Category: Movie Reviews
The Ruins (2008)
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist, embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle where something evil lives among the ruins.
21 (2008)
“21” is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.
Run, Fatboy, Run (2007)
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
Stop-Loss (2008)
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Superhero Movie (2008)
Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.
Shutter (2008)
A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
The Band’s Visit (2007)
A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.
The Rape of Europa (2006)
The story of Nazi Germany’s plundering of Europe’s great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
Doomsday (2008)
A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.
Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.
Funny Games (2007)
Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.
Never Back Down (2008)
A frustrated and conflicted teenager arrives at a new high school to discover an underground fight club and meet a classmate who begins to coerce him into fighting.
10,000 BC (2008)
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter’s journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
College Road Trip (2008)
James Porter (Martin Lawrence) drives his teenage daughter Melanie (Raven Symone), from their home in Chicago to a college interview in Washington, D.C.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
The Bank Job (2008)
Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London’s Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don’t realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets – secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal.
City of Men (2007)
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers’ pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio’s favelas.