The Tree of Life (2011)

Terrence Malick directs a beautiful piece of something about creation, life and afterlife and a love letter to hard-ass fathers from the 1950s starring Brad Pitt, who overcomes his good looks, using his square jaw to suggest and different time and man.

d: Terrence Malick | imdb.com | trailer | Creation | Hit me.
Lived it | Brahms | Help each other. | Gone to the dogs

The Hangover Part II (2011)

The second “Hangover” is darker (with more male nudity) and better than the first, thanks to Bangkok, where Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis find violent monks and a drug-dealing monkey — and Helms reworks Billy Joel’s “Allentown.”

d: Todd Phillips | imdb.com | trailer | Charlie Rose
I think it’s happened again. | Pig! | “The Hangover”

Bridesmaids (2011)

Kristen Wiig, a comedy virtuoso on “Saturday Night Live” for years, writes and stars in a vehicle tailored to her subtle talents, the story of a maid of honor for whom everything goes wrong. It isn’t just a great comedy featuring women. It’s a great comedy.

d: Paul Feig | imdb.com | trailer | First class | About last night