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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Director:Christopher Nolan
Starring:Christian Bale,Anne Hathaway,Gary Oldman,Tom Hardy,Joseph Gordon Levitt,Morgan Freeman,Marion Cottilard,Michael Caine
Starring:Christian Bale,Anne Hathaway,Gary Oldman,Tom Hardy,Joseph Gordon Levitt,Morgan Freeman,Marion Cottilard,Michael Caine
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Hugo (2011)
Director:Martin Scorsese
Starring:Asa Butterfield,Ben Kingsley,Chloe Moretz,Emily Mortimer,Jude Law,Helen McCrory,Sasha Baron Cohen
Starring:Asa Butterfield,Ben Kingsley,Chloe Moretz,Emily Mortimer,Jude Law,Helen McCrory,Sasha Baron Cohen
The Plot:Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Director:Marc Webb
Starring:Andrew Garfield,Rhys Ifans,Emma Stone,Embeth Davidtz,Martin Sheen
Starring:Andrew Garfield,Rhys Ifans,Emma Stone,Embeth Davidtz,Martin Sheen
The Plot: The film will focus on a teenager grappling with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Director:Tomas Alfredson
Starring:Tom Hardy,Gary Oldman,Colin Firth,John Hurt,Mark Strong
Starring:Tom Hardy,Gary Oldman,Colin Firth,John Hurt,Mark Strong
The Plot:n the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
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Starring:Matt Damon,Gwyneth Paltrow,Kate Winslet,Jude Law,Lawrence Fishburne,Marion Cottilard,Bryan Cranston
Starring:Matt Damon,Gwyneth Paltrow,Kate Winslet,Jude Law,Lawrence Fishburne,Marion Cottilard,Bryan Cranston
The Plot:"Contagion" follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.
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Director:Kenneth Lonergan
Starring:Matt Damon,Anna Paquin,Mark Ruffalo,Matthew Broderick,Jean Reno
Starring:Matt Damon,Anna Paquin,Mark Ruffalo,Matthew Broderick,Jean Reno
The Plot: Margaret centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her f Margaret centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course against the realities and compromises of the adult world.
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Perfect Sense (2011)
Director:David Mackenzie
Starring:Ewan McGregor,Eva Green,Ewen Bremner
Starring:Ewan McGregor,Eva Green,Ewen Bremner
The Plot:A chef and a scientist fall in love as an epidemic begins to rob people of their sensory perceptions.
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Director:David Fincher
Starring:Daniel Graig,Rooney Mara,Embeth Davidtz,Robin Wright,Stellan Skarsgård,Christopher Plummer
Starring:Daniel Graig,Rooney Mara,Embeth Davidtz,Robin Wright,Stellan Skarsgård,Christopher Plummer
The Plot:Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.
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Dark Shadows (2012)
Director:Tim Burton
Starring:Johnny Depp,Helena Bonham Carter,Chloe Moretz,Eva Green,Jackie Earle Halley,Michelle Pheiffer
Starring:Johnny Depp,Helena Bonham Carter,Chloe Moretz,Eva Green,Jackie Earle Halley,Michelle Pheiffer
The Plot: gothic-horror tale centering on the life of vampire Barnabas Collins and his run-ins with various monsters, witches, werewolves and ghosts.
Shame (2011)
Director:Steve McQueen
Starring:Michael Fassbender,Carey Mulligan
Starring:Michael Fassbender,Carey Mulligan
The Plot:A drama centered on 30-something Brandon, his myriad sexual escapades, and what happens when his wayward younger sister moves in with him.
Melancholia (2011)
Director:Lars Von Trier
Starring:Kirsten Dunst,Charlotte Gainsbourg,Charlotte Rampling,Kiefer Sutherland,John Hurt
Starring:Kirsten Dunst,Charlotte Gainsbourg,Charlotte Rampling,Kiefer Sutherland,John Hurt
The Plot:Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister and brother-in-law. Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth...
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Restless (2011)
Director:Gus Van Sant
Starring:Mia Wasikowska,Henry Hopper,Ryo Kase
Starring:Mia Wasikowska,Henry Hopper,Ryo Kase
The Plot:The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.
The Skin I Live In (2011)
Director:Pedro Almodovar
Starrind:Antonio Banderas,ElenA Anaya,Marisa Paredes
Starrind:Antonio Banderas,ElenA Anaya,Marisa Paredes
The Plot:A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
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Directors:Rupert Wyatt
Starring:James Franco,Freida Pinto,Andy Serkis,Brian Cox,John Lithgow,Tom Felton
Starring:James Franco,Freida Pinto,Andy Serkis,Brian Cox,John Lithgow,Tom Felton
The Plot:An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.
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This Must Be the Place (2011)
Director:Paolo Sorrentino
Starring:Sean Penn,Frances McDormand,Judd Hirsch
Starring:Sean Penn,Frances McDormand,Judd Hirsch
The Plot:Cheyenne, a wealthy former rock star (Penn), now bored and jaded in his retirement embarks on a quest to find his father's persecutor, an ex-Nazi war criminal now hiding out in the U.S. Learning his father is close to death, he travels to New York in the hope of being reconciled with him during his final hours, only to arrive too late. Having been estranged for over 30 years, it is only now in death that he learns the true extent of his father's humiliation in Auschwitz at the hands of former SS Officer Aloise Muller - an event he is determined to avenge. So begins a life-altering journey across the heartland of America to track down and confront his father's nemesis. As his quest unfolds, Cheyenne is reawakened by the people he encounters and his journey is transformed into one of reconciliation and self discovery. As his date with destiny arrives and he tracks down Muller, Cheyenne must finally decide if it is redemption he seeks ....or revenge. ...
The Iron Lady (2011)
Director:Phyllida Lloyd
Starring:Meryl Streep,Jim Broadbent
Starring:Meryl Streep,Jim Broadbent
The Plot:Tells the story of a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and insightful portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman.
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My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Director:Simon Curtis
Starring:Michelle Williams,Emma Watson,Dominic Cooper,Kenneth Branagh
Starring:Michelle Williams,Emma Watson,Dominic Cooper,Kenneth Branagh
The Plot:Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl.
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Director:John Jopson
Starring:John Hurt,Tim Roth
Starring:John Hurt,Tim Roth
The Plot:The story of a talented young woman painter whose recognition was usurped by the prejudices of the male-dominated art scene of 19th century Paris and Florence.
Director:Baz Luhrmann
Starring:Leonardo Di Caprio,Carey Mulligan,Isla Fisher,Tobey Maguire
Starring:Leonardo Di Caprio,Carey Mulligan,Isla Fisher,Tobey Maguire
The Plot: An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
Director:Wes Anderson
Starring:Bruce Willis,Frances McDormand,Edward Norton,Bill Murray,Harvey Keitel,Tilda Swindon
Starring:Bruce Willis,Frances McDormand,Edward Norton,Bill Murray,Harvey Keitel,Tilda Swindon
The Plot:Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down -- which might not be such a bad thing.
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Take Shelter (2011)
Director:Jeff Nichols
Starring:Michael Shannon,Jessica Jessica Chastain
Starring:Michael Shannon,Jessica Jessica Chastain
The Plot:Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
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War Horse (2011)
Director:Steven Spielberg
Starring:David Thewlis,Emily Watson,Tom Hiddleston
Starring:David Thewlis,Emily Watson,Tom Hiddleston
The Plot: Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man's Land.
Drive (2011)
Director:Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring:Ryan Gosling,Carey Mullligan,Ron Perlman
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Starring:Ryan Gosling,Carey Mullligan,Ron Perlman
The Plot:A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
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The Rum Diary (2011)
Director:Bruce Robinson
Starring:Johnny Depp,Amber Heard,Aaaron Eckhart,Richard Jenkins,Amaury Nolasco
Starring:Johnny Depp,Amber Heard,Aaaron Eckhart,Richard Jenkins,Amaury Nolasco
The Plot:Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.
Director:Brad Bird
Starring:Tom Cruise,Jeremy Renner,Simon Pegg,Tom Wilkinson,Josh Holloway,Paula Patton,Ving Rhames
Starring:Tom Cruise,Jeremy Renner,Simon Pegg,Tom Wilkinson,Josh Holloway,Paula Patton,Ving Rhames
The Plot: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.
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Director:Yimou Zhang
Starring:Christian Bale,Shigeo Kobayashi
Starring:Christian Bale,Shigeo Kobayashi
The Plot:Chinese sex workers in 1937 volunteer to replace university students as escorts for invading Japanese soldiers.
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Carnage (2011)
Director:Roman Polanski
Starring:Kate Winslet,Christoph Waltz,Jodie Foster,John C. Reilly
Starring:Kate Winslet,Christoph Waltz,Jodie Foster,John C. Reilly
The Plot:Tells the story of two sets of parents who decide to have a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a schoolyard brawl.
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Director:Quentin Tarantino
Starring:Leonardo Di Caprio,Samuel L. Jackson,Kevin Costner,Christoph Waltz,Jamie Foxx
Starring:Leonardo Di Caprio,Samuel L. Jackson,Kevin Costner,Christoph Waltz,Jamie Foxx
The Plot:A slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from the brutal Calvin Candie, a Mississippi plantation owner.
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To the Wonder (2013)
Director:Terrence Malick
Starring:Rachel McAdams,Rachel Weisz,Ben Affleck,Javier Bardem,Jessica Chastain,Barry Pepper,Amanda Peet,Olga Kurylenko
Starring:Rachel McAdams,Rachel Weisz,Ben Affleck,Javier Bardem,Jessica Chastain,Barry Pepper,Amanda Peet,Olga Kurylenko
One Day (2011)
Director:Lone Scherfig
Starring:Anne Hathaway,Jim Sturgess,Patricia Clarkson
Starring:Anne Hathaway,Jim Sturgess,Patricia Clarkson
The Plot:After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
A Dangerous Method (2011)
Director:David Cronenberg
Starring:Viggo Mortensen,Keira Knightley,Michael Fassbender,Vincent Cassel
Starring:Viggo Mortensen,Keira Knightley,Michael Fassbender,Vincent Cassel
The Plot:A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
The Ides of March (2011)
Director:George Clooney
Starring:George Clooney,Ryan Gosling,Evan Rachel Wood,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Paul Giamatti,Marisa Tomei
The Plot:An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon.
Starring:George Clooney,Ryan Gosling,Evan Rachel Wood,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Paul Giamatti,Marisa Tomei
The Plot:An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon.
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Director:Walter Salles
Starring:Sam Riley,Garrett Hedlund,Kristen Stewart,Kirsten Dunst,Viggo Mortensen,Amy Adams
Starring:Sam Riley,Garrett Hedlund,Kristen Stewart,Kirsten Dunst,Viggo Mortensen,Amy Adams
The Plot:Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation living in the here and now during the Fifties. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
The Artist (2011)
Director:Michel Hazanavicius
Starring:Malcolm McDowell,John Goodman,Missi Pyle
Starring:Malcolm McDowell,John Goodman,Missi Pyle
The PlotHollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
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Director:Bennett Miller
Starring:Brad Pitt,Jonah Hill,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Robin Wright
Starring:Brad Pitt,Jonah Hill,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Robin Wright
The Plot:The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
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The Descendants (2011)
Director:Alexander Payne
Starring:George Clooney,Judy Greer
Starring:George Clooney,Judy Greer
The Plot"The Descendants" is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
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Director:Lynne Ramsay
Starring:John C. Reily,Tilda Swindon,Ezra Miller
Starring:John C. Reily,Tilda Swindon,Ezra Miller
The Plot:The mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief -- and feelings of responsibility for her child's actions -- by writing to her estranged husband.
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Director:Sean Durkin
StarringElizabeth Olsen,Sarah Paulson,John Hawkes
StarringElizabeth Olsen,Sarah Paulson,John Hawkes
The Plot:Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
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Brave (2012)
Director:Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Starring:Robbie Coltrane,Kelly Macdonald,Emma Thompson
Starring:Robbie Coltrane,Kelly Macdonald,Emma Thompson
The Plot:Scottish princess, Merida, defies her parents by persuing an interest in archery, but inadvertently jeopardizes her father's kingdom in the process.
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Director:Andrew Dominik
Starring:Brad Pitt,Ray Liotta,James Gandolfini
Starring:Brad Pitt,Ray Liotta,James Gandolfini
Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.
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The Dictator (2012)
Director:Larry Charles
Starring:Sacha Baron Cohen,John C.Reily,Ben Kingley,Megan Fox,Anna Faris
Starring:Sacha Baron Cohen,John C.Reily,Ben Kingley,Megan Fox,Anna Faris
The Plot:The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
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Prometheus (2012)
Director:Ridley Scott
Starring:Michael Fassbender,Noomi Rapace,Ben Foster,Guy Pearce,Charlize Theron
Starring:Michael Fassbender,Noomi Rapace,Ben Foster,Guy Pearce,Charlize Theron
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World War Z (2013)
Director:Mark Foster
Starring:Brad Pitt,Mireille Enos,James Badge Dale
Starring:Brad Pitt,Mireille Enos,James Badge Dale
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Cosmopolis (2012)
Director:David Cronenberg
Starring:Robert Pattinson,Jay Baruchel,Paul Giamatti,Samantha Morton,Juliette Binoche,Kevin Durand,Mathieu Amalric
Starring:Robert Pattinson,Jay Baruchel,Paul Giamatti,Samantha Morton,Juliette Binoche,Kevin Durand,Mathieu Amalric
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Bernie (2011)
Director:Richard Linklater
Starring:Jack Black,Matthew McConaughey,Shirley MacLaine
Starring:Jack Black,Matthew McConaughey,Shirley MacLaine
The Plot:In small-town Texas, the local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she's alive.
Looper (2012)
Director:Rian Johnson
Starring:Joseph Gordon Levitt,Emily Blunt,Bruce Willis,Paul Dano,Jeff Daniels
Starring:Joseph Gordon Levitt,Emily Blunt,Bruce Willis,Paul Dano,Jeff Daniels
The Plot:A killer who works for the mob of the future recognizes one of his targets as his future self.
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