211. 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.
212. 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.
213. 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.
214. 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.
215. 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.
216. 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.
217. Albert Nobbs
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rodrigo García
Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson, Glenn Close, Mark Williams
Plot: A woman struggles to find independence in 19th century Ireland and poses as a man so she can work as a butler at a top hotel. When she meets a painter it gives "Albert" the chance she needs to escape the lie she has been living.
218. Any Day Now
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Travis Fine
Actors: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry, Chris Mulkey
Plot: When mentally-handicapped child is abandoned by his parents, a gay couple unofficially adopt him and raise him on their home, providing a loving connection that he never got from his real family. When officials discover this arrangement, they go to a biased court, where they will have to fight for everything they've come to love.
219. The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Hedges
Actors: Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt, Dianne Wiest, Michael Arden
Plot: A couple unable to conceive decide to put all their hopes and dreams of having their own child in a box and bury it in the back yard. When a child is born, the couple believe their wishes have been heard, but Timothy Green is not your normal child...
220. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Actors: Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Dominic Cooper, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie
Plot: After the death of his mother at the hands of vampires, Abraham Lincoln vows to hunt down the undead bloodsuckers and the slave-owners who help them.
