Director: Guy Ritchie
Written by:
Michael Robert Johnson
Anothony Peckham
Tagline:
Nothing Escapes Him
Plot:
After finally catching serial killer and occult “sorcerer” Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner’s new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic – and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.
Runtime: 128 min
Award: Won Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination
Director: Peter Jackson
Written by:
Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Tagline:
The story of a life and everything that came after…
Plot:
Based on the best selling book by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones is the story of a 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from Heaven, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
Runtime: 135 min
Award: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations
Director:
Albert Hughes
Allen Hughes
Written by:
Gary Whitta
Tagline:
Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.
Plot:
The world has become a lawless civilization where people must kill or be killed. The barren roads belong to gangs of cutthroats who rob and kill for water, a pair of shoes, a lighter, or just for fun. Eli is a peaceful man who only acts in self defense, and becomes a warrior with unbelievable killing skills when he is challenged. After the war and the “Big Flash”, Eli was guided by a higher power to a hidden book and given the task of protecting the book and taking it to its final destination. Eli guards the book with his life, because he knows that the book is the only hope that humanity has for its future.
Runtime: 118 min
Director: Jason Reitman
Written by:
Jason Reitman
Sheldon Turner
Tagline:
The story of a man ready to make a connection.
Plot:
Ryan Bingham’s job is to fire people from theirs. The anguish, hostility, and despair of his “clients” has left him falsely compassionate, living out of a suitcase, and loving every second of it. When his boss hires arrogant young Natalie, she develops a method of video conferencing that will allow termination without ever leaving the office – essentially threatening the existence Ryan so cherishes. Determined to show the naive girl the error of her logic, Ryan takes her on one of his cross country firing expeditions, but as she starts to realize the disheartening realities of her profession, he begins to see the downfalls to his way of life.
Runtime: 109 min
Award: Won Golden Globe. Another 32 wins & 43 nominations
Director: Andrea Arnold
Written by:
Andrea Arnold
Plot:
Volatile 15 year old Mia lives in Essex with her single mother and younger sister. Mia is frequently in trouble with the authorities and has been excluded from school. Her only passion is urban dancing, which she practices in a deserted flat on her estate. One day her mother brings home a man named Connor. He is charming and appears to want to be a father figure to the two children. However his relationship with Mia develops into something more flirtatious and they end up having sex whilst Mia’s mother is asleep, drunk.
Award: 9 wins & 16 nominations
Director:
Michael Spierig
Peter Spierig
Written by:
Michael Spierig
Peter Spierig
Tagline:
Vampires are not minority anymore…
Plot:
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
Runtime: 98 min
Director: Miguel Arteta
Written by:
Gustin Nash
C.D. Payne
Tagline:
Every “Revolution” Needs A Leader
Plot:
While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she’ll be the one to take away his virginity. When Nick realizes she is not interested, he comes up with an alter-ego, named François Dillinger, who resembles Nick, but has blue eyes, a mustache, a deeper voice, and a player/bad boy attitude to help him with his pursuit of Sheeni. But when François makes Nick a wanted criminal, everything spins out of control.
Runtime: 90 min
Award: Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations
Director: Joshua Goldin
Written by:
Joshua Goldin
Tagline:
If the glass is half empty, at least you can’t drown.
Plot:
In this sometimes moving dark comedy, Broderick plays Ben-a failed children’s folk singer and less-than-extraordinary weekend dad. Deeply cynical, Ben’s sole pleasure in life is derived from chess games with his Senegalese roommate Ibou. When Ibou is suddenly struck ill and an insensitive municipal employee exacerbates the emergency situation, Ben’s pessimistic worldview seems unequivocally confirmed. But when Ibou’s sister Khadi takes his place in their apartment, what starts as an awkward living arrangement becomes something more, and Ben finds that cynicism may be all a matter of perspective.
Runtime: 95 min
Director: Michael Haneke
Written by:
Michael Haneke
Tagline:
War causes an uprising drama.
Plot:
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.The worries and the dramas of the village are soon lost in the strange excitement of the coming war. Later, the schoolteacher ponders over it again: didn’t those events contain the germs of the tragedies that followed? Weren’t the barbaric acts of the children, deep down, the natural consequences of what they had been taught?
Runtime: 144 min
Award: Won Golden Globe. Another 12 wins & 10 nominations
Director: Rob Marshall
Written by:
Michael Tolkin
Anthony Minghella
Tagline:
This Holiday Season, Be Italian
Plot:
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands.
Runtime: 118 min
Award: Nominated for 5 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 24 nominations
