MRQE's 2012 Fall Movie Guide

Dredd (2012)

Cast: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey

Director: Pete Travis

Synopsis: A feared urban cop takes on a vicious urban drug dealer in a futuristic metropolis as director Pete Travis (Vantage Point) and screenwriter Alex Ga... [MORE]

Looper (2012)

Cast: Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan

Director: Rian Johnson

Synopsis: A hired gun from the future discovers that his greatest adversary is himself in this twisting sci-fi mindbender starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Go... [MORE]

The Master (2012)

Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Synopsis: Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master stars Joaquin Phoenix as a psychologically damaged war veteran who finds himself working for Lancaster Dodd (Phil... [MORE]

Taken 2 (2012)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Rade Sherbedgia, Luke Grimes

Director: Olivier Megaton

Synopsis: His family targeted by a vengeful crime boss in Istanbul, retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) must fight an army of killers to ensure their... [MORE]

Argo (2012)

Cast: Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Taylor Schilling, Tate Donovan, Nelson Franklin, Michael Parks, Clea Duvall, Richard Kind

Director: Ben Affleck

Synopsis: When militants seize control of the U.S. embassy in Tehran during the height of the Iranian Revolution, CIA agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) creates... [MORE]

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, James D'Arcy, Hugh Grant

Director: Andy Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski

Synopsis: Directors Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, and Lena Wachowski team up to helm this adaptation of David Mitchell's popular novel Cloud Atlas. The trio pu... [MORE]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, Billy Burke, Xavier Samuel, Maggie Grace, MyAnna Buring, Mía Maestro, Casey LaBow, Christian Camargo, Mackenzie Foy, Tracey N. Heggins, Judi Shekoni, Omar Metwally, Andrea Gabriel, Rami Malek, Angela Sarafyan, Marlane Barnes, Lisa Howard, Patrick Brennan, Noel Fisher, Guri Weinberg, Lee Pace, Toni Trucks, Bill Tangradi, Erik Odom, Valorie Curry, Joe Anderson, Olga Fonda, Janelle Froehlich, Masami Kosaka, Amadou Ly, Wendell Pierce

Director: Bill Condon

Synopsis: The epic love story between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen concludes in this final installment of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling series. Dreamgirls' ... [MORE]

Skyfall (2012)

Cast: Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Judi Dench

Director: Sam Mendes

Synopsis: 007 (Daniel Craig) becomes M's only ally as MI6 comes under attack, and a mysterious new villain emerges with a diabolical plan. James Bond's lates... [MORE]

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Cast: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch

Director: Rich Moore

Synopsis: An 8-bit video-game character attempts to shed his bad-guy image by escaping into a popular first-person shooter, but inadvertently wreaks havoc in... [MORE]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett

Director: Peter Jackson

Synopsis: Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) joins Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and a band of dwarves on a treacherous quest to a distant mountain in this epic fantasy... [MORE]

Les Misérables (2012)

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, George Blagden, Colm Wilkinson, Frances Ruffelle

Director: Tom Hooper

Synopsis: The King's Speech's Tom Hooper directs this adaptation of Cameron Mackintosh's successful musical version of Victor Hugo's classic novel. The drama... [MORE]

Django Unchained (2012)

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Don Johnson, James Remar, Tom Wopat

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: A former slave and a German bounty hunter become unlikely allies in the battle against a tyrannical plantation owner in this western from visionary... [MORE]