Directed by: James Ponsoldt
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullaly, Mary Kay Place
Twenty-something school teacher Winstead faces up to her drink problem.
New Release Review - Great Expectations
Directed by: Mike Newell
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irvine, Jason Flemyng, Robbie Coltrane, Ewen Bremner, Sally Hawkins, David Walliams, Holliday Grainger
The latest film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic 19th century novel.
New Release Review - The Hunt
Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Alexandra Rapaport, Lasse Fogelstrøm
A daycare worker (Mikkelsen) is wrongly accused of the sexual abuse of a young girl.
New Release Review - Sightseers
Starring: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies
New Release Reviews - Jack & Diane / Silent Night / Dollhouse
Jack & Diane
Directed by: Bradley Rust Gray
Starring: Juno Temple, Riley Keough, Kylie Minogue, Dane DeHaan
The titular characters, essayed by Keough and Temple, are two star-crossed lesbian teens who fall in love after a chance encounter in one of New York's hipper districts. "Hip" is the keyword for this film. Characters carry skateboards, hang out in tattoo parlors and generally look disillusioned, but in, like, a "hip" way.
New Release Reviews - Celeste & Jesse Forever / Seven Psychopaths / Fire with Fire
Celeste & Jesse Forever
Directed by: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts
Celeste (Jones) and Jesse (Samberg) are a separated couple who remain friends and behave as though they're still head over heels for each other. They're on the verge of getting back together when Samberg learns he is to become a father after a one night stand.
New Release Review - Alex Cross
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Starring: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno, Cicely Tyson
Homicide detective Alex Cross (Perry) tackles a serial killer (Fox).
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New Release Review - Trouble With the Curve
Directed by: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard
A baseball scout suffering the onset of glaucoma is forced to reconcile his relationship with his daughter.
New Release Reviews - The Apparition / Citadel / Gut
The Apparition
Directed by: Todd Lincoln
Starring: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill
New Release Review - Amour
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell
The effects of a debilitating condition on an elderly couple.
New Release Reviews - Silver Linings Playbook / End of Watch / The Bay
Silver Linings Playbook
Directed by: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles
Directed by: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles
New Release Review - The Master
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern
WWII veteran Phoenix is taken under the wing of cult leader Hoffman.
New Release Review - Argo
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Chloe Duvall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane
The true story of the extraction of American diplomats from revolutionary Iran.
New Release Reviews -Electrick Children / The Sapphires / Deadfall
Electrick Children
Directed by: Rebecca Thomas
Starring: Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken, Bill Sage, Cynthia Watros, Billy Zane
Starring: Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken, Bill Sage, Cynthia Watros, Billy Zane
Like a companion piece to "Martha Marcy May Marlene", Thomas' movie similarly deals with a teenage girl escaping a religious community. It's star, Garner, actually featured in the former film as the newest recruit to John Hawkes' commune. Here she's a fifteen year old girl who lives in a strict Utah Mormon colony. After hearing a cover version of Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone" on a mysterious audio cassette, her world-view is shattered. A few months later she becomes pregnant and claims it's an immaculate conception brought on by the cassette. Believing the singer to be the father, she flees the colony and heads to Las Vegas, presuming that a "city of electricity" like Vegas must be responsible for her situation.
New Release Review - Rust & Bone
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Bouli Lanners, Corinne Masiero
Amputee Cotillard embarks on a relationship with bare-knuckle boxer Schoenaerts.
New Release Review - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Directed by: Benh Zeitlin
Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana
Magic realist tale of the life of a six year old girl (Wallis) in a flooded Louisiana bayou.
New Release Review - Wreck-It Ralph
Directed by: Rich Moore
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman, Alan Tudyk
While there are many who would argue differently, 2012 has been a relatively good year for animation. With "Brave", "Pirates! Band of Misfits" and "Frankenweenie" (among others), there's been plenty of appealing films for all ages. And while "Wreck-It Ralph" looked somewhat less promising than the others in my eyes, it ended up being an absolute joy and one of the best of 2012.