November 2011 Movies

The film is a journey of self-discovery about a guy (Cam Gigandet) who loses everything and must come to terms with what's most important in life.

Cam Gigandet, Danny Buday, Jena Malone, Will Yun Lee, Mark Boone Junior

Drama

84% WILL SEE

Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who wrote "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" and "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" and directed the latter, will return to write and direct the third installment, which will have a Christmas theme.

Danny Trejo, John Cho, Thomas Lennon, Nathan Kahane, Samuel J. Brown, Todd Strauss Schulson, Greg Shapiro, Kal Penn

R Comedy Sequel 1 hr, 30 mins

94% WILL SEE

Tower Heist

Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock play Trump Tower janitors who scheme to rip off its luxury tenants.

Eddie Murphy, Michael Peña, Brett Ratner, Russell Gewirtz, Bill Collage, Noah Baumbach, Ben Stiller, Nina Arianda

PG-13 Comedy Heist

85% WILL SEE

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Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his destination, Sebastian falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos behind closed doors in which men gamble on the lives of others men.

Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Ray Liotta, Aaron Kaufman, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ray Winstone, Gela Babluani, Rick Schwartz

R Drama Thriller

76% WILL SEE

Charlotte Rampling: The Look

A biographical film of legendary actress Charlotte Rampling, told through her own conversations with artist friends and collaborators, including Peter Lindbergh, Paul Auster, and Juergen Teller.

Angelina Maccarone

NR Biography Documentary 1 hr, 38 mins

43% WILL SEE

The Son of No One

A young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.

Katie Holmes, Channing Tatum, Ray Liotta, Al Pacino, Cassian Elwes, Jake Pushinsky, Dito Montiel, Gary Howsam

R Drama Action

89% WILL SEE

Young Goethe in Love

Germany 1772 – the young and tumultuous Johann Goethe (Alexander Fehling) aspires to be a poet; but after failing his law exams, he is sent by his father (Henry Huebchen) to a sleepy provincial court to mend his ways. Unsure of his talent and eager to prove himself, Goethe soon wins the praise and friendship of his superior Kestner (Moritz Bleibtreu). But then Lotte (Miriam Stein) enters his life and nothing is the same as before. However, the young lovers are unaware that her father has already promised Lotte’s hand to another man.

Philipp Stölzl

Romance 1 hr, 42 mins

85% WILL SEE

Another Happy Day

An overwrought mother drags her reckless daughters to a chaotic family wedding.

Ezra Miller, Demi Moore, Martin Landau, Kate Bosworth, Thomas Haden Church, Sam Levinson, Johnny Lin, Celine Rattray

R Comedy 1 hr, 55 mins

76% WILL SEE

Killing Bono

Two brothers attempt to become global rock stars but can only look on as old school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.

Krysten Ritter, Dick Clement, Nick Hamm, Ben Barnes, Pete Postlethwaite

R Comedy 1 hr, 54 mins

67% WILL SEE

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Released Wednesday, November 9th

J. Edgar

In 1935, J. Edgar Hoover forms the FBI and makes it an efficient crime-fighting organization — in part by harassing dissenters and building secret files on politicians. Hoover also fights the gangster wars in the ’30s and, later, the Mafia. He remains the FBI's director until his death in 1972.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Josh Lucas, Armie Hammer, Ed Westwick, Rob Lorenz, Judi Dench, Lea Coco, Stephen Root

R Drama Historical

94% WILL SEE

Released Friday, November 11th

Immortals

A mythological tale set in war-torn ancient Greece where the young warrior prince Theseus leads his men in a battle against evil that will see the Gods and Men fighting against the Titans and Barbarians.

Mickey Rourke, Luke Evans, Henry Cavill, Tucker Tooley, Tarsem Singh, Gianni Nunnari, Ryan Kavanaugh, Freida Pinto

R Drama Action

81% WILL SEE

J. Edgar

Leonardo DiCaprio, Josh Lucas, Armie Hammer, Ed Westwick, Rob Lorenz, Judi Dench, Lea Coco, Stephen Root

R Drama Historical

94% WILL SEE

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Jack and Jill

No plot details have been announced.

Katie Holmes, Adam Sandler, Dennis Dugan, Todd Garner, Jack Giarraputo, Ben Zook, Steve Koren, Al Pacino

PG Comedy

70% WILL SEE

Melancholia

Rumored to be an end of the world psychological thriller.

Alexander Skarsgard, Udo Kier, Kirsten Dunst, Stellan Skarsgard, Lars Von Trier, Louise Vesth, Meta Foldager, Charlotte Gainsbourg

R Thriller Sci-Fi

77% WILL SEE

11-11-11

On 11:11 on the 11th day of the 11th month, the 11th gate of Heaven will open up and something from another world will enter the earthly realm for 49 minutes.

Timothy Gibbs, Michael Landes, Denis Rafter, Darren Lynn Bousman, Wayne Rice, Richard Heller, Wendy Glenn, Brendan Price

PG-13 Thriller Suspense

70% WILL SEE

The Conquest

The volatile right-leaning Sarkozy’s startling rise to become President of France and the emotional and psychological stakes involving the conquest of power.

Xavier Durringer

Drama Biography 1 hr, 45 mins

50% WILL SEE

Eames: The Architect and the Pai...

The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life - from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age - has been less widely understood.

James Franco, Bill Jersey, Jason Cohn

NR Biography Documentary

67% WILL SEE

The Greening of Whitney Brown

Follows the misadventures of Whitney Brown, a privileged and popular Philadelphia teenager whose world is upended when her parents, Henry and Joan, experience sudden economic problems that necessitate a family move to Whitney’s grandparents’ old farm in the country. There, far from her dizzying world of shallow gir...lfriends, endless parties and school pressures, she finds a new best pal: Odd Job Bob, a beautiful and spirited Gypsy Vanner horse owned by her new neighbor Dusty --- a crusty rancher who turns out to be her estranged grandfather. Through her new relationships with Odd Job Bob, Dusty and her parents, Whitney rediscovers what it means to respect not only nature and her family, but also someone very special she had almost lost touch with: herself.

Sammi Hanratty, Kris Kristofferson, Peter Skillman Odiorne, Justin Moore-Lewy, Charlie Mason, Gail Gilchriest, Brooke Shields, Aidan Quinn

PG Adventure Comedy 1 hr, 27 mins

90% WILL SEE

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

After a prison riot, Captain Nascimiento is swept into a bloody political dispute involving government officials and paramilitary groups.

Jose Padilha

Drama Action

36% WILL SEE

London Boulevard

New York

After release from prison, a South London criminal tries to give up the gangster life by becoming a handyman for a reclusive young actress.

Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, Quentin Curtis, William Monahan, Stephen Graham, Ray Winstone, David Thewlis, Ben Chaplin

R Drama Crime 1 hr, 44 mins

77% WILL SEE

Dog Sweat

Using the subversive urgency of cinema verite, the lives of six young people unfold in present day Iran. Misunderstood by their families and oppressed by conservative Islamic society, they act out their personal desires behind closed doors.

Hossein Keshavarz

NR Drama

71% WILL SEE

Into the Abyss

An examination of a horrible crime through intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry, scheduled to die eight days after his interview.

Werner Herzog

PG-13 Documentary 1 hr, 47 mins

67% WILL SEE

Released Wednesday, November 16th

The Descendants

New York / Los Angeles

Set in Hawaii, a wealthy landowner takes his two daughters on a search for his wife's lover in the hopes of keeping his family together.

Shailene Woodley, George Clooney, Judy Greer, Nat Faxon, Beau Bridges, Amara Miller, Alexander Payne, Jim Burke

R Comedy Family

73% WILL SEE

Released Friday, November 18th

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn...

The fourth and final part of the "Twilight" series.

Anna Kendrick, Dakota Fanning, Taylor Lautner, Wyck Godfrey, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Maggie Grace, Mackenzie Foy

PG-13 Adventure Sequel

89% WILL SEE

Happy Feet Two

A George Miller-directed sequel to the 2006 computer animated hit film.

Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vergara, George Miller, Elijah Wood, Hank Azaria, Doug Mitchell, Robin Williams

PG Adventure Sequel

89% WILL SEE

Tyrannosaur

Joseph (Peter Mullan) is an unemployed widower with a drinking problem and a violent temper. When he meets Hannah (Olivia Colman), a devout Christian who works at a charity shop, the two form an unlikely bond where secrets are revealed and salvation is found in dark places.

Olivia Colman, Paddy Considine, Peter Mullan

Drama 1 hr, 31 mins

45% WILL SEE

Garbo: The Spy

New York

A documentary about a Spanish double agent during World War II.

Edmon Roch

Documentary

67% WILL SEE

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.

Jerome Salle

Adventure Thriller 1 hr, 48 mins

75% WILL SEE

Released Wednesday, November 23rd

The Muppets

No plot details have been announced.

Jack Black, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ricky Gervais, John Krasinski, Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Zach Galifianakis, Danny Glover

PG Comedy Sequel

75% WILL SEE

Hugo

An orphaned boy secretly lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station and looks after the clocks. He gets caught up in a mystery adventure when he attempts to repair a mechanical man.

Chloë Grace Moretz, Johnny Depp, Ben Kingsley, Martin Scorsese, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jude Law, Tim Headington, John Logan

PG Adventure Family

71% WILL SEE

Arthur Christmas

"Arthur Christmas" will tackle the question of how Santa delivers all his presents in one night.

James McAvoy, Bill Nighy, Chris Juen, Sarah Smith, Barry Cook, Steve Pegram, Peter Baynham, Hugh Laurie

PG Family Animation

79% WILL SEE

A Dangerous Method

New York / Los Angeles

A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.

Keira Knightley, Jeremy Thomas, David Cronenberg, Michael Fassbender, Christopher Hampton, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel

R Drama Historical

76% WILL SEE

Rampart

New York / Los Angeles

The story centers on the widespread corruption in the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (or CRASH) anti-gang unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Rampart Division in the late 1990s. More than 70 police officers were implicated in varied misconduct.

Ice Cube, Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Oren Moverman

R Drama Crime 1 hr, 47 mins

83% WILL SEE

My Week With Marilyn

Based on Marilyn Monroe's experience filming the movie The Prince and the Showgirl in England with Laurence Olivier.

Emma Watson, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Dominic Cooper, Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Adrian Hodges

R Drama

85% WILL SEE

Released Friday, November 25th

The Artist

Takes place in 1927 Hollywood and focuses on a silent movie star whose career seems about to be ended because of the arrival of the talkies. At the same time, a pretty young extra sees the new format as an opportunity to launch her star.

John Goodman, Penelope Ann Miller, James Cromwell, Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Missi Pyle

PG-13 Romance

70% WILL SEE