Tag: John DeSando (Critic)
Every Little Step (2008)
Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of “A Chorus Line”. Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers’ war.
Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (2008)
America’s foremost humorist and commentator, Garrison Keillor takes his skits and jokes, music and monologues across the country in his traveling radio show, spinning his stories into…
Tyson (2008)
A mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson.
Lymelife (2008)
A family unit begins to bow under the pressure of a failing marriage.
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day’s work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Goodbye Solo (2008)
Two men form an unlikely friendship that will change both of their lives forever.
My Life in Ruins (2009)
A travel guide rediscovers her romantic side on a trip around Greece.
Up (2009)
Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
Paris 36 (2008)
A man is charged with murder. He is Pigoil, the aging stage manager at Chansonia, a music hall in a Paris faubourg. His confession is a long flashback to New Year’s Eve, 1935, when he…
Terminator Salvation (2009)
In 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted?
Angels & Demons (2009)
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
Star Trek (2009)
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father’s legacy with Commander Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful, time-traveling Romulan creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.
Battle for Terra (2007)
A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
The Soloist (2009)
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Earth (2007)
Feature-length version of the documentary TV series Planet Earth (2006), following the migration paths of four animal families.
Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.