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Wow Lion King remains at the top! Breakaway no where in sight..I guess that was pretty much expected. I'm still looking forward to watching that soon.
 
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New Movies Coming Soon to Theaters 09/30/11 ​


09/30/2011
50/50
Plot: A young man is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer and decides to fight for his life with the help his friend, mother and a young therapist.


09/30/2011
Bunraku
Plot: In a world without guns, a mysterious drifter bent on revenge and a samurai looking to reclaim a family heirloom form a tenuous partnership to bring down Nicola the Woodcutter - but they will have to fight through his nine greatest warriors first.


09/30/2011
Courageous
Plot: Four men put their lives on the line every day as officers of the law, balancing duty with family life. When tragedy strikes, it will bring out hope and fear and test their faith leading to a decision that will forever alter their lives.


09/30/2011
Dream House
Plot: A couple's seemingly idyllic new house is also home to a dark secret, one which the husband is keen to resolve.


09/30/2011
Finding Joe
Genre: Documentary


09/30/2011
Margaret
Plot: A young woman witnesses a tragic bus accident and in the aftermath she tries to set things right but she's not prepared for the emotional impact it will have on her life.


09/30/2011
Munger Road
Plot: Two officers hunt for a serial killer who comes back just like the annual Scarecrow Festival as a group of teens goes missing on Munger Road.


09/30/2011
The Road to Freedom
Plot: Despite the ever-present danger and taking incredible personal risk, two photojournalist put everything on the line in order to bring the horrors of war-torn Cambodia to the attention of the world.


09/30/2011
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Genre: Documentary
Plot: Documentary filmmakers Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill traverse Alaska interviewing friends, family and colleagues in an effort to uncover the "real" Sarah Palin.


09/30/2011
Take Shelter
Plot: A man's vision of an upcoming disaster causes him to take drastic action by building a shelter in his backyard. Yet this comes at a price as his work and family life is thrown into disarray and his own sanity is called into question.


09/30/2011
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Plot: Two easy-going West Virginian hillbillies looking to enjoy a weekend getaway at their run-down cabin meet a group of preppy college kids who assume they are chainsaw-wielding, inbred monsters and get into a hilarious, bloody confrontation.


09/30/2011
What's Your Number?
Plot: A woman looking for her one true love thinks she may have already found it... in one of the last twenty relationships she had.
 
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Weekend Box Office (September 30 - October 2, 2011)

1 Dolphin Tale $14,245,000.00
2 Moneyball $12,500,000.00
3 The Lion King 3D $11,057,000.00
4 50/50 $8,858,000.00
5 Courageous $8,800,000.00
6 Dream House $8,209,000.00
7 Abduction $5,650,000.00
8 What's Your Number? $5,600,000.00
9 Contagion $5,040,000.00
10 Killer Elite $4,855,000.00
 
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New Movies Coming Soon to Theaters 10/07/11 ​


10/05/2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Plot: Martin Scorsese presents a documentary on the man known as "the quiet Beatle". George Harrison was not just a musician, but a producer, philanthropist and spiritualist. Combining rare footage with insightful interviews, Scorsese will uncover the man behind the quiet moniker.


10/07/2011
Blackthorn
Plot: In this version of history Butch Cassidy is alive and well in Bolivia, but seeking to catch a glimpse of home once again, he teams up with a young robber and must run from the law and rival gangs in order to get his wish.


10/07/2011
Dirty Girl
Plot: A group of outcasts run away from their school on a road trip to California in search of meaning to their lives.


10/07/2011
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Language: French
Plot: A wealthy, powerful scion of the W Group, Nerio Winch, dies under suspicious circumstances. His empire must fall to someone - but his only living heir, secretly-adopted son Largo Winch, now lies in an Amazon prison, accused of a crime he didn't commit. Now it will fall to him to break free and claim his rightful place as successor before it can be taken from him.


10/07/2011
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Plot: A man becomes obsessed with the Human Centipede film and decides to create his own 12-person centipede to satisfy his twisted sexual desires.


10/07/2011
The Ides of March
Plot: Based on Beau Willimon's play: A fresh-faced idealist learns how to play dirty when he starts on the campaign trail for a presidential candidate.


10/07/2011
Intruders (2011)
Plot: The monsters we imagine in childhood are supposed to leave us as we grow older, but one family is about to find out what happens when the monsters won't go away.


10/07/2011
Real Steel
Plot: In the future boxing is a popular sport, but it's fought by giant robots instead of humans. A struggling promoter finds a junked robot he thinks he can turn into a champion while trying to connect with his young son.


10/07/2011
Texas Killing Fields
Plot: A local homicide detective and a New York cop join forces to catch the killer behind a series of unsolved murders in the bayous and backwoods of Texas.


10/07/2011
Way, The (2011)
Plot: A grieving father is joined by three companions as he travels the "El camino de Santiago" from France to Spain to find the spot where his estranged son died.
 
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Weekend Box Office (October 7 - 9, 2011)

1 Real Steel $27,300,000.00
2 The Ides of March $10,400,000.00
3 Dolphin Tale $9,160,000.00
4 Moneyball $7,500,000.00
5 50/50 $5,500,000.00
6 Courageous $4,600,000.00
7 The Lion King 3D $4,552,000.00
8 Dream House $4,462,000.00
9 What's Your Number? $3,050,000.00
10 Abduction $2,900,000.00
 
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New Movies Coming Soon to Theaters 10/14/11 ​


10/12/2011
1911 ( Xinhai geming )
Language: Cantonese
Plot: A film based on the fall of the Qing Dynasty and subsequent founding of the Republic of China.


10/14/2011
The Big Year
Plot: Three competitors face off in a prestigious annual event: birdwatching to catch site of the rarest specimens in North America.


10/14/2011
Bombay Beach
Plot: Director Alma Har'el focuses on three individual stories in the community of Bombay Beach - one of the poorest in Southern California: a young, bipolar boy and his family, a would-be football player looking to escape the gangs of L.A. and an old-timer who saw his community go from thriving vacation destination to its current status.


10/14/2011
Fireflies in the Garden
Plot: Explores the fractured relationship of one family over the course of three generations where a tragic accident has far-reaching consequences.


10/14/2011
Footloose (2011)
Plot: Remake of the 1984 in which a teen moves to a conservative town and shakes things up by breaking the rules against dancing.


10/14/2011
Miss Bala
Language: Spanish
Plot: Despite being surrounded by violence and dangerous drug cartels, a young woman in Mexico refuses to give up on her dream of becoming a beauty queen.


10/14/2011
Skin I Live In, The ( piel que habito, La )
Language: Spanish
Plot: Based on the book Mygale by Thierry Jonquet - a plastic surgeon plots his revenge against the men responsible for raping his daughter.


10/14/2011
Texas Killing Fields
Plot: A local homicide detective and a New York cop join forces to catch the killer behind a series of unsolved murders in the bayous and backwoods of Texas.


10/14/2011
Thing, The (2011)
Plot: A prequel to the 1982 film of the same name: A research team in the Antarctic comes across an alien spacecraft leading to a confrontation between the lead scientist and his graduate students on what to do about the discovery.


10/14/2011
Trespass (2011)
Plot: Things go from bad to worse for a husband and wife held for ransom when it turns out a simple home invasion holds divides the couple when deception and betrayal are revealed.
 
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Weekend Box Office (October 14 - 16, 2011)

1 Real Steel $16,304,000.00
2 Footloose $16,100,000.00
3 The Thing $8,718,000.00
4 The Ides of March $7,500,000.00
5 Dolphin Tale $6,345,000.00
6 Moneyball $5,500,000.00
7 50/50 $4,315,000.00
8 Courageous $3,400,000.00
9 The Big Year $3,325,000.00
10 The Lion King 3D $2,708,000.00
 
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New Movies Coming Soon to Theaters 10/21/11 ​


10/19/2011
The Catechism Cataclysm
Genre: Comedy


10/19/2011
Paul Goodman Changed My Life
Plot: A man whose philosophical views made him a hero of the New Left in the 1960s, finds his voice resonating with people even today.


10/21/2011
Boy Wonder
Plot: A young boy witnesses the death of his mother and thus begins a life-long obsession with finding her killer. By day he's a straight-A student, by night a vigilante dispensing his own justice. As these lives collide, justice finds a whole new meaning.


10/21/2011
Johnny English Reborn
Plot: The world's wackiest secret agent is back in the game when MI-7 learns of an assassination attempt against the Chinese premier - a path that leads from the KGB to the CIA - all the way back to MI-7. English will have to use every trick and gadget in his arsenal to prevent this global threat.


10/21/2011
Last Ride, The (2011)
Plot: Biopic on the final days in life of musical legend Hank Williams.


10/21/2011
Margin Call
Plot: Tense action as we follow one 24-hour period at an investment bank just before the financial crisis hits.


10/21/2011
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Plot: Martha has struggled to free herself from an abusive cult but her attempts to reconnect with family and get back to a normal life are constantly thwarted by her memories and increasing paranoia.


10/21/2011
Norman
Plot: A young man who pretends to be dying of cancer deals with problems with his girlfriend and truly terminally-ill father as he deals with life.


10/21/2011
Paranormal Activity 3
Plot: A prequel to the first two films that show how Katie and her sister Kristi first encountered the demonic presence that will go on to terrorize their families.


10/21/2011
Retreat
Plot: A couple looking to recover after the stillborn death of their child decide to escape London for a remote island off the coast of Scotland. Things aren't going so well, as the generator and CB radio both begin to fail. A man in military fatigues washes up onshore and tells them a lethal, airborne virus has spread throughout the world, they must decide whether to believe him or not with no contact with the outside world.


10/21/2011
Three Musketeers, The (2011)
Plot: When he learns of a plot against the French throne, young hero D'Artagnan seeks out the three legendary Musketeers. Yet the three former swash-bucklers have seen better days, but to stop a duplicitous agent from seizing power and throwing Europe into chaos, they will once again stand proud and fight.
 
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Weekend Box Office (October 21 - 23, 2011)

1 Paranormal Activity 3 $54,020,000.00
2 Real Steel $11,319,000.00
3 Footloose $10,850,000.00
4 The Three Musketeers $8,800,000.00
5 The Ides of March $4,900,000.00
6 Dolphin Tale $4,200,000.00
7 Moneyball $4,050,000.00
8 Johnny English Reborn $3,802,000.00
9 The Thing $3,115,000.00
10 50/50 $2,830,000.00
 
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The Big Year was SUUUCCH a good movie. I love comedies that have a touching and serious plot. It just makes the small comic relief so much better, especially when it is PG and not inappropriate.
I highly recommend this movie to everyone. The locations it was filmed in were all so stunning. And it has a great cast. Go watch today.
 
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New Movies Coming Soon to Theaters 10/28/11 ​


10/27/2011
Hammer, The ( Hamill )
Plot: Biography and coming-of-age drama based on the life of Matt Hamill, who won the National Collegiate Wrestling Championship despite being deaf.


10/28/2011
All's Faire in Love
Plot: Two rival Renaissance fairs compete for supremacy.


10/28/2011
And They're Off
Plot: A failed horse trainer will do just about anything to make sure he makes it into the winner's circle.


10/28/2011
Anonymous (2011)
Plot: A political thriller focused on the poet Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford and the possibility that he was behind the works of William Shakespeare.


10/28/2011
The Double
Plot: A young FBI agent must work together with a retired CIA operative in order to solve the murder of senator with all leads pointing to a dangerous Soviet assassin.


10/28/2011
In Time
Plot: Mankind has figured out how to turn off the aging gene. To avoid overpopulation time had become the new currency and the rich are now near immortal while the rest of the people must barter to extend their lives. When a poor man comes into a wealth of time, he comes under the watchful eye of the corrupted "Time Keepers" and must now figure out how to avoid them to enjoy his sudden extended life.


10/28/2011
Inkubus
Plot: A demon with a score to settle turns himself in to a skeleton crew working a final night at a soon-to-be demolished police station. The cops think they have him, but Inkubus is after a particular detective, and his capture is all part of an ultimate plan to sew death and destruction through this group.


10/28/2011
Like Crazy
Plot: Two college students, Jacob and Anna, fall in love only to face a crisis when Anna is sent back to Britain and banned from the country for overstaying her Visa .


10/28/2011
Oranges and Sunshine
Plot: Based on the true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who discovered a secret the British government tried to keep hidden: the forced migration of 130,000 children, many of whom suffered abuse, and nearly singlehandedly brought to scandal to world-wide attention.


10/28/2011
Puss in Boots (2011)
Plot: Follows the adventures of the swashbuckling Puss in Boots before he met up with Shrek and crew.


10/28/2011
The Rum Diary
Plot: Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson - a freelance journalist for a no-name Caribbean newspaper finds himself at a critical juncture in his life when he must decide a course in his life while surrounded by a group of people bent on self-destruction.
 
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Weekend Box Office (October 28 - 30, 2011)

1 Puss in Boots $34,000,000.00
2 Paranormal Activity 3 $18,530,000.00
3 In Time $12,000,000.00
4 Footloose $5,400,000.00
5 The Rum Diary $5,011,000.00
6 Real Steel $4,702,000.00
7 The Three Musketeers $3,500,000.00
8 The Ides of March $2,700,000.00
9 Moneyball $2,400,000.00
10 Courageous $1,800,000.00
 
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I'm not a huge Dreamworks fan (Pixar FTW) but Puss in Boots was REALLY good. It had the same humor as Shrek, but with a really nice plot and adverterous feel. I liked it a whole lot and I recommend it to any animated movie fan, kid or adult.
 
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Darn, I was hoping Ra.One would make the top 10. Oh well, maybe in the future we'll see an SRK film hit the US top 10.
 
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Ironic because of the recent "success". Pretty sad that one movie does this to a whole studio.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/10/dreamworks-animation-stock-drops-after-debut-of-puss-in-boots.html

Yikes. I can't wait to see The Muppets Movie. :3

dmaster out.
 
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Bah, okay, I should start posting in this thread since I'm a huge cinephile.

So I saw In Time the other day. You know, the plot was interesting. On paper it should have been just a decent re-imagining of Logan's Run. While watching it, I was still interested in the plot, but I was taken away from the story and my focus instead was on the terrible acting. Justin Timberlake was respectable in The Social Network, Olivia Wilde is usually eh, Amanda Seyfried I've never been impressed with. I wasn't expecting amazing performances from those three. I was more surprised at Vincent Kartheiser's underwhelming performance. After being used to him playing such a stellar role in Mad Men, I was expecting so much more. I could say the same of Cillian Murphy, whom after seeing X-Men Origins earlier this year, I expected to do better with what he was given. I liked the plot, like I said, but the writing and acting just... it was awful. I can't even call this a good re-imagining of Logan's Run. I can call this a really neat idea, but poor execution.

Just as a short tidbit, The Rum Diary was as good as expected. In that it was very, very good.


omahanime said:
New Movies Coming Soon to Theaters 09/30/11 ​

09/30/2011
Take Shelter
Plot: A man's vision of an upcoming disaster causes him to take drastic action by building a shelter in his backyard. Yet this comes at a price as his work and family life is thrown into disarray and his own sanity is called into question.
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I just want to say that this movie was FANTASTIC. This is one of the best films I've seen in a very long time. This, along with Drive, alone make 2011 a great year in movies. Michael Shannon is such an amazing actor. I seriously cannot praise this movie enough. Ever since I first heard about it at Sundance back in January I was interested.
 
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New Movies Coming Soon to Theaters 11/04/11 ​


11/03/2011
Rise & Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story
Plot: Chronicles the story of Jay DeMerit, an American who had dreams of soccer stardom but after failing to make it on American teams, traveled to Europe where, with almost nothing to his name and no professional experience, worked his way through Sunday leagues to the international stage in the 2010 World Cup.


11/04/2011
5 Star Day ( Five Star Day )
Plot: A man whose horoscope on his birthday proves to be less than stellar, sets out to disprove astrology by tracking down three people who share the same birthday as him. Yet his quest will take a much different turn as fate and destiny intertwine.


11/04/2011
The Son of No One
Plot: A young cop returns to the neighborhood her grew up in when he is assigned to patrol it. Yet a long-buried secret comes back to haunt him and threatens his career and family.


11/04/2011
Tower Heist
Plot: A group of working-class men all fall victim to the same ponzi scheme. They conspire to pull off a robbery of the high-rise of the man responsible for their predicament.


11/04/2011
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Plot: America's favorite stoner duo are back: six years after escaping Guantanamo, and ready to settle down to a nice, quiet Christmas gathering... until they manage to burn down Harold's father-in-laws prize Christmas tree.
 
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Weekend Box Office (November 4 - 6, 2011)

1 Puss in Boots $33,035,000.00
2 Tower Heist $25,084,000.00
3 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas $13,065,000.00
4 Paranormal Activity 3 $8,525,000.00
5 In Time $7,700,000.00
6 Footloose $4,550,000.00
7 Real Steel $3,407,000.00
8 The Rum Diary $2,987,000.00
9 The Ides of March $2,000,000.00
10 Moneyball $1,900,000.00
 
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I can't believe nobody has said anything about Trollhunter yet. I watched it thinking it was going to be about the equivalent of Thankskilling or Titanic II (a movie so bad you can't help but laugh at it), but it is actually a really good movie. It doesn't try to be anything more than it is, which is just a feel good movie. It has some ridiculous parts, but really that's only because it is based entirely off of Norwegian folklore and children stories (3 goats on a bridge, etc), and even those aren't the kind of things you would laugh at. Don't watch it expecting a blockbuster smash and you will be pleasantly surprised.

Also, Warrior and Rise of the Planet of the Apes deserve some attention as well. Warrior is better than the Fighter, and I loved the Fighter. I went to see it with 7 other guys and we were all pumped up to see some sick MMA fighting, but the story is so deep and the character development is so great that all 8 of us had tears in our eyes at least once. And when I say the character development was great, I mean I have literally NEVER seen character development this good and this rich, including everything I have ever seen on TV (and I am a humongous tv buff). People complain that it's just a movie for brutes and say negative things about it in that regard, but honestly, those people are idiots- this movie isn't for 'brutes', as there really isn't that much fighting, and the fighting isn't even the main point of the movie, the story behind the family is, and it is heartwarming.

As for RotPotA, I thought it looked and sounded horrendous after seeing all of the originals, but this is a fantastic movie. The prequel sets everything up perfectly and you really get into it. The acting is amazing, and that's coming from someone who doesn't necessarily like James Franco or John Lithgow, but they both managed to change my mind in this film. Also, just on pure looks alone this is awesome. Very well done. Again, I see this as a must see.

Anyways, how was Harold and Kumar?
 
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I can understand not liking James Franco, but John Lithgow? I dunno, I've always loved his work. Season 4 of Dexter pretty much bumped him up on my "favorite living actors" list, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes definitely helped.

The Fighter was great. Warrior was outstanding. You have good taste in films my good sir.

Harold and Kumar was pretty decent. I wasn't expecting much going into it but I was somewhat pleasantly surprised. It was the best movie opening this week imo.

The Son of No One was totally awful. So many actors whom I think highly of delivered a great performance, but they're backed up by a script that falls flat on its face, uninspired directing, shoddy editing, and a disappointing conclusion. I really expected more.

Looking forward to J.Edgar this week, but maybe that's because I'm a huge Clint Eastwood fan more than anything else. Immortals also looks promising. Not many weeks until my personal most-awaited movie, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. :eek:
 
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