The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 2012. Directed by John Madden.Starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie and Dev Patel. SYNOPSIS: Seven retired British tourists travel to India to stay in what they believe to be a newly-restored and luxurious hotel. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a hotel, […]

Jack Reacher, 2012. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie.Starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo and Jai Courtney. SYNOPSIS:A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Jack Reacher is something of a rare treat for 2012. It’s a film which gets its style […]

Hope Springs, 2012. Directed by David Frankel.Starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Jean Smart, Ben Rappaport, Marin Ireland and Mimi Rogers. SYNOPSIS: After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship. It’s not often we get a grown up romantic comedy, […]

Life of Pi, 2012. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Adil Hussain, Gerard Depardieu and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey as he spends 227 days adrift in the Pacific with only a fearsome Bengal tiger for company. Published in 2001, […]

Wreck-It Ralph, 2012.  Directed by Rich Moore.Featuring the voice talents of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch, Mindy Kaling, Alan Tudyk, Jack McBrayer, Joe Lo Truglio, Ed O’Neill and Dennis Haysbert. SYNOPSIS: A video game character looks to change his image as he tires of being “the bad guy”. When I saw the trailers […]

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, 2012. Written and Directed by Lorene Scafaria.Starring Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, William Petersen, Melanie Lynsky and Adam Brody. SYNOPSIS: As an asteroid approaches Earth, a man decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. If you knew the world was coming […]

Paris-Manhattan, 2012. Directed by Sophie Lellouche.Starring Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Marine Delterme, Michel Aumont and Woody Allen. SYNOPSIS: Local Pharmacist Alice (Alice Taglioni) is struggling to find someone who can live up to the image of her ideal man: Woody Allen. Surrounded by relationship dramas and obsessed with the films of Woody Allen, can new […]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012. Directed by Peter Jackson.Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark […]

Seven Psychopaths, 2012. Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh.Starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Željko Ivanek, Michael Pitt, Gabourey Sidibe, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Stuhlbarg and Harry Dean Stanton. SYNOPSIS: Men steal dogs, there are psychopaths, it gets a bit messy. The trailers for Seven Psychopaths portray […]

Silver Linings Playbook, 2012. Written and Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver and Julia Stiles. SYNOPSIS: After a stint in a mental institution, a former teacher attempts to get his life back on track but things get challenging when he meets a mysterious girl with […]