Tag: Kristin Dreyer Kramer (Critic)
Body of Lies (2008)
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
City of Ember (2008)
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember’s once powerful generator is failing … and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.
The Duchess (2008)
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
The Express (2008)
A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Appaloosa (2008)
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
While on vacation in Mexico, Chloe, a ritzy Beverly Hills chihuahua, finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home.
Blindness (2008)
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
Flash of Genius (2008)
Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper.
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)
High school student Nick O’Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.
Choke (2008)
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother’s hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Eagle Eye (2008)
Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move.
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
A doctor who is traveling to see his estranged son sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn.
Baghead (2008)
Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Problem is: What happens when their story idea — a horror…
Igor (2008)
Animated fable about a cliché hunchbacked evil scientist’s assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
A LAPD officer will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door.
Roman de Gare (2007)
A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.