New Movie Releases March 18th, 2011

List below shows all new movies released in theaters on March 18th, 2011, including both wide and limited movie releases.

Alabama Moon

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tim McCanlies
Actors: John Goodman, Jimmy Bennett, Clint Howard, Colin Ford, Billy Unger, Gabriel Basso
Plot: The unexpected death of his survivalist father causes and 11-year-old boy raised in the wilderness to face the true wilds of the modern world.

Anuvahood

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Adam Deacon, Daniel Toland
Actors: Adam Deacon, Femi Oyeniran, Ollie Barbieri, Jazzie Zonzolo, Richie Campbell, Jaime Winstone

Between the Canals

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark O'Connor
Actors: Peter Coonan, Dan Hyland, Stephen Jones, Damien Dempsey, Anne Marie Martin, Kenneth Meehan

Cracks

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jordan Scott
Actors: Eva Green, Juno Temple, María Valverde, Imogen Poots, Ellie Nunn, Adele McCann
Plot: At and elite girls boarding school, the arrival of a new student upsets the balance between students and teach, with hidden desire and jealousy all coming to a head during on late-night party.

Gift to Stalin, The ( Podarok Stalinu )

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rustem Abdrashitov
Actors: Nurzhuman Ikhtymbaev, Bakhtiar Khoja, Yekaterina Rednikova, Dalen Shintemirov, Waldemar Szczepaniak
Plot: A little Jewish boy is saved from the train going to Syberian gulags and adopted by local Kazakhs, only to see in the cruelest possible way what does it mean to be an innocent little man (and child and woman) in the middle of nowhere and loyal to Stalin and his government.

L.A. Paranormal

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Gonzales
Actors: Mike Hatton, Matthew Temple, Tres Dean, J.C. Mac, Brittany Furlan, Alison Lees-Taylor

Limitless

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Neil Burger
Actors: Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Robert John Burke
Plot: A man thinks he has solved all his problems when an untested, top-secret drug makes him smarter, leading to financial and social success. But he never considered the side effects or the people who want to keep the drug to remain a secret.

The Lincoln Lawyer

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brad Furman
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, John Leguizamo, Margarita Levieva, William H. Macy
Plot: A lawyer who works out of the back of his Lincoln Continental has made a living defending small-time cases, but he lands a the case of a lifetime when a Beverly Hills playboy murder comes his way but he soon realizes that the case makes him a target as well.

On the Inside

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: D.W. Brown
Actors: Nick Stahl, Dash Mihok, Olivia Wilde, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Daniel Franzese
Plot: A man is sent to a mental hospital for the criminally insane & must battle the voices inside his head & the people around him

Paul

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Greg Mottola
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Jane Lynch, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Plot: Two friends cross the United States when they encounter an alien named Paul near Area 51 - the alien decides to join them and the trio plot a course back to his mothership.

Potiche

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: François Ozon
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrèche, Jérémie Renier
Plot: Set in the swinging' 70s in France, a woman must take over her husband's umbrella business following a sudden illness.

Route Irish

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ken Loach
Actors: Andrea Lowe, Geoff Bell, Najwa Nimri, Stephen Lord, John Bishop, Mark Womack

Tornado Alley

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
Director: George Casey
Actors: Sean Casey, Josh Worman
Plot: Fans of the "Storm Chasers" reality series will finally get to see the documentary that Sean Casey has been working on that showcases the awesome power of tornadoes.

Win Win

Theatrical Release Date: 03/18/2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Actors: Paul Giamatti, Melanie Lynskey, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bobby Cannavale, Burt Young
Plot: An attorney who doubles as a wrestling coach comes across a star athlete through questionable dealings. He thinks this will be a boon for not only his coaching, but create a windfall for his family... that is until the boy's mother shows up from rehab and destroys his well-laid plans.

Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman, The ( Dao Jian Xiao )

Theatrical Release Date: 03/17/2011
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Wuershan
Actors: Masanobu Ando, You Benchang, Liu Xiaoye, Ashton Xu, Kitty Zhang Yuqi
Plot: When five of the most powerful swords are melted down, they wind up as a blade to a common cleaver - yet this is not ordinary utensil and the film follows the stories of three people who come to possess the cursed instrument and the havoc it deals.

A Heartbeat Away

Theatrical Release Date: 03/17/2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gale Edwards
Actors: Sebastian Gregory, Isabel Lucas, William Zappa, Tammy McIntosh, Colin Friels, Roy Billing

Life of Lemon

Theatrical Release Date: 03/17/2011
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Randy Kent
Actors: Willie C. Carpenter, Albert M. Chan, John Farley, Jonas Garvin, Barry Kneller, Leonora Gershman

Nostalgia for the Light ( Nostalgia de la luz )

Theatrical Release Date: 03/17/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Actors: Gaspar Calas, Lautaro Núñez, George Preston, Victor González, Luís Henríquez, Violeta Berrios

SuperClásico

Theatrical Release Date: 03/17/2011
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ole Christian Madsen
Actors: Paprika Steen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sebastián Estevanez, Adriana Mascialino, Jamie Morton, Dafne Schiling

Bill Cunningham New York

Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Press
Actors: Bill Cunningham, Tom Wolfe, Anna Wintour, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Annette De la Renta, Josef Astor
Plot: Bill Cunningham may enjoy two columns in the New York Times, but the 80-year-old, fashion-obsessed photographer remains relatively unknown, until now.

Chalet Girl

Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Phil Traill
Actors: Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields, Tamsin Egerton, Bill Bailey
Plot: A tomboy finds herself out of her element when she takes a job at a posh chalet in the Alps in order to support her dad. Yet the former skateboarding champions finds a new thrill in snowboarding, but will have to learn to fight her fears, and get along with the locals, in order to regain her confidence.

Choose

Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marcus Graves
Actors: Katheryn Winnick, Nicholas Tucci, Kevin Pollak, Richard Short, Bruce Dern, Talia Balsam
Plot: All is not well in sleepy suburbia....Woken in the middle of the night, teenager Sara finds her parents tied to their bed by a terrifying intruder. An intricate hour-glass filled with blood is placed before her and she is told that she has 60 seconds to choose which of her parents should die. If she doesn't make the choice then both of them will perish at the hands of the deranged killer. Who is the scarred man and why has he chosen Sara and her family as his victims? Marcus Graves' new slasher flick will have you squirming in your seat as the gruesome horror unfolds. -- (c) IFC

Disneynature: Wings of Life

Theatrical Release Date: 03/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Louis Schwartzberg
Actors: Meryl Streep

Buried Alive

Theatrical Release Date: 03/15/2011
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin Clark, Manzie Jones
Actors: Kevin Clark, Manzie Jones, Augusto Lopez, Natalia Reynaga

My Sucky Teen Romance

Theatrical Release Date: 03/15/2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Emily Hagins
Actors: Tina Rodriguez, Lauren Lee, Devin Bonnée, Tony Vespe, John Gholson, Patrick Delgado

Wake Wood

Theatrical Release Date: 03/15/2011
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Keating
Actors: Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Timothy Spall, Ella Connolly, Ruth McCabe, Brian Gleeson
Plot: When couple Patrick and Louise lose their only daughter Alice to a dog attack, they move to the small town of Wake Wood. It's there they discover a pagan ritual that allows them to resurrect their daughter for three days. Hoping to ease their sorrow and give them one last goodbye, the couple agree to the ritual. As the days pass, they begin to wonder what happens when Alice has to go back?

American Animal

Theatrical Release Date: 03/14/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matt D'Elia
Actors: Matt D'Elia, Brendan Fletcher, Mircea Monroe, Angela Sarafyan

Almost Perfect

Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2011
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Actors: Kelly Hu, Roger Rees, Christina Chang, Kristy Wu, Edison Chen, Ivan Shaw
Plot: A career-driven woman must figure out how to balance her demanding family life while trying to land the perfect man.

David & Kamal

Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2011
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Hebrew
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kikuo Kawasaki
Actors: Zach Cohen, Abdallah El Akal, Yoni Rosenzweig, Noga Vogel, Liron Levo, Nati Ravitz
Plot: A 9-year old American Jewish boy, David, along with a 9-year-old Arab boy, Kamal, become friends while selling postcards to tourists in Jerusalem. Kamal's bright, energetic attitude is a facade as his family life is the exact opposite under his tyrannical grandfather.

The Fab Five

Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jason Hehir
Actors: Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy A. King, Steve Fisher, Ice Cube, Eric Riley

The Future

Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2011
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Miranda July
Actors: Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky, Isabella Acres, Joe Putterlik, Kathleen Gati
Plot: The adoption of a stray cat causes a couple to radically alter their viewpoint in life, in turn leading to a course change in time and space and putting their relationship to the ultimate test.

Natural Selection

Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robbie Pickering
Actors: Rachael Harris, Jon Gries, Matt O'Leary, John Diehl, Vanessa Vander Pluym, Billy Blair
Plot: A devout Christian housewife leaves her stable, sheltered world behind when she finds out that her dying husband has an illegitimate child in Florida - and she will do everything she can to bring the two together.

Silver Bullets

Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe Swanberg
Actors: Jane Adams, Larry Fessenden, Amy Seimetz, Kate Lyn Sheil, Joe Swanberg, Ti West

Apart

Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aaron Rottinghaus
Actors: Olesya Rulin, Josh Danziger, Bruce McGill, Joey Lauren Adams, Michael Bowen, Sue Rock
Plot: A young man wakes after a destructive event and tries to put the pieces of his life back together. He discovers a connection between himself and a young woman, and as he regains his memory, he learns a rare psychological disorder between the two played a part in his past - but can it save their future?

Battle of Los Angeles

Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2011
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Nia Peeples, Kel Mitchell, Dylan Vox, Theresa June-Tao, Gerald Webb, Edward DeRuiter

Incendiary: The Willingham Case

Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2011
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe Bailey Jr., Steve Mims
Actors: Cameron Todd Willingham, Rick Perry

The Other F Word

Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2011
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrea Blaugrund
Actors: Flea, Tony Hawk, Mark Hoppus, Tim McIlrath, Jim Lindberg, Lars Frederiksen
Plot: From the punk scene to heavy metal: what happens when the leading authorities on anti-authority become fathers themselves.

Saigon Electric

Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2011
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Vietnamese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephane Gauger

Limited Movie Releases

Kumaré

Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vikram Gandhi
Actors: Vikram Gandhi, Kristin Calgaro, Purva Bedi, Angel Marie

Tales of the Waria

Theatrical Release Date: 03/13/2011
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Documentary/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kathy Huang

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