Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts

Maktub

Manolo's life is in crisis: his marriage is failing, his relationship with his two children is not great,and he hates his monotonous job. However, everything changes when Antonio, a 15-year-old cancer patient comes into his life in this heart-warming Christmas story. 1h 53min Spanish 
Director: Paco Arango
Stars: Diego Peretti, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Goya Toledo

Shaolin (新少林寺)

After ambushing and killing his rival, losing everything in the process, dispirited warlord Hou Jie turns to a Shaolin monastery seeking salvation.

Director: Benny Chan
Stars: Andy Lau, Nicolas Tse, Jackie Chan



The Rite

An American seminary student travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.
Director: Mikael Håfström
Stars: Colin O'Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds

The Artist

A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Stars: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman

The Tree of Life

The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain

A Simple Life

The story focuses mainly on the memories of an elderly woman in her last days as she recollects on the influential moments that altered her life.
Director: Scott Nelson
Stars: Lori Avoy, Abbi Chiu, Charlotte Elle Hanna

Puss in Boots

The events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.
Director: Chris Miller
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis

Source Code

A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train. A mission he has only 8 minutes to complete.
Director: Duncan Jones
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig

The Iron Lady

An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Stars: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.
Director: David Yates
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

Mission: Impossible. Ghost Protocol

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.
Director: Brad Bird
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg

Kung Fu Panda 2

Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.
Director: Jennifer Yuh
Stars: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan

Unknown

A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones

The Help

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
Director: Tate Taylor
Stars: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer

Sherlock Holmes II: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.
Director: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris

Courageous

When a tragedy strikes close to home, four police officers struggle with their faith and their roles as husbands and fathers; together they make a decision that will change all of their lives.
Director: Alex Kendrick
Stars: Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Kevin Downes

The Lost Bladesman (Guan Yun Chang)

The story of legendary Guan Yu crossing five passes and slaying six generals. He played a major role in the civil war that led to the collapse of Han Dynasty and the establishment of Shu Han of the 3 Kingdoms, making Liu Bei its first emperor.
Director: Felix Chong
Stars: Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang, Li Sun

The Lady

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
Director: Luc Besson
Stars: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett

A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Stars: Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat