January 2011 Movies

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Oct. 28, 2012

Best Movies Released January 2011

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New York

Romania's official selection for the 2011 Academy Award centers around an 18-year-old about to be released from a juvenile detention center.

Ada Condeescu, Florin Serban, Catalin Mitulescu, Pistireanu George, Mihai Constantin

NR Drama 1 hr, 34 mins

33%

  • 3.5
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New York

A documentary about the folk singer Phil Ochs.

Kenneth Bowser

Documentary

67%

  • 3.2
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On the Harvard campus in 2004, sophmore Mark Zuckerberg starts the social networking site, Facebook.

Kevin Spacey, Armie Hammer, Justin Timberlake, Caleb Landry Jones, Scott Rudin, Aaron Sorkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield

PG-13 Drama Adventure 2 hrs, 0 mins

69%

  • 4
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A rising young singer-songwriter becomes involved with a fallen country singer. As they embark on a career resurrection tour with her husband and manager and a beauty queen-turned singer, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

Garrett Hedlund, Shana Feste, Tobey Maguire, Jenno Topping, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Leighton Meester

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 52 mins

79%

  • 4.4
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In 14th century France, a group of knights in 14th century France must transport a woman accused of witchcraft to a mountain abbey, where the monks will seek to understand and destroy her powers, believed to be the source of the Black Plague.

Nicolas Cage, Christopher Lee, Ryan Kavanaugh, Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Robbie Sheehan, Tom Karnowski, Alan G. Glazer

PG-13 Action Adventure Fantasy Supernatural 1 hr, 38 mins

66%

  • 3.7
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When a local Texas policeman, Steve Russell (Jim Carrey), turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle (in more ways than one), his subsequent stay in the state penitentiary results in his meeting the love of his life, a sensitive fellow inmate named Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). What ensues can only be described as a relentless quest as Russell attempts escape after escape and executes con after con, all in the name of love.

Leslie Mann, Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Andrew Lazar, Far Shariat, Rodrigo Santoro

R Comedy Crime 1 hr, 47 mins

66%

  • 3.5
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"Blue Valentine" chronicles a disintegrating marriage between Dean (Gosling) and Cindy (Williams), told in flashback.

Ryan Gosling, Jamie Patricof, Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, Cami Delavigne, Michelle Williams

R Drama Romance 2 hrs, 0 mins

63%

  • 4.3
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A high school teacher is forced to choose between his career and a love affair with one of his students. The pressure mounts when his twin brother, Oscar, returns after serving 25 years in jail for killing their parents.

Sage Bannick, Chris Sivertson, Ari Bernstein, Damon Abdallah

Thriller Horror 1 hr, 20 mins

38%

  • 3.6
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New York

An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.

Ali Suliman, Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri

Drama 1 hr, 49 mins

50%

  • 3
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Limited

Jessica, a young attractive model trying her hand at bartending, is shot dead at a celebrity party for refusing to serve a drink after closing hours. The culprit Manish, son of a prominent politician, inebriated by a deadly cocktail of alcohol and a sense of entitlement, pulls the trigger in a fit of rage. With 300 of Delhi's swish set present at the party, many of whom are witnesses to the murder, Manish looks all set to go to the gallows. Except, that it doesn't quite turn out that way. Now two women, Jessica's sister, Sabrina and the feisty TV reporter, Meera will have to drum up every resource at their disposal to outwit Manish at his own game, if the truth is to have any chance of prevailing over money and political clout.

Raj Kumar Gupta

Drama Thriller Crime

0%

  • 3.5
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Set in Chicago and explores the fallout surrounding infidelity between lovers and friends.

Ron Howard, Kevin James, Vince Vaughn, Winona Ryder, Kim Roth, Brian Grazer, Allan Loeb, Jennifer Connelly

PG-13 Comedy Romance 1 hr, 58 mins

85%

  • 3.3
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Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou). They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid’s shadow. Kato builds the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with every weapon imaginable and Britt decides that in order to be heroes, they will pose as villains. With the help of Britts new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they learn that the chief criminal in the city is named Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). He has united all the gangs under his power, and he quickly sees that the Green Hornet is a direct threat to the prosperous criminal underworld he controls.

Christoph Waltz, Michael Peña, Adam Sandler, Edward James Olmos, Michel Gondry, Seth Rogen, Neal H. Moritz, George Trendle

PG-13 Action Adventure Crime Superhero Martial Arts 3D Post-3D 1 hr, 48 mins

83%

  • 4
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New York

Nathaniel Brown and Paz de la Huerta star in a visceral journey set against the thumping, neon club scene of Tokyo, which hurls the viewer into an astonishing trip through life, death, and the universally wonderful and horrible moments between.

Gaspar Noe, Nathaniel Brown

NR Drama Foreign 2 hrs, 43 mins

58%

  • 2
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New York / Los Angeles

Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt play a couple whose troubled marriage escalates into crisis when a sexy colleague, played by Carla Gugino, enters the mix.

Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Liev Schreiber, Eddie Izzard, Richard Levine, Brian Dennehy

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 33 mins

51%

  • 2.3
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New York / Los Angeles

A man leads a reckless life highlighted by three marriages, two children and being a "person of interest" in the mysterious disappearance of his bosom buddy.

Rosamund Pike, Paul Giamatti, Richard Lewis, Robert Lantos, Domenico Procacci, Lyse Lafontaine, Richard J. Lewis, Michael Konyves

R Drama 2 hrs, 12 mins

32%

  • 3.6
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Limited

Wood Harris, Dennis Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Mya, Method Man

R Comedy

100%

  • 3
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New York

An ex-convict released from prison tries to live a normal, quiet life but is also looking for vengeance against the snitch who put him in jail.

Hans Petter Moland, Stellan Skarsgard

Comedy Crime 1 hr, 46 mins

38%

  • 2.8
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New York

Reveals the far-flung reaches of our plastic problem with interviews with the world’s foremost experts in biology, pharmacology, and genetics shed light on the perils of plastic to our environment and expose the truth of how plastic affects our bodies and the health of future generations.

Werner Boote

Documentary

71%

  • 4
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New York / Los Angeles

Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers.

Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai

R Action Sequel 1 hr, 40 mins

83%

  • 3.8
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Five dark and comedic stories that take place in Los Angeles.

Lake Bell, Rosamund Pike, Paz Vega, Nick Stahl, Christopher B. Landon, Zoe Saldana, Jamie Chung, Dylan McDermott

R Drama Comedy

78%

  • 3.7
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A fact-based story centered on soldiers who escaped from a Siberian gulag in 1940.

Duncan Henderson, Peter Weir, Ed Harris, Mark Strong, Keith Clarke, Joni Levin, Nigel Sinclair, Saoirse Ronan

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 12 mins

77%

  • 3.9
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Emma and Adam have the best relationship ever! They’re twentysomething pals who, you know, do it. A lot. But then Adam goes and falls in love with Emma and ruins everything.

Ali Bell, Cary Elwes, Natalie Portman, Greta Gerwig, Kevin Kline, Ophelia Lovibond, Lisa Bruce, Ivan Reitman

R Comedy Romance 1 hr, 50 mins

80%

  • 4
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The impact of a corporate downsizing on both its casualties and survivors.

Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Paula Weinstein, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt, John Wells, Claire Polstein

R Drama 1 hr, 53 mins

59%

  • 3.8
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Four people from different background intersect in Mumbai and alter eachother's lives profoundly.

Kiran Rao

Drama

67%

  • 3.3
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Limited

In the battle to prevent the apocalyptic Third Impact, Shinji and Rei were forced to carry humanity's hopes on their shoulders. As the onslaught of monstrous Angels escalates, a group of young Eva pilots find their burden shared by two new pilots: the fiery Asuka and the mysterious Mari.

PG-13 Animation 1 hr, 48 mins

90%

  • 3.3
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New York

A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to a dark consequences.

Im Sang-soo, Jeon Do-yeon

NR Thriller Romance Remake 1 hr, 46 mins

60%

  • 3.3
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An American priest studies at an exorcism school in Italy.

Ciaran Hinds, Mikael Hafstrom, Anthony Hopkins, Toby Jones, Marta Gastini, Richard Brener, Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson

PG-13 Drama Thriller Suspense True Story 1 hr, 52 mins

77%

  • 3.9
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Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a well-paid assassin who executes people at the request of the American government. But after assassinating a former close associate, Bishop does something that's unprofessional and out of control: he takes on a apprentice (Ben Foster), the son of the man he just killed.

Jason Statham, Ben Foster, David Winkler, Beau Brasso, Boaz Davidson, Simon West, William Chartoff, Irwin Winkler

R Drama Action Remake 1 hr, 40 mins

93%

  • 3.9
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The story of Aron Ralston, a mountain climber who, while hiking Utah's back-country in 2003, had to self-amputate part of his arm with a dull knife when it was pinned by a boulder in an accident.

Kate Mara, James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, Amber Tamblyn, Clemence Poesy

R Drama Adventure 1 hr, 33 mins

76%

  • 4.3
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Set in Foshan, China, during the Sino Japanese War, one man rises to the fore, Grandmaster Ip Man. Upon refusing to teach his fighting art to the invading Japanese soldiers, he is forced to fight for the honor of his country in a series of battles that will culminate in a kill or be killed showdown with Japan’s greatest fighter, General Miura.

Wilson Yip, Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung

R Action 1 hr, 47 mins

91%

  • 3.8
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New York

The story follows the sexual awakening of a group of college students.

Rooney Mara, Gregg Araki, Roxane Mesquida, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Lynch, Juno Temple

Comedy 1 hr, 26 mins

56%

  • 3
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Two sisters, one a young beauty who chooses passion over logic, the other a law student whose fixed moral compass keeps her from following her desires, are uprooted from their luxurious home when their father suddenly passes away. Out of money and out of options, the women move into their Great Aunt Aurelia's modest, but lively home in the Latino-centric Boyle Heights neighborhood where they find themselves thrown into a world that, despite their heritage, seems completely foreign. Over time, they discover the beauty of the culture they once fought so desperately to hide. And in the process they find the one thing that had eluded them: love.

Alexa Vega, Wilmer Valderrama, Adriana Barraza, Kuno Becker, Nicholas D'Agosto, Fina Torres, Gigi Pritzker, Luis Alfaro

PG-13 Drama Comedy Romance Adaptation 1 hr, 47 mins

76%

  • 3.6
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Judging by their privileged lifestyles, one would never guess that Seth and Jonah are murderous twins who share an evil kinship. Damned from the moment of their births, the brothers possess a gruesome talent for telekinesis - a power they use in the most horrific ways imaginable. As fellow students meet gory fates, local law enforcement begins to suspect the twins' connection to the depraved murders.

Antonio Negret, Orlando Jones, Samantha Droke, Edmund Entin, Gary Entin

R Thriller Suspense Horror 1 hr, 35 mins

76%

  • 3.1
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The story is about a troubled man who is confronted by a former friend, now a police officer.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez

R Drama 2 hrs, 28 mins

53%

  • 3.8
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