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The Cabin in the Woods

Director: Drew Goddard
Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.8 (40,213 votes)
Release: Apr 2012
Summary: Five teenagers head off for a weekend at a secluded cabin in the woods. They arrive to find they are quite isolated with no means of communicating with the outside world. When the cellar door flings itself open, they of course go down to investigate. They find an odd assortment of relics and curios but when one of the women, Dana, reads from a book she awakens a family of deadly zombie killers. There's far more going on however than meets the eye as the five campers are all under observation.
 

Caddyshack

Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Chevy Chase, Bill Murray
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.2 (55,246 votes)
Release: Jul 1980
Summary: A purely tasteless, moronic, guilty pleasure. Director HaroldRamis employs a mixture of "Mad" magazine/"National Lampoon" maturity and "Saturday Night Live" sarcasm in this goofball golf comedy set on the grounds of a posh country club. Somewhere buried in the slapstick antics, drug references, Marx Brothers-like insults, and gratuitous sex scenes are the intertwined, forgettable subplots of a poor caddie (Michael O'Keefe) trying to earn enough cash to attend college, and golf-tournament and class battles between rich and even richer snobs. Mainly, Ramis just lets his colorful group of eccentrics crash into each other, relying on several inspired performances to create several hilarious moments of sketch comedy. Most come from the trio of Bill Murray (playing a vile, obsessed groundskeeper engaged in a one-man war with a charismatic and very stuffed gopher), Rodney Dangerfield (basically re-creating his crude standup routine), and Chevy Chase (who looks bemusedly stoned throughout). Quotable favorites include Murray's acted-out fantasy of winning the Masters, his tall tale about caddying for the Dalai Lama, an overreaching priest's rain-soaked golf game, Dangerfield's verbal assault on the club's uptight dining patrons, and Chase's lesson on the essence of golf ("Be the ball, Danny"). A perfect double feature with other comparably crass films such as "National Lampoon's Vacation" or "Stripes". "--Dave McCoy"
 

The Campaign

Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Everyman Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.1 (55,239 votes)
Release: Aug 2012
Summary: In order to gain influence over their North Carolina district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust long-term congressman Cam Brady by putting up a rival candidate. Their man: naive Marty Huggins, director of the local Tourism Center.
 

Captain America: The First Avenger

Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Studio: Paramount Studios
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 6.8 (219,280 votes)
Release: Oct 2011
Summary: It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erksine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erksine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's head of its secret HYDRA research department, Johann Schmidt aka the Red Skull, Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot. However, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America and his war against Schmidt begins.
 

Captain Phillips

Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, Yul Vazquez, Corey Johnson, David Warshofsky, John Magaro, Michael Chernus, Angus MacInnes, Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed, Barkhad Abdirahman, Mahat M. Ali
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Studio: Michael De Luca Productions
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Release: Oct 2013
Summary: Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - through director Paul Greengrass's distinctive lens - simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips' unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control.
 

Capturing the Friedmans

Director: Andrew Jarecki
Starring: Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman, Jesse Friedman, Howard Friedman, John McDermott, Frances Galasso, Joseph Onorato, Judd Maltin
Genre: Biography, Crime, Documentary
Studio: HBO Video
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 8
Release: May 2003
Summary: An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Director Jarecki interviews people from different sides of this tragic story and raises the question of whether they were rightfully tried when they claim they were innocent and there was never any evidence against them.
 

Carrie

Director: Kimberly Peirce
Starring: Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Alex Russell, Gabriella Wilde, Max Topplin, Connor Price, Michelle Nolden, Cynthia Preston, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ansel Elgort
Genre: Drama, Horror
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.2 (32,539 votes)
Release: Oct 2013
Summary: A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
 

Cars

Director: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Starring: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Rodger Bumpass, George Carlin
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Studio: Walt Disney Video
My Rating:
Rated: G
Rating: 7.3 (139,905 votes)
Release: Jun 2006
Summary: While traveling to California for the dispute of the final race of the Piston Cup against The King and Chick Hicks, the famous Lightning McQueen accidentally damages the road of the small town Radiator Springs and is sentenced to repair it. Lightning McQueen has to work hard and finds friendship and love in the simple locals, changing its values during his stay in the small town and becoming a true winner.
 

Casa de mi Padre

Director: Matt Piedmont
Starring: Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Genesis Rodriguez, Diego Luna, Efren Ramirez, Nick Offerman, Mariann Gavelo, Adrian Martinez, Alejandro Patino, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Genre: Comedy, Foreign
Studio: NALA Films
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 4
Release: May 2012
Summary: Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna), shows up with his new fiancé, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over as he pledges to settle all debts his father has incurred. But when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, all hell breaks loose as they find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord, the mighty Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal).
 

Casino

Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Frank Vincent
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Studio: MCA/Universal Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8.2 (196,347 votes)
Release: Jan 2006
Summary: Martin Scorsese, one of America's most influential filmmakers, returns to the world of mobsters, greed, and excess that he explored so compellingly in 1990's GOODFELLAS. Set in the 1970s and reveling in the minute details of how Las Vegas casinos operate, the film chronicles the rise and fall of casino manager Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro). As the king of his domain, Ace efficiently runs the business and regularly sends lots of cold cash to his bosses. Helping him keep the casino's employees and customers honest is his best friend, Nicky (Joe Pesci), a violent sociopath. Although Ace aims to run a relatively respectable casino, the volatile Nicky wants to take over the entire gambling mecca, and when Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone), a seasoned Vegas hustler, enters the picture, Ace and Nicky's friendship is complicated even further. As drugs and alcohol become a bigger part of Ginger's life, all three are eventually brought down by their own greed and blind ambition. CASINO shares many similarities with GOODFELLAS, beginning with a script that was cowritten by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi. Regulars De Niro and Pesci are first rate once again as the dissimilar companions, but it is Stone who steals the show with her grueling, intense performance.
 

Casino Royale

Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.9 (298,317 votes)
Release: Mar 2007
Summary: The most successful invigoration of a cinematic franchise since "Batman Begins, Casino Royale" offers a new Bond identity. Based on the Ian Fleming novel that introduced Agent 007 into a Cold War world, "Casino Royale" is the most brutal and viscerally exciting James Bond film since Sean Connery left Her Majesty's Secret Service. Meet the new Bond; not the same as the old Bond. Daniel Craig gives a galvanizing performance as the freshly minted double-0 agent. Suave, yes, but also a "blunt instrument," reckless, and possessed with an ego that compromises his judgment during his first mission to root out the mastermind behind an operation that funds international terrorists. In classic Bond film tradition, his global itinerary takes him to far-flung locales, including Uganda, Madagascar, the Bahamas (that's more like it), and Montenegro, where he is pitted against his nemesis in a poker game, with hundreds of millions in the pot. The stakes get even higher when Bond lets down his "armor" and falls in love with Vesper (Eva Green), the ravishing banker's representative fronting him the money.
 

Catfish

Director: Ariel Schulman Henry Joost
Starring: Melody C. Roscher, Ariel Schulman, Yaniv Schulman, Angela Wesselman-Pierce, Mark Mothersbaugh
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Universal
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.0 (21,996 votes)
Release: Jan 2011
Summary: Love and identity become twisted across the lines of the Internet in this documentary from filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Nev Schulman is a photographer who one day received a surprising e-mail message -- Abby, an eight-year-old girl in Michigan, had seen his picture in a newspaper and wanted permission to paint a portrait from it. Nev gave his OK, and when he was given a copy of the painting, he was struck by how good it was, assuming that the girl was either a genius or a fraud. Nev tried to contact Abby's family, and somehow ended up in contact with Megan, Abby's sexy 19-year-old sister. As Nev fell into an increasingly complicated on-line relationship with Megan, he decided it was time to meet her in person, but when he traveled to Michigan and tracked her down, Nev learned that Abby and Megan's family were not at all what he expected them to be. Ariel Schulman, Nev's brother, began filming his brother's adventures from his first contact with Abby, and in Catfish he and Henry Joost tell this strange story from beginning to end. Catfish received its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
 

Cedar Rapids

Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Anne Heche, Ed Helms, Sigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly, Rob Corddry, Alia Shawkat, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Thomas Lennon, Mike O'Malley, Inga R. Wilson, Mike Birbiglia, Seth Morris
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Ad Hominem Enterprises
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6
Release: Feb 2011
Summary: Tim Lippe (Helms) was the guy people always thought would go places but then he just ... didn't. He's been living in über-sleepy Brown Valley, Wisconsin his whole life, still "pre-engaged" to his 7th grade teacher Millie Vanderhei (Weaver), while selling insurance to protect other people's dreams. But now, Tim's stalled life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he's headed to a "major" metropolis - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - where he must try to save his company at a do-or-die insurance convention that, for him, will be entirely nonconventional. From the minute he checks into his hotel with his ancient American Tourister and cummerbund money-belt, it's clear Tim has no idea how the modern world really works. He is soon smitten with seductive Nebraskan insurance agent Joan (Heche) and awed by his experienced roommates, the straight-shooting Wilkes (Whitlock Jr.) and the suspicious Zeigler (Reilly)...
 

Cell 211

Director: Daniel Monzon
Starring: Alberto Ammann, Luis Tosar, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón, Carlos Bardem
Genre: Action, Drama
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 7.6 (27,658 votes)
Release: Aug 2011
Summary: Knocked out cold during his first day on the job, prison officer Juan (Alberto Ammann) awakens to realize that his co-workers have abandoned him in the middle of an inmate uprising. To survive, Juan must pose as a prisoner and befriend the riot's leader, Malamadre (Luis Tosar). As the violence escalates and political fallout mounts, Juan must use all his cunning to stay alive in this masterfully suspenseful Spanish thriller.
 

The Central Park Five

Director: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
Starring: Angela Black, Calvin O. Butts III, Natalie Byfield, David Dinkins, Jim Dwyer
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Florentine Films
My Rating:
Rated: NR
Release: Nov 2012
Summary: In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE tells the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.
 

Chained

Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Julia Ormond, Gina Philips, Jake Weber
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Studio: Anchor Bay
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.0 (653 votes)
Release: Oct 2012
Summary: This movie is about A cab driver called Bob (Vincent D'Onofrio) who picks up women and takes them to his house where he kills them. But on this one day he picks up a woman and her 9 year old son Tim. Bob then makes Tim live in the house with him all while he keeps killing women. Tim grows up there, watching, seeing all that happens. Bob wants to make him his protégé. Will Tim carry on the legacy?
 

The Change-Up

Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Universal Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.3 (86,169 votes)
Release: Aug 2011
Summary: Growing up together, Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they've slowly drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked. To Mitch, Dave has it all: beautiful wife Jamie (Leslie Mann), kids who adore him and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. To Dave, living Mitch's stress-free life without obligation or consequence would be a dream come true. Following a drunken night out together, Mitch and Dave's worlds are turned upside down when they wake up in each other's bodies and proceed to freak out. Despite the freedom from their normal routines and habits, the guys soon discover that each other's lives are nowhere near as rosy as they once seemed. Further complicating matters are Dave's sexy legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde) and Mitch's estranged father (Alan Arkin). With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other's lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.
 

Charlie's Angels

Director: McG
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 5.0 (184 votes)
Release: May 2003
Summary: For every TV-into-movie success like "The Fugitive", there are dozens of uninspired films like "The Mod Squad". Happily--and surprisingly--this breezy update of the seminal '70s jiggle show falls into the first category, with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced), and Lucy Liu starring as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung fu-fighting trio employed by the mysterious Charlie (voiced by the original Charlie, John Forsythe). When a high-tech programmer (Sam Rockwell) is kidnapped, the angels seek out the suspects, with the daffy Bosley (Bill Murray in a casting coup) in tow. A happy, cornball popcorn flick, "Charlie's Angels" is played for laughs with plenty of ribbing references to the old TV show as well as modern caper films like "Mission: Impossible". McG, a music video director making his feature film debut (usually a death warrant for a movie's integrity), infuses the film with plenty of "Matrix"-style combat pyrotechnics, and the result is the first successful all-American Hong Kong-style action flick. Plenty of movies boast a New Age feminism that has their stars touting their sexuality while being their own women, but unlike something as obnoxious as "Coyote Ugly", "Angels" succeeds with a positive spin on Girl Power for the new millennium (Diaz especially sizzles in her role of crack super agent/airhead blonde). From the send-up of the TV show's credit sequence to the outtakes over the end credits, "Charlie's Angels" is a delight. "--Doug Thomas"
 

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Director: McG
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Crispin Glover
Genre: Thrillers
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 5.8 (16 votes)
Release: Jun 2003
Summary: "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" is a big, fun, bubble-brained mess of a movie, and that's exactly as it should be. Its popular 2000 predecessor got the formula right: gorgeous babes, throwaway plots, and as many current pop-cultural trends as you could stuff into a candy-coated dollop of Hollywood mayhem. This sequel goes one "better": The plot's even more disposable (if that's possible), the babes, cars, and fashions even more outlandish, and the stuntwork (heavily digital, heavily absurd) reaches astonishing heights of cartoon silliness. Reprising their titular (and shamelessly titillating) roles, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu are having the time of their lives, especially when sparring with ultra-buff rogue angel Demi Moore (looking better at 40 than most women half her age) and Justin Theroux as a sleazy Irish mobster. Bernie Mac replaces Bill Murray as angel-sidekick Bosley (they're step-brothers, don'cha know), which is one more indication of McG's intentionally reckless stewardship of an intentionally reckless franchise. Our advice: sit back, relax, and get jiggly with it. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

Chasing Amy

Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Joey Lauren Adams, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Jason Lee, Matt Damon
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Studio: Miramax
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.8 (8,352 votes)
Release: Jun 2000
Summary: Writer-director Kevin Smith ("Clerks") makes a huge leap in sophistication with this strong story about a comic-book artist (Ben Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian (Joey Lauren Adams) and actually gets his wish that she love him, too. Their relationship is attacked, however, by his business partner (Jason Lee), who pulls a very unsubtle Iago act to cast doubt over the whole affair. The film has the same sense of insiderness as "Clerks"--this time, Smith takes us within the arcane, funny world of comic-book cultism--but the themes of jealousy, deceit, and the high price of growing up enough to truly care for someone make this a very satisfying movie. "--Tom Keogh"
 

Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade

Director: Lincoln Ruchti
Starring: Ronald Bailey, Sam Blackburn, Leo Daniels
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Men at Work Pictures LLC
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.1 (778 votes)
Release: Jan 2007
Summary: 1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.
 

Chasing Madoff

Director: Jeff Prosserman
Starring: Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, Marc A. Hermann, Gaytri Kachroo, Bernie Madoff
Genre: Documentary
Studio: MPI Media Group
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 4.8 (164 votes)
Release: Apr 2012
Summary: The film includes interviews with Markopolos and fellow investigators Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, Michael Ocrant, and Gaytri Kachroo over how they pursued and exposed Bernie Madoff and his elaborate ponzi scheme for bilking investors out of $50 billion.
 

Chicken Run

Director: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Starring: Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, Jane Horrocks, Phil Daniels, Lynn Ferguson, Tony Haygarth, Julia Sawalha, Benjamin Whitrow, John Sharian, Jo Allen, Lisa Kay, Laura Strachan
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
My Rating:
Rated: G
Rating: 5
Release: Jun 2000
Summary: Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers and their farm of doom.
 

The Children

Director: Tom Shankland
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel Shelley, Hannah Tointon
Genre: Horror
Studio: Lions Gate
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.0 (9,528 votes)
Release: Dec 2008
Summary: You brought them into the world. They will take you out. A family anticipates a Christmas filled with sledding, laughter and hot cocoa as they head to their vacation home in the secluded backcountry…The holiday cheer takes a fast turn for the worse after a mysterious flu-like virus sweeps through the kids. One by one the children become deadly. Amidst the suspicion, mayhem and murder, the parents fight for survival against their own twisted offspring.
 

Children of Men

Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Studio: NBC Universal
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Jul 2009
Summary: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
 

Chopper

Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Dan Wyllie, Bill Young
Genre: Crime, Drama, Foreign, Indie, Thriller
Studio: Image Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.1 (22,597 votes)
Release: Aug 2000
Summary: Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.
 

Chris Rock: Bring The Pain

Director: Keith Truesdell
Starring: Chris Rock
Genre: Television
Studio: Universal Music & VI
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 5
Release: Oct 2002
Summary: Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 10/01/2002
 

A Christmas Story

Director: Bob Clark
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz
Genre: Comedy, Family
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 8.0 (72,480 votes)
Release: Oct 2003
Summary: This delightfully funny holiday gem tells the story of Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsly) a 1940's nine-year-old who pulls out all the stops to obtain the ultimate Christmas present.
 

Christmas Vacation, National Lampoon's

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Starring: Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.4 (65,820 votes)
Release: Sep 2008
Summary: You know exactly what you're getting in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation": another goofball, slapstick comedy of chaos and catastrophe with Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and family. This time, there's no traveling involved: Clark and Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) prepare for a nice Christmas with the kids (played by none other than Juliette Lewis and "Roseanne" star Johnny Galecki), when their home is invaded by backwoods cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) and his brood, along with assorted other crazy and/or stuffy relatives. Complications, of course, are inevitable. The film is preceded by "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983) and "National Lampoon's European Vacation" (1985) and followed by "National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation" (1997). Directed by Jeremiah Chechik, who went on to do "Benny & Joon" and the Sharon Stone remake of "Diabolique". "--Jim Emerson"
 

Chronicle

Director: Josh Trank
Starring: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Ashley Hinshaw
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Studio: Davis Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.1 (125,009 votes)
Release: Feb 2012
Summary: Andrew is a troubled but creative teen with a keen visual eye and a high-quality HD camera. He is introverted and socially awkward. Along with his friends, Matt and Steve, they make a discovery that leads them all to acquire powerful telekinetic abilities. They're now capable of, well, almost anything. But things take a dark turn.
 

Cinderella

Director: Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske
Starring: Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Rhoda Williams, James MacDonald, Luis Van Rooten, Don Barclay, Lucille Bliss, Marion Darlington, Mike Douglas
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Science Fiction, Family
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: G
Rating: 7
Release: Mar 1950
Summary: When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.
 

Cinderella Man

Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, David Huband, Connor Price, Ariel Waller, Patrick Louis, Rosemarie DeWitt, Linda Kash, Nicholas Campbell, Gene Pyrz, Chuck Shamata
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Studio: Universal Studios
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.9 (104,605 votes)
Release: May 2005
Summary: Cinderella Man is the story of a boxer in the 1920’s who after his retirement has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state. The film is based on the true story of boxer Jim Braddock who was more famously known as Cinderella Man.
 

City of God

Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino
Genre: Crime, Drama
Studio: Lions Gate
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8.7 (316,716 votes)
Release: Aug 2002
Summary: Brazil, 1960's, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970's: Li'l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980's: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God.
 

Clash of the Titans

Director: Desmond Davis
Starring: Harry Hamlin, Maggie Smith
Genre: Thrillers
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 5.8 (151,158 votes)
Release: Jun 1981
Summary: You have a classic tale full of drama, passion, and adventure. A tale of universal archetypes that speak to everyone. A tale that has remained unfailingly popular for thousands of years. Why not spice it up with a wacky mechanical owl? Such was the thinking behind "Clash of the Titans". Maggie Smith, Laurence Olivier, and Harry Hamlin (one of these things is not like the others...) star in a toga-ripper about a valiant hero, capricious immortals, and lots and lots of giant stop-action monsters. Perseus (Hamlin) is the favored son of the god Zeus (Olivier), but he has unwittingly ticked off the sea goddess Thetis (Smith). Just to make things worse, Perseus falls in love with the lovely Princess Andromeda, who used to be engaged to Thetis's son. Soon Perseus is off on one quest after another, with Zeus helping, Thetis hindering, and lots of innocent bystanders getting stabbed, drowned, and squished. Of course, the whole thing is just an excuse to show as much of Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion animation as possible, and good thing too. It's an old technique, but it still looks pretty darn cool, and it means the cast can just relax and do a bunch of reaction shots. Don't use this one to study for that big classical mythology exam, but if you just turn your brain off and enjoy the Kraken, it's pretty good fun. "--Ali Davis"
 

Clean, Shaven

Director: Lodge Kerrigan
Starring: Peter Greene, Alice Levitt, Megan Owen, Jennifer MacDonald, Molly Castelloe
Genre: Drama
Studio: Dsm Iii
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 7.1 (2,761 votes)
Release: Oct 2006
Summary: Peter Winter is a young schizophrenic who is desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive family. He attempts to function in a world that, for him, is filled with strange voices, electrical noise, disconcerting images, and jarringly sudden emotional shifts. He clings to his humanity like a raft, barely afloat in a sea of terror. In a brief moment of congruence, he shatters his image reflected in a window, perhaps to more properly align it with his fragmented psyche. During his quest, he runs afoul of the law and an ongoing murder investigation.
 

Clerks

Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonhauer, Jason Mewes
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Miramax
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.8 (134,759 votes)
Release: Jun 1999
Summary: Before Kevin Smith became a Hollywood darling with "Chasing Amy", a film he wrote and directed, he made this $27,000 comedy about real-life experiences working for chump change at a New Jersey convenience store. A rude, foul-mouthed collection of anecdotes about the responsibilities that go with being on the wrong side of the till, the film is also a relationship story that takes some hilarious turns once the lovers start revealing their sexual histories to one another. In the best tradition of first-time, ultra-low budget independent films, Smith uses "Clerks" as an audition piece, demonstrating that he not only can handle two-character comedy but also has an eye for action--as proven in a smoothly handled rooftop hockey scene. Smith himself appears as a silent figure who hangs out on the fringes of the store's property. "--Tom Keogh"
 

Clerks II

Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith
Genre: Comedy
Studio: The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.6 (188 votes)
Release: Jan 2007
Summary: Lo and behold, "Clerks II" defies the odds as a sequel that even the most ardent "Clerks" fans can be happy about. Twelve years after Kevin Smith turned the independent film world upside-down with his $27,000 black-and-white comedy, perpetual slackers Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) return for another raucous romp in suburbia, but this time there's no beloved Quick Stop mini-mart to ensure their low-level employment. Now they're aimless 33-year-olds flippin' burgers at Mooby's, a fast-food joint with a cow theme that's "udderly delicious." Dante's engaged to his long-time girlfriend but has unexpectedly fallen in love with Mooby's manager Becky (and since she's played by Rosario Dawson, can you blame him?), and Randal's still holding out for life, liberty, and the pursuit of low ambition. The responsibilities of adulthood are rearing their ugly head, and with Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith) still dealing weed and generally being obnoxious, well... something's gotta give, right? The way Smith has written this long-awaited follow-up, the dilemmas of Dante, Randal, and their ongoing friendship are something that anyone can relate to, and with Dawson lighting up the screen (in a role demanded by producer Harvey Weinstein to boost box-office appeal), the movie's romantic chemistry is surprisingly delightful. Rest assured, also, that Smith (shooting mostly in color this time, on a $5 million budget) hasn't forgotten where he came from: "Clerks II" is jam-packed with the same lewd, crude humor that made "Clerks" an indie-film phenomenon, and Smith's good-natured sincerity is still on full display, ensuring that only the most prudish viewers could possibly be offended. For everyone else, this is as enjoyable as any sequel could ever hope to be, with amusing cameos by Smith-movie veterans Ben Affleck and Jason Lee, among others. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

The Clinic

Director: James Rabbitts
Starring: Tabrett Bethell, Andy Whitfield
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.3 (3,896 votes)
Release: Aug 2011
Summary: A road trip turns into a battle for survival when Cameron (Andy Whitfield, "Spartacus: Blood and Sand") and his pregnant wife, Beth (Tabrett Bethell, "Legend of the Seeker"), stop for the night at a desolate motel. That night Beth is suddenly abducted from their room and wakes up in an ice-filled bathtub…with her baby now gone! She finds herself captive at a sinister clinic with other women whose newborns are being taken for an unknown purpose, and as Cameron desperately searches for his missing wife, time is rapidly running out. Inspired by true events, this nail-biting thriller, in the tradition of Wolf Creek, explores the most unspeakable, forbidden terror a new mother could possibly face.
 

A Clockwork Orange

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8.4 (324,868 votes)
Release: Jun 2001
Summary: Stanley Kubrick's striking visual interpretation of Anthony Burgess's famous novel is a masterpiece. Malcolm McDowell delivers a clever, tongue-in-cheek performance as Alex, the leader of a quartet of droogs, a vicious group of young hoodlums who spend their nights stealing cars, fighting rival gangs, breaking into people's homes, and raping women. While other directors would simply exploit the violent elements of such a film without subtext, Kubrick maintains Burgess's dark, satirical social commentary. We watch Alex transform from a free-roaming miscreant into a convict used in a government experiment that attempts to reform criminals through an unorthodox new medical treatment. The catch, of course, is that this therapy may be nothing better than a quick cure-all for a society plagued by rampant crime. "A Clockwork Orange" works on many levels--visual, social, political, and sexual--and is one of the few films that hold up under repeated viewings. Kubrick not only presents colorfully arresting images, he also stylizes the film by utilizing classical music (and Wendy Carlos's electronic classical work) to underscore the violent scenes, which even today are disturbing in their display of sheer nihilism. Ironically, many fans of the film have missed that point, sadly being entertained by its brutality rather than being repulsed by it. "--Bryan Reesman"
 

Closed Circuit

Director: John Crowley
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Kate Lock, Katherine Press, Kenneth Cranham, Patrick Warner, Ricky Nixon, Eric Bana, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Broadbent
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Studio: Focus Features
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Aug 2013
Summary: A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
 

Cloud Atlas

Director: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Studio: Cloud Atlas Productions
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.8 (97,295 votes)
Release: Oct 2012
Summary: Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his friend; a thriller about a murder at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living in post-apocalyptic Hawaii, far in the future.
 

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Starring: Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell, Bill Hader
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.0 (71,288 votes)
Release: Sep 2009
Summary: Flint Lockwood thinks he's a genius. But none of the things he invented are things that make sense or are useful. However, he has the support of his mother but when she dies, he's left alone with his father who thinks he should give it up. When the community that he lives in, is in an economic crisis because their primary source of income a sardine cannery was shut down, Flint decides to try his latest invention, a machine that can turn water into food. But something goes wrong and the machine ends up in the atmosphere. Later it starts raining food. The shifty mayor tries to use this as a way to help their community, but when Flint senses something wrong with the machine, the mayor convinces him to ignore it. However, as Flint predicts, chaos ensues.
 

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Director: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Anna Faris, Terry Crews, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Kristen Schaal, Bill Hader, Benjamin Bratt, Will Forte, Melissa Sturm, Khamani Griffin, Cody Cameron
Genre: Animation, Family
Studio: Columbia Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Release: Sep 2013
Summary: After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.
 

Cloverfield

Director: Matt Reeves
Starring: Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Michael Stahl-David
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Paramount
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 3.0 (671 votes)
Release: Apr 2008
Summary: One of the first things a viewer notices about "Cloverfield" is that it doesn't play by ordinary storytelling rules, making this intriguing horror film as much a novelty as an event. Told from the vertiginous point-of-view of a camcorder-wielding group of friends, "Cloverfield" begins like a primetime television soap opera about young Manhattanites coping with changes in their personal lives. Rob (Michael Stahl-David) is leaving New York to take an executive job at a company in Japan. At his goodbye party in a crowded loft, Rob’s brother Jason (Mike Vogel) hands a camcorder to best friend Hud (T.J. Miller), who proceeds to tape the proceedings over old footage of Rob’s ex-girlfriend, Beth (Odette Yustman)--images shot during happy times in that now-defunct relationship. Naturally, Beth shows up at the party with a new beau, bumming Rob out completely. Just before one's eyes glaze over from all this heartbreaking stuff (captured by Hud, who's something of a doofus, in laughably shaky camerawork), the unexpected happens: New York is suddenly under attack from a Godzilla-like monster stomping through midtown and destroying everything and everybody in sight. Rob and company hit the streets, but rather than run with other evacuees, they head toward the center of the storm so that Rob can rescue an injured Beth. There are casualties along the way, but the journey into fear is fascinating and immediate if emotionally remote--a consequence of seeing these proceedings through the singular, subjective perspective of a camcorder and of a story that intentionally leaves major questions unanswered: Who or what is this monster? Where did it come from? The lack of a backstory, and spare views of the marauding creature, are clever ways by producer J.J. Abrams and director Matt Reeves to keep an audience focused exclusively on what’s on the screen. But it also makes "Cloverfield" curiously uninvolving. Ultimately, "Cloverfield", with its spectacular effects brilliantly woven into a home-video look, is a celebration of infinite possibilities in this age of accessible, digital media. "--Tom Keogh"
 

Clue

Director: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Michael McKean, Colleen Camp, Lee Ving, Bill Henderson, Jane Wiedlin
Genre: Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Studio: Paramount
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.2 (36,876 votes)
Release: Dec 1985
Summary: Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
 

Coffee Town

Director: Brad Copeland
Starring: Glenn Howerton, Steve Little, Ben Schwartz, Adrianne Palicki, Josh Groban, Perry Joshep, Kristen Riley, Josh Perry
Genre: Comedy
Studio: CollegeHumor
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 6.6 (1,176 votes)
Release: Jul 2007
Summary: Will (Glenn Howerton) is a 30-something website manager who uses local café, Coffee Town, as his office. When the owners of the shop discuss plans to convert Coffee Town into a bar, Will enlists the help of his two best friends Chad and Gino (Steve Little and Ben Schwartz) to save his freeloading existence. In order to thwart the plans of Coffee Town's owners, the trio stages a robbery to create the illusion of an unsafe neighborhood not suitable for the proposed venue. Also standing in their way is Sam (Josh Groban), a disgruntled barista with delusions of grandeur-he wants to be a rock star-and Will's heartache over unrequited love for Becca (Adrianne Palicki).
 

Cold Fish

Director: Shion Sono
Starring: Shinya Kimura
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Studio: Nikkatsu
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 5
Release: Jul 2011
Summary: Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop and leads a boring, but stable life. His second wife, Taeko, does not get along with his daughter, Mitsuko, and this worries him. He also feels somehow unfulfilled and dissatisfied with what his life has become.

One day Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a department store. There they meet a friendly man named Murata, who helps to settle things between Mitsuko and the store manager. Since Murata also runs a tropical fish shop, Shamoto establishes a bond with him and they become friends; Mitsuko even begins working for Murata and living at his house, to avoid conflicts with her stepmother.

What Shamoto doesn't know, however, is that Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face. He sells cheap fish to his customers for high prices with his artful lies. If anyone detects his fraud or refuses to go along with his money-making schemes, they're murdered and their bodies disposed of by Murata and his wife in grisly ways. Shamoto is slowly taken in by Murata's tactics, and by the time he realizes that Murata is insane, and a serial killer who has made over fifty people disappear, he is powerless to do anything about it. But now Mitsuko is a hostage at Murata's home, and Shamoto himself has become the killer's unwilling accomplice!

Meanwhile, the murders, without any trace of the bodies, continue unabated. The police have long suspected Murata and try to get information about him from Shamoto; Murata quickly senses the danger and threatens Shamoto not to report anything to the police.

In the end, the conflict between Shamoto and Murata will result in murder, insanity, and an ordinary man being driven to the edge of the abyss.
 

Collateral

Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo, Mada Pinkett Smith
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio: Paramount
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.6 (201,920 votes)
Release: Dec 2004
Summary: LA cabbie Max Durocher is the type of person who can wax poetic about other people's lives, which impresses U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Annie Farrell, one of his fares, so much that she gives him her telephone number at the end of her ride. Although a dedicated man as seen through the efficiency in which he does his work, he can't or won't translate that eloquence into a better life for himself. He deludes himself into believing that his now twelve year cabbie job is temporary and that someday he will own his own limousine service. He even lies to his hospitalized mother that he already owns one, with a further lie that he tells her as such primarily to make her happy, rather than the truth which is that he won't do anything to achieve that dream. One night, Max picks up a well dressed man named Vincent, who asks Max to be his only fare for the evening. For a flat fee of $600, plus an extra $100 if he gets to the airport on time - Vincent wants Max to drive him to five stops that evening. Max somewhat reluctantly agrees. Max learns the hard way at their first stop when a body falls from a third story apartment window and lands dead on top of his cab that Vincent is a contract hit man. Vincent's main goal, as per his current contract, is to kill five people, one at each of the stops, but he will not let others get in the way of that goal, even if it means killing them, including Max. As Vincent forces Max to continue driving him for the evening, Max tries slyly at every turn to take back control of his life from Vincent, especially when Max learns of one of the names on Vincent's hit list. Meanwhile, LAPD narcotics detective, Ray Fanning, and ultimately the FBI get involved when Vincent's first victim is associated with a case in which Ray is working undercover. Ray is able to piece together information which makes him hot on Max and Vincent's tail.
 

Colombiana

Director: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Jordi Mollà, Lennie James, Amandla Stenberg, Michael Vartan
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Studio: Europa Corp.
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 6.1 (13,952 votes)
Release: Aug 2011
Summary: A young woman grows up to be a stone-cold assassin after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target - the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
 

The Comedians of Comedy

Director: Michael Blieden
Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 7.7 (175 votes)
Release: Jan 2007
Summary: The Comedians of Comedy is an occasional stand-up comedy tour featuring alternative comedians Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford that was documented in a 2005 film and 2005 Comedy Central television series of the same name, both directed by Michael Blieden. The idea behind The Comedians of Comedy — its name a play on The Original Kings of Comedy and similar tours — involves the comedians performing at smaller indie rock venues instead of comedy clubs. Playing indie rock clubs was an idea taken from anti-comic, Neil Hamburger who is considered a pioneer of this type of show, playing such clubs since 2000. Both the film and television series alternate between footage of the comedians on stage and other aspects of their lives on the road.
 

Comedy Central Presents: Amy Schumer

Starring: Amy Schumer
Genre: Comedy
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 5.5 (14 votes)
Release: Apr 2010
 

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

Director: Morgan Spurlock
Starring: Seth Rogen, Eli Roth, Seth Green, Kevin Smith, Stan Lee
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Mutant Enemy
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.1 (1,282 votes)
Release: Nov 2012
Summary: Since 1970, Comic-Con in San Diego has grown from an small and obscure comic book event, to a major multi-media extravaganza attracting thousands. As various creative celebrities discuss what attracts them to this shindig and how it has grown and changed, we follow various people who have come from all over. Whether it be a veteran comic book vendor trying to make a profit in an event that is now marginalizing his medium, aspiring artists wanting to break into it, an ambitious costumer or a romantic geek with a special surprise for his girlfriend, they all experience a special time of year where the fantastic imagination is celebrated.
 

Compliance

Director: Craig Zobel
Starring: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey, Ashlie Atkinson, Bill Camp, Nikiya Mathis, Ralph Rodriguez, Stephen Payne, Amelia Fowler, John Merolla, Desmin Borges, Matt Skibiak
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Studio: Bad Cop Bad Cop Film Productions
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6
Release: Sep 2012
Summary: Becky and Sandra aren’t the best of friends. Sandra is a middle-aged manager at a fast-food restaurant; Becky is a teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day (too many customers and too little bacon), a police officer calls, accusing Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which she vehemently denies. Sandra, overwhelmed by her managerial responsibilities, complies with the officer’s orders to detain Becky. This choice begins a nightmare that tragically blurs the lines between expedience and prudence, legality and reason.
 

Computer Chess

Director: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry, Robin Schwartz, Gerald Peary, Wiley Wiggins
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Computer Chess
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 6.5 (419 votes)
Release: Jul 2013
Summary: Set over the course of a weekend tournament for chess software programmers thirty-some years ago, Computer Chess transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and the human spirit seemed a little more up for grabs. We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed of the vision to teach a metal box to defeat man, literally, at his own game, laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence as we know it and will come to know it in the future.
 

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Director: Rodman Flender
Starring: Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Studio: Pariah
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.9 (3,843 votes)
Release: Aug 2011
Summary: Conan O'Brien Can't Stop is a 2011 documentary film featuring Conan O'Brien and focusing on his comedy tour, The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour, which took place in 2010 following his departure from The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien due to a scheduling dispute.
 

Conan the Barbarian

Director: Marcus Nispel
Starring: Jason Momoa, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Rose McGowan, Saïd Taghmaoui
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Studio: Nu Image Films
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.2 (58,638 votes)
Release: Aug 2011
Summary: Conan the Barbarian is a 2011 sword and sorcery fantasy film based on the character Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. The film is a new interpretation of the Conan mythology, and is not related to the films featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It stars Jason Momoa in the titular role, alongside Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, and Bob Sapp with Marcus Nispel directing.

The film had spent seven years in development at Warner Bros. before the rights were shifted to Nu Image/Millennium Films in 2007, with a clause wishing for immediate start on production. Lionsgate and Sony Pictures entered negotiations for distribution, with the film seeing many directors, prominently Brett Ratner, before settling on Nispel in 2009 and subsequently bringing together a cast and crew. Filming began on March 15, 2010 and concluded on June 5, 2010. The film was first released on August 17, 2011 in four countries: France, Belgium, Iceland and the Philippines. For later releases, in other countries, see below.
 

The Conjuring

Director: James Wan
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Mackenzie Foy, Lili Taylor, Joey King, Hayley McFarland, Shanley Caswell, Shannon Kook, Kyla Deaver, Sterling Jerins, John Brotherton, Marion Guyot, Morganna Bridgers, Amy Tipton
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Studio: Evergreen Media Group
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Jul 2013
Summary: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
 

The Conspiracy

Director: Christopher MacBride
Starring: Aaron Poole, James Gilbert, Ian Anderson, Peter Apostolopoulos, Roger Beck, Angela Besharah, Bruce Clayton, Laura DeCarteret, Gavin Fox, Ron Kennell, Alina Lee, Ian Matthews, Dennis O'Connor, Alan C. Peterson, R. D. Reid, Simon Reynolds, Philip Riccio, Julian Richings, Lina Roessler, Melanie Scrofano, Roy Swanson, David Tompa, Patrick Whyte
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Studio: Resolute Films and Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 6.2 (941 votes)
Release: Aug 2012
Summary: A documentary about conspiracy theories takes a horrific turn after the filmmakers uncover an ancient and dangerous secret society.
 

Constantine

Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Djimon Hounsou, Shia LaBeouf, Max Baker
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.8 (150,482 votes)
Release: Jul 2005
Summary: In the grand scheme of theological thrillers, "Constantine" aspires for the greatness of "The Exorcist" but ranks more closely with "The Order". Based on the popular "Hellblazer" comic book series, and directed with nary a shred of intelligence by music video veteran Francis Lawrence, it's basically "The Matrix" with swarming demons instead of swarming machines. Keanu Reeves slightly modifies his "Matrix" persona as John Constantine, who roams the dark-spots of Los Angeles looking for good-evil, angel-devil half-breeds to ensure that "the balance" between God and Satan is properly maintained. An ancient artifact and the detective twin of a woman who committed evil-induced suicide (Rachel Weisz) factor into the plot, which is taken so seriously that you'll want to stand up and cheer when Tilda Swinton swoops down as the cross-dressing angel Gabriel and turns this silliness into the camp-fest it really is. The digital effects are way cool (dig those hellspawn with the tops of their heads lopped off!), so if you don't mind a juvenile lesson in pseudo-Catholic salvation, "Constantine" is just the movie for you! "--Jeff Shannon"
 

Contagion

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 6.9 (33,350 votes)
Release: Sep 2011
Summary: Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies later the same day. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection. They must first identify the type of virus in question and then find a means of combating it, a process that will likely take several months. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic.
 

The Contender

Director: Various
Starring: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater
Genre: Drama, Suspense, Thriller
Studio: Paramount Catalog
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Jan 2000
Summary: The hard-ball gamesmanship and casual character assassination of American politics sets the stage for this thriller from writer and director Rod Lurie. When the Vice President of the United States unexpectedly dies, all eyes in Washington D.C. are on President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) as he chooses a new VP. Sen. Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), a respected career politician enjoying a new swell of popularity after a well-publicized attempt to save a drowning woman, is expected to be Evans' choice, but instead he picks Sen. Laine Hanson (Joan Allen), a decision that raises eyebrows on both sides of the political fence. Veteran power broker Shelly Runyon (Gary Oldman) is vehemently opposed to Hanson's appointment, in part because the Democratic senator was once a Republican, and vows to do everything in his power to prevent her from being confirmed. Runyon and his staff start digging for dirt on Hanson, and soon make a surprising discovery - her personal morality is called into question when it's alleged that she took part in a group sexual liaison while she was a college student.
 

Conviction

Director: Tony Goldwyn
Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Thomas D. Mahard, Owen Campbell
Genre: Biography, Drama
Studio: 20th Century Fox
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.9 (51,404 votes)
Release: Feb 2011
Summary: Hilary Swank gives another tremendous performance--steely, determined, vulnerable--in the courtroom/family drama "Conviction". The film is based on a real case, of Betty Anne Waters (Swank), who as a last resort puts herself through law school to take on the case of her brother, Kenny (Sam Rockwell, also outstanding). Kenny is convicted of murder, despite a weak prosecution case, but Betty Anne can't get any lawyer to explore a retrial or appeal. Director Tony Goldwyn ("Dexter", "Damages") keeps the action moving along crisply and believably, even during the almost interminable stretches of Kenny's imprisonment. The terrific script by Pamela Gray ("Music of the Heart") weaves in occasional shadows of doubt about whether Kenny is actually innocent, so that a story that could be formulaic is anything but. The viewer isn't sure most of the way through "Conviction" if Kenny is guilty or not--but is completely swept up in Swank's incredible performance depicting Betty Anne's "own" conviction--that "you do anything for your family. Period." As she did in "Boys Don't Cry", Swank puts her own gritty spin on a real-life character, whom she inhabits like a second skin. Her Betty Anne is a blue-collar pit bull, and her sheer determination is itself a force of nature. The supporting cast of "Conviction" also shines, including Minnie Driver as Betty Anne's law school pal, and an especially effective Juliette Lewis playing Kenny's broken-down ex-girlfriend, who's buried some secrets of her own. Also a standout is Melissa Leo as the policewoman whose initial arrest of Kenny might have been loaded with her own agenda. The chemistry, especially between Rockwell, a man very nearly defeated after years behind bars, and Swank, is palpable and will capture the viewer in intense dramatic territory that won't be soon forgotten. --"A.T. Hurley"
 

Cool Hand Luke

Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Genre: Drama
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 8.2 (77,177 votes)
Release: Nov 1967
Summary: Paul Newman gives one of the defining performances of his career, and cemented his place as a beautiful-rebel screen icon playing the stubbornly tough and independent title character in "Cool Hand Luke". And before he became familiar as a sidekick in 1970s disaster movies ("Earthquake" and the "Airport" movies), George Kennedy won an Oscar for playing Dragline, the brutal chain-gang boss who tries to beat loner Luke's cool out of him. It's a classic rebel-against-the-repressive-institution story in the line of "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" or "The Shawshank Redemption". Certain moments have become classics--particularly the hardboiled egg-eating contest, and the immortal line (drooled by Strother Martin, as a sadistic redneck prison officer), "What we have here is a failure to communicate." And don't forget, Luke is also the source of the oft-quoted driving ditty, "I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I have my plastic Jesus, right here on the dashboard of my car..." He is cool, all right. The digital video disc is in anamorphic widescreen and digital stereo. "--Jim Emerson"
 

The Cooler

Director: Wayne Kramer
Starring: William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston
Genre: Drama, Romance
Studio: Lions Gate
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.0 (24,223 votes)
Release: Apr 2004
Summary: The premise of this swinging Vegas picture is enough to carry it over its narrative rough spots. The unluckiest sap on the planet (William H. Macy) is employed as a "cooler" at a casino; his very presence can chill the hot streak of any patron on a roll. He's valued by the old-school manager of the place, a role given a two-fisted, bourbon-swilling incarnation by Alec Baldwin. Macy means to quit, but then he falls for a waitress (the excellent Maria Bello, from "Permanent Midnight")--might his luck be changing? The subplots are pretty much a mess, but the frank sex scenes between Macy and Bello give the movie a truly offbeat feel. The tawdry air of a second-rate casino is also nicely done: This is not the new family-friendly Las Vegas, but a tough place of superstitions, sinister back rooms, and shabby motels. The characters are perfectly at home. "--Robert Horton"
 

Coraline

Director: Henry Selick
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Thriller
Studio: Universal Studios
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.7 (89,800 votes)
Release: Feb 2009
Summary: When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her.
 

Coriolanus

Director: Ralph Fiennes
Starring: Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Lubna Azabal, Ashraf Barhom, Zoran Cica
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Studio: Hermetof Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.5 (7,054 votes)
Release: May 2012
Summary: The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody. Manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius.
 

Cosmopolis

Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon
Genre: Drama
Studio: Entertainment One
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.2 (23,299 votes)
Release: May 2012
Summary: Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson),a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager, heads out in his tricked-out stretch limo, while remotely wagering his companys massive fortune on a bet against the Chinese Yuan. His trip across the city quickly turns into a wild, hypnotic odyssey as he encounters explosive city riots and a parade of provocative visitors. Having started the day with everything, Packer s perfectly ordered, doubt-free world is about to implode.
 

The Cottage

Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Starring: Jennifer Ellison, Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Steve O'Donnell
Genre: Slasher
Studio: Pathé
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7
Release: May 2008
Summary: In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks loose.
 

Cougar Town: The Complete First Season

Director: Bill Lawrence
Starring: Courteney Cox, Josh Hopkins, Busy Philipps, Ian Gomez, Brian van Holt, Dan Byrd, Christa Miller
Genre: Comedy, Television
Studio: ABC Studios
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Aug 2010
Summary: We meet Jules, a woman who at her twenties took on marriage and a baby instead of experiencing the dating scene. Now on her forties, she finds herself as a divorcee and eager to live the dating scene that she missed. With the help of her friend, Laurie, her younger co-worker who wants to show Jules to go out there and have fun. Ellie, her sarcastic, married and content to her average but lovable husband Andy. There's also her family, her ex-husband Bobby and her son Travis, who will test her patience, and her new forty-something divorced neighbour Gray, who doesn't believe that Jules can date again.
 

Cougar Town: The Complete Second Season

Director: Bill Lawrence
Starring: Courteney Cox, Josh Hopkins, Busy Philipps, Ian Gomez, Brian van Holt, Dan Byrd, Christa Miller
Genre: Comedy, Television
Studio: Lions Gate
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Feb 2013
Summary: We meet Jules, a woman who at her twenties took on marriage and a baby instead of experiencing the dating scene. Now on her forties, she finds herself as a divorcee and eager to live the dating scene that she missed. With the help of her friend, Laurie, her younger co-worker who wants to show Jules to go out there and have fun. Ellie, her sarcastic, married and content to her average but lovable husband Andy. There's also her family, her ex-husband Bobby and her son Travis, who will test her patience, and her new forty-something divorced neighbour Gray, who doesn't believe that Jules can date again.
 

The Counselor

Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz, Natalie Dormer, John Leguizamo, Rosie Perez, Goran Višnjić, Bruno Ganz, Emma Rigby, Dean Norris, Toby Kebbell, Barbara Durkin, Donna Air
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio: Chockstone Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Oct 2013
Summary: A rich and successful lawyer named Counsellor is about to get married to his fiancée but soon meets up with the middle-man known as Westray who tells him his drug trafficking plan has taken a horrible twist and now he must protect himself and his soon bride-to-be lover as the truth of the drug business uncovers and targets become chosen.
 

The Cove

Director: Louie Psihoyos
Starring: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff, Joji Morishita
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Lions Gate
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 8.4 (25,074 votes)
Release: Dec 2009
Summary: Maybe you've seen it all, and maybe you're already steeped in outraged, activist documentaries. But you haven't seen anything quite like The Cove, unless you can visualize a disturbing combination of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Free Willy, and the killing of Bambi's mother. The Cove is directed by the experienced National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos, who sets about to uncover a shocking (but regular) ritual on the Japanese coast: the herding and slaughter of thousands of bottlenose dolphins in the town of Taiji. A few dolphins are saved during this process, and sold off to aquariums so they can perform in water shows. The rest are crowded together and--away from prying eyes--stabbed to death, their meat sold as food. (Interviewing Japanese people on the street, they apparently have no idea that the "whale meat" on sale in stores is actually mercury-saturated bottlenose dolphin.) It's not that this mass killing is secret, exactly, but the fishermen of Taiji have done a proactive job of keeping cameras and other observers from getting a good look. Psihoyos wants to change all that, and he assembles a swashbuckling squad of scientists, filmmakers, and nerds (including movie F/X people who design fake rocks for hidden video cameras) to extra-legally smuggle recording equipment into the cove. The team's spiritual and emotional captain is Richard O'Barry, the man who helped popularize dolphins as cuddly animals as the trainer of TV's Flipper back in the 1960s--and who, horrified by the way dolphins have been used in public displays, has been an anti-captivity activist for decades. The footage that results is so shocking it should cause seismic reactions in viewers, and when O'Barry attends a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (portrayed by the film as ineffectual and/or bought off by Japanese interests) armed with video of the slaughter, he's like Rocky Balboa climbing into the ring for one more big fight. After what we've seen in the film at that point, it's unlikely many viewers won't be rooting him on. -Robert Horton
 

Cowboys & Aliens

Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Noah Ringer, Sam Rockwell
Genre: Action, Sci-fi, Thriller, Western
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 6.1 (115,292 votes)
Release: Jul 2011
Summary: The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It's a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents-townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors-all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.
 

Crank

Director: Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Carlos Sanz, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio: Lions Gate Films
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.0 (133,619 votes)
Release: Sep 2006
Summary: The hit-man Chev Chelios is poisoned by the criminal Verona and his friend and doctor Miles advises him that he must keep his adrenaline in an upper level to stay alive. Chev meets his girlfriend Eve and together he looks for Verona to kill him.
 

Crank 2: High Voltage

Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Studio: Lionsgate
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.2 (68,148 votes)
Release: Apr 2009
Summary: Chev Chelios survives a fall from the sky, sort of. He's in an unknown location, sedated, while various Chinese are harvesting his organs. His heart is gone, in an ice chest; a temporary in its place. Chev escapes, knowing only the name of the guy with the ice chest. He calls Doc Miles, an unlicensed cardiologist, who tells him there's only an hour's life in the artificial heart: keep it charged. Chev needs to find his own heart and get to Doc for a transplant. He starts his time-limited pursuit of shadowy figures, the ice chest, and his heart aided by Eve, Rei, and Venus - a stripper, a prostitute, and a pal with Tourette's - constantly needing an electric charge to keep going.
 

Crash

Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette
Genre: Thrillers
Studio: New Line Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: NC-17
Rating: 7.9 (268,264 votes)
Release: Nov 1998
Summary: Adapted from the controversial novel by J.G. Ballard, "Crash" will either repel or amaze you, with little or no room for a neutral reaction. The film is perfectly matched to the artistic and intellectual proclivities of director David Cronenberg, who has used the inspiration of Ballard's novel to create what critic Roger Ebert has described as "a dissection of the mechanics of pornography." Filmed with a metallic color scheme and a dominant tone of emotional detachment, the story focuses on a close-knit group of people who have developed a sexual fetish around the collision of automobiles. They use cars as a tool of arousal, in which orgasm is directly connected to death-defying temptations of fate at high speeds. Ballard wrote his book to illustrate the connections between sex and technology--the ultimate postmodern melding of flesh and machine--and Cronenberg takes this theme to the final frontier of sexual expression. Holly Hunter, James Spader, and Deborah Unger are utterly fearless in roles that few actors would dare to play, and their surrender to Cronenberg's vision makes "Crash" an utterly unique and challenging film experience. It's rated NC-17, so don't say you weren't warned! "--Jeff Shannon"
 

The Crazies

Director: Breck Eisner
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Studio: Overture Films/Anchor Bay Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.6 (62,354 votes)
Release: Feb 2010
Summary: This 2010 remake of a somewhat obscure 1973 George Romero picture injects a mysterious virus into the water supply of a small Iowa town, and the consequences are… well, you didn't expect the consequences to be positive, did you? The movie is called The Crazies, after all. So when local folk begin acting a mite peculiar, it just means they've gone to the well too often--literally. Borrowing the structure of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the remake gets off to a clumsy start, but as the noninfected rally around the sheriff (Timothy Olyphant) and his doctor wife (Radha Mitchell), the action becomes streamlined and reasonably inventive. Director Breck Eisner has a particular knack for finding ingenious ways of killing people (a knife through the hand becomes a useful tool for the sheriff in one turn-the-tables moment), and he's been wise enough to hire respectable actors for the top-lined duties; along with Olyphant and Mitchell, there's also Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) as a loyal, amped-up deputy. If the movie misses the tart social-context stuff that Romero does so well, it at least fills the bill when it comes to the chase-and-escape business of a contemporary horror picture. The spate of such 21st-century remakes of 1970s horror pictures misses the raw, raggedy unease of those low-budget projects, but if you're going to make a slick new update, The Crazies is the way to do it. --Robert Horton
 

Crazy, Stupid, Love

Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Analeigh Tipton
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Studio: Carousel Productions (II)
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 8
Release: Nov 2011
Summary: Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of help...
 

The Croods

Director: Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Studio: DreamWorks Animation
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Release: Mar 2013
Summary: The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures -- and their outlook is changed forever.
 

Curse of Chucky

Director: Don Mancini
Starring: Brad Dourif, Brennan Elliott, A Martinez, Danielle Bisutti, Fiona Dourif, Chantal Quesnelle, Ali Tataryn, Maitland McConnell, Kally Berard, Kyle Nobess, Will Woytowich, Adam Hurtig, Candace Smith, Kevin Anderson, Jennifer Tilly
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Studio: Universal 1440 Entertainment
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 5.6 (8,995 votes)
Release: Oct 2013
Summary: After the events of Seed of Chucky, Nica, a young woman forced to a wheelchair since birth, has to regroup her sister, Barb and her brother-in-law, Ian for a funeral after the death of her mother. While dealing with Barb, Ian, along with their 5-year-old daughter, Alice; Nica receives an odd package - a creepy doll. After people start showing up dead, the fearless Nica soon suspects that the creepy doll is much more than just a doll.
 

Cutie and the Boxer

Director: Zachary Heinzerling
Starring: Noriko Shinohara, Ushio Shinohara, Alex Shinohara, Ethan Cohen
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Little Magic Films
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.5 (653 votes)
Release: Aug 2013
Summary: For years, Ushio Shinohara has been one of the leading, and most underappreciated, alternative artists in Japan and New York City with an wildly esoteric style. For many of those years, his wife, Noriko, has been a faithful companion to this idiosyncratic man, but grew want to be more. This film covers the relationship of these special couple as Ushio struggles for commercial success on his own terms. Meanwhile, we also follow Noriko pursuing her own artistic vision with her semi-autobiographical line art project that reveals much about her own soul as eloquently as her husband's work.
 

The Cutting Edge

Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn, Dwier Brown
Genre: Comedy
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 6.6 (11,525 votes)
Release: Jan 2001
Summary: Moira Kelly (Dangerous Beauty, "The West Wing") and D. B. Sweeney (Roommates, Memphis Belle) star as polar opposites who unite on the ice for a shot at Olympic gold in this inspirational romantic comedy from acclaimed director Paul M. Glaser (The Running Man). Brimming with wit, charm and plenty of breathtaking sports action, The Cutting Edge is a real winner! She's a rich and refined pairs figure skater whose prima donna attitude has her skating solo. He's a brash, blue-collar hockey champion with a new injury and no future. With nothing in common but their dream of reaching the Olympics, Kate and Doug are each other's last resort. Reluctantly, they join forces, but its not long before the barbsand sparksstart flying as the unlikely pair skate towards the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance at a medal...and a chance at love.
 

Cyrus

Director: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass
Starring: Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Fox Searchlight
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.3 (22,600 votes)
Release: Dec 2010
Summary: Mumblecore auteurs the Duplass brothers ("Baghead", "The Puffy Chair") dip their toes in the precarious waters of Hollywood by casting well-known actors in "Cyrus". But their devotion to clumsy, uncomfortable people remains: John (John C. Reilly, "Step Brothers") has barely left his apartment in the seven years since Jamie (Catherine Keener, "Lovely & Amazing") divorced him, so Jamie demands he come to a party--where, miraculously, he meets Molly (Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"), who seems like the woman of his dreams. Unfortunately, Molly comes with some baggage: her 22-year-old son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill, "Superbad"). To say Molly and Cyrus are close is an understatement, and John finds himself in a battle of wills with Molly as the prize. The Duplass brothers seek a kind of cinematic simplicity--to call it purity would be too highbrow for these aggressively pedestrian filmmakers--and when it works, it brings the viewer in intimate contact with life in its ordinary, essential glory. When it doesn't work, it's just dull. Despite its flatfooted plot, "Cyrus" works pretty well. The higher caliber of the cast helps--Reilly, Tomei, Hill, and Keener are all excellent, and much of the movie is genuinely funny. Don't expect elegance, but sometimes, something plain can please. "--Bret Fetzer"