Movies Released August 26, 2011

Friday, August 26

95 mins

Our Idiot Brother R

An idealist, hounded by his overbearing mother, crashes into the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition while also wreaking havoc.
T.J. Miller, Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan, Janet Montgomery, Anthony Bregman, Marc Turtletaub, Evgenia Peretz, Elizabeth Banks
Comedy

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark R

A young girl is sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend and discovers sinister creatures that live underneath the stairs.
Guy Pearce, Mark Johnson, Matthew Robbins, Troy Nixey, Guillermo del Toro, Katie Holmes, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson
Thriller Suspense Horror Supernatural

Colombiana PG-13

"Columbiana" is set in Latin America and the U.S. Saldana would play a young woman who, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
Robert Mark Kamen, Luc Besson, Michael Vartan, Olivier Megaton, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Zoe Saldana, Amandla Stenberg
Action Thriller
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157 mins

Transformers: Dark of the Moon PG-13

The follow-up to "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". No plot details are available yet.
John Malkovich, Ehren Kruger, Shia LaBeouf, Patrick Dempsey, Tom DeSanto, Roberto Orci, Steven Spielberg, Alex Kurtzman
Action Adventure Sequel Fantasy Sci-Fi 3D Shot-In-3D
107 mins

Circumstance R

A wealthy family in Iran struggling to contain a teen's growing sexual rebellion.
Maryam Keshavarz, Sarah Kazemy, Nikohl Boosheri
Drama
New York / Los Angeles
3 / 5
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The Family Tree R

A troubled family gets a second chance at happiness when the mother suffers a memory loss and can't recall the last 15 years of her life.
Chi McBride, Allan Jones, Christina Hendricks, Max Thieriot, Keith Carradine, Vivi Friedman, J. Todd Harris, Mark Lisson
Drama Comedy

Brighton Rock R

The story centers on a small-time gangster who kills a rival and finds his life in turmoil as he faces blackmail threats from a waitress (Andrea Riseborough) who knows about the murder.
Andy Serkis, Sean Harris, Rowan Joffe, Paul Webster, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Riley, Pete Postlethwaite, John Hurt
Drama
111 mins

Higher Ground R

Carolyn Briggs grew up with modest means in the Iowa heartland. Pregnant at seventeen, married a few months later, by the age of 18 she found herself living in a trailer with no plans beyond having more babies-until she found Jesus.
Vera Farmiga, Matt Parker, Tim Metcalfe, Taissa Farmiga, Carly Hugo, Jonathan Burkhart, Donna Murphy, Bill Irwin
Drama Biography
New York / Los Angeles
3 / 5
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BuzzKill

A struggling writer, Ray Wyatt, acquires fame when a notorious murderer steals his car and the newest draft of his script.
Steven Kampmann, Krysten Ritter, Darrell Hammond
Comedy

Redemption Road

Two seemingly different men (Michael Clarke Duncan, Morgan Simpson) embark on a music-steeped journey through the American South, learning along the way that life isn't about where you end up - it's how you get there that matters. Somewhere along the 900 miles between Austin, TX and Huntsville, AL the two men become unlikely friends.
Tom Skerritt, Mario Van Peebles, George Richards, Michael Clarke Duncan, Morgan Simpson, Kiele Sanchez, Taryn Manning, Luke Perry
Drama

Chasing Madoff

The true-life tale of investigator Harry Markopolos' meticulous, decade-long fight to reveal Madoff's widely destructive Ponzi scheme.
Jeff Prosserman, Randy Manis
Documentary
95 mins

Special Treatment NR

A high class prostitute (Isabelle Huppert) and an eminent psychoanalyst discover that they share many things in common. They are both unhappy with their professions, seeking a way out that involves unique contact with each other's worlds.
Jeanne Labrune, Richard Debuisne, Isabelle Huppert, Bouli Lanners, Sabila Moussadek
Drama Comedy

The Hedgehog NR

The timely story of Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father’s old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renée Michel (Josiane Balasko). When Paloma’s camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renée’s back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma’s own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect.
Togo Igawa, Mona Achache, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Josiane Balasko, Ariane Ascaride
Drama
85 mins

Swinging with the Finkels R

Mandy Moore and Martin Freeman star as a bored suburban couple that decide to spice up their sex life by swinging.
Jerry Stiller, Mandy Moore, Jonathan Silverman, Jonathan Newman, Deepak Nayar, Martin Freeman, Melissa George, Thomas Augsberger
Comedy Romance

The Caller R

Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman claiming that she's calling from the past.
Rachelle Lefevre, Luis Guzman, Matthew Parkhill, Stephen Moyer
Horror

Rebirth

The nearly ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001.
James 'Jim' Whitaker
Documentary

Suing The Devil

A down-and-out law student sues Satan for $8 trillion dollars. Satan appears to defend himself and the trial of the century takes place.
Tom Sizemore, Malcolm McDowell, Rebecca St. James, Timothy A. Chey, Shannen Fields, Corbin Bernsen, Bart Bronson, Jeff Gannon
Drama Comedy Thriller
90 mins

Shut Up Little Man NR

When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbours, they accidentally created one of the world’s first ‘viral’ pop-culture sensations.
Julie Byrne, Matthew Bate
Documentary

Friday, August 26