Movies Released August 26, 2011

Friday, August 26

Colombiana PG-13

"Columbiana" is set in Latin America and the U.S. Saldana would play a young woman who, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. 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.
Olivier Megaton, Zoe Saldana, Amandla Stenberg, Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Robert Mark Kamen, Michael Vartan
Action Thriller
95 mins

Our Idiot Brother R

An idealist, hounded by his overbearing mother, crashes into the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition while also wreaking havoc.
Elizabeth Banks, Jesse Peretz, Steve Coogan, Adam Scott, Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Hugh Dancy, Shirley Knight
Comedy

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark R

A young girl is sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend and discovers sinister creatures that live underneath the stairs.
Guy Pearce, Guillermo del Toro, Troy Nixey, Matthew Robbins, Mark Johnson, Katie Holmes, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson
Thriller Suspense Horror Supernatural
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157 mins

Transformers: Dark of the Moon PG-13

The follow-up to "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". No plot details are available yet.
Tyrese Gibson, Steven Spielberg, Roberto Orci, Shia LaBeouf, Patrick Dempsey, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tom DeSanto, Alex Kurtzman
Action Adventure Sequel Fantasy Sci-Fi 3D Shot-In-3D
107 mins

Circumstance R

A wealthy family in Iran struggling to contain a teen's growing sexual rebellion.
Sarah Kazemy, Nikohl Boosheri, Maryam Keshavarz
Drama
New York / Los Angeles
3 / 5
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95 mins

Special Treatment NR

A high class prostitute (Isabelle Huppert) and an eminent psychoanalyst discover that they share many things in common. They are both unhappy with their professions, seeking a way out that involves unique contact with each other's worlds.
Richard Debuisne, Sabila Moussadek, Jeanne Labrune, Isabelle Huppert, Bouli Lanners
Drama Comedy

BuzzKill

A struggling writer, Ray Wyatt, acquires fame when a notorious murderer steals his car and the newest draft of his script.
Steven Kampmann, Krysten Ritter, Darrell Hammond
Comedy

Rebirth

The nearly ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001.
James 'Jim' Whitaker
Documentary

Redemption Road

Two seemingly different men (Michael Clarke Duncan, Morgan Simpson) embark on a music-steeped journey through the American South, learning along the way that life isn't about where you end up - it's how you get there that matters. Somewhere along the 900 miles between Austin, TX and Huntsville, AL the two men become unlikely friends.
Michael Clarke Duncan, Kiele Sanchez, Taryn Manning, George Richards, Luke Perry, Mario Van Peebles, Morgan Simpson, Tom Skerritt
Drama

Suing The Devil

A down-and-out law student sues Satan for $8 trillion dollars. Satan appears to defend himself and the trial of the century takes place.
Malcolm McDowell, Rebecca St. James, Timothy A. Chey, Tom Sizemore, Shannen Fields, Corbin Bernsen, Bart Bronson, Jeff Gannon
Drama Comedy Thriller

The Hedgehog NR

The timely story of Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father’s old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renée Michel (Josiane Balasko). When Paloma’s camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renée’s back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma’s own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect.
Mona Achache, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Josiane Balasko, Togo Igawa, Ariane Ascaride
Drama

The Family Tree R

A troubled family gets a second chance at happiness when the mother suffers a memory loss and can't recall the last 15 years of her life.
Bow Wow, J. Todd Harris, Dermot Mulrony, Brittany Robertson, Selma Blair, Chi McBride, Vivi Friedman, Allan Jones
Drama Comedy

Brighton Rock R

The story centers on a small-time gangster who kills a rival and finds his life in turmoil as he faces blackmail threats from a waitress (Andrea Riseborough) who knows about the murder.
Paul Webster, Sam Riley, Rowan Joffe, Andrea Riseborough, Pete Postlethwaite, John Hurt, Andy Serkis, Sean Harris
Drama
85 mins

Swinging with the Finkels R

Mandy Moore and Martin Freeman star as a bored suburban couple that decide to spice up their sex life by swinging.
Jonathan Silverman, Deepak Nayar, Melissa George, Martin Freeman, Mandy Moore, Jerry Stiller, Jonathan Newman, Thomas Augsberger
Comedy Romance
111 mins

Higher Ground R

Carolyn Briggs grew up with modest means in the Iowa heartland. Pregnant at seventeen, married a few months later, by the age of 18 she found herself living in a trailer with no plans beyond having more babies-until she found Jesus.
John Hawkes, Tim Metcalfe, Taissa Farmiga, Donna Murphy, Bill Irwin, Norbert Leo Butz, Vera Farmiga, Carly Hugo
Drama Biography
New York / Los Angeles
3 / 5
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Chasing Madoff

The true-life tale of investigator Harry Markopolos' meticulous, decade-long fight to reveal Madoff's widely destructive Ponzi scheme.
Jeff Prosserman, Randy Manis
Documentary

The Caller R

Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman claiming that she's calling from the past.
Luis Guzman, Matthew Parkhill, Stephen Moyer, Rachelle Lefevre
Horror
90 mins

Shut Up Little Man NR

When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbours, they accidentally created one of the world’s first ‘viral’ pop-culture sensations.
Matthew Bate, Julie Byrne
Documentary

Friday, August 26