211. Killing Them Softly
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew Dominik
Actors: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Sam Shepard, Max Casella
Plot: Jackie Cogan is called in when an investigation can't be handled by the law. The enforcer takes over when a heist targets a mob-protected poker game, and the stakes are high for everyone involved.
212. Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ryan Little
Actors: Corbin Allred, David Nibley, Jasen Wade, Lincoln Hoppe, Nichelle Aiden, Curt Doussett
Plot: A trio of allied paratroopers, trapped behind enemy lines, finds themselves helping a group of French resistance fighters in a prison break to free their captive freedom fighters.
213. Grabbers
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jon Wright
Actors: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey, Lalor Roddy, David Pearse, Bronagh Gallagher
Plot: Just off the coast of Ireland, an alien invasion puts the entire population in jeopardy - but luckily the inhabitants find a way to fend off the attack... by becoming good and drunk.
214. Chimpanzee
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Actors: Tim Allen
Plot: Disneynature takes you to the rain forests of Uganda and the Ivory Coast as this documentary follows a family of chimpanzees as they live their lives.
215. Monster in Paris, A ( monstre à Paris, Un )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bibo Bergeron
Actors: Mathieu Chedid, Vanessa Paradis, Gad Elmaleh, François Cluzet, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Ferrier
Plot: Set in Paris, 1910, a monster confined to a garden pines for a beautiful, young singer.
216. Joyful Noise
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Todd Graff
Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Courtney B. Vance, Keke Palmer, Jesse L. Martin
Plot: A small-town choir looks to beat the odds and win a national competition, but only if the two leads can stop butting heads and learn to work together.
217. Undefeated
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin
Actors: Montrail 'Money' Brown, O.C. Brown, Bill Courtney, Chavis Daniels
Plot: The Manassas Tigers are a football program in dire straights - with little money and little support, just to get by they have to serve as a practice team for more successful programs... that is until Coach Bill Courtney is hired and turns the team's fortunes around.
218. Footnote ( Hearat Shulayim )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Hebrew
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joseph Cedar
Actors: Lior Ashkenazi, Yuval Scharf, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Alma Zack, Nevo Kimchi, Albert Iluz
Plot: A rivalry between a father in son comes to head when each is nominated for the Israel Prize, the most prestigious national award in the country.
219. Kid with a Bike, The ( gamin au vélo, Le )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Actors: Thomas Doret, Cécile De France, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Egon Di Mateo, Olivier Gourmet
Plot: A boy given up by his father and left to a state-run youth farm catches a break when the town hairdresser decides to foster him on weekends.
220. Arthur Newman
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dante Ariola
Actors: Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Anne Heche, Kristin Lehman, David Andrews, Sterling Beaumon
Plot: A man fakes his own death to start a new life and meets a kindred spirit in a woman who is trying to leave her past behind as well.
