Release date: Wednesday November 9, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer(s): Brian Grazer, Robert Lorenz, Clint Eastwood
Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Lea Thompson, Ed Westwick, Dermot Mulroney, Judi Dench
Official Site: jedgarmovie.warnerbros.com
Rated: R
Available film art: J. Edgar movie posters

Synopsis
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role, Clint Eastwood directs this biopic about the controversial FBI director.

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Release date: Friday July 20, 2012 (Wide)
Genre: Action
Director: Christopher Nolan
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer(s): Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Screenplay: Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
Cast: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Liam Neeson
Official Site: www.thedarkknightrises.com/
Rated: Not Yet Rated
Available film art: The Dark Knight Rises movie posters

Synopsis
Christian Nolan ends his epic trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises. In the final instalment, Christopher Bale repsises his role as Batman and matches wits with the deadly bane (Tom Hardy) and Catwoman (Anne Hathaway). Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer, Inception, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and 50/50 etc.) joins the cast.

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Release date: Friday August 19, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Runtime: 1 hr. 52 min.
Director: Marcus Nispel
Studio: Maple Pictures
Producer(s): George Furla, John Baldecchi, Joe Gatta, Les Weldon, Fredrik Malmberg, Danny Lerner, Henry Winterstern, Boaz Davidson
Screenplay: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, Sean Hood
Cast: Jason Momoa, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Rose McGowan, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ron Perlman
Official Site: conanthebarbarianin3d.com
Rated: R for strong bloody violence, some sexuality and nudity
Available film art: Conan the Barbarian movie posters

Synopsis: A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

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Release date: Friday August 5, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Dobkin
Studio: Universal Pictures
Producer(s): Neal H. Moritz, David Dobkin
Screenplay: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin
Official Site: thechangeupmovie.com
Rated: R
Available film art: The Change-Up movie posters

Synopsis: In director David Dobkin’s, The Change-Up best friends Mitch and Dave wake up in each other’s bodies following a drunken night out together.

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Release date: Friday June 24, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hr. 29 min.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Studio: Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures
Producer(s): David Householter, Jimmy Miller
Screenplay: Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins, Jason Segel
Official Site: areyouabadteacher.com
Rated: R
Available film art: Bad Teacher movie posters

Synopsis
Some teachers just don’t give an F. For example, there’s Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She’s foul-mouthed, ruthless, and inappropriate. She drinks, she gets high, and she can’t wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she’s dumped by her fiancé, she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich, handsome substitute (Justin Timberlake) – competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague, Amy (Lucy Punch). When Elizabeth also finds herself fighting off the advances of a sarcastic, irreverent gym teacher (Jason Segel), the consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes give her students, her coworkers, and even herself an education like no other.

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Release date: Friday Friday June 10, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Drama
Running time: 2 hr. 18 min.
Director: Terrence Malick
Studio: Entertainment One, Fox Searchlight
Producer(s): Bill Pohlad, Sarah Green, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill
Screenplay: Terrence Malick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Joanna Going, Fiona Shaw, Kari Matchett
Official Site: foxsearchlight.com/thetreeoflife
Rated: PG-13 for some thematic material
Available film art: Tree of Life movie posters

Synopsis
From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950′s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.

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Release date: Friday September 30, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Drama
Director: Roland Emmerich
Studio: Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures
Producer(s): Roland Emmerich, Robert Léger, Larry Franco
Screenplay: John Orloff
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, Edward Hogg, Jamie Campbell Bower, Derek Jacobi
Official Site: anonymous-movie.com
Rated: Not Yet Rated
Available film art: Anonymous movie posters

Synopsis
A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare: Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

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Release date: Friday July 1, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Bay
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Producer(s): Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ian Bryce, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy
Screenplay: Ehren Kruger
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Patrick Dempsey, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, John Turturro, Ken Jeong, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Official Site: transformersmovie.com
Rated: Not Yet Rated
Available film art: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Synopisis: Shia LaBeouf returns as Sam Witwicky in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. This time around the villain will be Shockwave.

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The summer blockbuster season opens with a bang this weekend with Thor.

Thor is an excellent start to summer blockbuster season as it is funny (in a good way) and the character development is excellent. The acting is also excellent as everyone brought their A game to the arena. I can’t say enough about this movie other than it’s a-must-see (and Chris Helmsworth is easy on the eyes ladies).

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Release date: Friday May 6, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Action
Running time: 2 hr. 10 min.
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Producer(s): Kevin Feige
Screenplay: Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, Don Payne
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgård, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Joshua Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Idris Elba, Clark Gregg, Colm Feore, Dakota Goyo
Official Site: thor.marvel.com
Rated: Not Yet Rated
Available film art: Thor movie posters

Synopsis: The epic adventure “Thor” spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard.

At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

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