March 2011 Movies

A dying old man choses to spend his last days with his loved ones in the countryside. The ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him and his long-lost son returns home in a non-human form.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Drama Fantasy 1 hr, 54 mins

33% WILL SEE

3.2 / 5

Released Friday, March 4th

90%

4.3 / 5

(210)

Rango

A household pet goes on an adventure to discover its true self.

Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher, Stephen Root, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, Gore Verbinski

PG Action Adventure 1 hr, 47 mins

90% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

82%

4 / 5

(204)

Beastly

A modern-day teacher turns into a beast, complete with fangs and claws, after a student in his class puts him under a spell.

Dakota Johnson, Vanessa Hudgens, Daniel Barnz, Neil Patrick Harris, Susan Cartsonis, Mary Kate Olsen, Alex Pettyfer, LisaGay Hamilton

PG-13 Fantasy Horror 1 hr, 35 mins

82% WILL SEE

4 / 5

71%

4.2 / 5

(32)

Follow an aimless college grad who pursues his dream girl at a wild Labor Day weekend party. He, his twin sister and their best friend struggle with their burgeoning adulthood over the course of the night.

Topher Grace, Michael Biehn, Brian Grazer, Anna Faris, Jeff Filgo, Jackie Filgo, Gordon Kaywin, Dan Fogler

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 37 mins

71% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

89%

4 / 5

(64)

The Adjustment Bureau

A man discovers that his reality is, in effect, a giant sound stage controlled and manipulated by mysterious guardians.

Matt Damon, Anthony Mackie, Daniel Dae Kim, Bill Carraro, Chris Moore, Michael Hackett, George Nolfi, Emily Blunt

PG-13 Action Romance 1 hr, 39 mins

89% WILL SEE

4 / 5

61%

2.9 / 5

(10)

Happythankyoumoreplease

Young people who are on the cusp of truly growing up. Tiring of their reflexive cynicism and struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved.

Malin Akerman, Zoe Kazan, Josh Radnor, Kate Mara

R Comedy 1 hr, 40 mins

61% WILL SEE

2.9 / 5

73%

3.3 / 5

(9)

Bereavement

In 1989, six year old Martin Bristoll was kidnapped from his backyard swing in Minersville Pennsylvania. Graham Sutter, a psychotic recluse, kept Martin imprisoned on his derelict pig farm, forcing him to witness and participate in unspeakable horrors.

Stevan Mena

R Horror Prequel 1 hr, 43 mins

73% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

31%

4 / 5

(4)

Old Cats

Claudia Celedon and Catalina Saavedra return as girlfriends Rosario and Hugo, hapless schemers always borrowing money from Isadora and Enrique, Rosario's ailing mother and stepfather. When Isadora refuses to be swindled once again by her daughter, Rosario erupts in tears and recriminations.

Pedro Peirano, Claudia Celadon, Belgica Castro, Catalina Saavedra, Alejandro Sieveking, Sebastián Silva

Drama 1 hr, 39 mins

31% WILL SEE

4 / 5

40%

5 / 5

(4)

The Human Resources Manager

The human resources manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery attempts to block the publication of a defamatory article and save the reputation of his business.

Eran Riklis, Mark Ivanir

Drama 1 hr, 43 mins

40% WILL SEE

5 / 5

70%

3.8 / 5

(29)

I Saw the Devil

A special agent's pregnant wife becomes the latest victim of a disturbed and brutal serial killer. Vowing revenge, the agent blurs the lines between hunter and hunted.

Ji-woon Kim

Horror 2 hrs, 24 mins

70% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

Released Wednesday, March 9th

91%

The Forger

The story focuses on a troubled 16-year-old boy, who wanders into Carmel, falls into the wrong crowd and becomes involved in art forgery. He's befriended by a retired local artist who traces her career back to the early days of Carmel artists, writers and other creative types, all with skeletons in their closets.

Hayden Panettiere, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Boyd, Alfred Molina, Lawrence Roeck, Craig Comstock, Michael-Ryan Fletchall, Carlos de los Rios

Drama

91% WILL SEE

Released Friday, March 11th

76%

4.1 / 5

(214)

Battle: Los Angeles

The story follows one Marine platoon's encounter in the battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles.

Michelle Rodriguez, Aaron Eckhart, Neal H. Moritz, Jonathan Liebesman, Ori Marmur, Chris Bertolini, Scott Silver, Michael Peña

PG-13 Drama Action 1 hr, 52 mins

76% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

67%

3.3 / 5

(95)

Mars Needs Moms!

Milo doesn’t get it: What’s the big deal about moms? They’re just slavedriving broccoli bullies. Yet they are worshipped the world over! Perhaps even the galaxy over—because here come Martians and they’re after one thing only: moms. Milo’s mom in particular. Who better to drive them to soccer practice and to pizza parties? That’s quite a long way to come for a mom—could it be that Milo has been overlooking something special?

Robert Zemeckis, Dan Fogler, Joan Cusack, Simon Wells, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Wendy Wells, Seth Green

PG Adventure Family 1 hr, 28 mins

67% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

89%

3.9 / 5

(89)

Red Riding Hood

A Gothic reimagining of "Little Red Riding Hood." The classic tale of a young girl traveling alone through the forest to her grandmother's house.

Amanda Seyfried, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gary Oldman, Catherine Hardwicke, Julie Yorn, Jim Rowe, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen

PG-13 Fantasy Thriller 2 hrs, 0 mins

89% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

83%

3.2 / 5

(34)

Elektra Luxx

The film is a sequel to "Women in Trouble", an ensemble comedy about one day in the lives of 10 Los Angeles women that has yet to find distribution. "Elektra Luxx" picks up the travails of the characters a month later, again covering a full day.

Sebastian Gutierrez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Malin Akerman, Marley Shelton, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Adrianne Palicki, Kathleen Quinlan, Justin Kirk

R Comedy Provocative 1 hr, 40 mins

83% WILL SEE

3.2 / 5

81%

3.5 / 5

(24)

Black Death

The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. In this apocalyptic environment, the church is losing its grip on the people. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric (Sean Bean), a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors.

Eddie Redmayne, Christopher Smith, Sean Bean, Carice van Houten

R Drama Horror

81% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

85%

4.2 / 5

(19)

Kill the Irishman

Chronicles the rise and fall of gangster Danny Greene, who muscled in on the Italian mob in 1970s Cleveland and set off a turf war that ravaged the streets of Cleveland and led to the collapse of the Mafia in a number of U.S. cities, including Kansas City and Los Angeles.

Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Ray Stevenson, Jonathan Dana, Linda Cardellini, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Jonathan Hensleigh

R Action Crime

85% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

88%

4 / 5

(37)

Jane Eyre

The story follows a governess who softens the heart of her surly employer Mr. Rochester, only to discover that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Cary Joji Fukunaga, Alison Owen, Paul Trijbits, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Moira Buffini, Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots

PG-13 Drama Romance

88% WILL SEE

4 / 5

47%

5 / 5

(4)

Certified Copy

A gallery owner living in a Tuscan village attends a lecture by a British author on authenticity and fakery in art. Afterwards she invites him on a tour of the countryside during which he is mistaken for her husband.

Abbas Kiarostami, Juliette Binoche, William Shimell

Drama 1 hr, 46 mins

47% WILL SEE

5 / 5

80%

4.3 / 5

(9)

The Frontier Boys

In the last gasp of winter in a small Northern Michigan town, four high school sophomore boys are living on top of the world. Best friends, classmates, and peers, T.J., Jed, and Brent are all starting players for an undefeated varsity basketball team. Suddenly, the entire town is shaken when T.J. falls into a coma after a drive-by-shooting.

John Grooters

PG-13 Action Adventure

80% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

40%

5 / 5

(4)

The Human Resources Manager

LA Only

The human resources manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery attempts to block the publication of a defamatory article and save the reputation of his business.

Eran Riklis, Mark Ivanir

Drama 1 hr, 43 mins

40% WILL SEE

5 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

Released Wednesday, March 16th

25%

3.1 / 5

(7)

Bill Cunningham New York

For decades, the Schwinn-riding Bill Cunningham, cultural anthropologist, has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the New York Times Style section.

Richard Press

Documentary 1 hr, 24 mins

25% WILL SEE

3.1 / 5

Released Thursday, March 17th

69%

3.7 / 5

(15)

Lord of the Dance 3D

A 3D movie version of Michael Flatley's Irish dance production.

Marcus Viner, Michael Flatley

G Musical 3D 1 hr, 47 mins

69% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

The Butcher, The Chef and The Swordsman Poster

73%

3.4 / 5

(14)

The Butcher, The Chef and Th...

A stylized thriller rooted in a Chinese legend about a mystical blade that changes the fate of each of its three ambitious owners.

Wuershan

PG-13 Action Comedy 1 hr, 35 mins

73% WILL SEE

3.4 / 5

Buy DVD On Amazon

Released Friday, March 18th

91%

4.2 / 5

(151)

Limitless

The story follows a loser who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes you smarter. He experiences suddenfinancial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including "trip-switching," a phenomenon inwhich time moves with a stop-motion quality.

Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Scott Kroopf, Anna Friel, Neil Burger, Tucker Tooley, Ryan Kavanaugh

PG-13 Drama Action 1 hr, 45 mins

91% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

92%

4.3 / 5

(103)

The Lincoln Lawyer

"Lawyer" concerns an attorney with a questionable set of ethics and an old Lincoln Town Car as his office. He discovers that a man he put on death row for murder is innocent and the man he currently is defending is the real killer.

Matthew McConaughey, Scott Steindorff, Tom Rosenberg, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, Erin Carufel, John Romano, Marisa Tomei

R Drama Crime 1 hr, 59 mins

92% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

89%

4.1 / 5

(93)

Paul

After visiting Comic-Con, two British slackers go on a road trip to Area 51, where they encounter a small alien named Paul, who enlists them to help him find his way home.

Blythe Danner, Kristen Wiig, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Mottola, Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, Simon Pegg, Jane Lynch

R Adventure Comedy 1 hr, 44 mins

89% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

83%

3.5 / 5

(22)

Win Win

A light-hearted comedy about how a rough-and-tumble runaway changes the lives of a suburban New Jersey family and turns around the luck of a high school wrestling team.

Lisa Maria Falcone, Paul Giamatti, Bobby Cannavale, Jeffrey Tambor, Tom McCarthy, Mary Jane Skalski, Amy Ryan, Melanie Lynskey

R Comedy 1 hr, 46 mins

83% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

38%

3.5 / 5

(17)

Cracks

"Cracks" follows an elite group of boarding school girls who compete for the attention of their free-thinking and glamorous young teacher Miss G (Green). She encourages them to indulge their desires, flout the establishment and - suggesting a world of adventures in her own past - pursue a life of independence and travel. The girls are thrilled to have such an inspiring teacher, but the status quo is threatened when the arrival of an exotic and beautiful Spanish student (Maria Valverde) disturbs the girl's rigid and remorseless power structure. Favored girl Di Radfield (Juno Temple) feels especially threatened and, as Ms G's hold over the girls progresses from emancipation to obsession, there are tragic consequences for everyone.

Eva Green, Jordan Scott, Ben Court, Juno Temple, Imogen Poots, Maria Valverde

R Drama Teen 1 hr, 45 mins

38% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

57%

Route Irish

A tense love triangle between two men and a woman working in Iraq. When Frankie is killed on "Route Irish" -- the road linking Baghdad airport with the Green Zone -- Fergus, wracked with grief and guilt, rejects the official explanation and determines to investigate the truth of his friend's death.

Ken Loach, Paul Laverty

Drama War

57% WILL SEE

73%

5 / 5

(5)

Desert Flower

The autobiography of Waris Dirie, who fled from an arranged marriage in Somalia when she was 13-years-old and then lived in the streets of London before she became a supermodel and UN spokeswoman.

Sherry Horman

R Drama 2 hrs, 0 mins

73% WILL SEE

5 / 5

87%

4 / 5

(8)

The Music Never Stopped

Chronicles the journey of a father and son adjusting to cerebral trauma and a lifetime of missed opportunities.

J.K. Simmons, Cara Seymour, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jim Kohlberg, Julia Ormond

PG Drama 1 hr, 45 mins

87% WILL SEE

4 / 5

82%

3.7 / 5

(15)

Winter in Wartime

Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance after helping a wounded British soldier.

Martin Koolhoven

Drama War 1 hr, 43 mins

82% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

Released Wednesday, March 23rd

38%

2.9 / 5

(8)

My Perestroika

Five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times, from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia.

Robin Hessman

Documentary

38% WILL SEE

2.9 / 5

Released Friday, March 25th

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Poster

89%

4.3 / 5

(310)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodric...

"Rodrick Rules," which will be based on the second book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, follows middle school student Greg Heffley, his older brother Rodrick, and the school talent show.

Karan Brar, Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Jeff Judah, Nina Jacobson, Jackie Filgo, Rachel Harris, Laine MacNeil

PG Comedy Sequel 1 hr, 36 mins

89% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

73%

3.9 / 5

(184)

Sucker Punch

A girl is confined to a mental institution by her evil stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there, she imagines an alternative reality to hide her from the pain, and in that world, she begins planning her escape, needing to steal five objects to help get her out before she is deflowered by a vile man.

Vanessa Hudgens, Oscar Isaac, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Jim Rowe, Steve Shibuya, Emily Browning, Jamie Chung

PG-13 Drama Action 2 hrs, 0 mins

73% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

47%

5 / 5

(2)

Miral

The story of Hind Husseini, who founded an orphanage in Jerusalem in the wake of the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.

Willem Dafoe, Jon Kilik, Freida Pinto, Vanessa Redgrave, Rula Jebreal, Julian Schnabel, Hiam Abbass

PG-13 Drama

47% WILL SEE

5 / 5

52%

3.1 / 5

(9)

Peep World

The story charts the mayhem caused by a family member's kiss-and-tell novel that comes to light during a family celebration.

Taraji P. Henson, Ben Schwartz, Rainn Wilson, Ron Rifkin, Barry Blaustein, Felipe Marino, Joe Neurauter, Keith Calder

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 29 mins

52% WILL SEE

3.1 / 5

25%

3.5 / 5

(6)

White Irish Drinkers

In the autumn of 1975 in Brooklyn, Danny tries to enlist his brother Brian in one last scheme - to rob the Lafayette on the night of the Rolling Stones concert. Danny sees this as their only chance to get enough money to skip town and start them both off in a new life, somewhere far away from Brooklyn.

John Gray, Nick Thurston, Geoff Wigdor, Stephen Lang, Karen Allen

R Drama 1 hr, 49 mins

25% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

36%

5 / 5

(2)

Potiche

A trophy wife of an umbrella company magnate who shakes off the shackles of her cloistered well-to-do existence and takes the reigns of the family business when her husband suffers a heart attack.

Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Francois Ozon

R Comedy

36% WILL SEE

5 / 5

60%

3 / 5

(3)

Some Days Are Better than Ot...

A film that asks why the good times slip by so fast while the difficult times seem so sticky. It explores ideas of abundance, emptiness, human connection and abandonment while observing an interweaving web of awkward characters who maintain hope by inventing their own forms of communication and self-fulfillment.

Matt McCormick

Drama

60% WILL SEE

3 / 5

20%

5 / 5

(3)

Korkoro

In a small French town, a mayor and a schoolteacher try to help a tribe of Gypsies who are persecuted by both the Nazis and the French.

Tony Gatlif, Marie-Josee Croze

Drama War 1 hr, 51 mins

20% WILL SEE

5 / 5

80%

4.3 / 5

(9)

The Frontier Boys

John Grooters

PG-13 Action Adventure

80% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

84%

4.5 / 5

(39)

The 5th Quarter

After Luke Abbate is killed in a car crash, his family donates his organs to five people. His brother, Wake Forest Junior Jon Abbate, begins to honor his brother by holding up five fingers just before the fourth quarter while his parents do the same while sitting in the 5th section of the stadium. News spreads, opposing players and fans begin to do the same and the team goes on to win a record of 11 games and a trip to the Orange Bowl.

Andie MacDowell, Aidan Quinn, Stacy Earl, Alan Cohen, Rick Bieber, Ryan Merriman, Michael Harding

PG-13 Drama Sports

84% WILL SEE

4.5 / 5