Category: Movie Reviews
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.
Defiance (2008)
Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.
Hotel for Dogs (2009)
Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
In London for his daughter’s wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine’s night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he’s innocent.
Notorious (2009)
The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it’s up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.
Revolutionary Road (2008)
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.
The Wrestler (2008)
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
Bride Wars (2009)
Two best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.


















