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Release Date: November 19, 2010 (conventional theaters and IMAX)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: David Yates
Screenwriter: Steve Kloves
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, John Hurt, Rhys Ifans, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Imelda Staunton, Jason Isaacs, Miranda Richardson, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Brendan Gleeson, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Jamie Campbell Bower, Richard Griffiths, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Fiona Shaw, Helen McCrory, David O'Hara, Natalia Tena
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy

Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality and destruction—the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart.

Meanwhile, the wizarding world has become a dangerous place for all enemies of the Dark Lord. The long-feared war has begun and Voldemort's Death Eaters seize control of the Ministry of Magic and even Hogwarts, terrorizing and arresting anyone who might oppose them. But the one prize they still seek is the one most valuable to Voldemort: Harry Potter.
Harry's only hope is to find the Horcruxes before Voldemort finds him. But as he searches for clues, he uncovers an old and almost forgotten tale—the legend of the Deathly Hallows. And if the legend turns out to be true, it could give Voldemort the ultimate power he seeks.

Little does Harry know that his future has already been decided by his past when, on that fateful day, he became "the Boy Who Lived." No longer just a boy, Harry Potter is drawing ever closer to the task for which he has been preparing since the day he first stepped into Hogwarts: the ultimate battle with Voldemort.

Release Date: November 5, 2010 (limited; expands: Nov. 12)
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Doug Liman
Screenwriter: Jez Butterworth
Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Noah Emmerich, Liraz Charchi, Nicholas Sadler
Genre: Drama

Fair Game is a 2010 thriller film directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. The film is based on the true story of Valerie Plame.As a covert officer in the CIA's Counter-Proliferation Division, Valerie (Naomi Watts) leads an investigation into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Valerie's husband, diplomat Joe Wilson (Sean Penn), is drawn into the investigation to substantiate an alleged sale of enriched uranium from Niger. But when the administration ignores his findings and uses the issue to support the call to war, Joe writes a New York Times editorial outlining his conclusions and igniting a firestorm of controversy.

Soon after, Valerie's covert status is reported by a high-profile Washington journalist. With her cover blown and her overseas contacts placed in mortal danger, Valerie is pushed to the breaking point as her career and private life collapse. After years serving the government, Valerie--a mother, a wife and a field officer with an impeccable record--now struggles to save her reputation, her career and her family.

Release Date: October 15, 2010 (NY, LA, Toronto; wide: Oct. 22)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Peter Morgan
Starring: Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Frankie McLaren, George McLaren, Jay Mohr, Bryce Dallas Howard
Genre: Supernatural Drama

In the Clint Eastwood movie, Hereafter, Matt Damon plays a gloomy clairvoyant who is attempting to put his special gift of being able to communicate with deceased people behind him. The film is directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Lyndsey Marshal, Thierry Neuvic and Bryce Dallas Howard. "Hereafter" tells the story of three people who are touched by death in different ways. George (Matt Damon) is a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife. On the other side of the world, Marie (Cecile De France), a French journalist, has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. And when Marcus, a London schoolboy, loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might or must exist in the hereafter.

Release Date: August 20, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Five & Two Pictures
Director: Dallas Jenkins
Screenwriter: Chuck Konzelman, Andrea Gyertson Nasfell, Cary Solomon
Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Kristy Swanson, Debby Ryan, Taylor Groothuis, John Ratzenberger
Genre: Drama

"What If..." tells the story of Ben Walker (Kevin Sorbo), who fifteen years ago left his college sweetheart Wendy (Kristy Swanson), and his calling to be a preacher, in order to pursue a business opportunity. Now with a high-paying executive gig, a trophy fiancée, and a new Mercedes, he hasn't considered a family nor felt the need to set foot in a church in fifteen years.

But God has other plans. While on a thrill ride outside the city, his new car mysteriously breaks down, and hes visited by a tow truck driver named Mike (John Ratzenberger) who claims to be an angel sent to show Ben what his life would look like had he followed his true calling. Suddenly Ben wakes up in the middle of domestic chaos as his wife Wendy and daughters (including Disney Channels Debby Ryan) are getting ready for church, where Ben is the new pastor.

Before he can get back to his old life, Ben must first embrace this reality and discover the value of faith and family, and perhaps restore his love for those who were heartbroken fifteen years ago: Wendy and God. In the tradition of "Its a Wonderful Life" and "The Family Man," "What If..." is a story of finding your true purpose in life.

Release Date: August 20, 2010 (limited)
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Director: Amir Bar-Lev
Screenwriter: Mark Monroe
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Documentary

When Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002, he became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately far more heroic, than the caricature. And when the government tried to turn his death into propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in Northern California, Pat's mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family's crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son's life and death. "The Tillman Story" resounds with emotion and insight, and goes beyond an indictment of the government to touch on themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.

Release Date: August 20, 2010
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Susanna White
Screenwriter: Emma Thompson
Starring: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, Asa Butterfield, Ralph Fiennes
Genre: Comedy, Family

In "Nanny McPhee Returns," Oscar winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she's needed the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.

In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she's arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green's children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave.

Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

Release Date: August 20, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Director: Bruce Beresford
Screenwriter: Jan Sardi
Starring: Kyle McLachlan, Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Jack Thompson, Aden Young, Amanda Schull, Shungbao Wang
Genre: Biography, Drama

From the Academy Award nominated director Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy," "Tender Mercies"), comes the inspiring true story of Li Cunxin and his extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Based on the bestselling autobiography, "Mao's Last Dancer" weaves a moving tale about the quest for freedom and the courage it takes to live your own life. The film poignantly captures the struggles and triumphs, as well as the intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.

Release Date: August 18, 2010 (NY; LA release: Aug. 20)
Studio: Oscilloscope Pictures
Director: Yael Hersonski
Screenwriter: Yael Hersonski
Starring: Alexander Beyer, Rüdiger Vogler
Genre: Documentary

Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record, despite its elaborate propagandistic construction. The later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings, showing the manipulations of camera crews in these "everyday" scenes. Well-heeled Jews attending elegant dinners and theatricals (while callously stepping over the dead bodies of compatriots) now appeared as unwilling, but complicit, actors, alternately fearful and in denial of their looming fate.

Release Date: August 13, 2010 (NY, LA)
Studio: UTV Motion Pictures
Director: Anusha Rizvi
Screenwriter: Anusha Rizvi
Starring: Omkar Das, Raghuvir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffar, Malaika Shenoy, Vishal Sharma
Genre: Comedy

After losing their plot of land over an unpaid government loan two brothers and farmers by profession, Natha and Budhia residing in the heart of rural India seek the help of a local politician. Not concerned with their plight the politician mockingly suggests that the brothers commit suicide and benefit from a government scheme that aids the families of indebted farmers who have done so. Budhia the shrewder of the two immediately encourages Natha a simpleton by nature to think of the greater good of their family and do the needful. Their drunken conversation in a bar is overheard by a journalist. The next day it appears in a local newspaper under the header "A Death Foretold in Peepli Village." The article sparks off a chain of events that reaches the highest corridors of power in India's political machinery. With elections around the corner what would otherwise have been common fare turns into a 'cause celebre' with everybody wanting a piece of the action. From the glitzy television studios in New Delhi to the Agricultural Ministry, journalists, newsmen, local and national politicians descend upon the little village to stake their claim. The question on everybody on everyone's lips is, "Will he or Won't he?" As the circus propagates itself what will be the fate of farmer Natha where nobody stops to ask how he really feels.

Release Date: August 6, 2010 (limited)
Studio: National Geographic Entertainment
Director: Anthony Geffen
Screenwriter: Mark Halliley
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Alan Rickman, Hugh Dancy
Genre: Documentary

The Wildest Dream is not simply a gorgeous adventure film—it's a suspenseful quest that attempts to unravel mysteries surrounding the death of legendary mountaineer George Mallory on Mount Everest. Was he, in fact, the first to reach the summit of the world's tallest peak? Transcending the edutainment genre, the film also explores the enigma of Mallory himself, who passed into legend when he vanished in his ill-fated assault on the mountain in 1924.

Seventy-five years later, high in Everest's "death zone," American climber Conrad Anker discovered the body of Mallory, who was last seen 800 feet from the summit. Remarkably, Mallory's body was found with all his belongings intact—except, significantly, for a photograph of his wife, Ruth, which he'd promised to place at the summit. The Wildest Dream records Anker's attempt, along with Brit climbing whiz Leo Houlding, to replicate Mallory's climb to ascertain whether he might have reached the peak. Reproducing the exact conditions faced by Mallory, they set out wearing the same gabardine and hobnailed boots (later replaced with state-of-the-art gear), and with the help of sherpas they remove a bolted-on ladder that aids the current generation of climbers.The film artfully deploys a double narrative consisting of archival footage and re-enactments of the Mallory expedition, coupled with Conrad and Leo's in 2007. At the center looms the beguiling Mallory, captured in part by haunting black-and-white photos of a rugged fellow with riveting, pale eyes that appear to be contemplating icy vastness. Mallory comes across as a charismatic dreamer, obsessed, in the golden age of exploration, with conquering Everest "because it's there," as he famously stated.


The film is also, in a sense, a love triangle, featuring Mallory, his beloved wife, and her dread rival, Mount Everest. To judge by the couple's letters and accounts by his granddaughter, Mallory deeply loved Ruth and their children—but not enough, apparently, to resist the allure of the great white fang. The mystery of why at age 38 he left his idyllic-seeming household to court peril is the enigma underpinning the story—and, by extension, the motives of all those who attempt death-defying feats.This masterful documentary delivers awesome views and thrilling feats, while exploring the psyche of a fascinating figure.

Release Date: August 6, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Hannover House
Director: Joel Schumacher
Screenwriter: Jordan Melamed
Starring: Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, Rory Culkin, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Esti Ginzburg, Emily Meade, Ellen Barkin, Kiefer Sutherland
Genre: Drama

The grand finale of Nick McDonell's book Twelve is one of the most powerful and successful buildups I've ever experienced. After an entire story of fairly tranquil moments, McDonell absolutely blows the reader away with an astonishingly gripping conclusion. However, director Joel Schumacher doesn’t come anywhere close to creating as much suspense in his film adaptation, rendering a grand finale that packed such an intense punch on the page ineffective.At the center of the story is White Mike (Chace Crawford), a good guy turned drug dealer after the passing of his mother. Chris (Rory Culkin) is the kid with a house prime for parties. He just threw one on Friday, but when the school hottie, Sara Ludlow (Esti Ginzburg), asks him to host her 18th birthday party, he obliges. Mark Rothko (Charlie Saxton) and his buddy Timmy (Erik Per Sullivan) are always hounding White Mike for drugs. They're overbearing, but harmless. The same goes for White Mike's cousin Charlie (Jeremy Allen White), but when he puts his gun in the wrong guy's face, White Mike's drug supplier, Lionel (50 Cent), he winds up getting himself, his friend Hunter (Philip Ettinger) and a kid Hunter plays basketball with, Nana (Jermaine Crawford), into some serious trouble.

Then there's Sara's badass boyfriend Sean (Ethan Peck) who gets a giggle out of totaling his father's Porsche and Andrew (Max Brawer), a boy Sara is affectionate towards. Then again, she's affectionate towards just about every guy, so he’s no big deal. However, Tobias (Nico Tortorella) is one guy who's busy with every girl but Sara. He's a male model who thinks very highly of himself, highly enough to introduce himself to the innocent Molly (Emma Roberts) in a coffee shop. She's a good friend of White Mike's, but knows nothing of his occupation. Lastly we've got Jessica (Emily Meade), a girl with a bright future that becomes addicted to the newest drug on the market, twelve.

On the Upper East Side, it's not about what you need; it's all about want.

Release Date: August 6, 2010 (Portland; SF release: August 13)
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Screenwriter: Álex de la Iglesia
Starring: Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling, Julie Cox
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller

Based on Guillermo Martinez's award-winning novel, 'The Oxford Murders' is an edgy and intelligent thriller from cult-favorite director, Alex de la Iglesia. The Oxford Murders stars Elijah Wood as Martin, an American grad student who comes to Oxford so that he can study with renowned professor Arthur Seldom (John Hurt). However, Seldom actually turns out to be a bit of a bastard and he belittles Martin in front of a lecture audience.

However, Martin and Seldom find themselves thrown together when they stumble on the murder of Martin's landlady (Anna Massey) and discover that the murderer left a note with mathematical symbols on it, indicating that he will strike again. Naturally, the police dismiss the serial killer theory, so Martin and Seldom team up to try and solve the meaning of the symbols before the killer can strike again.

Release Date: August 6, 2010 (NY, LA)
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
Director: J. Blakeson
Screenwriter: J. Blakeson
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan, Martin Compston
Genre: Thriller

Two men - one in his twenties, the other nearer forty, both intensely focused on the task at hand - line the inside of a transit van with plastic. Shopping, they buy a drill, a mattress and other supplies. In a small flat they assemble a bed for the mattress and staple foam insulation and board to the walls and windows of a bedroom. Then, their meticulous preparations complete, they kidnap a young woman. They drag her from the street into the back of the van and, with a bag over her head and ball gag in her mouth, take her back to the flat, tying her to the bed in the room they have converted into a prison cell.

The kidnappers are Danny (Martin Compston) and Vic (Eddie Marsan), two ex-cons planning to make a mint on the ransom for the young woman. The younger, nervier of the two, Danny defers to the more experienced Vic, who acts with a steely conviction. Their hostage is Alice Creed (Gemma Arterton), daughter of a rich businessman, chosen by Vic and Danny as their passport to a better life. Terrified and immobile at first, it soon becomes clear that Alice isn't about to let her captors use her as capital without a fight. As determined to escape as Vic and Danny are to succeed, Alice enters into a battle of wills which strains the already fractious relationship between the two men. As the deadline for the exchange draws nearer, all three are brought close to breaking point, with Vic and Danny's foolproof plan descending into a desperate struggle for survival.

Release Date: June 18, 2010
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Jimmy Hayward
Screenwriter: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon, Michael Fassbender
Genre: Action, Thriller

Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort, a tough and stoic gunslinger who can track down anyone and anything. Having survived death, Jonah's violent history is steeped in myth and legend, and has left him with one foot in the natural world and one on the "other side." His only human connection is with Leila (Megan Fox), whose life in a brothel has left her with scars of her own. But Jonah's past is about to catch up with him when the U.S. military makes him an offer he can't refuse: in exchange for his freedom from the warrants on his head, he must track down and stop the dangerous terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich). But Turnbull, who is gathering an army and preparing to unleash Hell, is also Jonah's oldest enemy and will stop at nothing until Jonah is dead. Based on the legendary graphic novel, "Jonah Hex" is an epic adventure thriller about one man's personal quest for redemption against the vast canvas of the battle between good and evil.

Release Date: June 4, 2010
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Robert Luketic
Screenwriter: Bob DeRosa, Ted Griffin
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O’Hara, Katheryn Winnick, Kevin Sussman, Lisa Ann Walter, Casey Wilson, Rob Riggle, Martin Mull, Alex Borstein
Genre: Action, Comedy

In this film, after a rough break-up, Jen (Heigl) goes to France on vacation with her parents (Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara).At the hotel, she meets Spencer (Kutcher), a handsome, charming and single man just hanging around in France. The two hit it off and we jump forward three years they're married, living in a wonderful home in the suburbs, and their life couldn't be any more perfect.
What Jen doesn't know is that Spencer gave up a pretty heady job for their marriage he was a hired assassin for the CIA. And now, three years later, there's a hit for $20 million out on his head, and hijinks ensue in their little suburb as all of Spencer's secrets start unraveling.

Most of the charm of the film, though, comes from its supporting actors. Selleck and O'Hara are both great as Heigl's parents, O'Hara especially. Rob Riggle, Alex Borstein and Katheryn Winnick portray a few of the various killers out to get Kutcher, and Riggle especially is just hysterical. I think this is a classic case of an audience-pleaser and critic-baffler. At the very least, I found a happy middle between them, and this is surely a film those looking for a quick laugh may enjoy with the right mindset.

Release Date: June 11, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: Harald Zwart
Screenwriter: Chris Murphy, Steven Conrad
Starring: Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Henson
Genre: Action

When a 12-year-old from Detroit moves to China with his mother and incurs the wrath of the class bully at his new school, he makes an unlikely ally in the form of his aging maintenance man, a kung fu master who teaches him the secrets to self-defense. Upon arriving at his new school, Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) develops a powerful crush on pretty classmate Mei Ying. The feeling is mutual, although the cultural divide between Dre and Mei Ying makes a friendship unlikely, and romance impossible. When cruel classmate and kung fu prodigy Cheng learns of Dre's feelings for Mei Ying, he harasses and humiliates the young outsider in front of the entire school. With no one to turn to for help, Dre confides his fears in kindly maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), a kung fu master who knows that serenity and maturity not punches and power are the true keys to mastering the martial arts. As Dre prepares to face down his intimidating tormentor, he begins to realize that the real fight is just beginning.

Release Date: June 4, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Neil Jordan
Screenwriter: Neil Jordan
Starring: Colin Farrell, Stephen Rea, Alicja Bachleda, Tony Curran, Dervla Kirwan, Tom Archdeacon, Don Wycherley, Emil Hostina, Norma Sheahan
Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Ondine’ tells the story of Syracuse (played by Farrell), a down-on-his-luck Irish fisherman dealing with being estranged from his ten-year-old daughter Annie (played by Alison Barry) and adjusting to life as a recovering alcoholic. One day while unsuccessfully trying to catch fish on his boat, Syracuse instead catches a woman in one of his nets. He automatically assumes she is dead, and is shocked when he sees her moving. He insists on bringing her to the hospital, but the woman refuses, as she doesn’t want to be seen in public.

Syracuse takes the woman (played by Polish actress Bachleda), who doesn’t seem to remember anything about why she was in the water and calls herself Ondine, to his mother’s house to spend the night. At first, he believes he dreamt the entire incident, but when he goes back to the house the next day, Ondine is still there. Syracuse agrees not to tell anyone she’s there, but does confide in his priest (played by Stephen Rea in a small role), who is helping him stay sober.

Syracuse also tells Annie about Ondine in an effort to make her feel better, as she’s in a wheelchair and undergoing dialysis. He pretends she is a real ondine, who, in legend, is an immortal water nymph who has a beautiful voice and cannot get a soul unless she marries a mortal man and has a child. Annie believes the legend is true, since Syracuse’s luck as a fisherman drastically improves when Ondine goes on board with him and sings.

Syracuse and Ondine end up falling in love, and their relationship goes well until a car crash interrupts their lives. Someone from her past also shows up, threatening her new found happiness with Syracuse and Annie.

Release Date: June 11, 2010
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Joe Carnahan
Screenwriter: Skip Woods, Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom
Starring: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson, Gerald McRane
Genre: Action, Adventure

The A-Team follows the exciting and daring exploits of a colorful team of former Special Forces soldiers who were set up for a crime they did not commit. Going rogue, they utilize their unique talents to try and clear their names and find the true culprit. Liam Neeson (Taken), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), mixed martial arts champ Quinton Rampage Jackson, and District 9 sensation Sharlto Copley, are The A-Team.

Release Date: June 30, 2010 (conventional theaters and IMAX)
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: David Slade
Screenwriter: Melissa Rosenberg
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Dakota Fanning
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller

Twilight is a series of four vampire-based fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It charts a period in the life of Isabella "Bella" Swan, a teenage girl who moves to Forks, Washington, and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen.The vampire Victoria (James' mate from Twilight) has created an army of "newborn" vampires to battle the Cullen family and murder Bella for revenge. Meanwhile, Bella is compelled to choose between her relationship with Edward and her friendship with Jacob. Edward's vampire family and Jacob's werewolf pack join forces to successfully destroy Victoria and her vampire army. In the end, Bella chooses Edward's love over Jacob's and agrees to marry him.