113 min / Rating: 12 / USA, 2009
director: Oren Moverman
cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton
Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband's death, Will's emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.
103 min / Rating: o.A. / USA, 2010
director: Dennis Dugan
cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock
The death of their childhood basketball coach leads to a reunion for some old friends (Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock), who gather at the site of a championship celebration from years ago. Picking up right where they left off, the buddies , with their wives and children in tow, discover why age does not necessarily equal maturity.
148 min / Rating: 12 / USA, Großbritannien, 2010
director: Christopher Nolan
cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio
Visionary filmmaker Christopher Nolan (»Memento«, »The Dark Knight«) writes and directs this psychological sci-fi action film about Dom Cobb (DiCaprio), a skilled thief who possesses the power to enter into the dreams of others and steal their ideas. This rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous world of corporate espionage, but it has also cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back - but only if he can accomplish the impossible and pull of the reverse: the task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If he succeeds, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare him and his team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move.
140 min / Rating: k.A. / USA, 2010
director: Ryan Murphy
cast: Julia Roberts, James Franco, Richard Jenkins
A woman who once made it her goal in life to marry and rear a family finds her priorities suddenly shifting in director Ryan Murphy's adaptation of author Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir. In the eyes of many, Gilbert was a woman who had it all -- a loving husband, a great apartment, and a weekend home -- but sometimes one realizes too little too late that they haven't gotten what they truly wanted from life. On the heels of a painful divorce, the woman who had previously looked forward to a contented life of domesticated bliss sets out to explore the world and seek out her true destiny. Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner produce a film starring Julia Roberts.
109 min / Rating: 12 / USA, 2010
director: Jon Turteltaub
cast: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina
Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
118 min / Rating: 12 / USA, 2010
director: Joe Carnahan
cast: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley
1980s TV action gets a reboot with this new version of The A-Team, which shifts the Vietnam vet backstory to a group of Iraq War vets who become mercenaries for hire. Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces) directs from a script by G.I. Joe's Skip Woods. Liam Neeson heads up the crew as Hannibal, the brains of the operation, with Bradley Cooper as Face, UFC star Quinton "Rampage" Jackson filling in for Mr. T as B.A. Baracus, and District 9's breakout star, Sharlto Copley, inheriting the unhinged role of "Howling Mad" Murdock. Jessica Biel also co-stars.
100 min / Rating: 12 / USA, 2010
director: Robert Luketic
cast: Catherine O'Hara, Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl
In Nizza lernt Jen ihren Traummann kennen. Spencer Aimes sieht gut aus und ist weltgewandt. Tatsächlich leben beide bald frisch verheiratet in einer nordamerikanischen Vorort-Idylle. Aber eines Morgens stellt sich heraus, dass Spencer ein international agierender Spion war und nun von Killern gejagt wird. Jetzt muss das junge Paar nicht nur den Kugeln ausweichen und vor den Nachbarn den schönen Schein bewahren, sondern auch einiges besprechen.
103 min / Rating: o.A. / USA, 2010
director: Lee Unkrich
cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Lee Unkrich (co-director of »Toy Story 2«, »Monsters Inc.« and »Finding Nemo«) and the creators of the beloved computer-animated »Toy Story« series re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the toys in this comical new adventure, this time presented in amazing Disney Digital 3-D. As Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys are troubled about their uncertain future. After the toys land in a room full of untamed tots who can't wait to get their sticky little fingers on these 'new' toys, it's pandemonium as they try to stay together, ensuring 'no toy gets left behind.' Meanwhile, Barbie comes face to plastic face with Ken (yes, that Ken).
100 min / Rating: k.A. / USA, Irland, 2010
director: Anand Tucker
cast: Adam Scott, Matthew Goode, Amy Adams
103 min / Rating: 6 / USA, 2010
director: M. Night Shyamalan
cast: Dev Patel, Nicole Peltz, Noah Ringer
Früher war das Reich der vier Nationen Luft, Wasser, Erde und Feuer ein Ort des Friedens unter der Obhut des "Avatar". Doch seit mehr als hundert Jahren hat die Feuernation die Macht an sich gerissen und führt einen unerbittliche n Krieg gegen die anderen Nationen. Der junge Aang ahnt, dass er der nächste "Avatar" ist, der die Welt wieder ins Gleichgewicht bringen kann und muss. Ein Abenteuer mit gefährlichen Prüfungen erwartet ihn.
105 min / Rating: o.A. / USA, 2009
director: Gary Winick
cast: Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave, Amanda Seyfried
Der Trip nach Verona mit ihrem Verlobten Victor ist für die Sophie ein glatter Reinfall. Denn Victor interessiert sich wesentlich mehr für die italienische Küche als für seine Zukünftige. Frustriert durchquert sie die malerische Altstadt und trifft auf "Julias Sekretärinnen". Diese Frauen beantworten Briefe unglücklich Verliebter. Als Sophie einen über 50 Jahre alten Brief entdeckt, entdeckt Sophie nicht nur die Schönheit der Toskana...
109 min / Rating: 12 / USA, 2010
director: Nicholas Stoller
cast: Rose Byrne, Russell Brand, Jonah Hill
Aaron Green wittert als Praktikant bei einem Plattenlabel seine große Chance, als er den britischen Superstar Aldous Snow zu seiner Comeback-Show in Los Angeles bringen soll. Doch das ist schwieriger, als es scheint. Aldous Snow ist brillant und ein Sexsymbol, aber müde vom Überfluss an Geld. Er sucht nach dem Sinn seines Lebens und sehnt sich nach seiner wahren Liebe, doch das hindert ihn nicht daran, sich an chaotischen Orgien zu beteiligen.
100 min / Rating: k.A. / USA, 2010
director: Phillip Noyce
cast: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Director Phillip Noyce teams with screenwriters Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium) and Brian Helgeland (Mystic River) to craft this thriller starring Angelina Jolie as dedicated CIA officer Evelyn Salt, who is accused by a defector of being a Russian spy. With each attempt Salt makes to prove her innocence, her mentor, Winter (Liev Schreiber), only grows more suspicious of her true motivations. The longer she eludes capture by ambitious CIA agent Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the higher the stakes get.
103 min / Rating: 6 / USA, 2010
director: Nanette Burstein
cast: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day
110 min / Rating: 6 / USA, 2009
director: Scott Cooper
cast: Robert Duvall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges
Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges (»The Contender«, »The Big Lebowski«) stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in this incredibly entertaining and poignant drama. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man's crazy heart. Bridges wears his character as comfortably as a favorite old cowboy hat and delivers a performance entirely deserving of its Oscar nomination.