Conviction: The Movie and the True Story
Conviction tells the real-life story of a single mother named Betty Ann Waters, who tended bar while acquiring her GED, bachelor’s degree, and...
Movie Reviews
Hereafter Poses Life’s Toughest Question
Hereafter effectively brings spirituality to real-life events, ranging from the now-historic 2004 Indonesian tsunami...
Red: Star-studded Cast Feels Crunched
Retirement. The word can conjure visions of sweet oases of rest and relaxation between...
Secretariat Entertains Despite Flaws
Secretariat, directed by Randall Wallace, opens with Secretariat's owner, Penny Chenery, quoting a Bible...
“It’s Kind of a Funny Story” Is Kind of Funny — and Profound
It’s Kind of a Funny Story is by far one of the better films...
The Social Network: A Picture of the Face Behind Facebook
In early 2004, Mark Zuckerberg founded Thefacebook.com in a dorm room at the not-so-humble...
Legend of the Guardians: 3D Tour De Force
Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, directed by Zack Snyder, is an...
Review of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Watching Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is analogous to viewing James Cameron’s 1997 hit,...
Alpha and Omega: Idaho Wolf Relocation Gets a Hollywood Nod
Alpha and Omega features the voices of Justin Long, Hayden Panetierre, Danny Glover, and...
M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil
There are two categories of movie-goers: those who love M. Night Shyamalan’s films, and...
“Resident Evil” and Its 3D “Afterlife”
Resident Evil: Afterlife is written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and is the...
Overdose: Video Exposé on Bailout Bubble
The independent British exposé film Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis released last spring has...
George Clooney’s “The American”
George Clooney’s newest film, The American, directed by Anton Corbijn, is a sort of...
The Last Exorcism: Be Gone, Banality!
The Last Exorcism could have been a very thoughtful exploration of skepticism being thrown...
Nanny McPhee Returns a Magical Adventure
Though she has been dubbed the anti-Mary Poppins, Nanny McPhee is essentially a repackaged...
Eat Pray Love Fails to Entertain
Directed by Ryan Murphy, Eat Pray Love is a movie adaptation of the New...
The Expendables: Sly’s So-So Effort
The cast of The Expendables is a veritable pantheon of action stars — Sylvester...
The Other Guys: Hilarious Satire for Grownup Audiences
If you’re looking for a hilariously inappropriate but original film on which to spend...
Charlie St. Cloud: A Film Celebrating Life
Everything about Burr Steven’s Charlie St. Cloud is predictable, except for the spiritual gravity...
Generation Zero
While I certainly look back with fondness on the “Greatest Generation,” I can’t help...