Married Life (2007) Movie Reviews

Married Life (2007)

A 1940s-set drama where an adulterous man plots his wife’s death instead of putting her through the humiliation of a divorce.

Street Kings (2008) Movie Reviews

Street Kings (2008)

An undercover cop, disillusioned by the recent murder of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself.

21 (2008) Movie Reviews

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.

Funny Games (2007) Movie Reviews

Funny Games (2007)

Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.

The Bank Job (2008) Movie Reviews

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) Movie Reviews

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.

In Bruges (2008) Movie Reviews

In Bruges (2008)

Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.

Vantage Point (2008) Movie Reviews

Vantage Point (2008)

The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

Witless Protection (2008) Movie Reviews

Witless Protection (2008)

The story centers on a small-town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue a woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and…

Cassandra’s Dream (2007) Movie Reviews

Cassandra’s Dream (2007)

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go badly and the two become enemies.

Untraceable (2008) Movie Reviews

Untraceable (2008)

FBI agent Jennifer Marsh is tasked with hunting down a seemingly untraceable serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet. As time runs out, the cat and mouse chase becomes more personal.

Mad Money (2008) Movie Reviews

Mad Money (2008)

Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.

First Sunday (2008) Movie Reviews

First Sunday (2008)

Durell Washington and LeeJohn Jackson are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When Durell learns that his ex-girlfriend plans to move to another state with their son Durell Jr.–…

Awake (2007) Movie Reviews

Awake (2007)

The story focuses on a man who suffers “anesthetic awareness” and finds himself awake and aware, but paralyzed, during heart surgery. His mother must wrestle with her own demons as a turn of events unfolds around them, while trying to unfold the story hidden behind her son’s young wife.

Hitman (2007) Movie Reviews

Hitman (2007)

A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as ‘The Organization’ is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.

No Country for Old Men (2007) Movie Reviews

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) Movie Reviews

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents’ jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother’s wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.

American Gangster (2007) Movie Reviews

American Gangster (2007)

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.