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Friends with BenefitsFriends with Benefits (2011)
Dir. Will Gluck
Feat. Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson
Smug but sporadically amusing comedy with Timberlake and Kunis being the beneficial buddies whose agreement of course has complications. Inspired…
Friends with KidsFriends with Kids (2011)
Dir. Jennifer Westfeldt
Feat. Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm
Jennifer Westfeldt directs and stars as a Manhattanite who convinces her platonic best friend to father the child she's always wanted. An upscale…
Fright NightFright Night (2011)
Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, David Tennant
Colin Farrell vamps it up in this prosaic remake of the 80's cult horror, with Anton Yelchin the hapless teen convinced his neighbour is a vampire.…
From Prada to NadaFrom Prada to Nada (2011)
Dir. Angel Gracia
Feat. Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega, Kuno Becker
Latin–American riff on SENSE AND SENSIBILITY as two spoiled sisters are left penniless after their father's death, and find themselves forced…
Future, TheFuture, The (2011) Recommended
Dir. Miranda July
Feat. Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky
Another arthouse treasure from the writer/director/actor behind ME AND YOU EVERYONE WE KNOW concerns an atypical 30–something LA couple who…
Geek CharmingGeek Charming (2011)
Dir. Jeffrey Hornaday
Feat. Sarah Hyland, Matt Prokop
Glossy Disney comedy based on the novel by Robin Palmer in which a film nerd makes a documentary about the life of his classmate, the school diva.
Girl Walks Into a BarGirl Walks Into a Bar (2011)
Dir. Sebastian Guitierrez
Feat. Danny De Vito, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett
The third of dir. Guitierrez's female–centric ensemble comedies, here springing an episodic structure from a noir–ish plot hatched by a…
God Bless AmericaGod Bless America (2011) Recommended
Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Melinda Page Hamilton
Irrepressible writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait returns with another sizzling, charcoal–black comedy that takes aim at the worst proponents of…
Good Old Fashioned Orgy, AGood Old Fashioned Orgy, A (2011)
Dir. Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck
Feat. Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Bibb, Tyler Labine
Stiff sex comedy with a group of thirty–somethings determined to end the summer with a bang. Reportedly inspired by dir. Huyck's wild partying…
GoonGoon (2011)
Dir. Michael Dowse
Feat. Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Liev Schreiber
Sports thuggery as comedy, this shaggy (under)dog story of an inarticulate bouncer who finds his calling as a violent enforcer on a struggling minor…

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