Tag: John DeSando (Critic)
Departures (2008)
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
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.
Sorority Row (2009)
A group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer.
9 (2009)
A rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity’s salvation.
Extract (2009)
Joel, the owner of an extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.
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.
The Final Destination (2009)
After a young man’s premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.
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.
District 9 (2009)
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.
Ponyo (2008)
A five year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
In the Loop (2009)
A political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.
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.
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.
G-Force (2009)
A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.
The Ugly Truth (2009)
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help…
Food, Inc. (2008)
An unflattering look inside America’s corporate controlled food industry.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as “the property of the Half-Blood Prince” and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort’s dark past.
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.


















