Gnomeo & Juliet Movie Review 2011

Release Date: February 11, 2011

Studio: Touchstone Pictures

Director: Kelly Asbury

Screenwriter: Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Mark Burton

Starring: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant, Matt Lucas, Jim Cummings, Julie Walters, Richard Wilson, Ozzy Osbourne, Dolly Parton, Hulk Hogan

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Synopsis: The greatest love story ever told, starring... garden gnomes? In the upcoming "Gnomeo & Juliet," Shakespeare's revered tale gets a comical, off-thewall makeover. Directed by Kelly Asbury ("Shrek 2") and showcasing both classic and original songs by Elton John, the film features the voices of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt as Gnomeo and Juliet, who have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But with plastic pink flamingos and thrilling lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find lasting happiness?

The Eagle Movie Review 2011

Release Date: February 11, 2011

Studio: Focus Features

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Screenwriter: Jeremy Brock

Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim

Genre: Adventure

Synopsis: In 140 AD, two men - master and slave - venture beyond the edge of the known world on a dangerous and obsessive quest that will push them beyond the boundaries of loyalty and betrayal, friendship and hatred, deceit and heroism...The Roman epic adventure "The Eagle" stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell and is directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald. 20 years earlier, Rome's 5,000-strong Ninth Legion, under the command of Flavius Aquila, marched north carrying their treasured golden Eagle emblem. They never returned; Legion and Eagle simply vanished into the mists. 

Cedar Rapids Movie Review 2011

Release Date: February 11, 2011 (limited)

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Director: Miguel Arteta

Screenwriter: Phil Johnston

Starring: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche, Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Mike O'Malley, Rob Corddry, Seth Morris

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis: To call insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), "naive" is a gross understatement. He's never left his small hometown. He's never stayed at a hotel. And he's never experienced anything like Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sent to represent his company at the annual insurance convention, Tim is soon distracted by three convention veterans (John C. Reilly, Anne Heche and Isiah Whitlock Jr.) who will show him the ropes and push his boundaries. For a guy who plays everything by the book, this convention will be anything but conventional.

Carbon Nation Movie Review 2011

Release Date: February 11, 2011 (NY; LA release: Feb. 18)

Studio: Clay Way Media

Director: Peter Byck

Screenwriter: Peter Byck

Starring: Bill Kurtis, Richard Branson, Thomas L. Friedman, James Woolsey, Van Jones, Col. Dan Nolan, Bernie Karl, Denis Hayes, Cliff Etheredge

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis:"Carbon Nation" is an optimistic, solutions-based, non-partisan documentary that illustrates why it's incredibly smart to be a part of the new, low-carbon economy: it's good business, it emboldens national and energy security, and it improves health and the environment.

Carancho Movie Review 2011

Release Date: February 11, 2011 (NY)

Studio: Strand Releasing

Director: Pablo Trapero

Screenwriter: Martín Mauregui, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Pablo Trapero

Starring: Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman, Carlos Weber

Genre: Thriller

Synopsis:Traffic accidents have become the number one cause of deaths in Argentina. In "Carancho" (which means vulture in Spanish,) director-producer-editor Pablo Trapero has woven a gritty and suspenseful tale set against the lucrative black market that strives from the personal tragedies that litter the streets of Buenos Aires.