Zodiac (2007) Movie Reviews

Zodiac (2007)

A San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer.

Amazing Grace (2006) Movie Reviews

Amazing Grace (2006)

The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

The Astronaut Farmer (2007) Movie Reviews

The Astronaut Farmer (2007)

A NASA astronaut (Thornton), forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never given up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government’s threats to stop him.

Breach (2007) Movie Reviews

Breach (2007)

FBI upstart Eric O’Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.

Bridge to Terabithia (2007) Movie Reviews

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

A preteen’s life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality.

Hannibal Rising (2007) Movie Reviews

Hannibal Rising (2007)

After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister’s death.

Norbit (2007) Movie Reviews

Norbit (2007)

A mild-mannered guy, who is engaged to a monstrous woman, meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

The Good German (2006) Movie Reviews

The Good German (2006)

While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.

Venus (2006) Movie Reviews

Venus (2006)

Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.

Blood and Chocolate (2007) Movie Reviews

Blood and Chocolate (2007)

A young teenage werewolf (Bruckner) is torn between honoring her family’s secret and her love for a man (Dancy).

Smokin’ Aces (2006) Movie Reviews

Smokin’ Aces (2006)

When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state’s evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he’s no longer breathing.

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Movie Reviews

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Movie Reviews

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Sweet Land (2005) Movie Reviews

Sweet Land (2005)

In 1920, Inge, a German national, travels from Norway to rural Minnesota for her arranged marriage to Olaf, a Norwegian farmer; bureaucracy and prejudice cause major complications.

The Last King of Scotland (2006) Movie Reviews

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970’s.

Alpha Dog (2006) Movie Reviews

Alpha Dog (2006)

A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI’s most wanted list.

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) Movie Reviews

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

During China’s Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

Notes on a Scandal (2006) Movie Reviews

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new “friend” also go well beyond platonic friendship.