Movies 2011: An A&O Journey

By Greg Disney

A&O MOVIES (it's in my blood) is an archive of movies seen, and posts made about the religious & spiritual in movies. In 2008, we began making movie dates each Saturday in two different cities, and blogging about them for friends the next day.

DECEMBER 2011

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Hardy
• Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol - Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - Robert Downey, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Stephen Fry
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard, Robin Wright\
• We Bought a Zoo - Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Patrick Fugit, Thomas Haden Church

NOVEMBER 2011

• J. Edgar - Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Damon Herriman, Judi Dench
• Immortals - Henry Cavill, Reymundo Banderas, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto
• Hugo - Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz
• The Muppets - Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones

OCTOBER 2011

• The Rum Diary - Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins

SEPTEMBER 2011

• Contagion - Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon
• Killer Elite - Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Dominic Purcell, Robert De Niro
• Moneyball - Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright

AUGUST 2011

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes - James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis
• The Help - Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney
• Colombiana - Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Amandla Stenberg
• The Debt - Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson

JULY 2011

• Larry Crowne - Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer
• Project Nim
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II - Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter
• Friends with Benefits - Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Alex Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson
• Cowboys and Aliens - Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Noah Ringer
• Crazy, Stupid, Love - Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore

JUNE 2011

• X-Men: First Class - James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Caleb Landry Jones
• Green Lantern - Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong 
• Bad Teacher - Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, John Michael Higgins
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, James Avery, Frances McDormand

MAY 2011

• Thor - Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Colm Feore, Jaimie Alexander
• Bridesmaids - Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Ellie Kemper
• Midnight in Paris - Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Carla Bruni, Rachel McAdams
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane
• The Hangover Part II - Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha
• The Tree of Life - Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan

APRIL 2011

• Arthur - Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Garner
• The Conspirator - James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood
• Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - Isaiah Mustafa, Loretta Devine, Bow Wow
• Water for Elephants - Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook

MARCH 2011

• The Adjustment Bureau - Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, Shohreh Aghdashloo
• Battle: Los Angeles - Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena, Bridget Moynahan
• Limitless - Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel
• The Lincoln Lawyer - Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy

FEBUARY 2011

• Sanctum - Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield, Alice Parkinson, Dan Wyllie
• I Am Number Four - Alex Pettyfer, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand
• Unknown - Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger, Frank Langella

JANUARY 2011

• The Dilemma - Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly
• The Green Hornet - Seth Rogen, Michael Pena, Adam Sandler, Cameron Diaz
• No Strings Attached - Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Ben Lawson, Greta Gerwig
• The Rite - Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds