Category: Movie Reviews
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Fanboys (2009)
Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) before its release.
Fired Up! (2009)
The two most popular guys in high school decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.
Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.
Friday the 13th (2009)
A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
I’ve Loved You So Long (2008)
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
The International (2009)
An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution’s role in an international arms dealing ring.
Coraline (2009)
An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
He’s Just Not That Into You (2009)
The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.
Push (2009)
Two young Americans with special abilities must race to find a girl in Hong Kong before a shadowy government organization called Division does.
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.
Taken (2008)
A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
The Uninvited (2009)
Anna Ivers returns home to her sister Alex after a stint in a mental hospital, though her recovery is jeopardized thanks to her cruel stepmother. Her dismay quickly turns to horror when she is visited by ghastly visions of her dead mother.
Inkheart (2008)
A young girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook’s hero.
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
An origins story centered on the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans.