News: Top Movies 2011

                                                    TOP MOVIES 2011

The Artist (2011)

  Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.Dir: Michel Hazanavicius With: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John GoodmanRomance | Comedy | Drama

Hugo (2011) 

Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher LeeAdventure | Drama | Family | Mystery

The Descendants (2011)       

A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.Dir: Alexander Payne With: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara MillerComedy | Drama

Machine Gun Preacher (2011)   

The story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.Dir: Marc Forster With: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael ShannonAction | Biography | Crime | Drama

The Help (2011) 

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.Dir: Tate Taylor With: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia SpencerDrama

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

 Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.Dir: David Fincher With: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher PlummerCrime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Goon (2011)

Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.Dir: Michael Dowse With: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison PillComedy | Sport

Young Adult (2011)

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.Dir: Jason Reitman With: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton OswaltComedy | Drama

Drive (2011)

A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour.Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn With: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan CranstonCrime | Drama | Thriller

Midnight in Paris (2011)

 A family travel to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple who are forced to confront their differing views of a perfect life.Dir: Woody Allen With: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy BatesComedy | Fantasy | Romance

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

 As Johnny Blaze hides out in Eastern Europe, he is called upon to stop the devil, who is trying to take human form.Dir: Neveldine, Taylor With: Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris ElbaAction | Fantasy | Thriller

In Time (2011)

In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.Dir: Andrew Niccol With: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian MurphyAction | Sci-Fi | Thriller

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel CraigAnimation | Action | Adventure | Family | Mystery

The Iron Lady (2011)

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.Dir: Phyllida Lloyd With: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. GrantBiography | Drama

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

 A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.Dir: Stephen Daldry With: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra BullockAdventure | Drama | Mystery

Moneyball (2011)

 Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.Dir: Bennett Miller With: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah HillBiography | Drama | Sport

The Muppets (2011)

With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon.Dir: James Bobin With: Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris CooperComedy | Drama | Family | Musical

Tower Heist (2011)

 When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.Dir: Brett Ratner With: Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Casey AffleckAction | Comedy | Crime

Warrior (2011)

 The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother.Dir: Gavin O'Connor With: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel EdgertonAction | Drama | Sport

The Tree of Life (2011)

 A family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.Dir: Terrence Malick With: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica ChastainDrama

Bridesmaids (2011)

Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.Dir: Paul Feig With: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose ByrneComedy | Romance

Immortals (2011)

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.Dir: Tarsem Singh Dhandwar With: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John HurtAction | Drama | Fantasy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

 In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6.Dir: Tomas Alfredson With: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom HardyDrama | Mystery | Thriller

The Rum Diary (2011)

 American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.Dir: Bruce Robinson With: Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron EckhartComedy | Drama | Romance | Thriller

J. Edgar (2011)

 As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.Dir: Clint Eastwood With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi WattsBiography | Crime | Drama | History

Carnage (2011)

 Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the evening into chaos.Dir: Roman Polanski With: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph WaltzComedy | Drama

My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl.Dir: Simon Curtis With: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth BranaghBiography | Drama

War Horse (2011)

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on.Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David ThewlisDrama | History | War

Puss in Boots (2011)

A story about the events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.Dir: Chris Miller With: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach GalifianakisAnimation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Coriolanus (2011)

A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.Dir: Ralph Fiennes With: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian CoxDrama | Thriller