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Julie & Julia (2009)

Julie & Julia (2009)

It was not without some skepticism that I walked into the screening. How could director Nora Ephron – whose last big-screen outing was the universally panned Bewitched – turn...

Vickie
Mary White (1977)

Mary White (1977)

Mary White is the true tale of a feisty, opinionated young woman who loved fast horses.  Sometimes she was so feisty and opinionated that it seemed as though someone...

Jennifer
(500) Days of Summer (2009)

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

The always-wonderful Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Tom, a mopey greeting-card writer whose heart swells when he meets perky but distant secretary Summer (Zooey Deschanel). Tom wants to be in...

Vickie
Moon (2009)

Moon (2009)

“Over the last couple of decades, filmmakers have allowed themselves to become a bit embarrassed by science fiction’s philosophical side… We’ve allowed ourselves to be convinced that science fiction...

Eric
The Road

The Road (2009)

The Road is easily the bleakest, most nightmarish movie I’ve seen in a long time, but it’s also the most touching.  As readers of the Cormac McCarthy novel know, we...

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The Art of Being Straight (2008)

The Art of Being Straight (2008)

You have to know these things when you walk into this movie so you don’t expect more than it has to offer. No, it doesn’t feature the most convincing...

Vickie
Changeling (2008)

Changeling (2008)

Changeling came and went in the theaters, despite the star-wattage attached to it (directed by Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood and starring Oscar-winning Angeline Jolie). Were cinema audience experiencing Angelina...

Linda
17 Again (2009)

17 Again (2009)

17 Again wastes no time appeasing its target audience: In the opening sequence, we get to see Zac Efron shirtless (six-pack gleaming with sweat), shooting baskets with ease, smiling...

Linda
Blindness (2008)

Blindness (2008)

Blindness‘ “What if?” scenario is along the lines of such sci-fi/horror stories as Children of Men, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, or 28 Days Later. Something happens beyond everyone’s control, sending...

Linda
Adventureland (2009)

Adventureland (2009)

Don’t be misled by the resume of Adventureland‘s writer/director Greg Mottola. He is best known for directing the super-raunch-fest Superbad, the amazingly foul-mouthed comedy that took teen sex comedies...

Linda
Marley & Me (2008)

Marley & Me (2008)

Bambi taught a string of generations about death, and now a whole new generation, pulled into what was advertised as a family-friendly kiddie movie, will be traumatized by Marley...

Linda
A Walk on the Moon (1999)

A Walk on the Moon (1999)

A Walk on the Moon is in many ways the ultimate Viggo Mortensen movie. It takes place during the summer 1969, and focuses on the changing dynamics of the...

Jennifer