2011

Film Decades: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

  • 5 Days of War – directed by Renny Harlin, starring Andy García, Val Kilmer, Richard Coyle, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rupert Friend, Johnathon Schaech, Dean Cain, Rade Šerbedžija, Antje Traue, Heather Graham, Mikheil Gomiashvili, & Mikko Nousiainen
  • 11-11-11
  • 30 Minutes or Less* – directed by Reuben Fleischer, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson, Dishad Vadsaria, Michael Peña, & Fred Ward
  • 35 and Ticking
  • 50/50* – directed by Jonathan Levine, written by Will Reiser, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Philip Baker Hall, Matt Frewer, & Anjelica Huston
  • 1911 – co-directed by and starring Jackie Chan – China/Hong Kong
  • Abduction – directed by John Singleton, starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello, & Sigourney Weaver
  • The Adjustment Bureau – directed by George Nolfi, starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Michael Kelly, & Terence Stamp
  • The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn* – directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, & Simon Pegg
  • African Cats – documentary
  • Albert Nobbs – directed by Rodrigo Garcia, starring Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Janet McTeer, Pauline Collins, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson, & Maria Doyle Kennedy – UK
  • All Together – directed by Stéphane Robelin, starring Jane Fonda, Daniel Brühl, Geraldine Chaplin, Pierre Richard, Claude Rich, & Guy Bedos
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
  • Anonymous – directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, Edward Hogg, Jamie Campbell Bower, Derek Jacobi – UK
  • Another Earth – directed by Mike Cahill, starring Brit Marling, William Mapother, & Robin Lord Taylor
  • Apollo 18
  • The Art of Getting By – directed by Gavin Wiesen, starring Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser, Sam Robards, Rita Wilson, & Blair Underwood
  • Arthur – directed by Jason Winer, starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, Luis Guzmán, Nick Nolte, & Geraldine James
  • Arthur Christmas – directed by Sarah Smith & Barry Cook, starring the voices of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, & Ashley Jensen
  • The Artist – directed by Michel Hazanavicius, starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Malcolm McDowell, Missi Pyle, Beth Grant, Ed Lauter, Joel Murray, Ken Davitian, & John Goodman – France
  • Atlas Shrugged: Part I
  • Attack the Block – UK
  • Bad Teacher
  • Battle: Los Angeles
  • Beastly
  • Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest – documentary
  • A Beautiful Life – China/Hong Kong
  • The Beaver
  • Beginners
  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – directed by John Madden, starring Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, & Dev Patel – UK
  • A Better Life
  • Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
  • The Big Year
  • Born to Be Wild 3D – documentary
  • Breaking Dawn – Part 1
  • Bridesmaids*
  • Buck – documentary
  • Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
  • Captain America: The First Avenger* – directed by Joe Johnston, starring Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, Toby Jones, & Stanley Tucci
  • Carnage
  • Cars 2* – directed by John Lasseter, starring the voices of Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, John Turturro, Eddie Izzard, Thomas Kretschmann, Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub, Guido Quaroni, Bonnie Hunt, Lloyd Sherr, & John Ratzenberger
  • Cedar Rapids*
  • The Change-Up
  • The Chaperone
  • A Chinese Ghost Story – China/Hong Kong
  • Colombiana
  • Conan the Barbarian
  • The Conspirator
  • Contagion
  • Coriolanus- UK
  • Courageous
  • Cowboys & Aliens*
  • Crazy, Stupid, Love
  • A Dangerous Method – UK
  • The Darkest Hour
  • Dead Stop
  • The Debt
  • The Decoy Bride – UK
  • The Descendants
  • The Devil’s Double
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules
  • The Dilemma – directed by Ron Howard, starring Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, & Queen Latifah
  • Dirty Girl
  • Dolphin Tale
  • Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – US/Australia/Mexico
  • The Double
  • Dream House
  • Drive*
  • Drive Angry* – directed by Patrick Lussier, Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, Charlotte Ross, Katy Mixon, & Tom Atkins
  • Dylan Dog: Dead of Night*
  • The Eagle
  • Everything Must Go
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  • Fast Five
  • Father of Invention
  • Fear of a Black Republican – documentary
  • Final Destination 5
  • Footloose
  • Friends: Naki of Monster Island – directed by Takashi Yamazaki & Ryūichi Yagi – Japan
  • Friends with Benefits* – directed by Will Gluck and starring Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Bryan Greenberg, Nolan Gould, Richard Jenkins, & Woody Harrelson
  • Fright Night – directed by Craig Gillespie, starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, & David Tennant
  • From Prada to Nada
  • From Up on Poppy Hill – Japan
  • The Future
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* – directed by David Fincher, starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen, & Joely Richardson
  • Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
  • Gnomeo and Juliet* – directed by Kelly Asbury, starring the voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Maggie Smith, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant, Matt Lucas, Jim Cummings, Julie Walters, Richard Wilson, Patrick Stewart, & Ozzy Osbourne
  • A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
  • The Good Doctor
  • The Greatest Movie Ever Sold – documentary
  • The Green Hornet* – directed by Michel Gondry, starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, & Tom Wilkinson
  • Green Lantern* – directed by Martin Campbell, starting Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Clarke Duncan, & Taika Waititi
  • Hall Pass
  • The Hangover: Part II*
  • Hanna – directed by Joe Wright, starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Michelle Dockery, Jessica Barden, Jason Flemyng, & Cate Blanchett
  • Happy Feat Two – directed by George Miller, starring the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, P!nk, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vergara, Common, Hugo Weaving, Richard Carter, Magda Szubanski & Anthony LaPaglia
  • Happythankyoumoreplease – directed by & starring Josh Radnor, with Malin Åkerman, Kate Mara, Zoe Kazan, Michael Algieri, Pablo Schreiber, & Tony Hale
  • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai – directed by Takashi Miike – UK/Japan
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2* – directed by David Yates, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis, & Julie Walters
  • The Heart Specialist
  • The Help – directed by Tate Taylor, starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Cicely Tyson, & Sissy Spacek
  • Hesher – directed by Spencer Susser, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson, Natalie Portman, Piper Laurie, & Devin Brochu
  • Higher Ground
  • Hoodwinked Too! The Hood vs. Evil
  • Hop
  • Horrible Bosses*
  • Hugo* – directed by Martin Scorsese
  • I Am Number Four
  • I Don’t Know How She Does It
  • I Love Hong Kong – Hong Kong
  • I Melt with You
  • The Ides of March
  • Immortals
  • In Time
  • The Iron Lady – UK
  • Inside Out
  • Insidious
  • J. Edgar – directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Jack and Jill
  • Jane Eyre – UK
  • Janie Jones
  • Johnny English Reborn – UK
  • Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
  • Jumping the Broom
  • Just Go with It
  • Justin Bieber: Never Say Never – documentary
  • Kill the Irishman
  • Killer Elite – UK/Australia
  • Kung Fu Panda 2*
  • The Lady – UK/France
  • Larry Crowne
  • Life in a Day – documentary
  • Like Crazy
  • Limitless
  • The Lincoln Lawyer
  • Lucky
  • Machine Gun Preacher
  • Madea’s Big Happy Family
  • Margaret
  • Margin Call
  • Mars Needs Moms
  • Martha May Marcy Marlene
  • The Mechanic
  • Midnight in Paris – directed by Woody Allen
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
  • Moneyball*
  • Money Matters
  • Monte Carlo
  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins
  • The Muppets*
  • The Music Never Stopped
  • My Week with Marilyn – UK
  • New Year’s Eve
  • Newlyweds
  • Ninja Kids!!! – directed by Takashi Miike – Japan
  • No Strings Attached – directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Cary Elwes, Kevin Kline, Greta Gerwig, Olivia Thirlby, Jake Johnson, & Mindy Kaling
  • One Day
  • Our Idiot Brother – directed by Jesse Peretz, starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, Shirley Knight, T.J. Miller, & Adam Scott
  • Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times- documentary
  • Paranormal Activity 3
  • Paul* – directed by Greg Mottola, starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Blythe Danner, Joe Lo Truglio, John Carroll Lynch, & Sigourney Weaver
  • Pearl Jam Twenty – documentary
  • Peep World
  • The Perfect Host
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* – directed by Rob Marshall, starring Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Kevin R. McNally, & Geoffrey Rush
  • Priest*
  • Prom
  • Puncture
  • Puss in Boots* – directed by Chris Miller, starring the voices of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, & Amy Sedaris
  • Rango* – directed by Gore Verbinski, starring the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, & Ned Beatty
  • Real Steel*
  • Red Riding Hood – directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, Lukas Haas, & Julie Christie
  • Red State – directed by Kevin Smith, starring Michael Parks, John Goodman, Michael Angarano, Melissa Leo, & Stephen Root
  • Restless
  • The Reunion
  • Rio
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes*
  • The Rite
  • The Roommate
  • The Rum Diary* – directed by Bruce Robinson, starring Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, & Giovanni Ribisi
  • Salmon Fishing in Yemen – UK
  • Sanctum – US/Australia
  • Scream 4 – directed by Wes Craven
  • Seance: The Summoning
  • Season of the Witch – directed by Dominic Sena, starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Foy, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen, Robert Sheehan, & Christopher Lee
  • Seven Days in Utopia
  • Shame – UK
  • Shark Knight 3D
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* – directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Eddie Marsan, Kelly Reilly, Stephen Fry, & Rachel McAdams
  • The Sitter
  • Skateland
  • The Smurfs
  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
  • Something Borrowed
  • The Son of No One
  • Soul Surfer
  • Source Code
  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World – directed by Robert Rodriguez
  • Straw Dogs
  • Sucker Punch – directed by Zack Snyder, starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Oscar Isaac, Jon Hamm, & Scott Glenn
  • Super – directed by James Gunn, starring Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, & Nathan Fillion
  • Super 8*
  • Take Me Home Tonight
  • Take Shelter
  • Tekken: Blood Vengeance – Japan
  • Texas Killing Fields
  • That’s What I Am
  • Thin Ice
  • The Thing
  • Thor* – directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Colm Feore, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Rene Russo, & Anthony Hopkins
  • The Three Musketeers – directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, starring Matthew Macfadyen, Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Milla Jovovich, Luke Evans, Mads Mikkelsen, Orlando Bloom, & Christoph Waltz
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – directed by Tomas Alfredson, starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, David Dencik, & Kathy Burke – UK/France/German
  • Tower Heist
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon*
  • The Tree of Life – directed by Terrence Malick, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Jessica Chastain, & Tye Sheridan
  • Trespass
  • Unknown
  • A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas*
  • W.E.
  • Waiting for Forever
  • War Horse – directed by Steven Spielberg
  • Warrior
  • Water for Elephants
  • The Way
  • We Bought a Zoo
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin – UK
  • What’s Your Number?*
  • The Wicker Tree – UK
  • Win Win
  • Winnie the Pooh
  • The Woman
  • Wuthering Heights
  • X-Men: First Class*
  • Yakuza Weapon – Japan
  • Young Adult
  • Your Highness*
  • You’re Next
  • Zookeeper

Film Decades: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019