The Reader (2008) Movie Reviews

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.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Movie Reviews

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

Seven Pounds (2008) Movie Reviews

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) Movie Reviews

Yes Man (2008)

A guy challenges himself to say “yes” to everything for an entire year.

Let the Right One In (2008) Movie Reviews

Let the Right One In (2008)

Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.

Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) Movie Reviews

Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)

A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.

Australia (2008) Movie Reviews

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.

Four Christmases (2008) Movie Reviews

Four Christmases (2008)

A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas.

Twilight (2008) Movie Reviews

Twilight (2008)

A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Movie Reviews

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

Rachel Getting Married (2008) Movie Reviews

Rachel Getting Married (2008)

A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister’s wedding.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) Movie Reviews

Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.

Good Dick (2008) Movie Reviews

Good Dick (2008)

A look at the relationship between a lonely introverted girl and a young video store clerk vying for her attention.

Sex Drive (2008) Movie Reviews

Sex Drive (2008)

A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.

Body of Lies (2008) Movie Reviews

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.

I Served the King of England (2006) Movie Reviews

I Served the King of England (2006)

A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel.

Appaloosa (2008) Movie Reviews

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.

Nights in Rodanthe (2008) Movie Reviews

Nights in Rodanthe (2008)

A doctor who is traveling to see his estranged son sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn.