2011
These are films produced in 2011 that I had to watch. I've listed them in order of personal preference but rated them on perceived merit.
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- DirectorMark WatersStarsJim CarreyCarla GuginoAngela LansburyThe life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and as he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel.Kids will enjoy it.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsJack BlackShirley MacLaineMatthew McConaugheyIn small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.Jack black is fabulous in this. Offbeat.
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMichael ShannonJessica ChastainShea WhighamPlagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.Eerie.
- DirectorKen ScottStarsPatrick HuardJulie LeBretonAntoine BertrandAs his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class action lawsuit against him, their biological father.Ridiculous but endearing
- DirectorMark NeveldineBrian TaylorStarsNicolas CageCiarán HindsIdris ElbaJohnny Blaze, tortured by the Ghost Rider's curse, gets a chance of redemption through protecting the Devil's son, whose father is pursuing him.It is what it is.
- DirectorRob MinkoffStarsPatrick DempseyAshley JuddTim Blake NelsonA man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.Offbeat and surprisingly enjoyable.
- DirectorDavid DobkinStarsJason BatemanRyan ReynoldsOlivia WildeDave is a married man with three kids and a loving wife, and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain, lightning strikes and they switch bodies.
- DirectorJean-Marc MinéoStarsJon FooCaroline DuceyMichaël CohenAfter witnessing the brutal murder of his parents, a young boy is raised by a martial arts master who grooms him to be a lethal killer. Some 20 years later, it's time to take revenge on the assassins who destroyed his childhood.An action flick not to be taken too seriously. Watch it with friends, wine or beer and have fun predicting the next sequence. Had a ball watching this. Support cast possibly found in busy tourist area.
- DirectorSeth GordonStarsJason BatemanCharlie DayJason SudeikisThree friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.
- DirectorSuzanne ChisholmMichael ParfitStarsRyan ReynoldsLunaMichael ParfitThe true story of Luna, a young, wild killer whale who tries to befriend people on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island.Will raise your heckles.
- DirectorOliver ParkerStarsRowan AtkinsonRosamund PikeDominic WestJohnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down Chinese Premier Xiang Ping.Actually funny in parts.
- DirectorBibo BergeronStarsMatthieu ChedidVanessa ParadisGad ElmalehA 3D-animated movie set in Paris in the year 1910 and centered on a monster who lives in a garden and his love for a beautiful, young singer.For kids - pleasant and fun.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKaya ScodelarioJames HowsonSolomon GlaveA poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.Bizarre casting
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsMichelle YeohDavid ThewlisJonathan RaggettThe 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.Not bad.
- DirectorColin MinihanStuart OrtizThe Vicious BrothersStarsBenjamin WilkinsonSean RogersonAshleigh GryzkoFor their ghost hunting reality show, a production crew locks themselves inside an abandoned mental hospital that's supposedly haunted - and it might prove to be all too true.Ok horror flick.
- DirectorGöran Hugo OlssonStarsAngela DavisStokely CarmichaelBobby SealeFootage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.
- DirectorMalgorzata SzumowskaStarsJuliette BinocheAnaïs DemoustierJoanna KuligOn her latest assignment, a journalist for Elle immerses herself in a prostitution ring run by university students.It's more about a middle aged woman than what the synopsis leads you to believe.
- DirectorDain SaidStarsFaizal HusseinZahiril AdzimPekin IbrahimA complex story of murder, passion and haunting memories for three estranged brothers and their ailing father.Malaysian drama
- DirectorDavid BrooksStarsAlice EveJosh PeckBrian GeraghtyOn a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.Thought the majority of reviews were a bit harsh - the film had some suspense. Let's put it this way, I wouldn't be badly let down if I'd watched it on TV with a bowl of popcorn and not much brain activity.
- DirectorOliver HermanusStarsDeon LotzCharlie KeeganMichelle ScottPortrait of a closeted gay husband/father living a life of quiet middle-aged desperation who becomes fixated on a friend's handsome collegiate son, leading to an incident.Sad.
- DirectorJean-Luc PerréardStarsFred TestotLeïla BekhtiJean-François StéveninJean still lives with his mother in a small village in Corsica, working as a cook in the family's restaurant. But one day Nora, a young and forceful woman, washes up on the beach at Jean's feet. Adventure has at last knocked at his door.Mild, French romcom.
- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsOwen WilsonJason SudeikisChristina ApplegateRick and Fred, two husbands who are having difficulty in their marriages, are given a Hall Pass by their wives: for one week, they can do whatever they want.Crap
- DirectorTi WestStarsSara PaxtonPat HealyKelly McGillisDuring the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.Amateurish.
- DirectorGil Cates Jr.StarsColin HanksAri GraynorJeffrey TamborA wannabe serial killer wins the lottery and pursues his lifelong crush.Issues with acting and script
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsYû AoiThe documentary focuses on the life of the hula performers of the Spa Resort Hawaiian in Iwaki, Fukushima, after the earthquake in 2011 and their struggle to rebuild the resort.For those interested in Fukushima Hula girls only.
- DirectorLulu JarmenStarsMark PellegrinoElisabeth HarnoisDave FrancoOrdered to a delinquent camp by their exasperated parents, a group of wayward teens fall foul of a deadly virus that infects the guards and turns them into flesh-eating monsters! Gristle and gore are on the menu-as are the kids in this Brat Camp slaughterhouse massacre.For blood fans.
- DirectorKevin BarkerStarsBrad DourifSpencer DanielsAlexia Fast17-year-old Eli has just moved with his family deep into the backwoods of Kentucky to work on the isolated farm of a local recluse. Inexplicably drawn into the strange forest that lies beyond the farm, Eli encounters the beautiful, sweet and mysterious Amanda, seemingly the perfect girl. But with the discovery of decaying bodies hanging from the trees, he realizes that the forest - and Amanda - are harboring some very dark secrets. Suddenly, Eli is living in a waking nightmare where the lines between life and death are scrawled in blood, and there is no escaping the terror from beyond the grave.
- DirectorSpencer SusserStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittDevin BrochuNatalie PortmanA young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.