El cantante (2006) Movie Reviews

El cantante (2006)

The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States.

The Brave One (2007) Movie Reviews

The Brave One (2007)

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

3:10 to Yuma (2007) Movie Reviews

3:10 to Yuma (2007)

A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who’s awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

Resurrecting the Champ (2007) Movie Reviews

Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man (“Champ”) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ’s story and escape the shadow of his father’s success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

September Dawn (2007) Movie Reviews

September Dawn (2007)

A love story set during a tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group.

The Nanny Diaries (2007) Movie Reviews

The Nanny Diaries (2007)

A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.

Broken English (2007) Movie Reviews

Broken English (2007)

Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is in a relationship, is married, or has children. Nora is in her thirties, alone with job she’s outgrown and a mother who constantly…

Becoming Jane (2007) Movie Reviews

Becoming Jane (2007)

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

Golden Door (2006) Movie Reviews

Golden Door (2006)

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother.

Talk to Me (2007) Movie Reviews

Talk to Me (2007)

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph “Petey” Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

No Reservations (2007) Movie Reviews

No Reservations (2007)

The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.

Rescue Dawn (2006) Movie Reviews

Rescue Dawn (2006)

A U.S. fighter pilot’s epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Hairspray (2007) Movie Reviews

Hairspray (2007)

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Joshua (2007) Movie Reviews

Joshua (2007)

The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua (Kogan), an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.

Evening (2007) Movie Reviews

Evening (2007)

A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the 1950s and never forgets.

Sicko (2007) Movie Reviews

Sicko (2007)

A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.

La Vie en Rose (2007) Movie Reviews

La Vie en Rose (2007)

The life story of singer Édith Piaf.

Once (2007) Movie Reviews

Once (2007)

A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.