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.

Johnny Depp, Abigail Breslin, Bill Nighy, Alfred Molina, Graham King, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Gore Verbinski

PG Action Adventure 1 hr, 47 mins

90% WILL SEE

4.3 / 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.

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

PG-13 Action Romance 1 hr, 39 mins

89% WILL SEE

4 / 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.

Vanessa Hudgens, Neil Patrick Harris, Dakota Johnson, Daniel Barnz, Alex Pettyfer, Peter Krause, Roz Wesiberg, Susan Cartsonis

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.

Michelle Trachtenberg, Brian Grazer, Dan Fogler, Teresa Palmer, Anna Faris, Topher Grace, Gordon Kaywin, Michael Dowse

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 37 mins

71% WILL SEE

4.2 / 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

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

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.

Kate Mara, Zoe Kazan, Josh Radnor, Malin Akerman

R Comedy 1 hr, 40 mins

61% WILL SEE

2.9 / 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.

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

Drama 1 hr, 39 mins

31% WILL SEE

4 / 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, Alfred Molina, Lawrence Roeck, Craig Comstock, Michael-Ryan Fletchall, Carlos de los Rios, Lauren Bacall

Drama

91% WILL SEE

Released Friday, March 11th

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, Wendy Wells, Elisabeth Harnois, Simon Wells, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Seth Green

PG Adventure Family 1 hr, 28 mins

67% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

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, Jonathan Liebesman, Michael Peña, Bridget Moynahan, Ori Marmur, Gabourey Sidibe, Neal H. Moritz

PG-13 Drama Action 1 hr, 52 mins

76% WILL SEE

4.1 / 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, Virginia Madsen, Max Irons, Catherine Hardwicke, David Leslie Johnson, Michael Ireland, Julie Yorn

PG-13 Fantasy Thriller 2 hrs, 0 mins

89% WILL SEE

3.9 / 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.

Vinnie Jones, Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Laura Ramsey, Tommy Reid, Christopher Walken, Ray Stevenson, Paul Sorvino

R Action Crime

85% WILL SEE

4.2 / 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.

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrianne Palicki, Timothy Olyphant, Carla Gugino, Kathleen Quinlan, Sebastian Gutierrez, Justin Kirk

R Comedy Provocative 1 hr, 40 mins

83% WILL SEE

3.2 / 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.

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

PG-13 Drama Romance

88% WILL SEE

4 / 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.

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

R Drama Horror

81% WILL SEE

3.5 / 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.

Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Abbas Kiarostami

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

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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

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

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

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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

Released Friday, March 18th

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, Bryan Cranston, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Peña, Bob Gunton, Tom Rosenberg, Scott Steindorff

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.

Kristen Wiig, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, Edgar Wright, Eric Fellner, Bill Hader, Simon Pegg, Seth Rogen

R Adventure Comedy 1 hr, 44 mins

89% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

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, Abbie Cornish, Bradley Cooper, Neil Burger, Scott Kroopf, Ryan Kavanaugh, Leslie Dixon, Anna Friel

PG-13 Drama Action 1 hr, 45 mins

91% WILL SEE

4.2 / 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.

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

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

R Drama Teen 1 hr, 45 mins

38% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

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

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

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, Julia Ormond, Cara Seymour, Jim Kohlberg, Lou Taylor Pucci

PG Drama 1 hr, 45 mins

87% WILL SEE

4 / 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.

Paul Laverty, Ken Loach

Drama War

57% WILL SEE

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

(309)

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, Devon Bostick, Zachary Gordon, David Bowers, Nina Jacobson, Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah, Jackie Filgo

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, Emily Browning, Thomas Tull, Jon Hamm, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Oscar Isaac, Deborah Snyder

PG-13 Drama Action 2 hrs, 0 mins

73% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

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

PG-13 Drama Sports

84% WILL SEE

4.5 / 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.

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

R Drama 1 hr, 49 mins

25% WILL SEE

3.5 / 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, Vanessa Redgrave, Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass, Julian Schnabel, Jon Kilik, Rula Jebreal

PG-13 Drama

47% WILL SEE

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.

Francois Ozon, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu

R Comedy

36% WILL SEE

5 / 5

80%

4.3 / 5

(9)

The Frontier Boys

John Grooters

PG-13 Action Adventure

80% WILL SEE

4.3 / 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.

Ben Schwartz, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Mara, Barry Blaustein, Peter Himmelstein, Rainn Wilson, Judy Greer, Felipe Marino

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 29 mins

52% WILL SEE

3.1 / 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