Drama Reviews

Drama

Broken Flowers (2005)

Broken Flowers (2005)

Bill Murray seems to have had a resurgence in his career by portraying the drollest of the droll. He’s like a washed-up comic who doesn’t bother cracking a joke...

Linda
9 Songs (2004)

9 Songs (2004)

OK, everyone! Raise your hand if you are interested in seeing 9 Songs because of the musical performances of such hot bands as Franz Ferdinand, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,...

Linda
My Summer of Love (2004)

My Summer of Love (2004)

Despite its placement in assorted gay and lesbian film festivals, its heaps of accolades and shelf full of awards, this moody British drama doesn’t really reflect its title. It’s...

Vickie
Saving Face (2004)

Saving Face (2004)

“Wil” (Michelle Krusiec) is a young Chinese-America doctor who is thrown for a loop when her single mother (Joan Chen) announces she is pregnant, but will not reveal who...

Linda
Brothers (Brødre) (2004)

Brothers (Brødre) (2004)

Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) is a stand-up, strait-laced, good-hearted soldier, who’s happily married to Sarah (Connie Nielsen) and raising two adorable young daughters (Sarah Juel Werner, Rebecca Logstrup). His younger...

Linda
The Snow Walker (2003)

The Snow Walker (2003)

Yeah, so I’m a sucker for anything Far North, for anything with sparse Arctic landscapes, and for anything involving man against the elements. Never Cry Wolf, starring Charles Martin...

Linda
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

I’m fairly certain that all my history and religion teachers from high school would heave a sigh of frustration that I remember precious little about the Crusades. I mean,...

Vickie
The Clearing (2004)

The Clearing (2004)

I might as well admit that I don’t usually love the kind of movies that play at film festivals. Even though I have the utmost respect for independent films,...

Jennifer
Memento Mori (Yeogo goedam II) (1999)

Memento Mori (Yeogo goedam II) (1999)

Hyo-shin and Shi-eun are high school lovers, that share much of their passion through a shared diary that they pass between each other. But one day, Hyo-shin commits suicide...

Linda
The Upside of Anger

The Upside of Anger (2005)

I’ll admit that I was a little skeptical going into The Upside of Anger. By the time I was heading to the theater, I’d already seen tons of glowing reviews...

Vickie
Dear Frankie (2004)

Dear Frankie (2004)

Everyone knows that I’m a sucker when it comes to crying at movies. I’m so weak that I even cry at movies that I hate, movies that don’t deserve...

Linda
Whispering Corridors (Yeogo goedam) (1998)

Whispering Corridors (Yeogo goedam) (1998)

Whispering Corridors begins with a teacher, Mrs. Park, staying after-hours at her girls’ high school to do a little personal research. She pulls old yearbooks off the shelf one...

Linda