• March 16, 2008
• At Home, Drama, Romance

Banned in China for its rampant sexuality, but probably more likely because its depiction of Tiananmen Square in 1989, “Sixth Generation” filmmaker Lou Ye has created a film that...

• March 6, 2008
• At Home, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Hayden Christensen plays Clay, a super-rich young man with a domineering and over-protective mother (Lena Olin). Clay has inherited his father’s riches, his business, and one might guess, his...

• February 28, 2008
• At Home, Drama, Family

I have spent my entire life laboring under the impression that International Velvet is very old and stars Elizabeth Taylor in a sequel to her own National Velvet. Imagine...

• February 23, 2008
• Animation, At Home, Family

I like the Peanuts gang as much as the next person, but they have given me moments of pause in my life. Like when I was six and they...

• February 13, 2008
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Comedy

A pretty white kitty named Duchess (seductively voiced by Eva Gabor) lives with her kittens in the mansion of her elderly Madame. I mean, I guess Madame is elderly,...

• February 10, 2008
• Adventure, At Home, Family

I happened to catch a trailer for the straight-to-video Snow Buddies tacked on to the end of another Disney DVD. I had heard of Air Bud, but honestly had...

• January 30, 2008
• At Home, Drama, Family

Based on a classic 1930s novel (written by Noel Streatfeild) for girls, Ballet Shoes introduces us to the three orphans adopted by eccentric Great Uncle Matthew (Richard Griffiths) whose...

• January 29, 2008
• At Home, Drama

The Miriam Collection edition of El Cid is truly a sight to behold. First there’s the stately cream-colored box that you almost don’t want to touch for fear of...

• January 28, 2008
• At Home, Drama

I proclaim There Will Be Blood as The Best Movie of 2007 That I Didn’t See Until 2008. If I had managed to squeeze in a screening of this...

• January 25, 2008
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Why is it that former child actors always seem to make the transition to adulthood by posing nude or engaging in a porny onscreen sex scene? It’s as if...

• January 21, 2008
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Comedy

There’s nothing like an overly-complicated kid’s movie to make you feel like an absolute moron. There are so many things to like about Arthur and the Invisibles, but at...

• January 20, 2008
• At Home, Drama, Mystery, Romance

On paper, this reads like a movie I’d absolutely love: Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in an epic WWII-era romance directed by Joe Wright, who brought the oft-filmed old...