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Oscars 2011 - The Nominees |
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of
Vengeance - 2.7.5 |
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Nicolas Cage resumes his role as The Ghost Rider, aka
Johnny Blaze, returning to settle another score in
this sequel. While in Eastern Europe, Johnny is asked
to help the church save a boy (Fergus Riordan) from
the devil (Ciaran Hinds). A villain (Johnny Whitworth)
interferes and makes Johnny angry, releasing the Rider
and wreaking havoc. Also with Christopher Lambert,
Idris Elba and Violante Placido. Directed by Mark
Neveldine & Brian Taylor. [1:35 - PG-13] |
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This Means War - 5.5.5 |
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Two CIA agents (Chris Pine and Tom Hardy) use
government equipment to learn the life story of their
mutual girlfriend (Reese Witherspoon); they also use
it to spy on each other, as they fight over the girl.
Meanwhile, Russian terrorists interrupt their dating
plans. Also with Chelsea Handler, Til Schweiger,
Abigail Spencer and Angela Bassett. Directed by McG.
[1:40 - PG-13] |
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The Secret World of Arrietty -
1.3.0 |
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Animated feature based on the children's book "The
Borrowers": The Clock family are four-inch tall humans
that secretly live in a normal-sized family's home,
"borrowing" small items to furnish their own home.
After Arrietty (voiced by Bridgit Mendler), the
youngest Clock, is discovered by a normal-sized boy
(voiced by David Henrie), the world of the borrowers
is soon turned upside down. Also with the voices of
Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett and Will Arnett. Directed
by Hiromasa Yonebayashi & Gary Rydstrom. [1:34 - G] |
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Undefeated - 2.3.5 |
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Two documentary filmmakers follow the 2009 football
season of Manassas High School, in rough-and-tumble
North Memphis. After countless years with a struggling
program, volunteer coach Bill Courtney challenges his
players, many of whom have been disregarded or
forgotten by society, to build character, put team
first and become winners. Directed by Daniel Lindsay.
[1:50 - PG-13] |
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The Skin I Live In - 9.8.5 |
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A gifted plastic surgeon (Antonio Banderas) develops a
synthetic skin that will withstand any kind of damage.
He slowly becomes obsessed with his experimental
subject (Alena Anaya), a mysterious woman who holds
the key to the doctor's success and happiness. Also
with Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Alamo.
Directed by Pedro Almodovar. In Spanish with English
subtitles (original title: "La Piel Que Habito").
[1:57 - R]
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Shalom Aleichem:
Laughing in the Darkness - 1.4.4 |
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A biopic of Sholem Rabinovich, who under the pen name
Shalom Aleichem became the renown Jewish writer of
famous Yiddish works and developed the character of
Tevye the Dairyman, the protagonist of "Fiddler on the
Roof." With narration provided by Rachel Dratch, Peter
Riegert and Bel Kaufman. Directed by Joseph Dorman.
[1:33 - NR] |
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Albatross - 8.3.10 |
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In the south of England, a German author (Sebastian
Koch) suffers writer's block for twenty years and
stays in the attic of his seaside hotel. A dropout
student (Jessica Brown-Findlay) arrives to become a
maid, but seeks writing lessons from the author, while
he encourages another young woman (Felicity Jones) to
blossom, which makes her mother (Julia Ormond) panic.
It all leads to a romantic affair, changing
relationships and future writing careers. Also with
Peter Vaughan, Harry Treadaway and Thomas Sangster.
Directed by Niall MacCormick. [1:30 - NR] |
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Pina - 3.1.1 |
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A documentary following the career of choreographer
Pina Bausch with interviews from some of her famous
dancers and their performances. With Pina Bausch,
Regina Advento and Malou Airaudo. Directed and written
by Wim Wender. [1:43 - PG] |
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Journey 2: The Mysterious
Island 3D - 2.5.4 |
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A misunderstood youth (Josh Hutcherson) takes his
stepfather (Dwayne Johnson) on an expedition to find
the teen's missing grandfather (Michael Caine). The
boy receives a coded message containing related clues
from classic books and while his stepfather is
skeptical, he agrees to a journey to the message's
global coordinates. Meanwhile, the grandfather is
living on an island previously thought imaginary. Also
with Luis Guzman, Vanessa Hudgens and Kristin Davis.
Directed by Brad Peyton. [1:34 - PG] |
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Safe House - 4.8.5 |
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A CIA agent (Ryan Reynolds) is tasked with securing a
safe house but after his prisoner, a former CIA agent
(Denzel Washington), is targeted and attacked, they
find themselves on the run. Also with Robert Patrick,
Vera Farmiga, Sam Shepard and Brendan Gleeson.
Directed by Daniel Espinosa. [1:55 - R] |
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The Vow - 4.3.4 |
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Based on a true story of a couple that was involved in
a car accident and the woman (Rachel McAdams) suffered
severe memory loss, forgetting the past five years of
her life, including falling in love and marrying her
husband (Channing Tatum). He must now work to make her
fall in love with him again. Also with Sam Neill,
Jessica Lange and Jessica McNamee. Directed by Michael
Sucsy. [1:44 - PG-13] |
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A Dangerous Method -
8.3.5 |
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A glimpse into the relationship between Dr. Carl Jung
(Michael Fassbender) and Dr. Sigmund Freud (Viggo
Mortensen), as they develop psychoanalysis, while
interacting with patient-cum-doctor Dr. Sabina
Spielrein (Keira Knightly). Also with Vincent Cassel
and Sarah Gadon. Directed by David Cronenberg. [1:39 -
R] |
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Big Miracle - 1.3.3 |
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Inspired by a true story: a reporter (John Krasinski)
in a small Alaska town breaks the story of three gray
whales trapped beneath the ice. After his Greenpeace
activist ex-girlfriend (Drew Barrymore) gets involved,
the story becomes international news as the world
hopes that the family of whales can escape the rapidly
forming Arctic ice. Also with John Pingayak, Ted
Danson, Kirsten Bell and Kathy Baker. Directed by Ken
Kwapis. [2:03 - PG] |
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Chronicle - 4.7.4 |
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Three teenage boys discover a glowing orb and after
touching it become endowed with unusual abilities.
Unfortunately they are not all able to deal with their
newfound talents and popularity. With Dane DeHaan,
Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Ashley
Hinshaw, Bo Petersen, Anna Wood, Rudi Malcolm and Luke
Tyler. Directed by Josh Trank. [1:23 - PG-13] |
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The Woman in Black - 0.6.3 |
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In Victorian England, the feared "Woman in Black" (Liz
White) is the ghost of a woman deemed to have been an
unfit mother, unable to save her son (Ashley Foster)
from drowning at the hands of her sister's family. She
wanders her mansion, and every time she is spotted at
least one child mysteriously dies. An attorney and
single parent (Daniel Radcliffe) takes on the ghost,
but finds he must now fight to save his own young son
(Misha Handley). Also with Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer,
Sophie Stuckey and Alisa Khasanova. Directed by James
Watkins. [1:35 - PG-13] |
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The Wicker Tree - 7.6.4 |
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Ostensibly a sequel to 1973's "The Wicker Man": After
two Christian missionaries (Henry Garrett and
Brittania Nicol) become settled in beautiful Tressock,
Scotland, the locals invite them to participate in an
annual festival. They accept the invitation, not aware
that the residents may be neo-pagans that engage in
human sacrifice. Also with Graham McTavish and Kiera
McMillian. Directed by Robin Hardy. [1:38 - R] |
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The Flowers of War - 6.8.5 |
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When a westerner (Christian Bale) takes refuge in a
Catholic church during the 1937 Nanking Massacre (also
known as the Rape of Nanking), he finds himself
responsible for the safety of a group of schoolgirls
and several prostitutes, as he tries to lead them to
safety and away from the invading Japanese army. Also
with Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tong Dawel and Paul
Schneider. Directed by Yimou Zhang. In Mandarin and
English, with English subtitles. [2:26 - R] |
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The Grey - 2.7.10 |
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A bunch of surly oilrig workers in Arctic Alaska and
their leader (Liam Neeson) survive an airplane crash
in the isolated, frozen wilderness, and have to face
life threatening injuries, extreme blizzard
conditions, meager supplies and grey wolves. Also with
Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe
Anderson, Nonso Anozie and James Badge Dale. Directed
by Joe Carnahan. [1:57 - R] |
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