Tag: Kristin Dreyer Kramer (Critic)
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)
A hotel handyman’s life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.
Doubt (2008)
A Catholic school principal questions a priest’s ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.
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)
A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
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)
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)
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)
A man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Yes Man (2008)
A guy challenges himself to say “yes” to everything for an entire year.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
Set during WWII, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
Twilight (2008)
A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.
My Name is Bruce (2007)
B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.


















