October 2010 Movies

On the Harvard campus in 2004, sophmore Mark Zuckerberg starts the social networking site, Facebook.

Brenda Song, Scott Rudin, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Aaron Sorkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Armie Hammer, David Fincher

PG-13 Drama Adventure 2 hrs, 0 mins

69% WILL SEE

4 / 5

75%

3.9 / 5

(73)

Let Me In

A 12-year-old boy, who is bullied in school, befriends a young female neighbor who moves to town and turns out to be a vampire.

Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas, Simon Oakes, Guy East, Nigel Sinclair, Matt Reeves, Kodi Smit-McPhee

R Suspense Horror 1 hr, 55 mins

75% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

84%

3.9 / 5

(94)

"Case 39" is a horror film starring Renée Zellweger as family services social worker Emily Jenkins. Emily thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case, troubled 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland). Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to kill Lilith, their only daughter. Emily saves her and decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.

Bradley Cooper, Steve Golin, Renée Zellweger, Kevin Misher, Ray Wright, Ian McShane, Christian Alvart, Kerry O'Malley

R Thriller Suspense 1 hr, 49 mins

84% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

77%

3.1 / 5

(12)

Hatchet II

After Marybeth escapes from the clutches of Victor Crowley, she learns the truth about his curse, and heads back into the haunted New Orleans swamp to seek revenge for her family.

Tony Todd, Adam Green, Will Barratt, Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, R. A. Mihailoff

R Sequel Suspense 1 hr, 29 mins

77% WILL SEE

3.1 / 5

69%

3.1 / 5

(14)

Chain Letter

A serial killer targets teens that refuse to forward chain letters.

Nikki Reed, Keith David, Ling Bai, Deon Taylor, Michael J. Pagan, Diana Erwin, Brad Dourif, Betsy Russell

R Thriller Horror 1 hr, 26 mins

69% WILL SEE

3.1 / 5

68%

4 / 5

(3)

Barry Munday

LA Only

The story concerns a womanizer who wakes up sans his "family jewels" after an irate father attacks him with a trumpet. Things go from bad to worse for the title character when he learns that he's being sued for paternity by a woman he can't even remember having sex with.

Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer, Colin Hanks, Marcos Siega, Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Chris D'Arienzo, Chloë Sevigny

R Comedy 1 hr, 38 mins

68% WILL SEE

4 / 5

78%

3.7 / 5

(11)

Speed-Dating

Three bachelors set up a speed dating scheme to attract women and money. The plan runs into problems when they are denied a liquor license and an ex-girlfriend attempts to expose the scam.

Joseph A. Elmore

R Comedy Romance 1 hr, 38 mins

78% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

50%

2.1 / 5

(7)

Freakonomics

Based on the bestseller Freakonomics, where economist Steven D. Levitt uses statistics and theory to analyze pop culture.

Jeremy Chilnick, Alex Gibney, Morgan Spurlock, Eugene Jarecki, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Chad Troutwine, Seth Gordon

PG-13 Documentary 1 hr, 25 mins

50% WILL SEE

2.1 / 5

84%

4.1 / 5

(18)

Ip Man

The story of Yip Man, the first master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.

Simon Yam, Wilson Yip

R Action Foreign 1 hr, 46 mins

84% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

Released Wednesday, October 6th

76%

2 / 5

(3)

1 a Minute

Somewhere in the world, a woman dies of breast cancer every sixty-eight seconds.

Namrata Singh Gujral

Drama

76% WILL SEE

2 / 5

Released Friday, October 8th

84%

4.3 / 5

(66)

Secretariat

Based on "Secretariat," the 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse and its owner, Penny Chenery. Chenery was a mother and housewife who knew little about horses when she was pressed to take over her ailing father's horse farm in Virginia. Though Secretariat came along and began to take shape as a potential champion, Chenery was pressured to sell the farm after her father died and she was hit with a multimillion-dollar inheritance tax. She saved both the farm and the horse, and watched as Secretariat became the first thoroughbred to win the Triple Crown in 25 years, taking the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes in dominating fashion. Chenery became known as the "first lady of racing."

Diane Lane, Gordon Gray, Dylan Walsh, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, Fred Thompson, Margo Martindale, A.J. Michalka

PG Drama Historical 1 hr, 56 mins

84% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

89%

4.3 / 5

(20)

It's Kind of a Funny Story

A clinically depressed 15-year-old checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward where he gains a new lease on life.

Emma Roberts, Keir Gilchrist, Zoe Kravitz, Zach Galifianakis, Jim Gaffigan, Ryan Fleck, Pam Abdy, Anna Boden

PG-13 Drama Teen 1 hr, 41 mins

89% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

85%

4 / 5

(68)

Life As We Know It

Two single people suddenly become caregivers to an orphaned girl after the parents, their mutual best friends, are killed in an accident.

Katherine Heigl, Greg Berlanti, Scott Niemeyer, Paul Brooks, Josh Lucas, Christina Hendricks, Faizon Love, Barry Josephson

PG-13 Drama Comedy 1 hr, 52 mins

85% WILL SEE

4 / 5

83%

3.8 / 5

(24)

Buried

Ryan Reynolds will star in "Buried", playing a civilian contractor who's kidnapped in Iraq and awakens buried in a coffin in the desert, armed only with a cell phone, a candle and a knife.

Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, Rodrigo Cortés, Chris Sparling, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin

R Drama War 1 hr, 40 mins

83% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

85%

3.3 / 5

(62)

My Soul to Take

The story concerns a serial killer who shows up 15 years after he is believed dead to kill seven children born on his supposed death day.

Denzel Whitaker, Anthony Katagas, Wes Craven, Shareeka Epps, Emily Meade, Raul Esparza, Iya Labunka, Henry Lee Hopper

R Thriller Suspense 1 hr, 28 mins

85% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

88%

4 / 5

(10)

Stone

Based on a play by "Junebug" screenwriter Angus MacLachlan. Robert De Niro will play a parole officer who develops a friendship with a teaching assistant.

Robert De Niro, Milla Jovovich, Edward Norton, Frances Conroy, John Curran, Angus MacLachlan

R Drama Thriller 1 hr, 45 mins

88% WILL SEE

4 / 5

61%

3.3 / 5

(4)

Tamara Drewe

The story centers on a sexy flirtatious woman who returns to her small country village and stirs up dark passions among the locals.

Bill Camp, Tracey Seaward, Luke Evans, Emily Bruni, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Frears, Alison Owen, Moira Buffini

R Comedy 1 hr, 49 mins

61% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

71%

3.2 / 5

(20)

Never Let Me Go

As a child, Kathy–now thirty-one years old–lived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and that their well-being was crucial not only for themselves but for the society they would eventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this idyllic past behind her, but when two of her Hailsham friends come back into her life, she stops resisting the pull of memory. And so, as her friendship with Ruth is rekindled, and as the feelings that long ago fueled her adolescent crush on Tommy begin to deepen into love, Kathy recalls their years at Hailsham. She describes happy scenes of boys and girls growing up together, unperturbed–even comforted–by their isolation. But she describes other scenes as well: of discord and misunderstanding that hint at a dark secret behind Hailsham’s nurturing facade. With the dawning clarity of hindsight, the three friends are compelled to face the truth about their childhood–and about their lives now.

Keira Knightley, Sally Hawkins, Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan, Mark Romanek, Andrew Macdonald, Alex Garland, Allon Reich

R Drama Adaptation 1 hr, 44 mins

71% WILL SEE

3.2 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

27%

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

A British-Asian mother's obsession to marry off her daughter leads to serial murder.

Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges

Comedy Horror 1 hr, 40 mins

27% WILL SEE

84%

4.2 / 5

(20)

I Spit On Your Grave

A remake of the controversial 1979 horror movie, it retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills, who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer’s presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals who set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson.

Steven R. Monroe, Sarah Butler, Rodney Eastman, Jeff Branson, Daniel Franzese, Chad Lindberg

R Thriller Horror 1 hr, 48 mins

84% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

75%

4.3 / 5

(9)

Inside Job

The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, "Inside Job" traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

Matt Damon, Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs, Jeffrey Lurie

PG-13 Documentary 1 hr, 48 mins

75% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

25%

4 / 5

(1)

Down Terrace

A genre-bending portrait of a crime family.

Ben Wheatley, Robin Hill

R Comedy 1 hr, 29 mins

25% WILL SEE

4 / 5

29%

3.2 / 5

(5)

As Good as Dead

Fundamentalists kidnap the man they believe murdered their religious leader, but they may have the wrong person.

Andie MacDowell, Cary Elwes, Brian Cox, Jonathan Mossek, Frank Whaley, Matt Dallas

R Thriller

29% WILL SEE

3.2 / 5

64%

3.7 / 5

(10)

Nowhere Boy

A biopic of a young John Lennon.

Thomas Sangster, Sam Taylor Wood, Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae, Matt Greenhalgh, Kristin Scott Thomas, Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff

R Drama 1 hr, 27 mins

64% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

Released Wednesday, October 13th

41%

3.5 / 5

(4)

Vision

The 12th-century Benedictine nun who was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological activist.

Margarethe von Trotta, Barbara Sukowa

Drama 1 hr, 51 mins

41% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

Released Friday, October 15th

90%

4.2 / 5

(117)

Red

A former black-ops CIA agent's quiet life in retirement is disrupted when a high-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him. With his secret identity compromised and his love interest in danger, the man must reassemble his old team to figure out who is out to get them.

Bruce Willis, Richard Dreyfuss, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Jon Hoeber, Brian Cox

PG-13 Action Adventure 1 hr, 51 mins

90% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

89%

4.1 / 5

(116)

Jackass 3D

The third segment of the Jackass series that will be shot in 3D.

Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Jeff Tremaine, Steve-O, Preston Lacy, Chris Pontius

R Comedy 3D 1 hr, 33 mins

89% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

91%

3.8 / 5

(242)

Hereafter

Being described as in the vein of "The Sixth Sense".

Steven Spielberg, Matt Damon, Robert Lorenz, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cecile de France, Jay Mohr, Frank Marshall, Tim Moore

PG-13 Thriller Suspense 2 hrs, 9 mins

91% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

89%

4.7 / 5

(76)

Conviction

About a single mother who worked her way through law school in order to free her brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Hilary Swank will play the title role in the true story of a high school dropout who would not give up her belief that her brother, Kenneth, had been framed. In between raising kids and waiting tables, she worked her way through college and law school so she could represent her brother after he’d used up his attempts to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Peter Gallagher, Tony Goldwyn, Andrew Karsch, Pamela Gray

R Drama Biography 1 hr, 48 mins

89% WILL SEE

4.7 / 5

84%

2.9 / 5

(8)

I Want Your Money

A political documentary that examines two philosophies for the roles of the federal government as examplified by Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.

Ray Griggs

Documentary

84% WILL SEE

2.9 / 5

33%

3.3 / 5

(4)

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah live in an isolated community in the Central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival.

Warwick Thornton

Drama

33% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

67%

3.7 / 5

(3)

Carlos

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization.

Edgar Ramirez, Olivier Assayas

Drama Thriller

67% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

40%

5 / 5

(1)

Carmo, Hit the Road

A smuggler trying to sell out cheap goods in Brazil is assaulted by two bandits, but is saved by a beautiful local girl.

Murilo Pasta

Drama Adventure 1 hr, 39 mins

40% WILL SEE

5 / 5

50%

2.8 / 5

(8)

The Trouble with Terkel

Terkel is a miserable, unhappy sixth grader who is constantly picked on by two merciless bullies. One day Terkel finds a way to be cool, but it involves making fun of his best friends’ sister and his girlfriend.

Craig Ferguson, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Stefan Fjeldmark, Randolph Kret, Anders Matteson, Bill Baily, Heddy Burress

R Adventure Comedy 1 hr, 28 mins

50% WILL SEE

2.8 / 5

92%

3.3 / 5

(3)

White Lion

When a white lion is miraculously born into a remote African valley, a young Shangaan named Gisani finds himself destined to protect this rare and magnificent creature at all costs.

Michael Swan, Janet van Eeden

PG Drama

92% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

79%

3.8 / 5

(8)

N-Secure

The downfall of a successful man that leads to a series of troubled romantic relationships, betrayal and murder.

David M. Matthews

R Drama

79% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

Released Tuesday, October 19th

86%

4.9 / 5

(7)

The Sound of Music

In 1930's Austria, Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When the Navy captain Georg Von Trapp asks the convent for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, they give Maria the job.

Christopher Plummer, Julie Andrews

Musical

86% WILL SEE

4.9 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

Released Wednesday, October 20th

5 / 5

(1)

Truth In Numbers

Filmmakers Scott Glosserman and Nic Hill explore the history and cultural implications of one of the referenced sites on the Internet, Wikipedia.org.

Scott Glosserman, Nic Hill

NR Documentary 1 hr, 25 mins

0% WILL SEE

5 / 5

Released Thursday, October 21st

57%

3.8 / 5

(4)

The Last Play at Shea

Focused on Billy Joel's final concert at Shea Stadium before it was demolished, with the ballpark and the New York Mets' history intertwined into the storyline.

Paul Crowder, Mark Monroe, Nigel Sinclair, Steve Cohen, Alec Baldwin

NR Documentary Music 1 hr, 30 mins

57% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

Released Friday, October 22nd

91%

3.8 / 5

(242)

Hereafter

Being described as in the vein of "The Sixth Sense".

Steven Spielberg, Matt Damon, Robert Lorenz, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cecile de France, Jay Mohr, Frank Marshall, Tim Moore

PG-13 Thriller Suspense 2 hrs, 9 mins

91% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

62%

3.8 / 5

(235)

Paranormal Activity 2

A sequel the low-budget camcorder-filmed horror movie, "Paranormal Activity 2" will look to repeat the original's surprise box office success. No plot details are available.

Akiva Goldsman, Jason Blum, Oren Peli, Katie Featherston, Tod Williams, Michael R. Perry, Steven Schneider

R Sequel Suspense 1 hr, 29 mins

62% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

54%

3.6 / 5

(8)

Inhale

A district attorney uncovers nefarious activities while on a desperate search for a doctor to save his young daughter.

Dermot Mulroney, Baltasar Kormakur, Diane Kruger, Jordi Molla, Nathalie Marciano, Jennifer Kelly, Michelle Chydzik Sowa, John Claflin

R Drama 1 hr, 40 mins

54% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

58%

3.6 / 5

(5)

Rising Stars

About a group of teenagers on the verge of making it big in music and film.

Daniel Millican, Fisher Stevens, Barry Corbin, Catherine Mary Stewart, Graham Patrick Martin, Kyle Riabk, Leon Thomas III, Jessie Payo

PG Drama Musical 1 hr, 30 mins

58% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

2.6 / 5

(7)

Boxing Gym

A documentary about Lord's Gym, an Austin Texas gym founded by a former professional boxer, and the training discipline to reach one's personal best.

Frederick Wiseman

Documentary 1 hr, 31 mins

2.6 / 5

Released Saturday, October 23rd

85%

4.1 / 5

(62)

Knucklehead

The film centers on a fight promoter (Mark Feuerstein) deeply in debt to his crooked rival. Desperate for a new fighter that will help him win back everything he owes, the promoter catches a break when a 450-pound church handyman (Paul "Big Show" Wight) who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.

Steve Barnett, Saul Rubinek, Michael Watkins, Mike Pavone, David Calloway, Melora Hardin, Mark Feuerstein, Paul Wight

PG-13 Action Adventure

85% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

Released Tuesday, October 26th

86%

4.9 / 5

(7)

The Sound of Music

Christopher Plummer, Julie Andrews

Musical

86% WILL SEE

4.9 / 5

Released Friday, October 29th

62%

4.1 / 5

(141)

Saw 3D

The seventh installment of the highly successful horror franchise.

Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Gina Holden, Chad Donella, Kevin Greutert, Gregg Hoffman

R Sequel Suspense 1 hr, 31 mins

62% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

83%

Eichmann

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the final solution.

Snoo Wilson, Robert Young, Thomas Krestchmann

Drama 1 hr, 40 mins

83% WILL SEE

55%

3.3 / 5

(42)

Monsters

A US journalist agrees to escourt an American tourist through Mexico, which has been designated an "infected zone" after a NASA probe carrying an alien life sample crashed in the country.

Gareth Edwards, Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy

R Drama Thriller 1 hr, 32 mins

55% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

91%

3.8 / 5

(21)

Welcome to the Rileys

A troubled young woman unites a grieving couple who have drifted apart after the death of their daughter.

Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo, Ridley Scott, Stephen Margolis, Steven Zaillian, Michael Costigan, Tony Scott, Jake Scott

R Drama 1 hr, 50 mins

91% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

17%

3.8 / 5

(4)

Waste Land

Follows artist Vik Muniz to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" - or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials.

Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley

Documentary

17% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

76%

3.4 / 5

(14)

Wild Target

A hitman tries to retire but a beautiful thief may change his plans.

Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Jonathan Lynn, Martin Pope, Lucinda Coxon, Rupert Everett, Eileen Atkins

PG-13 Action Comedy 1 hr, 38 mins

76% WILL SEE

3.4 / 5

42%

1 / 5

(1)

The Kids Grow Up

A look at father-daughter relationships, modern-day parenting, marriage and the looming empty nest.

Lori Cheatle, Doug Block

Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins

42% WILL SEE

1 / 5

55%

4 / 5

(2)

Shake Hands with the Devil

General Romeo Dallaire's frustrated efforts to stop the Rwandan Genocide.

Roger Spottiswoode

R Drama War 1 hr, 52 mins

55% WILL SEE

4 / 5

73%

4.3 / 5

(3)

Walkaway

Four friends struggle to find their way through the meanders of Indian matrimony in an attempt to combine their deep-rooted tradition and modern New York life.

Shailja Gupta

Drama Comedy 1 hr, 37 mins

73% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Poster

63%

3.6 / 5

(29)

The Girl Who Kicked the Horn...

In the final part of the Millennium Trilogy, Lisbeth Salander is hospitalized after meeting with her father. Mikael Blomqvist continues to uncover the reasons why Lisbeth has been treated harshly by the Swedish authorities.

Lena Endre, Daniel Alfredson, Ulf Ryberg, Noomi Rapace, Jonas Frykberg, Michael Nyqvist, Peter Haber

R Drama Sequel 2 hrs, 28 mins

63% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5