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- DirectorAdam McKayStarsWill FerrellChristina ApplegateSteve CarellIn the 1970s, an anchorman's stint as San Diego's top-rated newsreader is challenged when an ambitious newswoman becomes his co-anchor.Drunken writers?
- DirectorEdward BurnsStarsAnnette ArnoldMax BakerSelma BlairPatti Petalson (Blair) struggles with the pressure of becoming the next important American writer.I seem to like movies about writers, including this one. Two college couples drift apart, find each other again in their 30s, struggle to reunite and still to thine own selves be true. This movie was touching, realistic, and well acted by most.
- DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckBryan CranstonJohn GoodmanActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.Thriller from the history that touched my generation.
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsBradley CooperJennifer LawrenceRobert De NiroAfter a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.Not Jennifer Lawrence's best or even 2nd best, but she must have come of age for this one to get her Academy Award for Best Actress. The supporting cast was better than she.
- DirectorTom HooperStarsHugh JackmanRussell CroweAnne HathawayIn 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.I didn't have a problem with the singing from less than epic vocalists, and it still is a good story.
- DirectorAnne FontaineStarsAudrey TautouBenoît PoelvoordeAlessandro NivolaThe story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.Audrey Tautou is now my second favority Audrey. Tiny like Hepburn and seems to be a more serious actress. Strange that this movie told some of the same parts of her life as the movie "Coco Chanel" but told them differently. I liked this one better - the actor and the story.
- DirectorMark MylodStarsAnna FarisChris EvansAri GraynorA woman looks back at the past nineteen men she's had relationships with in her life and wonders if one of them might be her one true love.Witty. A chick flick for guys more than gals?
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhile on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.Strange casting of Wilson in this role. I wonder how many better choices turned down Woody Allen. Despite the weak cast, the story was engaging.
- DirectorStephen NorringtonStarsSean ConneryStuart TownsendPeta WilsonIn an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.Ridiculous casting of a very aging Sean Connery in the lead role. Something there for the CGI-loving, fantasy-adoring, not-connected-to-reality crowd ... but not much for me. Still, the story held together throughout, so I'll give it credit for only that.
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsBilly CrystalBette MidlerMarisa TomeiArtie and Diane Decker agree to look after their three grandchildren when their type-A helicopter parents need to go out of town for work. Problems arise when their 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.Decent family humor made decently.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsRupert FriendEmmanuelle ChriquiRichard CoyleA drama set centered around the war between Russia and Georgia, and focused on an American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native who become caught in the crossfire.Gripping, though quite contrived that the heroes defy all odds to stay alive.
- DirectorWill GluckStarsMila KunisJustin TimberlakePatricia ClarksonA young man and woman decide to take their friendship to the next level without becoming a couple, but soon discover that adding sex only leads to complications.The story line was just too narrow, and the acting was only fair. There were some good lines, so kudos to the writers at least.
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsAnnette BeningMichael GambonMaury ChaykinSet in 1930s London, this movie involves stage actors and actresses and their experiences with love and revenge.A wonderful old-time film made in the new millennium. The writer, director, and actors play out a good story, but keep you guessing on a few things, and that makes it fun.
- DirectorMcGStarsReese WitherspoonChris PineTom HardyC.I.A. operatives wage an epic battle on each other when they discover they are dating the same woman.Paced well and amusing throughout.
- DirectorRich CowanStarsRay LiottaGisele FragaMichael RodrickWhile investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.Whodunit theme, twisting and turning, tried and true, done and gone. It's not a horrible movie, nor is there anything compelling in the presentation, acting, or story line.
- DirectorStephan ElliottStarsHugo WeavingGuy PearceTerence StampTwo drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.Silliness, though colorful. Australia has so much better to offer.
- DirectorPhilippe KloseMarcus BirdStarsJoe BonamassaGerry O'ConnorMats WebsterHear the lyrics, enjoy the instrumentation, and wish you had even more good looks at the spectacular venue that is the VOH.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobbie RobertsonMuddy WatersNeil YoungA film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.The Band shows their range, and serves up some Joni Mitchell for a rare and wonderful pleasure.
- DirectorDavid FrankelStarsOwen WilsonJack BlackSteve MartinTwo bird enthusiasts try to defeat the cocky, cutthroat world record holder in a year-long bird-spotting competition.It keeps moving, and Owen Wilson is cast in a role I can almost believe he should play.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsTom CruiseJack NicholsonDemi MooreMilitary lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.It is perhaps a classic. Good acting by the youngsters when they were still establishing their persona. The Nicholson act is probably over-rated, but he provides the great knife edge of sharpness; who gets cut?
- DirectorLuke GreenfieldStarsGinnifer GoodwinKate HudsonColin EgglesfieldFriendships are tested and secrets come to the surface when terminally single Rachel falls for Dex, her best friend Darcy's fiancé.Love isn't a straight line! A good movie to discover a new-for-me actress in Ginnifer Goodwin, revisit some others that you know, and one or two you think you know, but from where?
- DirectorMalik BendjelloulStarsRodriguezStephen 'Sugar' SegermanDennis CoffeyTwo South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.The Great American story you never knew, and it took South Africa to find it. The American Dream is to start poor, find success, and grow rich. The American Ideal is to start modestly, create your self-defined measure of success, be who you are, be appreciated for who you are, and share what you can. This isn't quite the American Ideal, but that's because we missed it while it was happening.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsBilly Bob ThorntonJay HernandezDerek LukeBased on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.Classic American tale ... sadly. Not much to see here.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán HindsAfter a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.Gleeson is the man! He was even better in The Guard, but this guy takes control of roles films when he is featured. Well done mix of comedy and story.
- DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsEthan HawkeKristin Scott ThomasJoanna KuligA college lecturer flees to Paris after a scandal costs him his job. In the City of Light, he meets a widow who might be involved in a series of murders.Dreams, mysteries, and many things unexpected. I saw it, but I'm not sure what really happened.