Tag: Kristin Dreyer Kramer (Critic)
Funny Games (2007)
Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.
10,000 BC (2008)
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter’s journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
College Road Trip (2008)
James Porter (Martin Lawrence) drives his teenage daughter Melanie (Raven Symone), from their home in Chicago to a college interview in Washington, D.C.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
The Bank Job (2008)
Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London’s Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don’t realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets – secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal.
Penelope (2006)
A modern romantic tale about a young aristocratic heiress born under a curse that can only be broken when she finds true love with “one who will love her faithfully.”
Semi-Pro (2008)
Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association’s Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true.
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Two bumbling store clerks inadvertently erase the footage from all of the tapes in their video rental store. In order to keep the business running, they re-shoot every film in the store with their own camera, with a budget of zero dollars.
In Bruges (2008)
Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
Vantage Point (2008)
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
Jumper (2008)
A teenager with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators.
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Fool’s Gold (2008)
A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple’s sense of adventure — and their estranged romance.
Persepolis (2007)
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland (2006)
In this documentary, the show’s emcee, Vince Vaughn, and four stand-up comedians hand-picked by Vaughn, travel the country and perform in 30 cities. This film documents the interactions on and off stage along the way.