Fall Films 2010
Starring: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido
An assassin hiding out in an Italian village while awaiting his final assignment tempts fate by seeking out the friendship of a priest (Bonacelli) and the affection of a local woman (Placido).
"Never Let Me Go"
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield
Three childhood friends must come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.
"Easy A"
Starring: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes
A clean-cut student (Stone) improves her social and financial standing by taking advantage of her high school's rumor mill.
"The Town"
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall
A longtime thief (Affleck, who also directed) falls for a bank manager (Hall) who is connected to one of his earlier heists, while an FBI agent (Hamm) is looking to bring him and his crew down.
"Devil"
Starring: Geoffrey Arend, Jenny O'Hara, Chris Messina
A group of people trapped in an elevator realize that the devil is among them.
"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"
Starring: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan
Douglas reprises his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko, who teams up with a young Wall Street trader to alert the financial community to the impending economic collapse.
"You Again"
Starring: Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Betty White
A successful publicist (Bell) comes home for her brother's wedding, only to find he is marrying her high school nemesis.
"Waiting for 'Superman'"
This documentary takes a look at five families from New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington as they try to get their kids into better schools, along with some of the reformers trying to fix failing school systems.
"The Social Network"
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield
This Aaron Sorkin-written, David Fincher-directed film centers on the people who started Facebook.
"Let Me In"
Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Richard Jenkins
A boy (Smit-McPhee) tormented by bullies finds a friend and protector in a young female vampire (Moretz) who lives in secrecy with her guardian (Jenkins).
"Life as We Know It"
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel
Two single adults become caregivers of an orphaned girl when their mutual friends die in an accident.
"Secretariat"
Starring: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Kevin Connolly
Based on the true story of the 1973 race horse winner of the Triple Crown. Lane portrays Secretariat's owner, Penny Chenery, and Malkovich plays his trainer, Lucien Laurin.
"Stone"
Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich
A convicted arsonist (Norton) arranges for his wife (Jovovich) to seduce his parole officer (De Niro) in hopes of increasing his chances of getting out of jail.
"Jackass 3D"
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O
The "Jackass" crew bring their antics back to the big screen.
"Nowhere Boy"
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff
Director Sam Taylor-Wood chronicles John Lennon's (Johnson) teenage years and the start of his journey towards becoming a successful musician.
"Red"
Starring: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker
A former black-ops agent (Willis) reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive after he is attacked by a hit squad.
"Conviction"
Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver
A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder.
"Hereafter"
Starring: Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard
The film tells parallel stories of three people affected by death in different ways. One is an American man (Damon) who can communicate with the dead, a French journalist (de France) who survives a tsunami and an English boy whose brother is killed in a car accident.
"Paranormal Activity 2"
Starring: Katie Featherston
A family sets up security cameras around their home after what they think is a series of break-ins, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.
"The Company Men"
Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner
A year in the lives of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company - and how it affects them, their families and their community.
"Megamind"
Starring: Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Brad Pitt
The supervillain Megamind (Ferrell) finally conquers his nemesis, the hero Metro Man (Pitt), but then finds his life pointless without a hero to fight.
"127 Hours"
Starring: James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder in an isolated canyon in Utah, and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. Based on a true story.
"For Colored Girls"
Starring: Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington
The lives and struggles of nine different women of color are intertwined in this film based on the play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf."
"Morning Glory"
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford
An aspiring news producer (McAdams) tries to save a failing morning show by getting control of its feuding anchors (Ford and Keaton).
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
The first installment of the two-part film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's final Harry Potter film, which leads up to the showdown between Harry and the evil Lord Voldemort.
"Burlesque"
Starring: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci
A small-town girl (Aguilera) moves to Los Angeles and performs in a burlesque club owned by a former dancer (Cher).
"Love and Other Drugs"
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway
A salesman (Gyllenhaal) competes in the cutthroat world of pharmaceuticals to sell a male performance enhancement drug. Based on the non-fiction book "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman."
"The King's Speech"
Starring: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham-Carter, Geoffrey Rush
Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to rule, King George VI (Firth) engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist (Rush) to help him find his voice.