Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) April 8/10 new #2 Arthur #3 Hanna #4 Soul Surfer #6 Your Highness

1     (1)     Hop / Youtube 
Directed by Tim Hill and starring Russell Brand, James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, Hugh Laurie - E.B. is the teenage son of the Easter Bunny, and on the eve of taking over the family business, he leaves for Hollywood in pursuit of his dream of becoming a drummer.   (Universal Pictures)
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2     (new)     Arthur / Youtube

Directed by Jason Winer and starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, Nick Nolte, Luis Guzman -  Jason WinerIrresponsible charmer Arthur Bach faces his biggest challenge -- choosing between an arranged marriage or an uncertain future with the only woman he has ever loved. (Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)

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3     (new)     Hanna / Youtube

Directed by Joe Wright and starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams -  Raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets... (Focus Features)

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4     (new)     Soul Surfer / Youtube

Directed by Sean McNamara and starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Kevin Sorbo, Lorraine Nicholson - Bethany was born to surf. A natural talent who took to the waves at a young age, she was leading an idyllic, sun-drenched, surfer girl's life on the Kauai Coast, competing in national competitions with her best friend Alana, when everything changed in a heartbeat. On Halloween morning, Bethany was on a typical ocean outing when a 14-foot tiger shark came out of nowhere and seemed to shatter all her... (Enticing Entertainment, TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict)

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5     (3)     Insidious / Youtube 
Directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne - Shortly after moving, a family discovers that dark spirits have possessed their home and that their son has inexplicably fallen into a coma. Trying to escape the haunting and save their son, they move again only to discover that it was not their house that was haunted.   (FilmDistrict)

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6     (new)     Your Highness / Youtube

Directed by David Gordon Green and starring Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux - Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Thadeous has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious embark upon valiant journeys and win the... (Universal Pictures)

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7     (2)     Source Code / Youtube 
Directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden - When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he's ever known, he learns he's part of a government experiment called the "Source Code," a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes...   (Summit Entertainment, LLC)

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8     (5)     Limitless / Youtube

Directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Andrew Howard - Aspiring author Eddie Morra's life changes when an old friend introduces him to NZT, a new drug that lets him tap his full potential.   (Relativity Media)

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9     (4)     Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules / Youtube 
Directed by David Bowers and starring Zachary Gordon, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron - Greg is back with problems new and old. Greg chronicles a hilarious litany of problems, alternating between home and school, focusing this time on the particular punishments of his reprobate older brother, Rodrick. Whether Greg is suffering on the swim team or trying out for the K-12 school talent show as Magician's Assistant to a First Grader, his escapades are united by his struggle to avoid...     (20th Century Fox Distribution)   

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10     (6)     The Lincoln Lawyer / Youtube

Directed by Brad Furman and starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy     Ted Minton, Laurence Mason - Mickey Haller is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet, a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.   (Lionsgate)

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Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) April 1/3 new #1 Hop #2 Source Code #3 Insidious

1     (new)     Hop / Youtube
Directed by Tim Hill and starring Russell Brand, James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, Hugh Laurie - E.B. is the teenage son of the Easter Bunny, and on the eve of taking over the family business, he leaves for Hollywood in pursuit of his dream of becoming a drummer.   (Universal Pictures)
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2     (new)     Source Code / Youtube
Directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden - When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he's ever known, he learns he's part of a government experiment called the "Source Code," a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes...   (Summit Entertainment, LLC)
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3     (new)      Insidious / Youtube
Directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne - Shortly after moving, a family discovers that dark spirits have possessed their home and that their son has inexplicably fallen into a coma. Trying to escape the haunting and save their son, they move again only to discover that it was not their house that was haunted.   (FilmDistrict)
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4     (1)     Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules / Youtube
Directed by David Bowers and starring Zachary Gordon, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron - Greg is back with problems new and old. Greg chronicles a hilarious litany of problems, alternating between home and school, focusing this time on the particular punishments of his reprobate older brother, Rodrick. Whether Greg is suffering on the swim team or trying out for the K-12 school talent show as Magician's Assistant to a First Grader, his escapades are united by his struggle to avoid...     (20th Century Fox Distribution)   
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5     (3)     Limitless / Youtube

Directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Andrew Howard - Aspiring author Eddie Morra's life changes when an old friend introduces him to NZT, a new drug that lets him tap his full potential.   (Relativity Media)

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6     (4)     The Lincoln Lawyer / Youtube

Directed by Brad Furman and starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy     Ted Minton, Laurence Mason - Mickey Haller is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet, a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.   (Lionsgate)

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7     (2)     Sucker Punch / Youtube
Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm - A young girl's dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality  (Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)
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8     (5)     Rango  /  Youtube 
Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring (the voices) Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy  -  Rango is a sheltered chameleon living as an ordinary family pet facing a major identity crisis. After all, how high can you aim when your whole purpose in life is to blend in? When Rango accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt -- a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures -- the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt... until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.  (Paramount Pictures)
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9     (6)     Paul / Youtube

Directed by Greg Mottola and starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader - For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town -- a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings. Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive...  (Universal Pictures)

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10     (7)     Battle Los Angeles / Youtube

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena, Adetokumboh M Cormack - For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world -- Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff...    (Sony Pictures Releasing)

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Weekend Box Office new trailers (USA) March 18/20 new #1 Limitless #4 The Lincoln Lawyer #5 Paul

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) March 18/20 top 10

#1     (new)     Limitless / Youtube

Uploaded by GeckoMoviesCom on Dec 16, 2010

More info:http://geckomovies.com/
Director: Neil Burger
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Anna Friel
Writers: Leslie Dixon

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#4    (new)    The Lincoln Lawyer / Youtube

Uploaded by trailers on Dec 23, 2010

Release Date: 18 March 2011
Genre: Drama
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Matthew McConaughey, Michaela Conlin, William H. Macy
Director: Brad Furman
Writer: Michael Connelly, John Romano
MPAA: N/A
Studio: Lionsgate

Plot

A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills..

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#5     (new)     Paul / Youtube

Uploaded by ClevverMovies on Dec 22, 2010

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Paul hits theaters March 18th, 2011.

Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jane Lynch, Sigourney Weaver, Jeffrey Tambor, Blythe Danner, David Koechner, John Carroll Lynch, Jesse Plemons, Joe Lo Truglio, Mia Stallard

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever.

For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town - a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Collings (Frost).

Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes.

Paul trailer courtesy Universal Pictures.

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Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) March 18/20 new #1 Limitless #4 The Lincoln Lawyer #5 Paul

1     (new)     Limitless / Youtube

Directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Andrew Howard - Aspiring author Eddie Morra's life changes when an old friend introduces him to NZT, a new drug that lets him tap his full potential.   (Relativity Media)

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2     (2)     Rango  /  Youtube 

Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring (the voices) Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy  -  Rango is a sheltered chameleon living as an ordinary family pet facing a major identity crisis. After all, how high can you aim when your whole purpose in life is to blend in? When Rango accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt -- a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures -- the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt... until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.  (Paramount Pictures)

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3     (1)     Battle: Los Angeles / Youtube

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena, Adetokumboh M Cormack - For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world -- Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff...    (Sony Pictures Releasing)

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4    (new)    The Lincoln Lawyer / Youtube

Directed by Brad Furman and starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy     Ted Minton, Laurence Mason - Mickey Haller is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet, a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.   (Lionsgate)

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5     (new)     Paul / Youtube

Directed by Greg Mottola and starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader - For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town -- a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings. Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive...  (Universal Pictures)

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6     (3)     Red Riding Hood   / Youtube

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Julie Christie, Gary Oldman - A Gothic imagining of the classic fairy tale in which a young woman is confronted by a werewolf, this time with a teenage love triangle at its center.   (Warner Bros Pictures)

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7     4     The Adjustment Bureau  /  Youtube 

Directed by George J. Nolfi and starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Michael Kelly - On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas - a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself - the men of The Adjustment Bureau - who will do everything in their considerable... (Universal Pictures).
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8     (5)      Mars Needs Moms / Youtube

Directed by Simon Wells and starring Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, Joan Cusack - Take out the trash, eat your broccoli - who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Milo embarks on a quest to save his mom - a wild adventure that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader....    (Walt Disney Studios Distribution)

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9     (6)     Beastly  /  Youtube 
Directed by Daniel Barnz and starring Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, Alex Pettyfer, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Krause -  Kyle Kingson has it all - looks, intelligence, wealth and opportunity - and a wicked cruel streak. Prone to mocking and humiliating "aggressively unattractive" classmates, he zeroes in on Goth classmate Kendra, inviting her to the school's extravagant environmental bash. Kendra accepts, and, true to form, Kyle blows her off in a particularly savage fashion. She retaliates by casting a spell that physically... (CBS Films)

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10     (7)     Hall Pass / Youtube  
Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrell and starrying Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate, Nicky Whelan,Richard Jenkins -  When Rick and Fred show signs of restlessness at home, their wives grant them a "hall pass," one week of freedom to do whatever they want... no questions asked.

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"The Lincoln Lawyer" trailer - in UK Cinemas Friday 18th March 2011 - Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, John Leguizamo, Michael Peña

Uploaded by trailers on Nov 24, 2010

Release Date: 18 March 2011
Genre: Drama
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Matthew McConaughey, Michaela Conlin, William H. Macy
Director: Brad Furman
Writer: Michael Connelly, John Romano
MPAA: N/A
Studio: Lionsgate

The Lincoln Lawyer (film)

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Plot

Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a Beverly Hills playboy and son of a major businessman who is accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.

Haller is chosen to represent Roulet who is seemingly innocent and was caught up at the wrong place at the wrong time. As Haller analyzes the pictures and evidence, it becomes more evident that it is similar to a past case he had which landed a previous client, Jesus Martinez (Michael Peña), in jail for murder with a 15 to life sentence rather than the needle.

After realizing Roulet could be the killer of that previous case, his investigator Frank is mysteriously killed after leaving a voicemail stating to have found a ticket that could prove Roulet guilty of the previous case. Before he could release more information in the voicemail, Frank hangs up stating there was a knock at the door. Haller is suspected of killing Frank due to a collectors gun missing from his house that was used to kill Frank.

Roulet is found innocent in the current case but then arrested immediately for the previous murder case. He attempts to kill Haller's family, but Haller finds out in time to get them out of the house. He meets Roulet as Roulet arrives at Haller's family's house. Roulet is attacked by the bikers Haller has previously represented many times and Haller walks away. Upon arriving home, he discovers Roulet's mother inside and she shoots him with the same gun that shot Frank. She confesses that it was she who killed Frank. After she shoots Haller, Haller shoots her, possibly killing her.

In the end, Haller discovers that Frank found a parking ticket issued to Roulet by the house of the murdered victim proving him guilty of murder and Martinez will be released.