FullReviews Index
The Lucky ones
The Lucky Ones Review - A review of The Lucky Ones, a Neil Burger film. Rachel McAdams, Michael Pena, Tim Robbins, Spencer Garrett, Molly Hagen star in The Lucky Ones.
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married Review - A Review of Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married starring Anne Hathaway as you have never seen before. Rosemarie Dewitt, Mather Zickel, Bill Irwin,
Anna Deveare Smith, Anisa George, Tunde Adebimpe
and Debra Winger also star
Hamlet 2
Hamlet 2 review: Andrew Fleming's Hamlet 2, a smash hit at the Sundance Film Festival. Steve Coogan stars as as a failed actor and drama coach in Andy Fleming's bawdy satirical take on inspirational teachers. Catherine Keener co-stars as Coogan's wife. Elisabeth Shue plays herself.
Blindness
Blindness review - A review of Fernando Meirelles' Blindness, starring Don McKellar, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover.
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading Review - A review of The Coen Brother's Burn After Reading, starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, and Brad Pitt.
Trouble The Water
Trouble the Water Review - a review of Tia Lessin and Carl Deal's Hurricane Katrina documentary Trouble the Water, starring Kimberly Rivers aka Black Kold Medina.
'Vicky Christina Barcelona' Review
Vicky Christina Barcelona Review - A review of Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona starring Scarlett Johansson, Javier Barden, Penelope Cruz, and Rebecca Hall. Even a sapphic kiss between leading ladies can not redeem the mediocre offering.
The Wackness
"The Wackness" A review of Jonathan Levine's "The Wackness" a surprisingly tender coming of age film about a white teenage drug dealer in the summer of 1994 in New York. Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Olivia Thirlby star.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the new animated Star Wars movie produced by Lucasfilm, set during the Clone Wars between Episodes II and III. We've got the review.
Elegy
Elegy review - A review of Isabel Coixet's film Elegy starring Penelope Cruz and Kingsley. Based on a novel by Philip Roth, the novel focuses on the generous abundance of Penelope Cruz's breasts.
Frozen River
Courtney Hunt's "Frozen River," winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, takes place in a desolate American landscape, an impoverished town in Upstate New York on the edge of Mohonk reservation and the Canadian border. Melissa Leo and Misty Upham star as unlikely immigrant smugglers.
Mark and Jay Duplass' Baghead (2008)
The second film by the Duplass Brothers, Baghead a low-budget genre-mixing story about a group of unemployed actors who retreat to a country cabin to write a horror script -- only to find themselves entrapped in their very own horror story. Greta Gerwig, Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, and Elise Muller star.
The Dark Knight
Two hours and twenty minutes, a gazillion dollars, a sterling cast, and an eight story IMAX screen weren’t enough for Christopher Nolan's "THe Dark Knight" to tickle a single thrill.
Garden Party
Rising star Willa Holland makes a strong impression in Jason' Freeland's otherwise amateurish indie film "Garden Party." The ensemble cast also includes Vinessa Shaw, Richard Gunn, Patrick Fischler, and Fiona Dourif.
'Kit Kittredge: An American Girl'
A review of Patricia Rozema's Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. Abigail Breslin stars as 9-year-old Kit Kittredge, an aspiring newspaper journalist out to solve a mystery during the Great Depression. The ensemble cast includes Stanley Tucci, Glenne Headly, Jane Krakowski, Julia Ormond and Wallace Shawn.
Be Kind Rewind
Jack Black stars in Be Kind Rewind, a one-of-a-kind comedy from the mind of writer/director Michel Gondry Be Kind Rewind features a cast that includes Mos Def, Danny Glover, and Mia Farrow. It is scheduled for a January 25, 2008 release.
The Incredible Hulk
Director Louis Leterrier avoids taking any chances: "The Incredible Hulk," written by superhero veteran Zak Penn, is as by-the-numbers as they come. Not even talented Ed Norton as tormented scientist Bruce Banner can breathe life into this unnecessary remake.
Choke (2008)
Clark Gregg directed and apapted Chuck Palhniuk's "Choke." Starring Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Brad William Henke, Kelly Macdonald & Clark Gregg. "Choke" opens September 26, 2008.
Savage Grace (2008)
Julianne Moore stars in Tom Kalin's "Savage Grace," a tale of decadence and dysfunction among the postwar international elite, based upon the acclaimed exposé of the notorious Baekeland scandal.
Grace is Gone
John Cusack stars as a young father whose soldier wife has just been killed in Iraq in James Strouse's drama "Grace is Gone." Young actresses Gracie Bednarczyk and Shélan O'Keefe make their film debut, playing Cusack's daughters.
The Visitor
The situation in Tom McCarthy's second film The Visitor is ripe with drama: Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins), an economics professor and quintessential sad man, returns to his Greenwich Village apartment when his Connecticut college pressures him to present a lecture at NYU. His apartment, however, isn't empty. Illegal immigrants have moved in: an attractive young couple, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira).
Expired (2008)
Samantha Morton stars in "Expired," an offbeat comedy about a meter maid who falls in love with a parking official. Illeana Douglas, Jason Patric, Teri Garr, and Sonia Iris Lozada also star in Cecilia Miniucchi's debut film.
Pineapple Express
David Gordon Green ("George Washington," "Snow Angels") leaves the independent film world behind with his new stoner comedy produced by Judd Apatow "Pineapple" Express starring James Franco and Seth Rogan.
The Foot Fist Way
THE FOOT FIST WAY is an uproarious, full-contact comedy featuring one of this year's least likely of heroes. Shot in just 19 days on a credit card-financed micro-budget with a cast of mostly newcomers, the film became an overnight smash at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
The Children of Huang Shi
Roger Spottiswoode's "The Children of Huang Shi" tells the story of George Hogg, a young British journalist, who rescues 60 orphaned children. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat, Radha Mitchell and Guang Wen Li star.