June 2011 Movies

With Andy Mitton • Cassidy Freeman • Anessa Ramsey • Lee Wilkof • Jesse Holland

In the Fall of 1940, the entire population of Friar, NH abandoned their homes and walked up an ancient trail, never to be seen alive again. Their fates have remained a mystery for over 70 years, until a team of researchers discover the trailhead and attempt to track the path the doomed citizens of Friar took.

With Lynn Hershman Leeson

Starting from its roots in 1960s antiwar and civil rights protests, the film details major developments in women's art through the 1970s and explores how these pioneering artists resulted in what is now widely regarded as the most significant art movement of the late 20th century.

With Jennifer Lawrence • Kevin Bacon • January Jones • Caleb Landry Jones • James McAvoy • Michael Fassbender • Rose Byrne • Nicholas Hoult • Bryan Singer • Simon Kinberg • Oliver Platt • Matthew Vaughn • Jamie Moss • Zoe Kravitz • Lucas Till • Zack Stentz • Ashley E. Miller • Edi Gathegi • Morgan Lily • Jane Goldman • Bill Milner • Jason Flemyng • Ray Wise • Lauren Shuler-Donner • Kyle Franke

The film, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

With Craig McCall

Jack Cardiff's career spanned an incredible nine of moving picture's first ten decades and his work behind the camera altered the look of films forever through his use of Technicolor photography. Craig McCall's film about the legendary cinematographer reveals a unique figure in British and international cinema.

With Scott Eastwood • Michael Madsen • Roger Hawkins • Ernest Borgnine • Deryck Broom

The story of Easter as seen through the eyes of a pig, horse, rat, rooster, cow and donkey.

With Aaron Kwok • Christina Yao

China, 1899. In a land of exquisite beauty and timeless tradition a young man known as ‘Third Master’ is the heir to a banking fortune he cares little about. However, after his brother’s wife is kidnapped he reluctantly submits to the pressure of his title and his father, Lord Kang. Lord Kang is determined to prepare his son for financial leadership by molding Third Master into his own image. But the strong-willed businessman’s methods do not sit well with Third Master, who sees the salvation of his business in following the righteous path of his ancestors. Third Master and Lord Kang’s tense relationship is further complicated by the son’s feelings for his beautiful young stepmother -- his first and only love -- stolen from him by his own father.

With Ewan McGregor • Melanie Laurent • Christopher Plummer • Goran Visnjic • Mike Mills • Leslie Urdang • Miranda De Pencier • Dean Vanech • Lars Knudsen

Beginners explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (Ewan McGregor). Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Mélanie Laurent) only months after his father Hal (Christopher Plummer) has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who – following 44 years of marriage – came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life.

With Michael Sheen • Alan Tudyk • Michael Armbruster • Maria Bello • Shawn Ku • Richard Gabai • Mark Moran

When an unhappily married couple learns their teenage son is the shooter in a college campus massacre, they struggle to find refuge from both the media and their mutual grief.

With Ben Stiller • Andy Stebbing • Michael Sheen • Paddy Considine • Richard Ayoade • Noah Taylor • Craig Roberts • Sally Hawkins • Mary Louise Burke • Mark Herbert • Mary Burke

A 15-year-old boy has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to stop his mother from leaving his father for her dance teacher.

With Mandy Moore • James Brolin • Dermot Mulroney • Kathy Bates • Kellan Lutz • Jessica Szohr • Michelle Chydzik • Jane Seymour • Nathalie Marciano • Caprice Crane • Anouska Chydzik Bryson

The story centers on a newlywed marriage counselor (Mandy Moore) who is thrown for a loop when she learns that her parents, whose marriage she's always idealized, are headed for divorce. She sets out on a disastrous path to save their marriage at the expense of her own, manipulating loved ones to achieve her objectives. Kellan Lutz will play her husband; James Brolin and Jane Seymour will play the parents.

With Joe Lauro • Don McGlynn

A documentary that traces the evolution of Gospel through its many musical styles – the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing into Gospel, the emergence of Soul, and the blending of Rap and Hip Hop elements.

With Peter Rhodes • Bill Haney

The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America's struggle to balance its energy needs and environmental concerns, so the daring solution proposed by this small Appalachian community takes on national significance when Bobby Kennedy, Jr. joins the Appalachian families to fight the extraordinary and insidious power of Big Coal.

With Jean-Luc Godard

As a garish cruise ship travels the Mediterranean, Godard embarks on a state of the EU address in a vibrant collage of philosophical quotes, historical revelations and pure cinematographic beauty.

With Jennifer Ulrich • Dennis Gansel • Max Riemelt • Jurgen Vogel • Frederick Lau • Christiane Paul • Jacob Matschenz

Germany today. During project week, high school teacher Rainer Wenger (Jürgen Vogel) comes up with an experiment in order to explain to his students how totalitarian governments work. A role-playing game with tragic results begins. Within a few days, what began with harmless notions like discipline and community builds into a real movement: The Wave. By the third day, the students start ostracizing and threatening others. When the conflict finally erupts into violence at an intramural water polo game, the teacher decides to break off the experiment. But it's too late.

With Rachel McAdams • Adrien Brody • Tom Hiddleston • Owen Wilson • Elsa Pataky • Léa Seydoux • Woody Allen • Steve Tenenbaum • Alison Pill • Michael Sheen • Jaume Roures • Kathy Bates • Marion Cotillard • Mimi Kennedy • Letty Aronson • Kurt Fuller • Gad Elmaleh • Carla Bruni • Corey Stoll • Manu Payet

The story centers on a family traveling to Paris for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

With Elle Fanning • J.J. Abrams • Gabriel Basso • Joel Courtney • Steven Spielberg • Ron Eldard • Kyle Chandler • Noah Emmerich • A.J. Michalka

In 1979, after the Air Force closes a section of Area 51, all materials are transported to a secure facility in Ohio. A train carrying some of the materials derails during an accident and something escapes from one of the cargo cars. A group of kids making movies with their Super 8 cameras accidentally capture what escapes on film.

With Heather Graham • John Schultz • Jordana Beatty • Jaleel White • Gary Magness • Sarah Siegel-Magness • Megan McDonald • Kathy Waugh • Parris Mosteller

While her friends all head off to exotic summer camps, bummed-out third-grader Judy Moody is is stuck in town to face a boring summer with only her friend Frank and her little brother Stink for company. However, when her Aunt Opal comes to visit, the summer takes an unexpectedly adventurous turn.

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

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.

With Joe Lauro • Don McGlynn

A documentary that traces the evolution of Gospel through its many musical styles – the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing into Gospel, the emergence of Soul, and the blending of Rap and Hip Hop elements.

With Hoji Fortuna • Patsha Bay • Manie Malone

Riva is a small time operator who has just returned to his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo after a decade away with a major score: a fortune in hijacked gasoline. Wads of cash in hand and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by beautiful night club denizen Nora, the kept woman of a local gangster. Into the mix comes an Angolan crime lord relentlessly seeking the return of his stolen shipment of gasoline.

With Ahmed Ahmed

The documentary film uproots the widely held misconception that Arabs have no sense of humor - when in fact they laugh, and are, just like us. The documentary features Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed, in his directorial debut, along with a host of critically acclaimed international stand-up comedians.

With Ben Sombogaart • Karina Smulders • Anna Drijver • Rutger Hauer • Waldemar Torenstra • Elise Schaap

Three young women – Ada (Karina Smulders), Esther (Anna Drijver), and Marjorie (Elise Schaap) – emigrate from post-WWII Holland to New Zealand for what they hope will be a better life. They are all awaited by their fiancés, who have already settled in Christchurch. On the plane trip overseas – dubbed the 'Bride Flight' – the three become fast friends and meet a dashing young man, Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), who will come to play a large role in each of their lives.

With Steve Coogan • Rob Brydon • Michael Winterbottom • Andrew Eaton

Steve Coogan plays a food critic for the UK's Observer who is joined on a working road trip by his friend (Rob Brydon) who fills in at the last minute when Coogan's romantic relationship falls apart.

With Dominique Swain • Shannyn Sossamon • Tygh Runyan • Waylon Payne • Steven Gaydos • Monte Hellman • John Diehl

A noirish tale of a young filmmaker who becomes enmeshed in a criminal scheme while making a movie on location.

With Ryan Reynolds • Blake Lively • Jay O. Sanders • Angela Bassett • Taika Waititi • Peter Sarsgaard • Tim Robbins • Temuera Morrison • Geoffrey Rush • Mark Strong • Greg Berlanti • Donald De Line • Jon Tenney • Martin Campbell • Marc Guggenheim • Michael Green • Gregory Noveck

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds). Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax…he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.

With Jim Carrey • Carla Gugino • Mark Waters • John Davis • Angela Lansbury • Sean Anders • Jared Stern • David Krumholtz • Clark Gregg • James Tupper • Philip Baker Hall • Joel Gotler • John Morris • Ophelia Lovibond • Andrew Stewart-Jones

A house painter's dreams of Arctic exploration prompt him to write letters to real explorers. One of them sends him a penguin, which he keeps in the icebox. Before he knows it, the painter has a litter of 12 beaked birds. They eat voraciously, leading him to form Popper's Performing Penguins, a stage act that goes on tour and creates mayhem at every stop.

With Emma Roberts • Blair Underwood • Freddie Highmore • Michael Angarano • Rita Wilson • Alicia Silverstone • Sam Robards • Elizabeth Reaser • Jennifer Dana • Darren Goldberg • Gavin Weisen

The story follows a homework-averse high school student (Freddie Highmore) who strikes up an unexpected friendship with the girl he's loved from a distance (Emma Roberts).

With Fernando Cayo • Miguel Angel Vivas • Ana Wagener • Manuela Vellés • Guillermo Barrientos

A middle-aged couple with a teenage daughter are moving into a big new house when a gang of masked hoodlums pay a visit to the home.

With Sue Bourne

A documentary on the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships.

With Cindy Meehl • Buck Brannaman

A living legend in the horse world, Buck Brannaman was the inspiration for The Horse Whisperer. For this true cowboy, horses are a mirror of the human soul. Reared by an abusive father, Buck eschews violence. By teaching people to communicate with horses through instinct, not punishment, he frees the spirit of the horse and its human comrade. Crisscrossing the world with Zenlike wisdom, Buck promulgates grace in the bond between man and horse.

With Andrew Rossi

In the tradition of fly-on-the-wall documentaries, the film gains unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk. With the Internet surpassing print as the public's main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, Page One chronicles the transformation of the media industry at its time of greatest turmoil.

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

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.

With Marshall Curry • Sam Cullman

Follows Earth Liberation Front group member Daniel McGowan, who in December 2005, was arrested by Federal agents and faced life in prison.

With Owen Wilson • Michael Caine • Jason Isaacs • Larry the Cable Guy • Tony Shalhoub • Thomas Kretschmann • John Lasseter • Brad Lewis • Cheech Marin • Denise Ream • Peter Jacobson • Emily Mortimer • John Ratzenberger • Bonnie Hunt • Joe Mantegna • Michael Giacchino

Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage. Torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and towing the line in a top-secret spy mission, Mater’s journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world.

With Cameron Diaz • Molly Shannon • Justin Timberlake • Jake Kasdan • Jason Segel • Jimmy Miller • Michael Aguilar • John Michael Higgins • Lucy Punch • Lee Eisenberg • Gene Stupnitsky • Georgia Kacandes • Eric Stonestreet • Noah Munck

Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz) is a foul-mouthed and inappropriate teacher who couldn't care less about her students. She drinks, she gets high, and she can’t wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she’s dumped by her fiancé, she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich, handsome substitute (Justin Timberlake) – competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague, Amy (Lucy Punch). When Elizabeth also finds herself fighting off the advances of a sarcastic, irreverent gym teacher (Jason Segel), the consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes give her students, her coworkers, and even herself an education like no other.

With Miranda Richardson • Nick Stringer

Turtle: The Incredible Journey is an award-winning film that follows the life and migration of a loggerhead turtle from hatching to maturity and a return to its original Florida nesting grounds. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, has one of the longest and most difficult migratory patterns of any marine animal: Sea turtles newly hatched on the East Coast of the United States (usually in Florida) make their way from the sand into the ocean, and then begin a voyage that can span the entire Atlantic Ocean, only to return decades later to that same beach.

With Conan O'Brien • Rodman Flender

Covers Conan O'Brien's live concert tour following his depature from The Tonight Show.

With Indra Kumar

The four good-for-nothing jokers from Dhamaal - Roy, Manav, Adi and Boman are back and so is their old arch enemy - the corrupt Inspector Kabir. The four madcaps are green with envy and decide that come what may, by hook or by crook they will share Kabir's good fortune.

With Christian McLaughlin • Jose Julian • Jami Gertz • Demian Bichir • Chris Weitz • Eric Eason • Erik Feig • Paul Witt

Carlos Galindo (Demián Bichir), a simple, decent, 40-year-old Mexican man, doesn't ask much from life - just to keep tending the yards of L.A.'s wealthy and to give his estranged son Luis (Jose Julian) a better life than he had. But when a business opportunity that would have allowed him to take control of his destiny is stolen from under his nose, his life is thrown into chaos.

With Neil Patrick Harris • Peter Serafinowicz • Christopher McDonald • Jenna Stern • Amy Sedaris • Josh Shelov • John Hodgman • Michael Jaeger • Bonnie Somerville

The film centers on New York neophytes Jeff (Neil Patrick Harris) and Samantha (Bonnie Somerville) as they attempt to navigate the cutthroat waters of elite New York City kindergarten schools.

With Michael Rowe • Gustavo Sanchez Parra • Monica del Carmen • Marco Zapata

Laura is 25 years old. She’s a journalist, she’s single and lives in a small apartment in Mexico City. After a series of short-lived affairs, Laura meets Arturo. After the first time they make love, she is left deeply unsettled. They embark on an intense and passionate sexual relationship, in which pleasure, pain and love merge. As days go by which Laura conscientiously crosses out in a calendar, her secret past resurfaces, pushing Arturo to the limit.

With Robert Persons

An experimental documentary that contemplates the signs of loss and change in the American South as potent metaphors of personal and collective destiny.

With Ivan Kamaras • David Guy Levy • Lili Bordan • Jonathan Beckerman

David Guy (David Guy Levy) and Enci (Lili Bordán) play a couple who meet in a bookstore, where he catches her in the midst of shoplifting, and she sees him in the midst of furtively filming her with his flip camera. Through the course of that day and evening, they start a tentative relationship, with his omnipresent camera serving as both bridge and barrier to their connection. Things are further complicated with the inclusion of Enci's boyfriend Boris (Iván Kamarás), and David's brutally honest friend Jonathan (Jonathan Beckerman, playing himself, and unaware until the end of the film that it was fictional).

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