11 Movies, I Sadly Missed in 2011

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By Ernest O. Britton

The nods for 2011 Oscar nominations came out this week including the A&O favorite "Tree of Life", but as usual, there is also a host of movies I didn't see. It's a great time to go back and think about the 48 movies I did see, versus the ones I'm sorry to have missed. The following is my list of 11 missed movies for 2011, the good, the bad and the truly ugly. What are your own?

1. "Albert Nobbs" - Glenn Close, Michael Gambon, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
2. "Beastly" - Vanessa Hudgens, Mary Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris, Alex Pettyfer
3. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" - Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, John Goodman
4. "Hanna" - Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Niels Arestrup, Cate Blanchett
5. "In Time" - Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser
6. "Priest" - Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban
7. "Salvation Boulevard" - Pierce Brosnan, Ed Harris, Jim Gaffigan, Jennifer Connelly
8. "The Artist" - John Goodman, Missi Pyle, Penelope Ann Miller, James Cromwell
9. "The Descendants" - George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges
10. "The Iron Lady" - Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant
11. "War Horse" - Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis