Fri Jun 10, 2011
There’s not a lot to recommend in the latest releases. If you really want to watch a Thor movie, avoid this stinker and shell out the extra bucks for the excellent version that’s in the cinema right now. But if I had to pick, I’d go with the critic darling Waltz with Bashir, even though it looks like a bit of a downer.
Almighty Thor
Flixster Audience Rating: 6%
When the ancient demon Loki attacks Los Angeles with his devilish hordes and his devastating Hammer of Invincibility, Nordic god Thor forges his own mighty hammer to save the metropolis and send Loki back to the underworld. More details / Watch now
Middle Men
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 39%
After spotting a big financial opportunity in the future of Internet pornography, straightlaced entrepreneur Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) enlists his pals Buck (Gabriel Macht) and Wayne (Giovanni Ribisi) to help him develop an online billing company specializing in adult entertainment. But as the firm takes off, Jack finds some unexpected kinks in the business of kink – including mobsters, the FBI, con men and terrorists. More details / Watch now
Waltz with Bashir
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96%
Director Ari Folman employs vivid black-and-white animation in this Golden Globe-winning film, exploring the memory gaps in his life during his service for the Israeli army in the Lebanese war of the early 1980s. Recounting stories based on recorded interviews with colleagues and friends, Folman relives the horrors of war and dissects the curious coping mechanisms humans use to survive under brutal circumstances. More details / Watch now
Exorcismus
Flixster Audience Rating: 25%
When their teenage daughter reports curious symptoms that point toward demonic possession, a desperate family calls a priest in to investigate and allows her exorcism to be secretly recorded. More details / Watch now
The Housemaid
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75%
A wealthy family’s new maid, Eun-yi (Do-yeon Jeon), attracts the attention of Hoon (Jung-Jae Lee), the man of the house, and a fiery affair develops between them. But although Hoon signs Eun-yi’s checks, he’s not the one controlling the relationship. One secret leads to another, until Eun-yi threatens to destroy the entire family. This update of the 1960 chiller was an Official Selection of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. More details / Watch now