2011 Fall Movie Guide

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It might have been a comic book–filled summer, but the movie line up for fall is chock-full of thrillers. Of course a few comedies and kiddie movies have been thrown in for good measure, too.
Here they are — the flicks that'll be thrilling in theaters this fall when things are starting to get chilly outside.

September 2011 Movies[+] Show Month

2		Apollo 18 The existence of extraterrestrial life was found on the moon in the last "real" Apollo Mission. This is the "found footage" of the astronauts (who just happen to be Hollywood handsome) from that "lost" mission.	Thriller/Mystery	» watch trailer » view photos
		Shark Night 3D Classic cheesy horror movie fare. Good looking, scantily clad co-eds romp around a lake until they start being eaten by sharks. In 3-D. American Idol runner up Katharine McPhee and a bunch of other good-looking kids star. Stars: Sara Paxton, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee	Horror	» watch trailer » view photos
9		Bucky Larson: Born To Be a Star The awkward, bumbling, under-endowed, and fairly unattractive Bucky Larson decides it's his destiny to become a porn star after learning his parents were fixtures of the adult film industry. The small town boy heads to California and, we assume, the raunchy hijinks ensue. Stars: Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Don Johnson	Comedy	» watch trailer » view photos
		Contagion In this sci-fi thriller, a virus that could threaten the entire human race breaks out and an international team of doctors race to contain the disease. Steven Soderbergh directs the movie's fleet of A-list actors — apparently everyone wanted a chance to work with Soderbergh before he retires. Stars: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bryan Cranston, Marion Cotillard	Thriller/Mystery	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		Warrior Tom Hardy stars as a Marine who fights his science teacher brother (Joel Edgerton) in an MMA tournament. We never thought it would happen, but here it is: a heart-warming family drama about mixed martial arts. Stars: Tom Hardy, Jennifer Morrison, Nick Nolte	Action/Adventure	» watch trailer » view photos
16		Drive Ryan Gosling is a stuntman who moonlights as a getaway car driver and ends up with a price on his head. His cute girlfriend and her cute kid get mixed up in the mess, as does the gorgeous Christina Hendricks. How can you go wrong with a bunch of beautiful people and fast cars? Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston	Action/Adventure	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		I Don't Know How She Does It In the movie based on the 2002 novel by Allison Pearson, star Sarah Jessica Parker's voice-overs explain the frantic life of a finance executive who juggles work, kids, and marriage. Did Sex and the City make SJP the queen of voice-over dramedy? Guess so. Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Christina Hendricks, Pierce Brosnan	Comedy	» watch trailer » view photos
23		Abduction Taylor Lautner is a chiseled, skintight-T-shirt-wearing high school kid whose crush (Lily Collins) finds him on a missing persons website. The two find themselves involved in a bunch of chases and fight scenes while trying to discover Lautner's true identity. Stars: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Jason Isaacs	Thriller/Mystery	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		Moneyball After tackling The Social Network, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (along with Steven Zaillian) tackles another true story. This one is about Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A's, who puts together a baseball club on a budget using computer analytics. Jonah Hill is Beane's assistant GM, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman is their boss. It's too bad they couldn't get any "name" actors for this one. Stars: Brad Pitt, Johan Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman	Drama	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		Killer Elite Jason Statham stars as an ex-special ops agent who comes out of retirement to rescue his mentor (Robert De Niro) from a group of assassins led by Clive Owen and his creepy mustache. Based on the book by British Army officer Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Stars: Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen	Action/Adventure	» watch trailer » view photos
30		50/50 Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character is diagnosed with cancer and given a 50/50 chance of living. He tries to make the best of it with the help of his best friend Kyle (Seth Rogen) and his family. While it seems unlikely that laughs could come from this, Rogen could just make it happen. Anna Kendrick co-stars as the luminous therapist trying to help Gordon-Levitt's character through his emotional struggle. Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Seth Rogen	Comedy	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		What's Your Number? Ally Darling (Anna Faris) hears that women who have had more than 20 lovers have less than a 4% chance of getting married. Her number is apparently way too close to 20, so she decides to look up former boyfriends in hopes that she can still get married — without having to sleep with a new guy. Ally lives across the hall from a ladies' man played by Chris Evans. We're guessing the guy Ally is supposed to be with is the one who's been right there in her building all along. Aww. Stars: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Zachary Quinto	Romance/Chick Flick	» watch trailer » view photos
		Dream House A young family moves into what they think is their dream house, only to find out that a grisly murder took place there. The family then finds themselves being stalked by the killer? Or the house is haunted? Or maybe the dad (Daniel Craig) was the guy that lived there before and killed his family? It looks pretty scary, but other than that, we're not really sure what we're getting with this one. Stars: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts	Thriller/Mystery	» preview » watch trailer » view photos

October 2011 Movies[-] Hide Month

7		The Ides of March Ryan Gosling is a young, idealistic staffer working on a presidential campaign for Governor Mike Morris (George Clooney). It seems safe to guess Gosling's character loses some of his idealism and has his morals compromised during the course of the movie. Stars: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Marisa Tomei	Drama	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		Real Steel Hugh Jackman stars as a former boxer living in a future where robot boxing is all the rage. He and his estranged 11-year-old son work together to make a champion out of a discarded robot. Basically, it's Rocky with robots. What could be better? Stars: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand	Action/Adventure	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		Wanderlust A young urban couple (Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd) leave their fast-paced life in Manhattan and wind up in a hippie commune trying to live "off the grid." It's produced by Judd Apatow, so hopefully it's better than the last Aniston-Rudd vehicle, 1998's The Object of My Affection. Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux	Comedy
14		The Big Year This comedy follows a group of bird watchers (or "birders" as they prefer to be called) as they compete with each other to sight the most rare birds of the birding season. While that sounds like it could be dull, the comic cast assures us that there should be some pretty good laughs in this one. Stars: Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Jim Parsons	Comedy	» view photos
		Footloose Remember that '80s movie where Kevin Bacon pranced around a grain elevator and then brought dance to a small, conservative, mid-western town? This time around it's Kenny Wormald in his shoes and driving a yellow VW Bug, while Julianne Hough is the rebellious preacher's daughter who Wants. To. Dance. Stars: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid	Romance/Chick Flick	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		The Thing In this prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 The Thing, a team of scientists thaw a creature they find frozen in Antarctic ice, which turns out to be a homicidal alien that takes the form of its victims. Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen	Horror	» watch trailer » view photos
21		Paranormal Activity 3 The third installment of the horror franchise, this prequel examines the childhood of sisters Katie and Kristi while scaring the crap out of audience members.	Horror	» watch trailer » view photos
		Three Musketeers Another movie adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' swashbuckling novel, D'Artagnan and the titular musketeers try to bring down both Cardinal Richelieu's regime and the Duke of Buckingham's airships. Wait... Airships? It's fair to say director Paul W.S. Anderson did not stay 100% faithful to the French novel. Stars: Orlando Bloom, Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich	Action/Adventure	» watch trailer » view photos
28		In Time They say "time is money" and that statement is taken to a literal extreme in this futuristic flick. Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried live in world where people don't age after 25, but instead a countdown starts at the quarter century mark and everything is bought and sold for time on your clock. When the clock hits zero, you die. Timberlake is suspected of killing a man to steal the 100+ years on his clock, and the chase begins. Stars: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy	Thriller/Mystery	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		Johnny English Reborn Rowan Atkinson is the Mr. Bean–007 hybrid Johnny English once again. This time, MI7's top spy trains with a martial arts master before accepting a mission to stop a group of international assassins trying to eliminate the Chinese premier. Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike	Comedy	» watch trailer » view photos
		The Rum Diary It's set in the Caribbean and it stars Johnny Deep, but no, it's not another Pirates movie. Depp once again stars in a movie adaptation of a Hunter S. Thompson book, but this time it's a novel. Paul Kem is a freelance journalist working for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean and is surrounded by lost souls all bent of self-destruction. Apparently Thompson took the age old advice "write what you know." Stars: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart	Drama	» watch trailer » view photos
		Anonymous Set during the tumultuous succession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne of England and the Essex Rebellion against her, the movie revolves around the theory that William Shakespeare was nothing more than a hired front for the real author of the works attributed to him, the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere. Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson	Drama	» watch trailer » view photos
		Puss in Boots A secondary character in the Shrek series, Puss takes the lead in this prequel. The daring and heroic cat, with the help of Humpty Dumpty and Kitty Softpaws, must save the day after Jack and Jill discover a secret power that could destroy the world. Stars: Antonio Banderas, Zach Galfianakis, Salma Hayek	Kids/Family	» watch trailer » view photos

November 2011 Movies[-] Hide Month

4		Tower Heist The staff of a swanky, high-rise New York apartment building tries to steal back their retirement investments after discovering that the building resident they entrusted their money to has been running a Ponzi scheme. Feeling unprepared for the task, they enlist a small-time crook (Eddie Murphy) to train them for their caper. Stars: Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck	Comedy	» preview » watch trailer » view photos
		A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Christmas comes early this year, and it's probably gonna have the munchies. It seems kind of strange that the Harold and Kumar holiday movie is released before the Christmas season even starts, but then it probably wouldn't fit in well with most other Christmas-themed movie releases. Stars: Kal Penn, John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris	Comedy	» watch trailer » view photos
11		Immortals There's plenty of swords, sandals, and CGI with this fall's fantasy epic. A simple stonemason (Henry Cavill) battles against a warrior king and the mythic Titans in order to avenge his mother's death. Lots of action-filled battle scenes for the fellas and a bunch of bronzed, bare-chested actors for the ladies. Everybody wins. Stars: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt	Action/Adventure	» watch trailer » view photos
		Jack and Jill Adam Sandler plays a cranky L.A. family man who is forced to tolerate his annoying twin sister (also Adam Sandler) during the Thanksgiving weekend. When the sister decides to extend her visit, plenty of crazy antics abound... And somebody probably learns a few lessons about the importance of family. Stars: Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino	Comedy	» watch trailer » view photos
23		Happy Feet 2 in 3D Lots of adorable, fluffy baby penguins sing and dance. There's also a plotline about how all the penguin nations come together to fight a powerful force that is putting the Antarctic in peril — but most of the audience will probably be there for the cute penguin musical numbers. Stars: Elijah Wood, Pink, Robin Williams	Kids/Family	» watch trailer » view photos
		Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Based on John le Carré's Cold War-era spy novel, a retired British intelligence agent hunts down a Soviet mole within the Secret Intelligence Service. The cast is an echelon of famous and acclaimed British actors. Stars: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt	Thriller/Mystery
		The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in a brutal and violent birth... followed by a bunch of vampires and werewolves trying to kill the baby. We've no doubt the box office will be the victor here. Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner	Romance/Chick Flick	» preview » watch trailer » view photos