 Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Opens locally Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 Run Time: 1 hour 40 minutes, Rated PG Starring (voices of): James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton Directed by Sarah Smith (feature film directorial debut) "Arthur Christmas" is not in any way related to the Russell Brand/Dudley Moore "Arthur" films, nor does it star that loveable aardvark Arthur from the PBS animated series. "Arthur Christmas" introduces us to a brand new character, Arthur, who happens to be the youngest son of the current Santa.
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 Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Drama
Opens locally Friday, November 25th, 2011 Run Time: 1 hour 41 minutes, Rated R Starring: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Julia Ormond, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Watson, Judy Dench Directed by Simon Curtis (feature film debut) By no means is "My Week With Marilyn" a biopic, although the main draw of the film is that is about Marilyn Monroe. More specificly, it is based on a single week in 1957 as seen through the eyes of young Colin Clark, an assistant director assigned to Sir Laurence Olivier's film "The Prince and the Showgirl." This film paired the famous Olivier with Monroe, whom at first was star-struck himself, wanting the famous actress to be in his film. Reputedly, Olivier grew so annoyed by Monroe's behavior on the set that the two stars clashed, and Olivier decided not to direct another film until 13 years later.  Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Drama
Opens locally Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 Run Time: 2 hours, 16 minutes, Rated R Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgard, Stellan Skarsgard, Keifer Sutherland Written & Directed by Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Antichrist) Have you ever had that overwhelming feeling that your world is about to crash head-on into a wall? Well that wall is “Melancholia,” which is actually the name of a planet (in this film anyways) that is quite literally on a collision course with Earth.  Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Drama
Opens locally Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 Run Time: 1 hour 55 minutes, Rated R Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard Co-Written & Directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt, Election) Matt King (Clooney) is on an island, in every imaginable meaning of the word. He is a rich land-baron living in Hawaii, which we all know is paradise. He loves his wife and his children. On paper, his life should be great.  Rating: 5 out of 5 starsGenre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Opens locally Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 Run Time: 1 hour 38 minutes, Rated PG Starring: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones Directed by James Bobin (feature film directorial debut) The Muppets are back, and all's I can wonder is why they ever left! I would imagine that it would be impossible to have grown up in the 70s and 80s and not have known about The Muppets. Created by the late Jim Henson, The Muppets are a part of American pop culture, although their last theatric release, "Muppets in Space," was released over 12 years ago (they have been around with a few TV specials since then.) So what became of Kermit, Piggy, and the gang?  Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Opens locally Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 Run Time: 2 hours, 7 minutes, Rated PG Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee Based on the book "The Invention of Huge Cabret" by Brian Selznick Directed by Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island, The Departed, Goodfellas) For legendary director Martin Scorsese, "Hugo" must have been a dream come true. Scorsese is not just a director, he's a film historian, and "Hugo" is a sly film history lesson wrapped up and packaged in the latest that technology has to offer. The end result is a fun and adventurous tale about a boy, his robot, and the magic of cinema.  Rating: 1 out of 5 starsGenre: Romance, Drama, Adventure
Opens locally Friday, November 18th, 2011 Run Time: 1 hour, 57 minutes, Rated PG-13 Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke Directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey, Gods and Monsters) In this, the 4th installment of the Twilight Saga, vampire Edward marries Bella Swan, and they receive an unexpected surprise...Bella is pregnant, something that is not supposed to be possible between a human and a vampire.  Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Romance, Drama
Opens locally Friday, November 11th, 2011 Run Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes, Rated PG-13 Starring: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence Co-written & Directed by Drake Doremus (Douchebag, Spooner, Moonpie) Anybody who has ever been in a long distance relationship will surely connect with the main characters in “Like Crazy.” Anton Yelchin plays Jacob, an American student who meets a British college student, Anna, played by Felicity Jones. They meet and fall in love while she is in the states, and their infatuation for each other leads to her overstaying the time spelled out in her student visa. When she travels back home for her sister’s wedding, she tries getting back to the U.S. but is denied. Jacob would move to the U.K., but he has a successful business set up for himself in L.A. making it hard for him to uproot.  Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Documentary
Opens locally Friday, November 11th, 2011 Run Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes, Rated PG-13 Narration by Tim Robbins Written by P.G. Morgan & Chris Paine Directed by Chris Paine (Who Killed the Electric Car?) “Revenge of the Electric Car” is a new documentary from Chris Paine, and a follow-up to his first documentary, 2006’s “Who Killed the Electric Car?” As the title implies, each film focuses on the automobile industry and how the electric car has evolved over the years.  Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Drama, Thriller
Opens locally on Friday, November 4th, 2011 Run Time: 1 hour, 41 minutes, Rated R Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Hugh Dancy Written & Directed by Sean Durkin (feature film debut) The oddly titled “Martha Marcy May Marlene” is a fierce, tense drama that borderlines as a “thriller” only because of the dark subject matter at hand. Other than the off-putting title, the major draw of this film is that it stars the younger sister (Elizabeth) of Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, the child actors who made up the cute and annoyingly popular duo, the Olsen Twins, stars of TV’s “Full House” and some other straight-to-video children movies. |
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