Tag: Mark Pfeiffer (Critic)
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.
Enchanted (2007)
A princess, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York by an evil queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.
I’m Not There. (2007)
Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician’s life and work.
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007)
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243-year-old eccentric who owns the store, bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once-remarkable Emporium.
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
American Gangster (2007)
In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
A recent widow invites her husband’s troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Captivity (2007)
A man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.
DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
The movie adaptation of the best selling video game series Dead or Alive.
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.
Gracie (2007)
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
Knocked Up (2007)
For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she’s pregnant with his child.
Mr. Brooks (2007)
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Bug (2006)
An unhinged war veteran holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. The line between reality and delusion is blurred as they discover a bug infestation.
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes to plan.
After the Wedding (2006)
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Georgia Rule (2007)
A troubled young woman is sent to live with her grandmother for the summer, while hiding a secret that could potentially tear her family apart.