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The Lady (2011)

Plot Summary: The story of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband Michael Aris, following their long separation and devotion to Myanmar's democracy movement despite military house arrest. 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: Γ‰ric Serra Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editing: Julien Rey HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ The Lady: A Return to Form f...

Bunny Drop (2011)

Plot Summary: A 27-year-old bachelor takes in his late grandfather's 6-year-old illegitimate daughter after the rest of the family shuns her, embracing the challenges of sudden parenthood. Director: Sabu Producers: Hiroyuki Igarashi, Toshiaki Nakazawa Screenplay: Tamio Hayashi, Sabu Starring: Kenichi Matsuyama as Daikichi Kawachi Mana Ashida as Rin Kaga Karina as Yukari Nitani Ruiki Sato as Koki Nitani Chiemi Toi as Kazumi Kawachi Music: Shogo Kaida Cinematography: Otsuka Koichi Editing: Sabu HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ A Fluffy Story About Unexpected Parenthood FREDDY: (Turns on the sensitive piano music) Here we have the second movie of the week directed b...

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Plot Summary: A grieving mother struggles to come to terms with her troubled, sociopathic son and the horrific tragedy he unleashed on their community. Director: Lynne Ramsay Producers: Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno Screenplay: Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear Starring: Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian John C. Reilly as Franklin Plaskett Ezra Miller as Kevin Khatchadourian Jasper Newell as Young Kevin Rock Duer as Toddler Kevin Music: Jonny Greenwood Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey Editing: Joe Bini HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ The Struggle to Love a "Fucked-up-from-birth" Kid FREDDY: The problem was that nobody talked about Kevin! Best movie ...

Elena (2011)

Elena (Russian: Π•Π»Π΅Π½Π°) 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 (2011)

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 (2011)

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 (2011)

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 (2011)

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 (2011)

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*** ...