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.