Nowhere Boy
Imagine… John Lennon’s childhood. Liverpool 1955: a smart and troubled fifteen year-old is hungry for experience. In a family full of secrets, two incredible women clash over John: Mimi, the buttoned-up Aunt who raised him, and Julia, the prodigal mother. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into the new and exciting world of rock n’ roll where his fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the teenage Paul McCartney. Just as John begins his new life, tragedy strikes. But a resilient young man finds his voice – and an icon explodes into the world.
“Nowhere Boy” tells the never before seen story of John Lennon’s (Johnson) childhood. John Lennon is an ordinary fifteen year old boy on the streets of Liverpool. Funny, smart, naughty, a real edge to him. But life is not simple for John – he grew up in a family of secrets and was raised by his Aunt Mimi from the age of five. When he is suddenly reacquainted with his mother, Julia, they form an unbreakable bond. A bitter war rages between the two sisters for John’s love. Faced with bringing it to an end, he learns the secret heartbreak of his past. But his mother gives him one great gift – music. A wayward boy finds his voice, and walks into The Beatles.
Directed by: Sam Taylor Wood
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff, Thomas Sangster, David Morrissey
Screenplay by: Julia Baird, Matt Greenhalgh
MPAA Rating: R for language and a scene of sexuality.
Release Date: October 8th, 2010
Studio: The Weinstein Company
August 13, 2010
Tags: Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey, John Lennon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy, The Beatles, Thomas Sangster Posted in: Drama Movies, October 2010, Period Films 
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Stone
Academy Award winner Robert De Niro and Oscar nominee Edward Norton deliver powerful performances as a seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate whose lives become dangerously intertwined in Stone, a thought-provoking drama directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil, We Donât Live Here Anymore) and written by Angus McLachlan (Junebug).
As parole officer Jack Mabry (De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement, he is asked to review the case of Gerald âStoneâ Creeson (Norton), in prison for covering up the murder of his grandparents with a fire. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older manâs decision have profound and unexpected effects on them both.
Stone skillfully weaves together the parallel journeys of two men grappling with dark impulses, as the line between lawman and lawbreaker becomes precariously thin. The filmâs superb ensemble features Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element) as Lucetta, Stoneâs sexy, casually amoral wife, and Golden GlobeÂź winner Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under) as Madylyn, Jackâs devout, long-suffering spouse.
Set against the quiet desperation of an economically ravaged community and the stifling brutality of a maximum security prison, this tale of passion, betrayal and corruption examines the fractured lives of two volatile men breaking from their troubled pasts to face uncertain futures.
Directed by: John Curran
Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj
Screenplay by: Angus MacLachlan
MPAA Rating: None.
Release Date: October 8th, 2010
Studio: Overture Films
August 13, 2010
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Life As We Know It
Holly Berenson (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and-coming caterer and Eric Messer (Josh Duhamel) is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, the only thing they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter, Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in the world, Holly and Messer are forced to put their differences aside. Juggling career ambitions and competing social calendars, they’ll have to find some common ground while living under one roof.
Directed by: Greg Berlanti
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Christina Hendricks, Josh Duhamel, Jessica St. Clair, Josh Lucas
Screenplay by: Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson, Jon Harmon Feldman, Michael Green
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual material, language and some drug content.
Release Date: October 8th, 2010
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
August 13, 2010
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Secretariat
Secretariat,” the 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse and its owner, Penny Chenery (Diane Lane).
Chenery was a mother and housewife who knew little about horses when she was pressed to take over her ailing father’s horse farm in Virginia. Though Secretariat came along and began to take shape as a potential champion, Chenery was pressured to sell the farm after her father died and she was hit with a multimillion-dollar inheritance tax.
She saved both the farm and the horse, and watched as Secretariat became the first thoroughbred to win the Triple Crown in 25 years, taking the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes in dominating fashion. Chenery became known as the “first lady of racing.”
Directed by: Randall Wallace
Starring: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell, Dylan Walsh
Screenplay by: Mike Rich
MPAA Rating: PG for brief mild language.
Release Date: October 8th, 2010
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
August 13, 2010
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I Spit on Your Grave
Praised by some as a feminist tract, reviled by others as exploitation, Meir Zarchiâs 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave was met with a firestorm of controversy that continues to this day. On October 8, 2010, Anchor Bay Films will release the Zarchi approved remake, and is poised to be as much a hot-button talking point as was the original.
A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject Jennifer to a nightmare of degradation, rape and violence. Left for dead, she returns for vengeance. Trapping her male attackers one-by-one, she inflicts acts of physical torment upon them with a ferocity that surpasses her own ordeal. When the carnage clears, victim has become victor.
Directed by: Steven R. Monroe
Starring: Jeff Branson, Sarah Butler, Daniel Franzese, Chad Lindberg, Rodney Eastman
Screenplay by: Steven R. Monroe
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive strong sadistic brutal violence, rape and torture, nudity and language.
Release Date: October 8th, 2010
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
August 13, 2010
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Buried
Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time- fighting panic, despair and delirium, Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued before his worst nightmare comes true.
Directed by: Rodrigo Cortés
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, Samantha Mathis, JosĂ© Luis GarcĂa PĂ©rez, Stephen Tobolowsky
Screenplay by: Chris Sparling
MPAA Rating: R for language and some violent content.
Release Date: October 8th, 2010
Studio: Lionsgate Films
August 13, 2010
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The Social Network
A story about the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook.
Writer / producer Aaron Sorkin announced on his Facebook page that he is going to be writing a movie about the popular social networking site. Mark Zuckenberg created the site in 2004 at Harvard during his sophomore year. It now has over 60 million members and is valued at $16 billion.
Eisenberg will play Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook’s founding president; and Andrew Garfield will play Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg over money.
Directed by: David Fincher
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Rashida Jones, Joseph Mazzello, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song
Screenplay by: Ben Mezrich, Aaron Sorkin
MPAA Rating: None.
Release Date: October 1st, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
August 13, 2010
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Barry Murray
Barry Munday, a suburban wanna-be ladies man, wakes up in the hospital after being attacked in a movie theater, only to realize that he is missing one of his most prized possessions… his testicles. To make matters worse, Barry learns he’s facing a paternity lawsuit filed by a woman he can’t remember having sex with.
With this being Barry’s last chance to ever be a father, Barry reaches out and embraces the journey of parenthood and the onslaught of bumps that face him along the way.
Filled with an ensemble of unusual characters, Barry Munday is the surprisingly heart-warming tale of a guy who finds it took losing his manhood to be a better man.
Directed by: Chris D’Arienzo
Starring: Judy Greer, Mae Whitman, Patrick Wilson, Chloë Sevigny, Missi Pyle
Screenplay by: Chris D’Arienzo, Frank Turner Hollon
MPAA Rating: NR for it takes balls to raise a child.
Release Date: October 1st, 2010
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
August 13, 2010
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Let Me In
An alienated 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young newcomer in his small New Mexico town, and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood in Let Me In, a haunting and provocative thriller written and directed by filmmaker Matt Reeves (Cloverfield).
Twelve-year old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby (Chloe Moretz), an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father (Richard Jenkins). A frail, troubled child about Owens’s age, Abby emerges from her heavily curtained apartment only at night and always barefoot, seemingly immune to the bitter winter elements. Recognizing a fellow outcast, Owen opens up to her and before long, the two have formed a unique bond.
When a string of grisly murders puts the town on high alert, Abby’s father disappears, and the terrified girl is left to fend for herself. Still, she repeatedly rebuffs Owen’s efforts to help her and her increasingly bizarre behavior leads the imaginative Owen to suspect she’s hiding an unthinkable secret.
The gifted cast of Let Me In takes audiences straight to the troubled heart of adolescent longing and loneliness in an astonishing coming-of-age story based on the best-selling Swedish novel Lat den Ratte Komma In (Let the Right One In) by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and the highly-acclaimed film of the same name.
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Jimmy Pinchak, Sasha Barrese
Screenplay by: Matt Reeves
MPAA Rating: None.
Release Date: October 1st, 2010
Studio: Overture Films
August 13, 2010
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Enter the Void
One of the most anticipated cinematic events of the year, Gaspar Noe’s Enter the Void is a visionary thrill ride that’s riveted audiences at the Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and SXSW film festivals. At Cannes, Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called it an exceptional work… the work of an artist who’s trying to show us something we haven’t seen before.
The long-awaited follow up to his controversial Irreversible, Enter the Void is an immersive and mind-bending experience. Nathaniel Brown and Paz de la Huerta star in a visceral journey set against the thumping, neon club scene of Tokyo, which hurls the viewer into an astonishing trip through life, death, and the universally wonderful and horrible moments between.
Directed by: Gaspar Noé
Starring: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Emily Alyn Lind, Jesse Kuhn
Screenplay by: Gaspar Noé
MPAA Rating: None.
Release Date: September 24th, 2010
Studio: IFC Films
August 13, 2010
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story
In this New York City-set comedy-drama, 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist), stressed out from the demands of being a teenager, checks himself into a mental health clinic. There he learns that the youth ward is closed â and finds himself stuck in the adult ward. One of the patients, Bobby (Zach Galifianakis), soon becomes both Craig’s mentor and protĂ©gĂ©. Craig is also drawn to another 16-year-old, Noelle (Emma Roberts). With a minimum five days’ stay imposed on him, Craig is sustained by friendships on both the inside and the outside as he learns more about life, love, and the pressures of growing up.
Directed by: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Lauren Graham, Zoe Kravitz, Viola Davis
Screenplay by: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Ned Vizzini
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic issues, sexual content, drug material and language.
Release Date: September 24th, 2010
Studio: Focus Features
August 13, 2010
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Woody Allenâs âYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Strangerâ follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) and Helena (Gemma Jones), and their daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) and husband Roy (Josh Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds.
After Alfie leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited call girl named Charmaine (Lucy Punch), Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the loopy advice of a charlatan fortune teller. Unhappy in her marriage, Sally develops a crush on her handsome art gallery owner boss, Greg (Antonio Banderas), while Roy, a novelist nervously awaiting the response to his latest manuscript, becomes moonstruck over Dia (Freida Pinto), a mystery woman who catches his gaze through a nearby window.
Despite these charactersâ attempts to dodge their problems with pipe dreams and impracticable plans, their efforts lead only to heartache, irrationality, and perilous hot water. Taking its title from the prediction fortune tellers use to beguile their marks, âYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger,â illustrates with wry humor how easy it is for our illusions to make fools of us all.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto
Screenplay by: Woody Allen
MPAA Rating: R for some language.
Release Date: September 22rd, 2010
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
August 12, 2010
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Acclaimed filmmaker Zack Snyder makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adventure Guardians of Ga’Hoole, based on the beloved books by Kathryn Lasky. The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father’s epic stories of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones.
While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his father’s favor from his younger sibling. But Kludd’s jealousy has terrible consequences–causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Ones.
Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave young owls. Together they soar across the sea and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary Guardians of Ga’Hoole–Soren’s only hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl kingdoms.
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Starring: Emilie de Ravin, Helen Mirren, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Abbie Cornish
Screenplay by: John Orloff, John Collee, Kathryn Lasky
MPAA Rating: None.
Release Date: September 24th, 2010
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
August 12, 2010
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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go is a poignant love story, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s bestselling, Booker Prize short listed novel of the same name. As children, Ruth (Keira Knightley), Kathy (Carey Mulligan) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield), spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.
Directed by: Mark Romanek
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Sally Hawkins, Andrew Garfield, Charlotte Rampling
Screenplay by: Alex Garland
MPAA Rating: R for some sexuality and nudity.
Release Date: September 15th, 2010
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
August 12, 2010
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Jack Goes Boating
Jack Goes Boating is a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples. The film stars John Ortiz (American Gangster), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Broadwayâs âRentâ), Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), with Hoffman making his feature directorial debut. Bob Glaudini (âA View From 151st Streetâ) adapted his acclaimed Off Broadway play for the screen.
Jack (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Connie (Amy Ryan) are two single people who on their own might continue to recede into the anonymous background of the city, but in each other begin to find the courage and desire to pursue their budding relationship. In contrast, the couple that introduced them, Clyde (John Ortiz) and Lucy (Daphne Rubin-Vega), are confronting unresolved issues in their marriage.
Jack is a limo driver with vague dreams of landing a job with the MTA and an obsession with reggae that has prompted him to begin a half-hearted attempt at growing dreadlocks. He spends most of his time hanging out with his best friend and fellow driver Clyde and Clydeâs wife Lucy.
The couple set Jack up with Connie, Lucyâs co-worker at a Brooklyn funeral home. Being with Connie inspires Jack to learn to cook, pursue a new career and take swimming lessons from Clyde so he can give Connie the romantic boat ride she dreams of. But as Jack and Connie cautiously circle commitment, Clyde and Lucyâs marriage begins to disintegrate. From there, we watch as each couple comes face to face with the inevitable path of their relationship.
Directed by: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Lola Glaudini, Elizabeth Rodriguez
Screenplay by: Bob Glaudini
MPAA Rating: R for language, drug use and some sexual content.
Release Date: September 17th, 2010
Studio: Overture Films
August 12, 2010
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