Tag: David Medsker (Critic)
Hotel for Dogs (2009)
Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
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.
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.
Bedtime Stories (2008)
A hotel handyman’s life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.
Marley and Me (2008)
A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
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.
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?”
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.
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.
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.
Twilight (2008)
A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.
Christmas on Mars (2008)
Major Syrtis goes insane as he tries to improve morale in an abandoned colony on Mars through a Christmas pageant, where the first colonist baby will be born.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
The animals try to fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African wildlife refuge, where Alex is reunited with his parents.
Role Models (2008)
Wild behavior forces a pair of energy drink reps to enroll in a Big Brother program.
Changeling (2008)
A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day.