• October 12, 2008
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

Based on the book by Jeanne Duprau, the story is set in a post-apocalyptic (?) future (?), where humanity (?) has been forced to live in a man-made underground...

• September 18, 2008
• Animation, At Home, Family

Less than two weeks ago, I read with sadness that Bill Melendez died at the age of 91. Admittedly, the name didn’t spark instant recognition—but then I read his...

• August 29, 2008
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

Three-dimensional films, as a gimmick, still seem to be in the relative stages of infancy after all these years of the medium being touted as “the next big thing”....

• August 22, 2008
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction, Thriller

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is set in the time between Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Season One opens in 1999, when Sarah (Lena...

• July 22, 2008
• Action, At Home, Crime, Drama

As I write this review, The Dark Knight is the #1 Movie of All Time on the IMDB Top 250 readers’ poll. At 115,000 votes and counting, will there...

• July 15, 2008
• Adventure, At Home, Comedy, Drama

Is it possible that I’ve never seen a Martin Lawrence movie before College Road Trip? I went through my mental rolodex, then double-checked the IMDB. Bad Boys? No. Big...

• July 11, 2008
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Fantasy

Back in 2004, director Guillermo del Toro helmed the first Hellboy movie to a moderate level of acclaim and fanboy delight. But back then, he was just the sorta-known...

• June 27, 2008
• Action, At Home, Television

After watching Season 2 of CHiPs in its entirety, I think I’ve found my calling. Seeing all those chases and rescues inspired something in me, something that made me...

• May 30, 2008
• At Home, Drama, Romance

Spider Lilies is the story of Takeko (Isabella Leong), a lonely tattoo artist who keeps to herself, and only seems to have social contact with her withdrawn adult brother...

• April 29, 2008
• At Home, Drama

From the opening moments of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, you know you are in for something different. The camera is blurry and disoriented. It has a hard...

• March 28, 2008
• At Home, Drama, War

For such an immensely popular and acclaimed book, it was surprising that the film adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner crept into theaters with a whimper, then slunk...

• March 28, 2008
• At Home, Crime, Drama

Con men,  expert thieves, scientific geniuses, whatever. If they’re able to somehow outsmart a system, I’m in. So the prospect of watching a movie about a bunch of college...