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January Movies

Ted
What to Expect Whe You're Expecting
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dictator
How to Train Your Dragon
The Vow
Moneyball
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Accepted
A Knight's Tale
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight

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movieposter1 EASY A

Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley
Olive Bridge Entertainment; Directed by Will Gluck
Rated PG-13; 92 minutes; 2010

High school student Olive Penderghast finds herself the victim of her school's "rumor mill" when she lies to her best friend Rhiannon about a weekend tryst with a fictional college freshman. Word quickly spreads of Olive's promiscuity and, much to her surprise, she welcomes the attention. When she agrees to help out a bullied friend by pretending to sleep with him, her image rapidly degrades to a more lascivious state and her world begins to spin out of control. As she helps more and more of her classmates and her lies continue to escalate, Olive must find a way to save face before the school's religious fanatic Marianne gets her expelled and she loses a shot at attaining her own happiness.

movieposter2 CHARLIE ST. CLOUD

Zac Efron, Kim Basinger, Charlie Tahan
Universal Pictures; Directed by Durr Steers
Rated PG-13; 99 minutes; 2010

Charlie St. Cloud is a young man overcome by grief at the death of his younger brother. So much so that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which his brother is buried. Charlie has a special lasting bond with his brother though, as he can see him. Charlie meets up with his brother (Sam) each night to play catch and talk. Then, a girl comes into Charlie's life and he must choose between keeping a promise he made to Sam, or going after the girl he loves


movieposter3 ZOMBIELAND

Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Columbia Pictures; Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Rated R; 88 minutes; 2009

Searching for family. In the early twenty-first century, zombies have taken over America. A shy and inexperienced college student in Texas has survived by following his 30 rules: such as "look in the back seat," "shoot twice," "avoid public restrooms." He decides to travel to Ohio to see if his parents are alive. He gets a ride with a boisterous zombie-hating good-old boy headed for Florida, and soon they confront a young woman whose sister has been bitten by a zombie and wants to be put out of her misery. The sisters were headed to an LA amusement park they've heard is zombie free. As they all join forces, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombies.

movieposter4 GRAN TORINO

Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Chrostpher Carley
Matten Productions; Directed by Clint Eastwood
Rated R; 116 minutes; 2008

Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood. ..

movieposter5 STAR TREK

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana
Paramount Pictures; Directed by J.J. Abrams
Rated PG-13; 127 minutes; 2009

On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his ship in a last stand against a mysterious alien vessel. He was looking for Ambassador Spock, who is a child on Vulcan at that time, disdained by his neighbors for his half-human nature. Twenty years later, Kirk has grown into a young troublemaker inspired by Capt. Christopher Pike to fulfill his potential in Starfleet even as he annoys his instructors like young Lt. Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency at Vulcan and the newly commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and even Kirk himself thanks to Leonard McCoy's medical trickery. Together, this crew will have an adventure in the final frontier where the old legend is altered forever even as the new version of it is just beginning.

movieposter6 MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT

Michael Jackson
Columbia Pictures; Directed by Kenny Ortega
Rated PG; 111 minutes; 2009

In the weeks before his death, Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was rehearsing a show, "This Is It," that was to open in July. This film begins with a few of the auditioning dancers speaking to the camera about why they're trying out and what Jackson means to them. Then we plunge into rehearsals at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The film is arranged by musical number with pre-recorded material and footage from Jackson's various rehearsals edited together to take us through what would have been the concert's set list.

DESPICABLE MEmovieposter7

Steve Carell, Jason Segal, Russell Brand
Illumination Entertainment; Directed by Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud
Rated PG; 95 minutes; 2010

In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru, planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon. Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. The world's greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.

movieposter8 GREASE

John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
Paramount Pictures; Directed by Randal Kleiser
Rated PG; 110 minutes; 1978

A musical about teens in love. It's California, 1959 and greaser Danny Zuko and Australian Sandy Olsson are in love. They spend time at the beach, but when they go back to school, they both now attend Rydell High School. Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black-jacket greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing girls led by Rizzo. When they clash at Rydell's first pep rally, Danny isn't the same Danny at the beach. He seemed to have changed but in the hopes of winning Sandy back, he converts into the loving, jock Danny Zuko that Sandy met during the summer. Meanwhile, Sandy changes in a way that no one expects!

movieposter9 INCEPTION

Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page
Warner Bros. Pictures; Directed by Christopher Nolan
Rated PG-13; 148 minutes; 2010

Dom Cobb is a thief in the dangerous art of extraction; stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

movieposter10 THE OTHER GUYS

Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg
Columbia Pictures; Directed by Adam McKay
Rated PG-13; 107 minutes; 2010

Terry Hoitz's past mistakes in the line of duty and Allen Gamble's reluctance to take risks have landed them the roles of the "Other Guys", disgraced New York City police detectives relegated to filling out paperwork for cocky hero cops Danson and Highsmith. The mismatched duo must look past their differences when they take on a high-profile investigation of shady capitalist David Ershon and attempt to fill the shoes of the notoriously reckless officers they idolize.

movieposter11 THE TOWN

Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively, Jeremy Renner, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper
Warner Bros.; Directed by Ben Affleck
Rated R; 125 minutes; 2010

Doug MacRay was born and raised in Charlestown, MA, where crime is a part of life. Charlestown is the world's capital for carjacking, kidnappings, and armed robberies. The tricks of the criminal trade are passed down from father to son. Doug is the brains and ruthless leader of a gang of bank robbers who have been able to get out clean after each bank robbery. But Doug knows that his luck will not last forever, and he is looking for one last big heist that will give him the chance to leave the town in his rear-view mirror. But no one will let him, especially, his right-hand man Jem. In a recent bank job, Doug forced the bank manager Claire to open the safe, and then took her hostage as leverage for the getaway, and eventually setting her free unharmed. Doug knows that he should leave Claire alone, but she only lives four blocks from him, and he can handle it, but he begins to fall for her. Their romantic involvement is about to take them down a perilous path.

movieposter12 SALT

Angelina Jolie
Warner Bros. Pictures; Directed by Phillip Noyce
Rated PG-13; 100 minutes; 2010

Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning?

 

suggestions

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