Movies 03.18.11

The Music Never Stopped [limited]

Director: Jim Kohlberg
Stars: (Full Cast)
Studio: Roadside Attractions
The Plot: Henry Sawyer (Simmons) looks to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel (Pucci), who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. Sensing that Gabriel responds to music, Henry seeks out a music therapist, who discovers that when Gabriel listens to the rock music he loved, he re-engages with the world.

Winter in Wartime [LA/NYC]

Director: Martin Koolhoven
Stars: Martijn Lakemeier, Jamie Campbell Bower, Yorick van Wageningen (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
The Plot: Nazi-occupied Holland, 1945: young Michiel (Lakemeier) comes to the aid of a wounded British paratrooper (Bower) and finds himself drawn into the Resistance, though he soon realizes he does not know whom to trust among the adults and townspeople around him.

Cracks [NYC]

Director: Jordan Scott
Stars: Eva Green, Juno Temple, María Valverde (Full Cast)
Studio: IFC Films
The Plot: At a British boarding school, a clique of girlfriends find their dynamic thrown off kilter by the arrival of a beautiful new Spanish student, Fiamma, who also infatuates Miss G (Green), the school's most glamorous teacher who the center of the girls' lives.

Win Win [limited]

Director: Thomas McCarthy
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor (Full Cast)
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Plot: In order to support his family, attorney Mike Flaherty (Giamatti) moonlights as a high school wrestling coach and assumes the guardianship on an elderly client (albeit not in the most honest fashion). Flaherty's fortunes begin to shine when the man's runaway grandson materializes, until the boy's mother appears, fresh from rehab, flat broke, and looking for an opportunity.

Bill Cunningham New York [NYC]

Director: Richard Press
Stars: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors (Full Cast)
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
The Plot: A documentary on New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham.

Paul

Director: Greg Mottola
Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen (Full Cast)
Studio: Universal Pictures
The Plot: Two British comic-book geeks (Pegg and Frost) traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51, and with their unexpected new companion aboard their RV, they find themselves chased by federal agents -- as well as the father of the young woman the trio accidentally kidnaps.

The Lincoln Lawyer

Director: Brad Furman
Stars: Matthew McConaughey (Full Cast)
Studio: Lionsgate
The Plot: In Los Angeles, Mickey Haller (McConaughey) is a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car. And while his latest case could be his most high-paying in years, it also brings him close to unexpected evil.

Limitless

Director: Neil Burger
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish (Full Cast)
Studio: Relativity Media
The Plot: A copywriter (Cooper) discovers a top-secret drug, MDT-48, that enhances intellect and other abilities. As his usage begins to change his life, he begins to consider the drug's shadowy origins; meanwhile, a group of killers trail his every move.

4th Annual New York Wine Expo 2011

NY Wine Expo

02/25/11-02/26/11
Jacob K. Javits Center
625 West 34th St, Midtown South
1-800-544-1660
$90 Fri, $100 Sat

Get out of that winter rut and enjoy a night, or two, of wine from all over the world! The Wine Expo is back and it's getting bigger every year. Indulge in over "760 wines from around the globe, meet the friendly winemakers from over 190 wineries, and visit lifestyle booths featuring the latest in foods and wine accessories." Also, don't forget about their seminars that are sold a la carte, where you can really get an in depth look at all kinds of wine and why we love them so much. Hopefully this year they'll have plenty more food optioins to pair with all the lovely nectar. See you there!

A C E to 34th St-Penn Station

Movies 2/25/11

from IMDB

Of Gods and Men [LA/NYC]

Director: Xavier Beauvois 
Stars: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics 

The Plot: Eight French Christian monks living within a Muslim community in North Africa decide whether to be evacuated from their village as a fundamentalist group sweeps through the region.

Hall Pass

Director: Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly 
Stars: Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate (Full Cast)
Studio: New Line Cinema

The Plot: Two married guys are given the freedom to engage in a week's worth of extra-marital affairs, though they get a little bent out of shape when their respective wives start having fun on their own, too.

Heartbeats [NYC]

Director: Xavier Dolan 
Stars: Xavier Dolan, Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider (Full Cast)
Studio: IFC Films

The Plot: Close friends Francis (Dolan) and Marie (Chokri) meet Nicolas (Schneider) at a dinner party, and the trio begins to spend a lot of time together. However, with each passing day, Nicolas becomes more remote, cause the two friends to obsess over him and compete for his attention.

The Grace Card

Director: David G. Evans 
Stars: Michael Joiner, Mike Higgenbottom, Louis Gossett Jr. (Full Cast)
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films 

The Plot: A drama centered on the potentially combustible partnership between a veteran cop (Joiner) grieving the loss of his son and a rising star on the force (Higgenbottom) who happens to be a part-time pastor.

Drive Angry 3D

Director: Patrick Lussier 
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner (Full Cast)
Studio: Summit Entertainment 

The Plot: A felon (Cage) breaks out of hell for one last chance at redemption: to prevent the cult who murdered his daughter from sacrificing her baby in three days' time. He's aided by a young waitress (Heard) and her ex-boyfriend's muscle car, and together the duo will have to face down the leader of the cult, the police, and a killer known as "The Accountant" (Fichtner) -- who wants to return him to the Devil.

Harlem Globetrotters: 4 Times the Fun World Tour

Madison Square Garden

02/18/11
4 Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, NY 10001
(212) 465-6741
$15, 7:00pm

Do you like basketball, but hate to watch the Knicks lose? Or maybe, you're just tired of rules and guidelines getting in the way of bouncing and throwing balls? Well you're in luck because, the Harlem Globetrotters we'll be winning as they usually do and they'll definitely be, "hittin dem fours" four point shots that are an astonishing 12 feet further than the 3-point line.

A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 to 34th St–Penn Station