November 2013

1.

2 Guns (2013)

  6/10  

A DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance: Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent. (109 mins.)

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton

 

2.

À Beira do Caminho (2012)

  5,5/10  

To escape past traumas, a truck driver John decides to leave his hometown behind and travel cross the country...

Director: Breno Silveira

Stars: Ângelo Antônio, João Miguel, Vinícius Nascimento, Dira Paes

 

3.

Best Man Down (2012)

  6/10  

A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony. (89 mins.)

Director: Ted Koland

Stars: Justin Long, Jess Weixler, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin

 

4.

Big Sur (2013)

  5,5/10  

A recounting of Jack Kerouac's (here known by the name of his fictional alter-ego Jack Duluoz) three sojourns to the cabin in Big Sur, owned by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. (81 mins.)

Director: Michael Polish

Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell

 

5.

Blackfish (2013 Documentary)

  6,5/10  

Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer... (83 mins.)

Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Stars: Tilikum, Dave Duffus, Samantha Berg, Dean Gomersall

 

6.

The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman (2013)

  6/10  

While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex. (108 mins.)

Director: Fredrik Bond

Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger

 

7.

Krugovi (2013)

  6,5/10  

Five people are affected by a tragic heroic act. 12 years later, each of them will have to confront the past... (112 mins.)

Director: Srdan Golubovic

Stars: Aleksandar Bercek, Leon Lucev, Nebojsa Glogovac, Nikola Rakocevic

 

8.

Elysium (2013)

  7/10  

In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. (109 mins.)

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga

 

9.

Ctyri slunce (2012)

  6/10  

Fogi is enjoying his never ending puberty. But simultaneously Fogi is also trying to live up to his family duties and bring up Véna... (105 mins.)

Director: Bohdan Sláma

Stars: Jaroslav Plesl, Anna Geislerová, Karel Roden, Jirí Mádl

 

10.

Frances Ha (2012)

  7/10  

A story that follows a New York woman (who doesn't really have an apartment), apprentices for a dance company (though she's not really a dancer), and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. (86 mins.)

Director: Noah Baumbach

Stars: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen

 

11.

Haunter (2013)

  5,5/10  

The ghost of a teenager who died years ago reaches out to the land of the living in order to save someone from suffering her same fate. (97 mins.)

Director: Vincenzo Natali

Stars: Abigail Breslin, David Hewlett, Stephen McHattie, Sarah Manninen

 

12.

Home Again (2012)

  6/10  

Three Jamaicans, who are deported from the U.S., Canada, and England, must make their way in a land that they are not familiar with. (104 mins.)

Director: David Sutherland

Stars: Tatyana Ali, CCH Pounder, K.C. Collins, Lyriq Bent

 

13.

How I Live Now (2013)

  6/10  

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her. (101 mins.)

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay, Danny McEvoy

 

14.

Hvala za Sunderland (2012)

  6/10  

Johan is a factory worker who dreams about a decent life for himself and his family. His best friend Janez introduces him to Zlatko... (92 mins.)

Director: Slobodan Maksimovic

Stars: Gregor Bakovic, Polde Bibic, Branko Djuric, Stefka Drolc

 

15.

Iron Man Three (2013)

  6/10  

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. (130 mins.)

Director: Shane Black

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle

 

16.

Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

  5/10  

The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows. (103 mins.)

Director: Jeff Wadlow

Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey

 

17.

More Than Honey (2012 Documentary)

  6,5/10  

An in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia. (95 mins.)

Director: Markus Imhoof

Stars: Fred Jaggi, Randolf Menzel, John Miller, Liane Singer

 

18.

Museum Hours (2012)

  6/10  

When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads which sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways artworks reflect and shape the world. (107 mins.)

Director: Jem Cohen

Stars: Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits

 

19.

Odd Thomas (2013)

  6/10  

In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces. (100 mins.)

Director: Stephen Sommers

Stars: Anton Yelchin, Ashley Sommers, Leonor Varela, Matthew Page

 

20.

Out in the Dark (2012)

  5,5/10  

A drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sites of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimer and Roy, an Israeli lawyer. (96 mins.)

Director: Michael Mayer

Stars: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jamil Khoury, Alon Pdut

 

21.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

  5/10  

In order to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising. (106 mins.)

Director: Thor Freudenthal

Stars: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Nathan Fillion

 

22.

Pilgrim Hill (2013)

  5/10  

Jimmy Walsh is a middle aged farmer living in rural Ireland with his critically ill Father. Life has been tough on Jimmy over the years, but things are about to get worse, as his life hits a very rough patch on and off his farm. (85 mins.)

Director: Gerard Barrett

Stars: Joe Mullins, Muiris Crowley, Corina Gough, Kevin McCormack

 

23.

Prisoners (2013)

  7,5/10  

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family? (153 mins.)

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo

 

24.

Red 2 (2013)

  5,5/10  

Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. (116 mins.)

Director: Dean Parisot

Stars: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins

 

25.

Spijt! (2013)

  4,5/10  

David's classmate Jochem is bullied because he is too heavy. Although David increasingly stands up to the bullying, it turns out to be too late. (95 mins.)

Director: Dave Schram

Stars: Robin Boissevain, Dorus Witte, Stefan Collier, Charlotte Bakker

 

26.

L'inconnu du lac (2013)

  6,5/10  

Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel. An attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway. (100 mins.)

Director: Alain Guiraudie

Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte

 

27.

The Act of Killing (2012 Documentary)

  6,5/10  

A documentary that challenges former Indonesian death squad leaders to reenact their real-life mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers. (115 mins.)

Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous

Stars: Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara, Anwars Congo

 

28.

The Family (2013)

  5,5/10  

The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard. (111 mins.)

Director: Luc Besson

Stars: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo

 

29.

Gamgi (2013)

  6,5/10  

The worst epidemic ever seen is sweeping through Bundang, the suburb of Seoul. After smuggling illegal immigrants into the country... (122 mins.)

Director: Sung-su Kim

Stars: Hyuk Jang, Soo Ae, Andrew William Brand, In-Pyo Cha

 

30.

La cage dorée (2013)

  6/10  

(90 mins.)

Director: Ruben Alves

Stars: Rita Blanco, Joaquim de Almeida, Roland Giraud, Chantal Lauby

 

31.

Kirishima, bukatsu yamerutteyo (2012)

  6/10  

(103 mins.)

Director: Daihachi Yoshida

Stars: Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Ai Hashimoto, Suzuka Ohgo, Masahiro Higashide

 

32.

The Last Days on Mars (2013)

  6/10  

A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars. (98 mins.)

Director: Ruairi Robinson

Stars: Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Elias Koteas, Olivia Williams

 

33.

The Look of Love (2013)

  5,5/10  

The life of Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain's richest man. (101 mins.)

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Stars: Steve Coogan, Matt Lucas, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots

 

34.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

  5,5/10  

When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld. (130 mins.)

Director: Harald Zwart

Stars: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West

 

35.

The Motel Life (2012)

  6/10  

A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident. (85 mins.)

Director: Alan Polsky, Gabe Polsky

Stars: Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, Dakota Fanning

 

36.

The Patience Stone (2012)

  7/10  

Somewhere, in Afghanistan or elsewhere, in a country torn apart by a war... A young woman in her thirties... (102 mins.)

Director: Atiq Rahimi

Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan, Hassina Burgan, Massi Mrowat

 

37.

The Wolverine (2013)

  6/10  

When Wolverine is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons. (126 mins.)

Director: James Mangold

Stars: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima

 

38.

The World's End (2013)

  6,5/10  

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival. (109 mins.)

Director: Edgar Wright

Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike

 

39.

Tôkyô kazoku (2013)

  7/10  

In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo. (146 mins.)

Director: Yôji Yamada

Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa

 

40.

Drogówka (2013)

  6,5/10  

Seven friends, officers of the Warsaw's Traffic Police Department are leading seemingly fulfilled lives... (118 mins.)

Director: Wojtek Smarzowski

Stars: Bartlomiej Topa, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Julia Kijowska, Eryk Lubos

 

41.

We Are What We Are (2013)

  6,5/10  

The Parkers, a reclusive family who follow ancient customs, find their secret existence threatened as a torrential downpour moves into their area, forcing daughters Iris and Rose to assume responsibilities beyond those of a typical family. (105 mins.)

Director: Jim Mickle

Stars: Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Wyatt Russell