebbell • Todd Garner • Norm Golightly • Mike Stenson • Lawrence Konner • Matt Lopez

Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."

With Leonardo DiCaprio • Tom Hardy • Christopher Nolan • Cillian Murphy • Ken Watanabe • Ellen Page • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Marion Cotillard • Emma Thomas

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction: stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse; their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

With Vikramaditya Motwane

After being abandoned for eight straight years in boarding school, Rohan returns to the small industrial town of Jamshedpur and finds himself closeted with an authoritarian father and a younger half brother who he didn’t even know existed. Forced to work in his father’s steel factory and study engineering against his wishes, he tries to forge his own life out of his given circumstances and pursue his dream of being a writer.

With James Brolin • Stewart Raffill • Al Sapienza • Mario Macaluso • Krystal Tini

Five junior high school friends form a singing group called "The 5 Ovations" to compete in a national music video contest for a cash prize of one million dollars. With limited funds and resources, these street smart kids use their wits, courage and passion to create spectacular song and dance numbers that compete with their arch rivals "The Wiggies," five rich, talented and unscrupulous sisters who, along with their parents, will stop at nothing to win the competition.

With Lance Daly

On the fringes of Dublin two kids, Kylie and Dylan, live in a suburban housing estate devoid of life, colour and the prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings and her overworked mother. Next door, Dylan lives in the shadow of an alcoholic father and the memory of an elder brother who ran away from home two years earlier. After a violent altercation with his father, Dylan runs away from home and Kylie decides to run away with him. Together they make their way to the magical night time lights of inner city Dublin, to search for Dylan’s brother in the hope of finding the possibility of a new life.

With Tamra Davis

Documentary focused on the iconoclastic artist known for his dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work.

With Angelina Jolie • Liev Schreiber • Kurt Wimmer • Sam Dickerman • Hannah Minghella • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Phillip Noyce • Ryan Kavanaugh • Lorenzo di Bonaventura • Sunil Perkash • Gaius Charles • Victor Slezak

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who Is Salt?"

With Joey King • Josh Duhamel • Selena Gomez • Ginnifer Goodwin • John Corbett • Sandra Oh • Denise DiNovi • Laurie Craig • Bridget Moynahan • Elizabeth Allen • Alison Greenspan • Hutch Dano

The adventures of young Ramona Quimby come to life in this all new film based on the best-selling books (over 30 million…and counting) by Beverly Cleary. Ramona’s vivid imagination, boundless energy, and accident-prone antics are put to the test when she helps her family face its biggest challenge. Along the way, Ramona must deal with her over-achieving older sister Beezus and the on-again, off-again romance between her Aunt Bea and Bea’s former beau.

With John Travolta • Randal Kleiser • Stockard Channing • Olivia Newton-John • Bronte Woodard • Eve Arden • Joan Blondell • Edd Byrnes

Rydell High's most famous graduating class is going back to school. A newly restored print brings the highest-grossing musical of all time, "Grease" (1978), to the big screen as a sing-along.

With Lucy Walker

A documentary on the dangers of nuclear weapons with interviews from experts and world leaders.

With Param Gill

During the peak of the swine flu outbreak, authorities quarantine a wedding party inside a Los Angeles hotel and the situation quickly deteriorates.

With Christian Carion • Erica Raynaud

Based on true events during the Reagen-era the movie concerns the Farewell Dossier, in which French intelligence let U.S. personnel know about a major Soviet spy operation. That set off a chain of events which led to Soviet advances being halted and even the 1982 explosion of the trans-Siberian pipeline.

With Shirley Henderson • Allison Janney • Todd Solondz

Separated from her incarcerated husband Bill, Trish is about to be married again. Bill is a pedophile, so Trish couldn't be more excited to have Harvey, a "normal" father figure for her two sons. But when Bill is released from prison and the boys finally meet their future stepdad, the family is forced to decide whether to forgive or to forget.

With Billy Zane • Kristanna Loken • Uwe Boll • Daniel Clarke • Shawn Williamson

The story is of American journalists in Sudan who are forced to decide between staying and helping people being tortured by the titular militia group, or leaving to report on the atrocities they witness.

With Sacha Baron Cohen • Paul Rudd • Steve Carell • Jay Roach • Zach Galifianakis • P.J. Byrne • Ron Livingston • Stephanie Szostak • Walter Parkes • Lucy Punch • Gary Barber • Laurie MacDonald • David Walliams • Jemaine Clement • Bruce Greenwood • Roger Birnbaum • Cinco Paul • Ken Daurio • David Guion • Jon Vitti • Michael Handelman • Francis Veber • Amy Sayres • Patrick Fischler

The comedy “Dinner for Schmucks” tells the story of Tim (Paul Rudd), an up-and-coming executive who has just received his first invitation to the "dinner for idiots," a monthly event hosted by his boss that promises bragging rights (and maybe more) to the exec that shows up with the biggest buffoon. Tim's fiancée, Julie, finds it distasteful and Tim agrees to skip the dinner, until he bumps into Barry (Steve Carell) – an IRS employee who devotes his spare time to building elaborate taxidermy mouse dioramas – and quickly realizes he's struck idiot gold. Tim can't resist, and invites Barry, whose blundering good intentions soon sends Tim's life into a frenzied downward spiral and a series of comic misadventures, threatening a major business deal, bringing crazy stalker ex-girlfriend, Darla, back into Tim's life and driving Julie (or so Tim thinks) into the arms of another man.

With James Marsden • Christina Applegate • Michael Clarke Duncan • Neil Patrick Harris • Bette Midler • Chris O'Donnell • Andrew Lazar • Steve Bencich • Nick Nolte • Bruce Berman • Brent O'Connor • Sean Hayes • Katt Williams • Joe Pantoliano • Fred Armisen • Brad Peyton • Ron Friedman • Jack McBrayer • Polly Cohen

In the age-old battle between cats and dogs, one crazed feline has taken things a paw too far. Kitty Galore, formerly an agent for cat spy organization MEOWS, has gone rogue and hatched a diabolical plan to not only bring her canine enemies to heel, but take down her former kitty comrades and make the world her scratching post. Faced with this unprecedented threat, cats and dogs will be forced to join forces for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves - and their humans - in "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore," a comedy that blends live action with state-of-the-art puppetry and computer animation. It's time for the fur to fly.

With Zac Efron • Dave Franco • Marc Platt • Kim Basinger • Lewis Colick • James Schamus • Craig Pearce • Charlie Tahan • Burr Steers • Amanda Crew • Chris Massoglia • Ben Sherwood

Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud (Zac Efron) has the adoration of mother Claire (Oscar winner Kim Basinger) and little brother Sam (newcomer Charlie Tahan), as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess (Amanda Crew) returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love.

With Robert Duvall • Bill Murray • Dean Zanuck • Sissy Spacek • Aaron Schneider • Chris Provenzano • Lucas Black • C. Gaby Mitchell • David Gundlach

A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party while he was still alive.

With Melissa Leo • Heather Rae • America Ferrera • Jason Ritter • Wilmer Valderrama • June Raphael • Ryan Piers Williams

A post-Iraq War drama about a young soldier who has trouble re-adjusting when he returns to his small hometown. He leaves his wife, mother and sister to travel the country in search of redemption.

With Brigitte Berman

A documentary on the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire and Hefner's fierce battles with the government, the religious right and militant feminists.

With Mélanie Laurent • Matthew Robbins • Radu Mihaileanu • Francois Berléand • 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 Anthony Bregman • Katie Holmes • Paul Dano • Shari Springer Berman • Celia Weston • John C. Reilly • Kevin Kline • Robert Pulcini • Jonathan Ames • Stephanie Davis

Paul Dano stars as Louis Ives, a daydreaming writer who fashions himself a modern day F. Scott Fitzgerald, who sets out for New York to make a name for himself. He rents a room from the eccentric Henry Harrison (Kevin Kline), a failed but brilliant playwright who lately finds work as an “extra man”—an escort for wealthy society widows. The two form an unexpected bond, and Henry introduces Louis to a fantastic cast of eccentric characters that could only be found in New York.

With Rob Lemkin • Thet Sambath

An attempt to discover the truth about the Killing Fields and the Khmer Rouge responsible for Cambodia’s genocide.