Tag: Melissa Starker (Critic)
What Just Happened (2008)
Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who’s having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.
The Pool (2007)
A boy in abject poverty works in a hotel and becomes obsessed with a swimming pool in the opulent hills of Panjim, Goa, India. His life gets turned upside-down when he attempts to meet the mysterious family who lives at the house.
Good Dick (2008)
A look at the relationship between a lonely introverted girl and a young video store clerk vying for her attention.
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens, a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with…
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.
I Served the King of England (2006)
A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel.
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.
Blindness (2008)
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
Flow: For the Love of Water (2008)
Water is the very essence of life, sustaining every being on the planet. ‘Flow’ confronts the disturbing reality that our crucial resource is dwindling and greed just may be the cause.
Religulous (2008)
Bill Maher’s take on the current state of world religion.
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.
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.
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.
The Lucky Ones (2008)
The story revolves around three soldiers – Colee, TK and Cheever – who return from the war after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an…
Trouble the Water (2008)
A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.