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Director: Luc Besson Producer: Virginie Besson-Silla, Andy Harries Screenplay: Rebecca Frayn Starring: Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi David Thewlis as Michael Aris Jonathan Raggett as Kim Aris Jonathan Woodhouse as Alexander Aris Susan Wooldridge as Lucinda Philips Benedict Wong as Karma Phuntsho Donatienne Dupont as Ma Ma Music: Éric Serra Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editing: Julien Rey Release Date: September 12, 2011 (Toronto), November 30, 2011 (France) Running Time: 132 minutes Language: English, Burmese   ***SPOILER ALERT*** The Lady: A Return to Form for Luc Besson And the Lady comes to save it all. Thank you! After watching Arthur and Adèle Blanc-"Seca", my faith in Luc Besson is restored with this movie. Though Besson hi...

Bunny Drop, also known as Usagi Drop, is a 2011 Japanese drama film based on the manga of the same name by Yumi Unita. The film is directed by Sabu, and the screenplay was done by both Sabu and scriptwriter Tamio Hayashi. Bunny Drop stars actor Kenichi Matsuyama and Child actress Mana Ashida who plays Rin. Bunny Drop made its international debut at the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival, where it was warmly received. It was subsequently released in Japanese cinemas on 20 August 2011. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Drop_(film) Daikichi (Matsuyama) a 27 year-old working man returns home to attend his grandfather's funeral. There, he meets his grandfather illegitimate daughter Rin (Ashida) a 6 year-old little girl who is rejected by the whole conservative family. Even though Daichi has no experience with kids; he decides to embark on this adventure of parenthood. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1672214/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** A Fluff...

We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2011 British-American psychological thriller drama film directed by Lynne Ramsay, and adapted from Lionel Shriver's novel of the same name. A long process of development and financing began in 2005, with filming commencing in April 2010. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2011. Tilda Swinton was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild and the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Need_to_Talk_About_Kevin_(film) Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242460/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** The Struggle to Love a "Fucked-up-from-birth" Kid FREDDY: The problem was that ...

Elena (Russian: Елена) is a 2011 Russian drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. It also won a Golden Eagle Award for Best Film and a Nika Award for Best Actress. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_(2011_film) When a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten dutiful housewife Elena's potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan ... source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1925421 ***SPOILER ALERT*** Monotony, Anxiety, and Post-Soviet Realism KRASNAYA: "Elena" is one of the latest films shot by one of the most famous modern Russian directors, Andrey Zvyagintsev. As usual, it doesn't leave you careless after watching. This film seems really monotonous, showing the daily life of the main characters, Elena, and her husband Vladimir. The picture is very slow, and at some moments it gets frozen, showin...

Source Code is a 2011 American-French science fiction thriller film directed by Duncan Jones, produced by Mark Gordon, Jordan Wynn, and Philippe Rousselet, and written by Ben Ripley. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a U.S. Army captain who is sent into a computed reality to find a bomber; additionally starring are Michelle Monaghan, and Vera Farmiga. Plans for a television adaptation at CBS were announced shortly after the film was released. However, these plans were scrapped in December 2014 in favor of a film sequel. The sequel is in development with Mark Gordon returning to produce and Anna Foerster attached to direct. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train. A mission he has only 8 minutes to complete. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** An Intriguing Sci-Fi Premise K...

Come as You Are, also known as Hasta la Vista, is a Belgian drama film released in 2011 featuring Gilles De Schryver, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Tom Audenaert and Isabelle de Hertogh. The film is directed by Geoffrey Enthoven and written by Pierre De Clercq. The views and real-life experiences of Asta Philpot, a man who suffers from arthrogryposis, contributed to the making of the film. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_as_You_Are_(film) Three guys in their twenties love wine and women but they are still virgins. Under the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain hoping to have their first sexual experience. Jozef is blind, Philip is paralyzed from the neck down and Lars is in a wheelchair with a brain tumor, but they're not going to let anything stand in their way... source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1753887/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** This was a great trip. The characters are very likable and there...

Project Nim is a 2011 British documentary film. It has won 16 awards, as well as being nominated for a BAFTA. The film focuses on Project Nim, a research project that was mounted to determine whether a primate raised in close contact with humans could develop a limited "language" based on American Sign Language. The project was centred on a chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Nim_(film) From the Oscar-winning team behind MAN ON WIRE comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed...

Another Earth is a 2011 American independent science fiction-drama film directed by Mike Cahill. The film stars William Mapother and Brit Marling. It premiered at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 and was distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film received generally mixed to positive reviews, and earned two nominations from the Saturn Awards for Brit Marling's performance and for Cahill and Marling's writing. The musical score was composed by Fall on Your Sword, with the exception of the song played in the musical saw scene, composed by Scott Munson and performed by Natalia Paruz. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Earth On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549572/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** There's a second earth in the fucking sky with s...

The Guard is a 2011 Irish dark comedy film written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong and Liam Cunningham. It is the most successful Irish film of all time in terms of Irish box-office receipts, overtaking The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) which previously held this status. The film's director and writer, John Michael McDonagh, is the brother of Martin McDonagh, who had directed Gleeson in the Oscar-winning Six Shooter (2004) and the critically acclaimed In Bruges (2008). source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guard_(2011_film) Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought straight-laced FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540133/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** ...