Category: Movie Reviews
Valkyrie (2008)
A dramatization of the 20 July assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Hitler during World War II.
Seven Pounds (2008)
A man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
When you are so small, even for a mouse, the world can be a dangerous place, but when your heart is brave, nothing can stand against your dreams.
Yes Man (2008)
A guy challenges himself to say “yes” to everything for an entire year.
Delgo (2008)
Delgo, an adventurous but naive teenager, must rally his group of friends to protect their world from conflict between the Lockni and Nohrin people.
Let the Right One In (2008)
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
A Mumbai teen reflects on his upbringing in the slums when he is accused of cheating on the Indian Version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.
Milk (2008)
The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California’s first openly gay elected official.
Nobel Son (2007)
Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He’s struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother…
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
After hunting down and killing hundreds of violent criminals, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, faces his most deadly foe yet: Jigsaw.
JCVD (2008)
Jean-Claude Van Damme gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages situation and reflects about his life during it.
Australia (2008)
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Four Christmases (2008)
A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas.
Transporter 3 (2008)
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina’s safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
Ashes of Time Redux (2008)
A broken-hearted hit man moves to the desert where he finds skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings.
Bolt (2008)
The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.