December 2013

1.
Une Estonienne à Paris (2012)

  6/10  

Anne leaves Estonia to come to Paris and care for Frida, an elderly Estonian lady who emigrated to France long ago... (94 mins.)

Director: Ilmar Raag

Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Laine Mägi, Patrick Pineau, François Beukelaers

2.

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)

  6,5/10  

When famous DJ Alan Partridge's radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege. (90 mins.)

Director: Declan Lowney

Stars: Steve Coogan, Anna Maxwell Martin, Colm Meaney, Elizabeth Berrington

3.

All Is Lost (2013)

  6,5/10  

After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face. (106 mins.)

Director: J.C. Chandor

Stars: Robert Redford

4.

Les salauds (2013)

  6/10  

Marco returns to Paris after his brother-in-law's suicide, where he targets the man his sister believes caused the tragedy - though he is ill-prepared for her secrets as they quickly muddy the waters. (83 mins.)

Director: Claire Denis

Stars: Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Julie Bataille, Michel Subor

5.

Blackbird (2012)

  6,5/10  

An alienated teenager's posturing online threat ignites a firestorm of fear in a small community. (103 mins.)

Director: Jason Buxton

Stars: Connor Jessup, Alexia Fast, Michael Buie, Alex Ozerov

6.

La vie d'Adèle (2013)

  7,5/10  

Adele's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself. (179 mins.)

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing

7.

Captain Phillips (2013)

  8/10  

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. (134 mins.)

Director: Paul Greengrass

Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener

8.

Closed Circuit (2013)

  6,5/10  

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. (96 mins.)

Director: John Crowley

Stars: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds

9.

Cutie and the Boxer (2013 Documentary)

  5/10  

This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own. (82 mins.)

Director: Zachary Heinzerling

Stars: Ushio Shinohara, Noriko Shinohara, Alex Shinohara, Ethan Cohen

10.

Dirty Wars (2013 Documentary)

  5,5/10  

Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars. (87 mins.)

Director: Rick Rowley

Stars: Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi, Muqbal Al Kazemi

11.

Don Jon (2013)

  6,5/10  

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love. (90 mins.)

Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza

12.

Falsifikator (2013)

  5,5/10  

Our story takes place at the end of the 1960s. This is the time of the collapse of the ideals of a more... (90 mins.)

Director: Goran Markovic

Stars: Tihomir Stanic, Branka Katic, Dusan Plavsic, Mihailo Stanic

13.

Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012)

  7/10  

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on... (84 mins.)

Director: György Pálfi

Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Bruno Ganz, Greta Garbo

14.

Freier Fall (2013)

  6/10  

A promising career with the police, a baby on the way -- Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then... (100 mins.)

Director: Stephan Lacant

Stars: Hanno Koffler, Max Riemelt, Attila Borlan, Katharina Schüttler

15.

Frozen (2013)

  7/10  

Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter. (102 mins.)

Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Stars: Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff

16.

Fruitvale Station (2013)

  6/10  

The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. (85 mins.)

Director: Ryan Coogler

Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand

17.

Gravity (2013)

  8/10  

A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space. (91 mins.)

Director: Alfonso Cuarón

Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen

18.

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

  4,5/10  

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. (106 mins.)

Director: James Wan

Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye

19.

Kilimanjaro (2013)

  6,5/10  

A man decides to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro after his relationship ends.

Director: Walter Strafford

Stars: Abigail Spencer, Diego Klattenhoff, Brian Geraghty, Chris Marquette

20.

LUV (2012)

  6,5/10  

An 11-year-old boy gets a crash course in what it means to be a man when he spends a day with the ex-convict uncle he idolizes. (94 mins.)

Director: Sheldon Candis

Stars: Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover

21.

The Butler (2013)

  5,5/10  

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society. (132 mins.)

Director: Lee Daniels

Stars: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda

22.

Machete Kills (2013)

  5,5/10  

The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space. (107 mins.)

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Stars: Danny Trejo, Alexa Vega, Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba

23.

Mary and Martha (2013 TV Movie)

  5,5/10  

Two mothers lose their sons to malaria. (90 mins.)

Director: Phillip Noyce

Stars: Hilary Swank, Brenda Blethyn, Sam Claflin, Frank Grillo

24.

My Brother the Devil (2012)

  6,5/10  

Two teenage brothers must face their own prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being British Arabs growing up on the streets of gangland London. (111 mins.)

Director: Sally El Hosaini

Stars: James Floyd, Elarica Gallacher, Fady Elsayed, Saïd Taghmaoui

25.

Fu cheng mi shi (2012)

  5,5/10  

(98 mins.)

Director: Ye Lou

Stars: Lei Hao, Xi Qi, Hao Qin

26.

Newlyweeds (2013)

  6/10  

A match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry when Lyle can't decide which matters most, Nina or Mary Jane. (87 mins.)

Director: Shaka King

Stars: Amari Cheatom, Trae Harris, Tone Tank, Isiah Whitlock Jr.

27.

Open Grave (2013)

  5/10  

A man wakes up in the wilderness, in a pit full of dead bodies, with no memory and must determine if the murderer is one of the strangers who rescued him, or if he himself is the killer. (102 mins.)

Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego

Stars: Sharlto Copley, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Kretschmann, Erin Richards

28.

Out of the Furnace (2013)

  7,5/10  

When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. (116 mins.)

Director: Scott Cooper

Stars: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson

29.

Riddick (2013)

   -/10  

Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past. (119 mins.)

Director: David Twohy

Stars: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollà

30.

Runner Runner (2013)

  5,5/10  

When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur. (91 mins.)

Director: Brad Furman

Stars: Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie

31.

Stalingrad (2013)

  6,5/10  

A story centered on the battle of Stalingrad during WWII. (131 mins.)

Director: Fedor Bondarchuk

Stars: Thomas Kretschmann, Yanina Studilina, Philippe Reinhardt, Pyotr Fyodorov

32.

Vaje v objemu (2012)

  6/10  

(89 mins.)

Director: Metod Pevec

Stars: Uros Furst, Jana Zupancic, Pia Zemljic, Primoz Pirnat

33.

The Central Park Five (2012 Documentary)

  6/10  

A documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime. (119 mins.)

Director: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns

Stars: Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Kharey Wise, Raymond Santana

34.

The Citizen (2012)

  5,5/10  

An Arab immigrant wins the American green card lottery, arriving in New York City on September 10, 2001. (99 mins.)

Director: Sam Kadi

Stars: Khaled Nabawy, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji, William Atherton

35.

The Congress (2013)

  5/10  

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider. (122 mins.)

Director: Ari Folman

Stars: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Paul Giamatti

36.

The Crash Reel (2013 Documentary)

  7/10  

Fifteen years of verite footage show the epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce... (108 mins.)

Director: Lucy Walker

Stars: Kevin Pearce, Shaun White, Mason Aguirre, Jake Burton

37.

Mayor (2013)

  7/10  

That day Sergey Sobolev, police officer, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child... (99 mins.)

Director: Yuri Bykov

Stars: Yuri Bykov, Ilya Isayev, Dmitriy Kulichkov, Boris Nevzorov

38.

The To Do List (2013)

  4,5/10  

Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall. (104 mins.)

Director: Maggie Carey

Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat

39.

La Sirga (2012)

  5,5/10  

A Colombian refugee tries to rebuild her life at a guest house located on the shores of a great lake in the Andes. (88 mins.)

Director: William Vega

Stars: Floralba Achicanoy, Joghis Seudin Arias, David Fernando Guacas, Julio César Roble

40.

The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

  6,5/10  

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother. (96 mins.)

Director: Francesca Gregorini

Stars: Kaya Scodelario, Jessica Biel, Alfred Molina, Frances O'Connor

41.

Turbo (2013)

    6/10  

A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500. (96 mins.)

Director: David Soren

Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Maya Rudolph, Samuel L. Jackson

42.

Ji zhan (2013)

  6/10  

Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi... (122 mins.)

Director: Dante Lam

Stars: Singh Hartihan Bitto, Nick Cheung, Crystal Lee, Feier Li

43.

White Reindeer (2013)

  6/10  

After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne struggles to put her life back together during a sad, strange Christmastime in suburban Virginia. (82 mins.)

Director: Zach Clark

Stars: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Laura Lemar-Goldsborough, Lydia Hyslop, Joe Swanberg

44.
Wrong Cops (2013)
6,5/10
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentallyshot. (83 mins.)
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Stars: Mark Burnham, Eric Judor, Steve Little, Marilyn Manson

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