Tag: Kristin Dreyer Kramer (Critic)
Hairspray (2007)
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
Two straight, single Brooklyn firefighters pretend to be a gay couple in order to receive domestic partner benefits.
Joshua (2007)
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua (Kogan), an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
With their warning about Lord Voldemort’s return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
Transformers (2007)
An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.
Evening (2007)
A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the 1950s and never forgets.
Ratatouille (2007)
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.
Sicko (2007)
A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
1408 (2007)
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
A Mighty Heart (2007)
Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan.
Evan Almighty (2007)
God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
Severance (2006)
During a team-building retreat in the mountains a group of sales representatives are hunted down one by one.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
The Fantastic Four learn that they aren’t the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus.
Nancy Drew (2007)
Teen detective Nancy Drew accompanies her father on a business trip to Los Angeles, where she happens upon clues to a murder mystery involving a movie star.
Once (2007)
A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.
Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)
Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist, after casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff.
Surf’s Up (2007)
A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.