The Wrestler (2008) Movie Reviews

The Wrestler (2008)

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

Bride Wars (2009) Movie Reviews

Bride Wars (2009)

Two best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.

Gran Torino (2008) Movie Reviews

Gran Torino (2008)

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski’s prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

The Reader (2008) Movie Reviews

The Reader (2008)

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Bedtime Stories (2008) Movie Reviews

Bedtime Stories (2008)

A hotel handyman’s life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.

Doubt (2008) Movie Reviews

Doubt (2008)

A Catholic school principal questions a priest’s ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.

Frost/Nixon (2008) Movie Reviews

Frost/Nixon (2008)

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

Marley and Me (2008) Movie Reviews

Marley and Me (2008)

A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Movie Reviews

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

The Spirit (2008) Movie Reviews

The Spirit (2008)

Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City.

Valkyrie (2008) Movie Reviews

Valkyrie (2008)

A dramatization of the 20 July assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Hitler during World War II.

Seven Pounds (2008) Movie Reviews

Seven Pounds (2008)

A man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

Yes Man (2008) Movie Reviews

Yes Man (2008)

A guy challenges himself to say “yes” to everything for an entire year.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) Movie Reviews

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.

Milk (2008) Movie Reviews

Milk (2008)

The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California’s first openly gay elected official.

Australia (2008) Movie Reviews

Australia (2008)

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.

Bolt (2008) Movie Reviews

Bolt (2008)

The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.

Synecdoche, New York (2008) Movie Reviews

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.