Departures (2008) Movie Reviews

Departures (2008)

A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.

The Informant! (2009) Movie Reviews

The Informant! (2009)

The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.

Adam (2009) Movie Reviews

Adam (2009)

Adam, a lonely man with Asperger’s Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

Paper Heart (2009) Movie Reviews

Paper Heart (2009)

Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand: Love.

Taking Woodstock (2009) Movie Reviews

Taking Woodstock (2009)

A man working at his parents’ motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

Inglourious Basterds (2009) Movie Reviews

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner’s vengeful plans for the same.

Rudo y Cursi (2008) Movie Reviews

Rudo y Cursi (2008)

Two siblings rival each other inside the world of professional soccer.

Bandslam (2009) Movie Reviews

Bandslam (2009)

A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band — together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

Julie & Julia (2009) Movie Reviews

Julie & Julia (2009)

Julia Child’s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book.

500 Days of Summer (2009) Movie Reviews

500 Days of Summer (2009)

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

Funny People (2009) Movie Reviews

Funny People (2009)

When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.

The Hurt Locker (2008) Movie Reviews

The Hurt Locker (2008)

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Moon (2009) Movie Reviews

Moon (2009)

Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet’s power problems.

Summer Hours (2008) Movie Reviews

Summer Hours (2008)

Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother’s succession.

Chéri (2009) Movie Reviews

Chéri (2009)

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

Public Enemies (2009) Movie Reviews

Public Enemies (2009)

The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

Away We Go (2009) Movie Reviews

Away We Go (2009)

A couple who is expecting their first child travel around the U.S. in order to find a perfect place to start their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover “home” on their own terms for the first time.

My Sister’s Keeper (2009) Movie Reviews

My Sister’s Keeper (2009)

Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.