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This is an archive of our micro reviews for films no longer in theaters. They include descriptions and star ratings for each film.

Micro Reviews cut to the chase. No long explanations or detailed reasons for the review here.

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Micro Reviews are listed in alphabetical order, and are also sorted by year in the following chart.

  2009  
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Fired Up!
Friday the 13th
The International
The Jonas Brothers: 3D Concert Experience
Madea Goes to Jail
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
 
     
  2008  
21
27 Dresses
88 Minutes
10,000 B.C.
An American Carol
Baby Mama
Babylon A.D.
Bangkok Dangerous
The Bank Job
Be Kind Rewind
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
The Other Boleyn Girl
Burn After Reading
Charlie Bartlett
Chronicles of Narnia 2
City of Ember
Cloverfield
College
College Road Trip
Deception
Definitely, Maybe
Disaster Movie
Doomsday
Drillbit Taylor
The Eye
First Sunday
Flash of Genius
Fool's Gold
The Forbidden Kingdom
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Funny Games

Get Smart
Ghost Town
Hancock
The Happening

Harold and Kumar 2
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

Horton Hears A Who
How She Move
Igor
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Kingdom Skull
Iron Man
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jumper
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Kung Fu Panda
Leatherheads
The Love Guru
Made of Honor
Mamma Mia!
Meet Dave
Meet the Browns
Meet the Spartans
Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
My Best Friend's Girl
Never Back Down
Nim's Island
Over Her Dead Body
Pineapple Express
Prom Night
Rambo
Red Belt
The Ruins
Run, Fat Boy, Run
Semi-Pro

Sex and the City
Shine A Light
Shutter

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Smart People
Son of Rambow

Soul Men
Speed Racer
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Step Brothers
Stop-Loss
The Strangers
Street Kings
Superhero Movie
Swing Vote
The Family That Preys
Traitor
Transporter
Transsiberian
Tropic Thunder
Untraceable
Valkyrie
Vantage Point
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
W.
The Wackness
Wall-E
Wanted
Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins
What Happens in Vegas
What Just Happened?
Witless Protection
The Women
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
     
  2007  
1408
28 Weeks Later
3:10 to Yuma
30 Days of Night
300
The Abandoned
Alien Vs Predator 2
Alpha Dog
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Are We Done Yet?
The Astronaut Farmer
Atonement
August Rush
Awake
Balls of Fury
Because I Said So
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Black Snake Moan
Blades of Glory
Blood and Chocolate
The Bourne Ultimatum
Bratz
The Brave One
Breach
Breaking and Entering
Bridge to Terabithia
The Brothers Solomon
The Bucket List
Bug
Captivity
Catch and Release
Charlie Wilson's War
Code Name: The Cleaner
The Comebacks
Daddy Day Camp
Daddy's Little Girls
Dan in Real Life
Death Sentence
Delta Farce
Disturbia
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Dragon Wars
Eastern Promises
El Cantante
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Enchanted
Eragon
Evan Almighty
Fantastic Four 2
Feast of Love
Feel the Noise
The Final Season
Firehouse Dog
Fracture
Fred Claus
Freedom Writers
The Game Plan
Georgia Rule
Ghost Rider

The Golden Compass

Gone Baby Gone

Good Luck Chuck

Gracie
The Great Debaters
Grindhouse
Hairspray

Halloween
Hannibal Rising
Happily N'Ever After
Harry Potter: Order of Phoenix
The Heartbreak Kid
The Hitcher
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Hitman
The Hoax
Hostel Part 2
Hot Fuzz
Hot Rod
I Am Legend
I Know Who Killed Me
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
I Think I Love My Wife
In the Name of the King
In the Valley of Elah
Into the Wild
The Invasion
The Invisible
The Jane Austen Book Club
Juno
Kickin' It Old Skool
The Kingdom
The Kite Runner
Knocked Up
Lars and the Real Girl
The Last Legion
The Last Mimzy
Letters from Iwo Jima
License to Wed
Lions for Lambs
Live Free or Die Hard
Lonely Hearts
The Lookout
Love in the Time of Cholera
Lucky You
Mad Money
Martian Child
Meet the Robinsons
The Messengers
Michael Clayton
A Mighty Heart
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Music and Lyrics
Nancy Drew
The Nanny Diaries
National Trasure: Book of Secrets
Next
No Country for Old Men
No Reservations

Norbit

The Number 23

Ocean's Thirteen

One Missed Call

P2
P.S. I Love You
Pathfinder

Perfect Stranger
Pirates of the Caribbean 3

Premonition
Pride
Primeval
Ratatouille
The Reaping
Redline
Reign Over Me
Rendition
Reno 911!: Miami
Rescue Dawn
Resident Evil: Extinction
Ressurecting the Champ
Rush Hour 3
Sarah Landon
Saw IV
The Seeker
September Dawn
Seraphim Falls
Severance
Shoot 'Em Up
Shooter
Shrek the Third
Sicko
The Simpsons Movie
Skinwalkers
Slow Burn
Smokin' Aces
Spider-Man 3
Stardust
Stephanie Daley
Stomp the Yard
Superbad
Surf's Up
Sweeney Todd
Sydney White
There Will Be Blood
Things We Lost in the Fire
This Christmas
TMNT
Transformers
Underdog
Vacancy
Waitress
Walk Hard
WAR
The Water Horse
We Own the Night
Who's Your Caddy?
Why Did I Get Married?
Wild Hogs
Mr. Woodcock
Zodiac
     
  2006  
Flight 93
Flushed Away

Flyboys

The Fountain
Freedomland
Friends with Money
Goal! The Dream Begins
Glory Road
The Good German
The Good Shepherd
A Good Year
Gridiron Gang
The Grudge 2
The Guardian
Half Nelson
Happy Feet
Harsh Times
The Hills Have Eyes
The Holiday
Hollywoodland
Hoot
Hostel
How To Eat Fried Worms
Ice Age 2
The Illusionist
Imagine Me & You
An Inconvenient Truth
Inside Man
Invincible
John Tucker Must Die
Just My Luck
Lady in the Water
The Lake House
Larry the Cable Guy
Last Holiday
The Last King of Scotland
Let's Go to Prison
The Libertine
Little Man
Little Miss Sunshine
Lucky Number Slevin
Madea's Family Reunion
The Marine
Marie Antoinette
Material Girls
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible 3
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
The Nativity Story
Night at the Museum
The Night Listener
Notes on a Scandal
The Omen
Open Season
Over the Hedge
Pan's Labyrinth
Phat Girlz
The Pink Panther
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Poseidon
A Praire Home Companion
The Prestige
The Pursuit of Happyness
Pulse

The Return

Rocky Balboa
Running Scared
RV
The Santa Clause 3
Saw 3
Scary Movie 4
Scoop
See No Evil
The Sentinel
The Shaggy Dog
She's the Man

Silent Hill
Slither
Snakes on a Plane
Stay Alive
Step Up
Stick It
Stranger Than Fiction
Superman Returns
Take the Lead
Talladega Nights
Tenacious D
TexasChainsawMassacre
Thank You for Smoking
Tristan & Isolde
Turistas
Ultraviolet
Underworld: Evolution
United 93
V for Vendetta
Van Wilder 2
Waist Deep
We are Marshall
When a Stanger Calls
The Wicker Man
The Wild
World Trade Center
X-Men: The Last Stand
You, Me and Dupree
Zoom
     
2005
 
North Country
Pride and Prejudice
Prime
The Producers
Proof
Red Eye
Rent
The Ringer
Rumor Has It
Saw II
Serenity
Shopgirl
Sky High
SomethingNew
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana
The Three Burials
Transamerica
Transporter 2
Two For the Money
An Unfinished Life
Walk the Line
Wallace and Gromit
War of the Worlds
The Weather Man
Wedding Crashers
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Wolf Creek
The World's Fastest Indian
Yours, Mine and Ours
Zathura
Blog
Photos
     

 
   
  © 2007 Dimension Films  
1408 (PG-13) - Horror - Max
John Cusack stars as a supernatural debunker who spends the night in a haunted hotel room.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  
16 Blocks (PG-13) (2006) - Action Drama - Max & Mike
Burned out NYPD cop Bruce Willis has to transport witness Mos Def to a court room across town while other cops try to stop them. From director Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon).
     
  © 2008 Sony Pictures  

21 (PG-13) (2008) - Drama - Max
Kevin Spacey and a bunch of students from MIT try to break the bank at blackjack in Vegas.
Based on a true story.

     
  © 2008 20th Century Fox  
27 Dresses (PG-13) (2008) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Katherine Heigl stars as a woman who is always a bridesmaid…
With Edward Burns and James Marsden.
     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
28 Weeks Later (R) (2007) - Horror - Max
Sequel to 28 Days Later finds London repopulated and cleansed of the zombie plague, or is it? With Robert Carlyle.
     
  © 2007 Lionsgate  

3:10 to Yuma (R) (2007) - Western - Max
Christian Bale and Russell Crowe recreate the roles played by Van Heflin and Glenn Ford in the 1957 film about a rancher trying to bring an outlaw to justice.

     
  © 2007 Sony Pictures  
30 Days of Night (R) (2007) - Horror - Max
Vampires in a small Alaska town where the night is very long. Starring Josh Hartnett. Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros.  
300 (R) (2007) - Action - Max & Mike
The battle of Thermopylae between Spartans and Persians. Based on a popular graphic novel by Frank Miller. Click here for a full length review.
     
  © 2005 Universal Pictures  
The 40 Year Old Virgin (R) (2005) - Comedy - Max & Mike
Steve Carell (Anchorman, Bruce Almighty) stars as the title character who falls for Catherine Keener.
     
  © 2008 Sony Pictures  

88 Minutes (R) (2008) - Thriller - Max
Al Pacino has less than an hour and a half to chew the scenery and learn who’s going to kill him at the appointed time.
Click here for our full length review.

     
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures  

10,000 B.C. (PG-13) (2008) - Adventure - Max
Cavemen, mammoths, sabertooth tigers and cave babes. From the director of Independence Day
and The Day After Tomorrow.

     
  © 2007 Lionsgate  
The Abandoned (R) (2007) - Horror - Mike
A Russian woman returns to her family farm and sees ghosts, including her own.
     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures  
Accepted (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy
A high school senior creates a fictitious university after he’s rejected everywhere else. Others join him. No name cast and crew.
     
  © 2005 Paramount Pictures  
Aeon Flux (PG-13) (2005) - Action - Mike
400 years from now Charlize Theron is an assassin in a totalitarian state. Based on an animated MTV series.
     
  © 2006 Lions Gate Films  
Akeelah and the Bee (PG) (2006) - Drama - Max
A girl from South Los Angeles competes in the national spelling bee with help from coach Laurence Fishburne. Fictionalized version of the 2002 documentary Spellbound.
     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
Alien vs. Predator - Requiem (R) (2007) - Action/Sci-Fi - Mike
The two species once again wage war on Earth.
     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  
Alpha Dog (R) (2007) - Crime Drama - Max
A young suburban California drug dealer becomes involved with kidnapping and murder. With Bruce Willis and Harry Dean Stanton.
     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Alvin, Simon and Theodore hit the big screen, along with Dave (Jason Lee).
Chipmunk voices include Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney.
     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures  
American Dreamz (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max
A dimwitted President (Dennis Quaid) decides to join the jury of a TV contest show with an acerbic host (Hugh Grant) to boost his sagging popularity.
     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  
American Gangster (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Denzel Washington as New York drug kingpin Frank Lucas; Russell Crowe as the cop trying to bust him. Directed by Ridley Scott.
Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2008 Focus Features  

An American Carol (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
A Michael Moore-like filmmaker is visited by three right-wing ghosts. Hilarity ensues.

     
  © 2006 Freestyle Releasing  
An American Haunting (PG-13) (2006) - Drama - Mike
Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland star in the story of the Bell Witch, an allegedly “true” haunting in early 19th century Tennessee.
     
  © 2006 Touchstone Pictures  
Annapolis (PG-13) (2006) - Drama - Max
James Franco tries to make it at the Naval Academy with Tyrese Gibson as his instructor.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  
The Ant Bully (PG) (2006) - Animated - Max
Picked on by a bully, ten-year-old Lucas takes out his frustrations on an ant hill until he is shrunk down to insect-size. With the voices of Nic Cage, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Lily Tomlin.
     
  © 2006 Buena Vista Pictures  
Apocalypto (R) (2006) - Historical Action - Mike
Mel Gibson directed this controversial adventure set in pre-Columbian Central America about a kidnapped husband and his attempts to get back home.
     
  © 2007 First Look Pictures  
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (R) (2007) - Animation - Mike
The movie that inspired the Boston bomb scare a few months back is based on a raunchy TV series.
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox   Aquamarine (PG) (2006) - Fantasy - Max
Two teenaged girls find a mermaid in the swimming pool of their beach club.
     
  © 2007 Sony Pictures  
Are We Done Yet? (PG) (2007) - Family Comedy - Mike
Ice Cube and the adorable kids from Are We There Yet? decide to build their dream house in the ‘burbs.
     
  © 2005 ThinkFilm  
The Aristocrats (Unrated) (2005) - Documentary - Max
Comedians tell the same infamous dirty joke and analyze its appeal. Click here for Max's full length review.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures Classics  
Art School Confidential (R) (2006) - Drama - Max
Max Minghella attends art school to become a painter and experiences some odd things along the way.
     
  © 2006 The Weinstein Company  
Arthur and the Invisibles (PG) (2006) - Fantasy - Max
Freddie Highmore discovers tiny magical creatures and visits their land.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros.  
The Astronaut Farmer (PG) (2007) - Drama - Max
After an astronaut named Farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) retires to run his family farm, he decides to build a spaceship.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  
ATL (PG-13) (2006) - Drama - Max
Four Atlanta teens come of age in a world of hip-hop music and roller skating. From a script by Antwone Fisher.
     
  © 2007 Focus Features  
Atonement (R) (2007) - Drama - Max & Mike
James McAvoy and Keira Knightley fall in love on the eve of World War II and are separated when he is falsely accused of a sexual assault. Based on Ian McEwan’s novel.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
August Rush (PG) (2007) - Drama - Max
Musical prodigy Freddie Highmore tries to find his parents after they gave him up for adoption. With Keri Russell and Robin Williams.
     
  © 2007 MGM  
Awake (R) (2007) - Thriller - Mike
Anesthesia doesn’t work and Hayden Christensen wakes up during surgery and thinks that his wife Jessica Alba is out to kill him. With Terrence Howard
.
     
  © 2006 Paramount Vintage  

Babel (R) (2006) - Drama - Max
Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are on vacation in Morocco when she is inexplicably shot. Also involved are their kids in LA and a girl in Japan. From Alejandro Inarritu (21 Grams).

     
  © 2008 Universal Pictures  

Baby Mama (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Successful businesswoman Tiny Fey hires working class Amy Poehler to be a surrogate mom.
Click here for our full length review!

     
  © 2008 20th Century Fox  

Babylon A.D. (PG-13) (2008) - Sci-Fi - Max
In the not too distant future mercenary Vin Diesel protects the last pregnant girl.

     
  © 2005 Paramount Pictures  
Bad News Bears (PG-13) (2005) - Remake - Max
Billy Bob Thornton tries to fill Walter Matthau’s shoes. He’s good; the kids aren’t so great. Directed by Richard Linklater (
School of Rock).
     
  © 2007 Rogue Pictures  

Balls of Fury (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Quasi-martial arts spoof revolves around competitive ping pong. With Christopher Walken. From one of the creators of Reno 911.

     
  © 2008 Lionsgate  

Bangkok Dangerous (R) (2008) - Action - Mike
Hitman Nic Cage falls in love while on the job overseas. Remake of 1999 Asian original.

     
  © 2008 Lionsgate  

The Bank Job (R) (2008) - Drama - Max & Mike
Jason Statham robs safety deposit boxes in a London bank and, of course, drives a fast car.

     
  © 2006 Paramount Pictures  
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (PG) (2006) - Animation
While the farmer is away, a cow (voiced by Kevin James) assumes responsibility.
     
  © 2006 MGM Pictures  
Basic Instinct 2 (R) (2006) - Thriller - Max
Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone) goes to London and seduces a police psychiatrist (David Morrissey).
     
  © 2008 New Line Cinema  

Be Kind Rewind (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Jack Black accidentally erases all the tapes in his friend Mos Def's video store and they decide to re-film every movie themselves.

     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  
Because I Said So (PG-13) (2007) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Overprotective mom Diane Keaton tries to manage the love life of her youngest daughter Mandy Moore.
     
  © 2007 Paramount Pictures  
Bee Movie (PG) (2007) - Animation - Max
Jerry Seinfeld gives voice to a bee who is upset after learning about the honey business run by humans.
Big cast of voices, including Renée Zellweger, Anette Bening, Chris Rock, and Ray Liotta.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures   Beerfest (R) (2006) - Comedy
Americans go to Germany to challenge the world’s best beer drinkers in serious competition. From the makers of Super Troopers.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures Releasing  
The Benchwarmers (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Mike
John Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Rob Schneider (Deuce Bigalow) and David Spade (Joe Dirt) star as overaged little league players.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Beowulf (PG-13) (2007) - Animated Adventure - Max
“Capture” CGI animation transforms real actors Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie in a retelling of the famous story of a monster and his mom.
     
  © 2008 Buena Vista Pictures  
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (PG) (2008) - Comedy - Max
"When I saw the preview for this film I said to myself that it’s wrong on so many levels that I refuse to acknowledge that it exists..."
Click here for our full length review!
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
Big Momma's House 2 (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy Sequel - Mike
Martin Lawrence is back in fat-suit drag as an FBI agent.
     
  © 2007 Paramount Vantage  
Black Snake Moan (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Farmer and bluesman Samuel L. Jackson tries to save wild child Christina Ricci from drugs and all-around craziness. From director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow).
     
  © 2007 Paramount Pictures  
Blades of Glory (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy - Mike
Will Ferrell and Jon Heder play rival ice skaters who join forces to become partners in pairs competition.
     
  © 2007 Sony Pictures  
Blood and Chocolate (PG-13) (2007) - Horror - Max
A beautiful werewolf (Agnes Bruckner) falls for a regular guy (Hugh Dancy).
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Blood Diamond (R) (2006) - Drama - Max
Oscar nominated Leonardo DiCaprio helps Djimon Hounsou (also nominated) find his son and a huge diamond in the middle of an African civil war.
 
 

 

  © 2005 Romar Entertainment   Bloodrayne (R) (2005) - Action Horror - Mike
Half vampire heroine battles nasty monsters. Based on a violent video game.
     
  © 2006 Bold Films  
Bobby (PG-13) (2006) - Drama - Max
Emilio Estevez wrote and directed this Altmanesque story of several (22) characters whose lives intersect at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on the day in 1968 when Robert Kennedy was assassinated there.
     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
Borat (R) (2006) - Drama - Max
Sacha Baron Cohen stars as the journalist who comes to America hoping to meet and marry Pamela Anderson.
Based on one of Cohen's characters from his HBO "Da Ali G Show."
     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  

The Bourne Ultimatum (PG-13) (2007) - Action - Max - Mike
Matt Damon returns as the amnesiac spy for the third (and probably final) installment in the series. Click here for a full length review.

     
  © 2007 Lionsgate  

Bratz (PG) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Four friends enter high school and decide to ignore the culture of cliques that surrounds them.

     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  

The Brave One (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Radio talk show host Jodie Foster goes after the thugs who killed her fiancé.

     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  
Breach (PG-13) (2007) - Drama - Mike
Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillippe star in the fact-based story of Robert Hanssen, a Russian spy in the FBI. Directed by Billy Ray (Shattered Glass).
     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures  
The Break-Up (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max
Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston fight over their luxury condo when the relationship goes sour.
     
  © 2006 Buena Vista Pictures  
Breaking and Entering (R) (2006) - Drama - Max
Architect Jude Law falls for the mother (Juliette Binoche) of a young immigrant who breaks into his London office. Directed by Anthony Minghella
.
     
  © 2007 Buena Vista Pictures  
Bridge to Terabithia (PG) (2007) - Family Fantasy - Max
Two elementary school kids discover a magical world in the woods. Based on a popular book.
     
 
© 2005 Focus Features
 
Brokeback Mountain (R) (2005) - Drama - Max
In 1963, cowboys Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger begin a relationship that lasts for decades despite their marriages.
     
  © 2005 Focus Features  
Broken Flowers (R) (2005) - Drama - Max
A dour Bill Murray hits the road in search of a child he might have with an old girlfriend. Directed by Jim Jarmusch at a glacial pace.
     
  © 2007 Screen Gems  

The Brothers Solomon (R) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Will Arnett (Blades of Glory) and Will Forte ("Saturday Night Live") are geeky siblings who promise their ailing father a grandson.

     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
The Bucket List (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy Drama - Max
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman attempt to do everything they always wanted but until now had pushed off, all before they 'kick the bucket.'
Click here for Max's full length review.
   
  © 2007 Lionsgate  
Bug (R) (2007) - Horror - Max
Ashley Judd and Harry Connick, Jr. star in William Friedkin’s (The Exorcist) paranoid horror film, based on a play.
     
  © 2005 Miramax Films  
The Brothers Grimm (PG-13) (2005) - Fantasy - Max
Matt Damon and Heath Ledger star as 19th century ghostbusters. Directed by Terry Gilliam.
     
  © 2008 Focus Features  

Burn After Reading (R) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Subgenius gym employees Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand find a CIA manuscript and try to collect big bucks. With George Clooney and John Malkovich. From the Coen brothers.
Click Here for our full length review!

   
  © 2005 Sony Pictures Classics  
Cache (R) (2005) - Foreign, Drama - Max & Mike
Engrossing French film about surveillance and secrets from the past that return to haunt a suburban family. With Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil.
     
 
© 2005 Sony Pictures Classics
 

Capote (R) (2005) - Biopic - Max & Mike
Philip Seymour Hoffman won a well-deserved Oscar for his portrayal of author Truman Capote as he creates his masterpiece, In Cold Blood. Click here for Max's full length review. Click here for Max's interview with the director.

     
  © 2007 After Dark Films  
Captivity (R) (2007) - Horror - Mike
Elisha Cuthbert and Daniel Gillies are held in a basement but don’t know why.
     
  © 2006 Buena Vista Pictures  
Cars (PG) (2006) - Animation - Max & Mike
A hot young automobile (voice by Owen Wilson) wants to grow up to be a race car. With the voices of Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt and Larry the Cable Guy.
     
 
© 2005 Buena Vista Pictures
 

Casanova (R) (2005) - Romantc Comedy - Max
Heath Ledger plays Casanova in this story about the romantic legend. Sienna Miller plays his main love interest.

     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  
Casino Royale (PG-13) (2006) - Action - Max
Daniel Craig is the new James Bond. In this adaptation of Ian Fleming’s first novel, Bond is promoted to 00 status.
     
  © 2007 Sony Pictures  

Catch and Release (PG-13) (2007) - Romantic Comedy - Max
After her fiancé dies, Jennifer Garner tries to start over. She meets Timothy Olyphant, and you'll never guess how it all turns out
.

   
  © 2005 Screen Gems  
The Cave (PG-13) (2005) - Horror - Max
No name spelunkers find toothy hungry monsters in an underground cavern. Stars Cole Hauser and Piper Perabo (Who? Cole Hauser and Piper Perabo.)
     
  © 2008 MGM  

Charlie Bartlett (R) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Ne’er do well teen conman takes over a new school. With Hope Davis and Robert Downey, Jr.

     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  

Charlie Wilson's War (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Based on the true story of Congressman Charlie Wilson
(Tom Hanks) coordinating a covert war against the Soviet Union by arming and training resistance fighters in Afghanistan. With Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

     
  © 2006 Paramount Pictures  
Charlotte's Web (G) (2007) - Children's Classic - Max
Dakota Fanning stars (with the voices of Julia Roberts, Robert Redford, Oprah Winfrey, and others) in a new adaptation of E.B. White’s book.
     
  © 2005 20th Century Fox   Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (PG) (2005) - Comedy Sequel - Max
Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt and their extended brood go on vacation and encounter another large family led by Eugene Levy.
     
  © 2005 Buena Vista Pictures  
Chicken Little (G) (2005) - Animation - Max
Disney turns the fable into a sci-fi tale about an alien invasion. Voices of Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn and Don Knotts.
     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures  
Children of Men (R) (2006) - Drama - Mike
In an all-too-plausible near-future, Clive Owen rescues the world’s last pregnant woman. One of last year’s best. With Julianne Moore and Michael Caine.
     
  © 2005 Buena Vista Pictures  

The Chronicles of Narnia (PG) (2005) - Fantasy - Max & Mike
Epic adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s novel about three children who discover another world. One of 2005’s biggest hits.

     
  © 2008 Buena Vista Pictures  
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG) (2008) - Fantasy - Max
The kids from the first film return to Narnia to help put the rightful heir on the throne. Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2005 Universal Pictures  
Cinderella Man (PG-13) (2005) - Sports biopic - Max & Mike
Boxer James Braddock (Russell Crowe) tries a comeback in the depths of the Depression. With Renee Zellweger. Directed by Ron Howard.
     
  © 2008 Fox Walden  

City of Ember (PG) (2008) - Fantasy - Max
Bill Murray is the mayor of an underground city where the power is failing. Two teens try to fix things.

     
  © 2006 Fox Searchlight Pictures  
Clerks 2 (R) (2006) - Comedy - Max & Mike
After the Quick-Stop burns, Dante and Randall go to work for a Mooby’s burger franchise joint. But Dante’s ready to get married and move to Florida. Rosario Dawson is their supervisor. Strictly for fans of the original
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  
Click (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max & Mike
Overworked dad Adam Sandler is given a truly "universal" remote control device that can control anything.
     
  © 2008 Paramount Pictures  

Cloverfield (PG-13) (2008) - Horror - Max & - Mike
Blair Witch meets Godzilla as New York is attacked by a giant beastie and it’s all captured on camcorders and cell phones.
Click Here for Mike's full length review.

     
  © 2006 New Line Cinema  
Code Name: The Cleaner (PG-13) (2007) - Action Comed - Max
Cedric the Entertainer gets a bump on the head and thinks that he’s a superspy.
     
  © 2008 MGM  

College (R) (2008) - Comedy - Mike
Entering freshmen get rowdy at orientation. No name cast.

     
  © 2008 Buena Vista Pictures  

College Road Trip (G) (2008) - Comedy - Mike
Martin Lawrence accompanies his daughter on a campus tour.

     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
The Comebacks (PG-13) (2007) - Sports Comedy - Max
David Koechner coaches a team of losers
. (Really, that's it.)
     
  © 2009 Buena Vista Pictures  
Confessions of a Shopaholic (PG) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Isla Fischer is a New York journalist with a problem.
A shopping problem.
     
  © 2005 Focus Features  
The Constant Gardener (PG-13) (2005) - Drama - Mike
Gloomy widower Ralph Fiennes searches for the truth behind his wife’s (Rachel Weisz) death in Africa. An evil multi-national drug company is behind it all. From the John LeCarré novel.
     
  © 2005 Buena Vista Pictures  
Corpse Bride (PG) (2005) - Animated - Max
Using the same stop-motion techniques of Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton spins another dark love story. With the voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Emily Watson. Visually stunning.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  

The Covenant (PG-13) (2006) - Horror
Five guys in Massachusetts come from families with magical powers. They want to run the world, or something like that. Directed by Renny Harlin.

     
  © 2006 Lionsgate  

Crank (R) (2006) - Action - Mike
Hitman Jason Statham (Transporter) is dosed with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops, so he has to keep the adrenaline pumping while he finds the bad guys who did it to him.

     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures  
Curious George (G) (2006) - Animated - Mike
Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore give voices to the dramatization of the famous children’s book.
     
  © 2007 Sony Pictures  
Daddy Day Camp (PG) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Cuba Gooding, Jr. tries to save a summer day camp from being shut down.
     
  © 2007 Buena Vista Pictures  
Dan in Real Life (PG-13) (2007) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Widower Steve Carrell falls for Juliette Binoche, not knowing that she’s his brother Dane Cook’s girlfriend.
     
  © 2005 Buena Vista Pictures   Dark Water (PG-13) (2005) - Horror - Max
Jennifer Connolly and her young daughter move into an evil apartment building after a divorce.
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
Date Movie (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Mike
A spoof of the date movie genre, starring Alyson Hannigan.
     
  © 2006 Rogue Pictures  
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (R) (2006) - Comedy/Documentary - Max
Comedian Dave Chappelle throws a block party in Brooklyn with popular musical artists.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures Releasing  
The Da Vinci Code (PG-13) (2006) - Thriller - Max - Mike
Symbologist Tom Hanks and French code breaker Audrey Tatou unravel a vast conspiracy within the Catholic Church. Based on the best selling novel.
     
  © 2007 Lionsgate Films  
Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls (PG-13) (2007) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Lawyer Gabrielle Union falls for a hunky janitor with three daughters and a problematic ex.
     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
Death Sentence (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Businessman Kevin Bacon resorts to violence when his family is threatened. From a novel by the author of the original Death Wish.
     
  © 2008 20th Century Fox  

Deception (R) (2008) - Thriller - Max
Successful businessmen Hugh Jackman and Ewan MacGregor take a walk on New York’s wild side.

     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
Deck the Halls (PG) (2006) - Comedy - Max
Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick are suburbanites who compete on holiday decorations on their houses. There is an infinitesimally small chance that they will discover the true meaning of Christmas before it’s over.
     
  © 2008 Universal Pictures  

Definitely, Maybe (PG-13) (2008) - Romantic Comedy - Max
As he’s getting a divorce, Ryan Reynolds tries to explain his previous relationships to his daughter Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine).

     
  © 2006 Buena Vista Pictures  
Deja Vu (PG-13) (2006) - Thriller - Max
ATF agent Denzel Washington is sent back in time to solve a murder. Directed by Tony Scott (Man on Fire).
     
  © 2007 Lionsgate  
Delta Farce (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy - Mike
Larry the Cable Guy goes to war in this spoof comedy.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  

The Departed (R) (2006) - Crime Drama - Max & Mike
Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg star in Martin Scorsese’s remake of a Hong Kong thriller. Strong contender for Best Picture and Best Director (finally).

     
  © 2005 The Weinstein Company  
Derailed (R) (2005) - Thriller - Max & Mike
Lovers Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston are blackmailed by Vincent Cassel. Starts well enough, but becomes preposterous.
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
The Devil Wears Prada (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max
A young woman (Anne Hathaway) goes to work for an imperious magazine editor (Meryl Streep) in the fashion business.
     
  © 2006 Lions Gate Films  
The Descent (R) (2006) - Horror - Max
A group of female spelunkers are trapped in an Appalachian cave where they encounter creepy monsters.
     
  © 2005 Columbia Pictures   Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (R) (2005) - Comedy - Max
Rob Schneider returns as the dubious love-god of the 1999 film.
     
  © 2007 Lionsgate  
Disaster Movie (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Spoof of big-budget flicks. .
     
  © 2007 Paramount Pictures  
Disturbia (PG-13) (2007) - Suspense - Max
Young Shia LaBoeuf stars as a teen under house arrest who spies on a neighbor and learns that he’s a murderer. Yes, a remake (sort of) of Hitchcock’s Rear Window.
     
  © 2007 Miramax Films  

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (PG-13) (2007) - Foreign - Max
The editor-in-chief of a French magazine suffers a stroke and is completely paralyzed except for one eye, in which he uses to communicate by blinking.

     
  © 2007 The Weinstein Company  
DOA: Dead or Alive (PG-13) (2007) - Action - Mike
Babes Jamie Pressly, Devon Akoi, Holly Valance and Sarah Carter are actually martial artists who are invited to a tournament. Based on a video game
.
     
  © 2005 New Line Cinema   Domino (R) (2005) - Action - Max
Kiera Knightley stars as a rough tough bounty hunter. Yeah, right. Hyperactively directed by Tony Scott.
     
  © 2006 The Weinstein Company  
Doogal (G) - Animation - Mike
Cute critters (voiced by Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg and Chevy Chase) save the world.
     
  © 2005 Sony Pictures   Doom (R) - Action - Mike
The Rock leads a squad of Marines against CGI critters on Mars. Based on a popular video game.
     
  © 2008 Universal Pictures  

Doomsday (R) (2008) - Action - Mike
Rhona Mitra saves the earth from total destruction (with the help of Bob Hoskins).

     
  © 2007 Freestyle Releasing  
Dragon Wars (PG-13) (2007) - Horror - Mike
Ancient dragon critters attack Los Angeles.
     
  © 2005 DreamWorks SKG  
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (PG) (2005) - Family Drama - Max
Adorable little Dakota Fanning wants her dad Kurt Russell to save a racehorse with a broken leg. Their family is healed and they learn valuable lessons about life.
     
  © 2008 Paramount Pictures  

Drillbit Taylor (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Owen Wilson stars as a cut-rate bodyguard who protects school kids.

     
  © 2006 Rubber Tree Plant  
Driving Lessons (PG-13) (2006) - Comic Drama
Teenager Rupert Grint (Ron from the Harry Potter films) meets flamboyant actress Julie Walters and his young life changes.
     
  © 2005 Warner Bros. Pictures  
The Dukes of Hazzard (PG-13) (2005) - Remake - Max
Yet another junky TV series finds new life on the big screen. With Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson and Burt Reynolds (and they wonder why the box office is down this
summer).
     
  © 2007 Focus Features  
Eastern Promises (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Viggo Mortensen is a driver for an organized crime family of Eastern European origin in London. Tension comes about after midwife Naomi Watts begins some inquiries regarding a baby from her hospital that could be tied to the family.
     
  © 2006 Walt Disney Pictures   Eight Below (PG) (2006) - Canine Adventure - Max
Paul Walker and a dog team of Huskies and Malamutes try to survive in the Antarctic wilderness.
     
  © 2007 Picturehouse  
El Cantante (R) (2007) - Musical Drama - Max
J. Lo and hubby Marc Anthony star in biopic of salsa star Hector Lavoe
.
     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (PG-13) (2007) - Drama - Max
Cate Blanchett returns as the Virgin Queen, with Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh
.
     
  © 2005 Paramount Pictures  
Elizabethtown (PG-13) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Orlando Bloom goes back to his hometown in Kentucky after his father’s death and falls for flight attendant Kirsten Dunst.
     
  © 2006 Lionsgate  

Employee of the Month (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max
Slacker Dane Cook decided to work hard to impress the newly hired Jessica Simpson at the big-box store where they work. Box office disappointment.

     
  © 2007 Buena Vista Pictures  
Enchanted (PG) (2007) - Family Comedy - Max & Mike
An animated Disney princess and her Charming are trapped in the real New York City. With Patrick Dempsey.
     
  © 2006 Mpower Releasing  
End of the Spear (PG-13) (2006) - Drama - Max
The Waodani people in the jungles of Ecuador encounter North American missionaries in the 1950s.
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
Epic Movie (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Mike
Yet another collection of goofs on recently (and not-so-recently) popular movies. With Kal Penn and Carmen Electra.
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
Eragon (PG) (2007) - Fantasy - Mike
Dragons, evil kings, a brave young lad and a kingdom to be saved. But no Hobbits.
     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  

Evan Almighty (PG) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Sequel to Bruce Almighty, but no Jim Carey here. Instead, Steve Carell's character becomes a U.S. Congressman who is charged with building an ark by the big man upstairs (Morgan Freeman).

     
  © 2008 Paramount Pictures  
The Eye (PG-13) (2008) - Horror - Mike
Blind violinist Jessica Alba sees strange things after a cornea transplant. Another remake of an Asian original.
     
  © 2006 Paramount Pictures  
Failure to Launch (PG-13) (2006) - Romantic Comedy - Max
When Matthew McConaughey refuses to leave his parents’ (Terry Bradshaw and Kathy Bates) home, they hire Sarah Jessica Parker to induce him to leave.
     
  © 2005 20th Century Fox   The Family Stone (PG-13) (2005) - Romantic comedy - Max
Sarah Jessica Parker visits her boyfriend’s family for Christmas. Things do not go smoothly.
     
  © 2005 Twentieth Century Fox   Fantastic Four (PG-13) (2005) - Remake- Mike
Four astronauts—Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba and Chris Evans—get superpowers after exposure to radiation. Their villain is Dr. Doom. They're really not "fantastic"; "The Slightly Gifted Four" would be more accurate.
     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (PG) (2007) - Action - Max
The cut rate X-Men are back along with the Silver Surfer (voice of Laurence Fishburne) who appears to be genetically related to the Oscar statuette.
     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures   The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (PG-13) (2006) - Action Sequel - Max & Mike
The series with revolving stars continues with Lucas Black (Friday Night Lights) racing hot cars in Japan.
     
  © 2007 MGM  
Feast of Love (R) (2007) - Romantic Drama - Mike
Complications among friends in an Oregon community. With Greg Kinnear, Morgan Freeman and Selma Blair.
     
  © 2007 Sony Pictures  
Feel the Noise (PG-13) (2007) - Musical - Max
A Harlem rapper learns reggae in Puerto Rico.
     
  © 2006 Yari Film Group  
Find Me Guilty (R) (2006) - Drama - Max
Vin Diesel stars as a mobster who defends himself at a Mafia trial. Based on fact and directed by Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict).
     
  © 2006 New Line Cinema  
Final Destination 3 (R) (2006) - Sequel - Mike
Another installment in the series about teens temporarily cheating death. If it’s as inventive as Final Destination 2, it’s a cut above the norm.
     
  © 2007 Yari Film Group  
The Final Season (PG) (2007) - Sports Drama - Mike
Powers Booth and Sean Astin coach a high school baseball team in its last season before consolidation
     
  © 2009 Sony Pictures  
Fired Up! (PG-13) (2009) - Comedy - Max
Two high school jocks go to cheerleader camp to meet girls.
     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
Firehouse Dog (PG) (2007) - Family Comedy - Max
Rex, a Hollywood show dog, finds himself working in a run-down fire station. Woof!
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Firewall (PG-13) (2006) - Action - Max
Bank robbers kidnap security expert Harrison Ford’s family and force him to help them.
     
  © 2008 Sony Pictures  
First Sunday (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan are in need of some cash and try to rob a church.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures International  

Flags of our Fathers (R) (2006) - Drama - Mike
Clint Eastwood looks at the famous raising of the flag at Iwo Jima and what happened to the servicemen who returned as heroes.

     
  © 2008 Universal Pictures  

Flash of Genius (PG-13) (2008) - Fact-based Drama - Max
Greg Kinnear invents the variable speed windshield wiper. Detroit automakers steal the device, and he sues. Click here for our full length review!

     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  

Flicka (PG) (2006) - Drama - Max
Teenager Alison Lohman tries to tame a wild horse, despite the objections of her father Tim McGraw.

     
  © 2006 A&E Television  
Flight 93 (PG-13) (2006) - Docudrama - Mike
An A&E cable production that details what happened on United Flight 93 on 9/11 when the passengers fought back against the terrorists.
     
  © 2005 Buena Vista Pictures  
Flightplan (PG-13) (2005) - Suspense - Max & Mike
Airplane engineer Jodie Foster’s daughter disappears on a Transatlantic flight. Her name is not on the passenger list. Is Mom crazy? Contrived but effective in a Hitchcockian sense.
     
  © 2006 Paramount  

Flushed Away (PG) (2006) - Animation - Max
Hugh Jackman gives voice to a pet mouse who finds himself lost in the sewers. Also with voicework from Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen.

     
  © 2006 MGM  

Flyboys (PG-13) (2006) - Drama - Max
James Franco is a pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille in France in World War I. O.K. aerial sequences and a completely ridiculous plot. Box office flop.

     
  © 2005 Sony Pictures  
The Fog (PG-13) (2005) - Horror Remake - Mike
New version does not significantly improve on John Carpenter’s so-so 1980 original ghost story about a fishing village.
     
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Fool's Gold (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Cute couple Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson hunt for treasure. From the director of Hitch.
     
  © 2008 Lionsgate  

The Forbidden Kingdom (PG-13) (2008) - Action - Max
Jackie Chan and Jet Li co-star with a time-traveling teen who goes back to ancient China.

     
  Universal Pictures  

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (R) (2008) - Comedy - Max
The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Superbad guys are back with another look at love and dating.
Click here for our full length review.

     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  
The Fountain (PG-13) (2006) - Sci-Fi Romance - Max
Long-gestating project follows stories in three times—past, present and future—involving, somehow, the Fountain of Youth and Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz.
     
  © 2005 Paramount Pictures   Four Brothers (R) (2005) - Action - Max - Mike
John Singleton directs a story of four adopted brothers, black and white, who must find their mother’s killer. With Mark Wahlberg.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Fred Claus (PG) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Vince Vaughn plays the unhappy brother of Santa (Paul Giamatti).
     
  © 2007 Paramount Pictures  
Freedom Writers (PG-13) (2007) - Drama - Max
Crusading teacher Hilary Swank helps inner city high school kids rise above their circumstances. Haven’t we seen this before?
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  
Freedomland (R) (2006) - Drama - Max
Julianne Moore tells detective Samuel L. Jackson that her son was in the backseat when her car was stolen.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  
Friday the 13th (R) (2009) - Horror Remake - Mike
Jason is back at Crystal Lake with more teens.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures Classics   Friends with Money (R) (2006) - Comedy Drama - Mike
Jennifer Anniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener and Frances McDormand star as friends who deal with emotional and economic problems.
     
  © 2005 Sony Pictures  
Fun with Dick and Jane (PG-13) (2005) - Comedy Remake - Max & Mike
Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni take over for George Segal and Jane Fonda as a middle-class couple who turn to crime after Carrey loses his job.
     
  © 2008 Warner Independent Pictures  
Funny Games (R) (2008) - Suspense/Horror - Max
Remake of 1997 foreign film where two young men hold a family hostage at their vacation home and force them to play games that lead to violence.
With Naomi Watts and Tim Roth. Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2007 Buena Vista Pictures  
The Game Plan (PG) (2007) - Comedy - Mike
The Rock is a professional quarterback who learns he has an adorable young daughter. Click here for a full length review.
     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  
Georgia Rule (R) (2007) - Comic Drama - Max
Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman and Lindsay Lohan are three generations of high-maintenance women. From Gary Marshall (Pretty Woman, Princess Diaries).
     
  © 2005 Paramount Pictures  
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (R) (2005) - Drama - Max
Rapper 50 Cent stars in an autobiographical story of a drug dealer who becomes a rapper. Directed by Jim Sheridan.
     
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures  

Get Smart (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway recreate the famous ‘60s TV secret agents. With Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Alan Arkin.
Click here for our full length review!

     
  © 2007 Sony Pictures  
Ghost Rider (PG-13) (2007) - Action - Max
Nic Cage stars as the Marvel Comics character with a flaming head and motorcycle.
     
  © 2008 DreamWorks  
Ghost Town (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Ricky Gervais is a bogus psychic who starts seeing dead people, and they have a few favors to ask of him.
Click here for our full length review!
   
  © 2006 Buena Vista Pictures  
Glory Road (PG) (2006) - Sports Drama - Max
Josh Lucas stars as the Texas Western basketball coach who fielded the first all-black team against the University of Kentucky in the 1966 NCAA finals.
     
  © 2006 Touchstone Pictures  
Goal! The Dream Begins (PG) (2006) - Sports Drama - Mike
A younger Mexican soccer player (Kuno Becker) gets a shot at the big time with a British team.
     
  © 2007 New Line Cinema  
The Golden Compass (PG-13) (2008) - Fantasy - Max
Adaptation of Philip Pullman’s novel about a girl’s adventures in an alternative arctic kicks off the Christmas movie season. With Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman and Sam Elliot.
     
  © 2007 Miramax Films  
Gone Baby Gone (R) (2007) - Crime Drama - Max
Boston detectives Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan search for a missing child. Based on a novel by Dennis Lahane (Mystic River), directed by Ben Affleck.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  
The Good German (R) (2006) - Drama - Mike
George Clooney and Kate Blanchett star in Steven Soderbergh’s black-and-white tale of double-dealing in post-WWII Germany. Box office flop and deservedly so.
     
  © 2007 Lionsgate  
Good Luck Chuck (R) (2007) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Women believe that Dane Cook brings them good luck for finding their true love. Jessica Alba comes into the picture as a mismatched love interest.
     
  © 2005 Warner Bros. Pictures   Good Night, and Good Luck (PG) (2005) - Drama - Max & Mike
David Strathairn stars as Edward R. Murrow, the newscaster who confronts Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Received several Oscar nominations.
     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures  
The Good Shepherd (R) (2006) - Drama - Max
Robert DeNiro directs and Matt Damon stars in a dramatization of the birth of the CIA after World War II
.
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
A Good Year (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy
Hard-charging businessman Russell Crowe inherits a French vineyard, falls in love and learns the real meaning of life. Based on Peter Mayle’s best-seller, "A Year in Provence." Directed by Ridley Scott (Gladiator).
     
  © 2007 Picturehouse  
Gracie (PG-13) (2007) - Sports Drama - Max
Plucky teenager (Carly Schroeder) paves the way for women to play soccer. Based on the true story of co-star Elisabeth Shue.
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox   Grandma's Boy (R) (2005) - Comedy - Max
Grown-up video game tester is forced to move in with his grandmother and her pal (Shirley Jones and Shirley Knight).
     
  © 2007 MGM  
The Great Debaters (PG-13) (2007) - Drama - Max
A debate team coach (Denzel Washington) turns a group of students into a feirce debate team. Inspired by a true story.
     
  © 2005 Miramax Films  
The Great Raid (R) (2005) - War - Max
Benjamin Bratt leads Rangers at the end of WWII to rescue POWs in the Philippines . Based on a true story.
     
  © 2005 Buena Vista Pictures   The Greatest Game Ever Played (PG) (2005) - Sports Drama - Max
A blue collar kid (Shia LaBeouf) plays in the 1913 U.S. Open golf tournament.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  

Gridiron Gang (PG-13) (2006) - Sports Drama - Max
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a probation officer who turns delinquents into a football team and teaches them valuable lessons about life. Based on a true story.

     
  © 2007 Dimension Films  
Grindhouse (R) (2007) - Exploitation - Max
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino pay homage to the guilty pleasures of their youth with two short movies (Planet Terror and Death Proof) heavy on explosions, car crashes, gunfire and sexy babes.
     
  © 2005 Lions Gate  
Grizzly Man (R) (2005) - Documentary - Mike
Werner Herzog looks at the life of wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell who was killed by the bears he tried to protect.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  
The Grudge 2 (PG-13) (2006) - Horror - Mike
More creepy sounds and ghosts in Tokyo. Ho-hum sequel with Amber Tamblyn and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
     
  © 2006 Buena Vista Pictures  
The Guardian (PG-13) (2006) - Drama - Max
Veteran Coast Guard rescue swimmer Kevin Costner teaches rookie Ashton Kutcher the ropes (or should that be teaches him the floats?).
     
  © 2007 New Line Cinema  
Hairspray (PG) (2007) - Musical - Max
Adaptation of the hit Broadway play based on John Waters’ 1988 original about teenagers, TV, pop music and race in early ‘60s Baltimore. With John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer.
     
  © 2006 ThinkFilm  
Half Nelson (R) (2006) - Drama - Mike
Ryan Gosling is nominated as Best Actor for his strong performance as a drug-addicted teacher at an inner city school. Involving and, actually more enjoyable than it sounds.
     
  © 2007 Dimension Films  
Halloween (R) (2007) - Horror - Max
Director Rob Zombie remakes one of the all-time greats. Unnecessary.
     
  © 2008 Sony Pictures Releasing   Hancock (PG-13) (2008) - Action - Max
Will Smith is a super hero with some personal problems; Jason Bateman is his p.r. guy.
Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2007 MGM  
Hannibal Rising (R) (2007) - Horror - Mike
Teenaged Hannibal Lechter (Gaspard Ulliel) experiences the horrors that will make him a monster at the end of World War II.
     
  © 2008 20th Century Fox  
The Happening (R) (2008) - Sci-Fi - Max
Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel star in M. Night Shyamalan’s latest tale of a spooky catastrophe.
Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2007 Lionsgate  
Happily N'Ever After (PG) (2007) - Animated - Max
Evil queen Sigourney Weaver tries to run Fairy Tale Land but her step-daughter Sarah Michelle Gellar rebels.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Happy Feet (PG) (2006) - Animation - Max
More penguins! Robin Williams is the voice of an animated Emperor penguin who’s a tap-dancing fool. From the director of Babe.
     
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (R) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Cal Penn and John Cho are mistaken for terrorists and sent to Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
With Neil Patrick Harris...again. Click here for our full length review.
     
 
© 2005 Warner Bros. Pictures
 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (PG-13) (2005) - Fantasy - Max - Mike
Fourth entry in the highly successful series takes an even darker turn, as Harry takes part in a wizard’s tournament.

     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (PG-13) (2007) - Drama - Max
The latest entry in the popular adaptations of the best selling books.
     
  © 2006 MGM  
Harsh Times (R) (2006) - Action
Christian Bale stars as a veteran who returns to the mean streets of LA. Will he be a career criminal or a cop? Directorial debut of the writer of Training Day.
     
  © 2007 Dreamworks SKG  
The Heartbreak Kid (R) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers remake the Neil Simon 1972 film.
     
  © 2008 Universal Pictures  
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (PG-13) (2008) - Adventure - Max
The big red guy (Ron Perlman) is back to battle supernatural forces. With Selma Blair.
Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2006 Fox Searchlight Pictures  
The Hills Have Eyes (R) (2006) - Horror - Mike
Remake of Wes Craven’s grim 1977 shocker about a suburban family attacked by mutants in the desert.
     
  © 2007 Fox Atomic  
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (R) (2007) - Horror - Mike
Sequel to the remake finds soldiers vs. mutant cannibals in the desert.
     
  © 2005 New Line Cinema  

A History of Violence (R) (2005) - Drama - Max - Mike
Adaptation of graphic novel focuses on a small town guy (Viggo Mortensen) whose violent past catches up with him. Curiously conventional and over-praised work from director David Cronenberg.

     
  © 2007 Rogue Pictures  
The Hitcher (R) (2007) - Horror - Max
Sean Bean takes over the role that Rutger Hauer handled so brilliantly in the 1986 original. Can Zachary Knighton fill C. Thomas Howell’s shoes? Do you really care?
     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
Hitman (R) (2007) - Action - Mike
Assassin Timothy Olyphant is the target of various groups. Lots of stuff blows up. Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional) produced.
     
  © 2007 Miramax Films  
The Hoax (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Richard Gere plays Clifford Irving who conned everyone into believing that he had interviewed Howard Hughes for an autobiography. With Alfred Molina.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  
The Holiday (PG-13) (2006) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet trade houses at Christmas and meet Jude Law and Jack Black.
     
  © 2006 Focus Features  
Hollywoodland (R) (2006) - Mystery - Mike
Ben Affleck stars as George Reeves, the original TV Superman. Adrien Brody is a private detective who investigates his suicide. With Diane Lane and Bob Hoskins.
     
 
© 2006 The Weinstein Company
 

Hoodwinked (PG) (2005) - Animated - Mike
A twist on the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale, where all of the key participants describe what happened when Red (Anne Hathaway) met the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) on the way to Grandma’s (Glenn Close) house.

     
  © 2006 New Line Cinema  
Hoot (PG) - Comedy (2006) - Mike
Florida kids try to save endangered owls from evil land developers. Based on Carl Hiassen’s popular young adult novel. With Jimmy Buffett and Luke Wilson.
     
  © 2008 20th Century Fox  
Horton Hears a Who (G) (2008) - Animated - Max
GCI and the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carrell bring one of Dr. Seuss’s masterpieces to the big screen.
     
  © 2006 Lions Gate  
Hostel (R) (2006) - Horror - Mike
Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) directs a tale of a European hotel where guests can realize their sickest fantasies. Nasty, gruesome and funny. For hardcore horror fans only.
     
  © 2007 Lionsgate  
Hostel Part 2 (R) (2007) - Horror - Mike
This time it’s young women who are being hunted at a creepy East European hotel. More sex and sadism.
     
  © 2007 Rogue Pictures  
Hot Fuzz (R) (2007) - Comedy - Max & Mike
The guys who made Shaun of the Dead turn their attention to cop movie clichés when London cop Simon Pegg is sent to a quiet English village and discovers a series of murders.
     
  © 2007 Paramount Pictures  
Hot Rod (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Andy Samberg stars as a would-be stuntman who does the dumb stuff that winds up on internet videos.
     
  © 2008 Paramount Vantage  
How She Move (PG-13) (2008) - Drama/Musical - Max
Hip hop dance-romance with young unknown cast.
     
  © 2006 New Line Cinema   How To Eat Friend Worms (PG) (2006) - Comedy
Adaptation of the popular book about the new kid in school who gets involved in a worm-eating competition with a bully.
     
  © 2005 Buena Vista Pictures  
Howl's Moving Castle (PG) (2005) - Animation - Mike
Old fashioned hand-drawn kids’ fantasy from Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away). Nominated for an Oscar.
 
 

 

  © 2005 MTV Films   Hustle & Flow (R) (2005) - Drama - Max & - Mike
Terrence Howard stars as a sympathetic Memphis pimp and drug dealer who tries to make a midlife career change to rap artist. All too believably squalid.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
I Am Legend (PG-13) (2007) - Horror - Max
Will Smith stars in the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel of a man in a world filled with mutated creatures.
     
  © 2007 TriStar Pictures  
I Know Who Killed Me (R) (2007) - Thriller - Max
Lindsay Lohan is a kidnap victim who escapes and is hunted.
     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Adam Sandler and Kevin James star as Brooklyn firemen who pretend to be a gay couple for job benefits. With Jessica Biel.
     
  © 2007 Fox Searchlight Pictures  
I Think I Love My Wife (R) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Writer/director/star Chris Rock is a New Yorker who is tempted to stray by Kerry Washington. Based on the French film Chloe in the Afternoon.
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
Ice Age: The Meltdown (PG) (2006) - Animated Sequel - Mike
The Ice Age is over and things begin to melt around the animals in this sequel to the hit animated movie from 2002.
     
  © 2005 Focus Features   The Ice Harvest (R) - Action Comedy - Max - Mike
Shady lawyer John Cusack tries to steal $2million from his gangster boss and to escape from Wichita on Christmas Eve in the middle of a paralyzing ice storm.
     
  © 2008 The Weinstein Company  
Igor (PG) (2008) - Animation - Mike
John Cusack is the voice of the hunchbacked lab assistant who dreams of being an evil scientist. With John Cleese and Steve Buscemi.
Click here for our full length review!
     
  © 2006 Yari Film Group  
The Illusionist (PG-13) (2006) - Drama - Max
In turn of the 19th century Vienna, magician Edward Norton adds a political element to his act. Princess Jessica Biel, police inspector Paul Giamatti, and rotten Crown Prince Rufus Sewell are all involved. Summer sleeper hit.
     
  © 2006 Fox Searchlight Pictures  
Imagine Me & You (R) (2006) - Romantic Comedy - Max
A woman marries her long-time sweetheart but then falls in love with another woman.
     
  © 2005 20th Century Fox  
In Her Shoes (PG-13) - Comic Drama - Max
Serious Toni Collette and flighty Cameron Diaz are sisters who take their various conflicts to their estranged grandmother Shirley MacLaine. Major league chick flick.
     
  © 2008 Freestyle Releasing  
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (PG-13) (2007) -Adventure - Max
Jason Statham stars as a guy who fights invading barbarian critters led by Ray Liotta. Based on a video game.
     
  © 2007 Warner Independent Pictures  
In the Valley of Elah (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
After returning home from serving in Iraq, Tommy Lee Jones' son goes missing. Police detective Charlize Theron helps him in his search.
     
  © 2006 Paramount Vantage  
An Inconvenient Truth (PG) (2006) - Documentary - Max
Al Gore lectures about the imminent dangers of global warming. Not unbarably boring like you might think.
     
  © 2008 Universal Pictures   The Incredible Hulk (PG-13) (2008) - Sci-Fi / Action - Max
Edward Norton takes over as Bruce Banner in another edition of the same old story, where someone undoubtedly will make him angry. Click here for our full length review!
     
  © 2008 Paramount Pictures   Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (PG-13) (2008) - Adventure - Max
Long-awaited sequel – Harrison Ford is back under the hat and fighting off Godless Communists (including Cate Blanchett). With Shia LaBoeuf and Karen Allen (yeah!) from the original Raiders. Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures  
Inside Man (R) (2006) - Crime Drama - Max - Mike
Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster star in Spike Lee’s New York bank heist tale.
     
  © 2009 Sony Pictures  
The International (PG-13) (2009) - Thriller - Max
Clive Owen and Naomi Watts discover nasty doings at a big European bank. From director Tom Tykwer (Run, Lola, Run).
Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2005 Sony Pictures   Into the Blue (PG-13) (2005) - Action - Mike
Paul Walker and Jessica Alba search for sunken treasure.
     
  © 2007 Paramount Vantage  
Into the Wild (R) (2007) - Adventure - Max
A 22-year-old college graduate finds himself on the fast track for a successful life but decides instead to venture into the wilderness and seek adventure.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
The Invasion (PG-13) (2007) - Sci-Fi - Max
Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig star in the 4th remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
     
  © 2006 Buena Vista Pictures  
Invincible (PG) (2006) - Sports Drama
Philadelphia bartender Mark Wahlberg gets a try-out with the Eagles. Late summer sleeper will do well on DVD.
     
  © 2007 Buena Vista Pictures  
The Invisible (PG-13) (2007) - Fantasy/Suspense - Mike
Teens in limbo watch events that are taking place around them.
     
  © 2008 Paramount Pictures   Iron Man (PG-13) (2008) - Sci-Fi - Max
Three weeks before Memorial Day, the summer movie season gets off to a big start with Robert Downey Jr. as the troubled arms maker turned superhero, Tony Stark/Iron Man. Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2005 Dreamworks SKG  
The Island (PG-13) (2005) - Sci-Fi - Mike
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson discover that they are clones who have been grown to produce organs for harvesting. What a revoltin' development! From director Michael Bay (Pearl Harbor). Begins well, but devolves into pointless chases.
     
  © 2007 Sony Pictures Classics  
The Jane Austen Book Club (PG-13) (2007) - Romantic Drama - Max
Kathy Baker, Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Amy Brennerman and others discuss literature and find that it reflects their love lives.
     
  © 2005 Universal Pictures  
Jarhead (R) (2005) - Drama - Max - Mike
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx star in a grunt’s-eye view of the first Gulf War. With Chris Cooper. Directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition).
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
John Tucker Must Die (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max
Three teenaged girls try to use the new girl in school to get revenge on their philandering ex-boyfriend. Attractive young cast; little more.
     
  © 2009 Walt Disney Pictures  
The Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience (G) (2009) - Musical - Max
The title says it all.
     
  © 2008 New Line Cinema   Journey to the Center of the Earth (PG) (2008) - Adventure - Max
Brendan Fraser follows Jules Verne’s path to another world in the middle of this one. Nice kid’s adventure with o.k. 3-D effects. Click here for our full length review!
     
  © 2008 20th Century Fox  
Jumper (PG-13) (2008) - Sci-Fi Action - Max
Hayden Christensen discovers that he can teleport himself and that there are people who don’t like that. With Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Doug Liman (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity).
     
  © 2007 Fox Searchlight Pictures  
Juno (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Ellen Page is Juno, a high school girl who becomes pregnant and decides to give up the baby to adoption.
With Michael Cera (Super Bad).
   
 
© 2005 New Line Cinema
 

Just Friends (PG-13) (2005) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Fat nerdy high school kid Ryan Reynolds grows up to become a slick skinny p.r. agent. Can he romance his old but unrequited flame Amy Smart?

     
 
© 2006 20th Century Fox
 
Just My Luck (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max
New York socialite Lindsay Lohan magically goes from the luckiest girl in town to the unluckiest. Will the magic of Freaky Friday strike twice for La Lohan?
     
  © 2005 DreamWorks SKG   Just Like Heaven (PG-13) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Mark Ruffalo moves into a San Francisco and finds himself sharing it with the ghost of previous tenant Reese Witherspoon. With John Heder (Napoleon Dynamite).
     
  © 2007 Yari Film Group   Kickin' It Old Skool (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy - Max
A break dancer goes into a coma in the ‘80s and wakes up 20 years later to the Brave New World of 2006.
   
  © 2005 Universal Pictures  

King Kong (PG-13) (2005) - Adventure - Max - Mike
Peter Jackson’s remake of the classic is a labor of love with Naomi Watts replacing the original Scream Queen Fay Wray and a computer generated title character who looks terrific.

     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  
The Kingdom (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner and Chris Cooper are involved in a hunt for terrorists in Saudi Arabia.
     
  © 2008 Picturehouse   Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (G) (2008) - Kids/Family - Max
In the 1930s, Kit (Abigail Breslin) is an aspiring reporter who deals with some challenging situations. With Stanley Tucci, Joan Cusack and Chris O’Donnell.
     
  © 2007 Paramount Vantage  
The Kite Runner (PG-13) (2007) - Drama - Max & - Mike
Afghan boys in the 1970s struggle against bullies and war. Based on the best-selling novel.
     
  © 2007 Universal Pictures  
Knocked Up (R) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen find that their one-night stand will result in a bundle of joy. From the makers of The 40 Year Old Virgin.
     
  © 2008 Paramount Pictures   Kung Fu Panda (PG) (2008) - Animation Comedy - Max
Jack Black voices an animated panda who is recruited to defeat an evil force that threatens the land. Other characters voiced by Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen and Jackie Chan. Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros.  
Lady in the Water (PG-13) (2006) - Fantasy - Max
Paul Giamatti finds magical being Bryce Dallas Howard in his apartment complex swimming pool. From M. Night Shyamalan. One of 2006's most spectacular failures.
     
  © 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures  
The Lake House (PG) (2006) - Romance - Max
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock fall in love through letters...but they’re living two years apart.
     
  © 2006 Lions Gate Films  
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Mike
Redneck humor comes to the big screen as Larry the Cable Guy makes a career change to restaurant health inspector.
     
  © 2007 MGM  
Lars and the Real Girl (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy Drama - Max
Ryan Gosling stars as a painfully shy young man who orders a life-sized anatomically correct doll and introduces her as his girlfriend. Much sweeter than it sounds.
     
  © 2006 Paramount Pictures  
Last Holiday (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max & Mike
Timid office worker Queen Latifah learns that she has only weeks to live and decides to enjoy them to the fullest. With Gerard Depardieu.
     
  © 2006 Fox Searchlight Pictures  
The Last King of Scotland (R) (2006) - Biopic - Max
Forest Whitaker won a well-deserved Oscar for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. He’s excellent but too much of the film focuses on a young Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) who’s not nearly as interesting.
     
  © 2007 The Weinstein Company  
The Last Legion (PG-13) (2007) - Action - Mike
As the empire falls, a young Roman goes to Britain. With Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley.
     
  © 2007 New Line Cinema  
The Last Mimzy (PG) (2007) - Fantasy - Max
Two kids develop powers after finding some special toys. With Joely Richardson and Timothy Hutton.
  © 2008 Universal Pictures  
Leatherheads (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
George Clooney romances Renee Zelwegger and tries to save his struggling 1930s pro football team.
     
  © 2005 Sony Pictures  
The Legend of Zorro (PG-13) (2005) - Action Sequel - Max
Ten years later, Zorro (Antonio Banderas), Mrs. Zorro (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and their son Zorro Jr. must save California again.
     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures  
Let's Go to Prison (R) (2006) - Comedy - Mike
Career criminal Dax Shepard goes to the big house with Will Anrett, the son of his rival.
     
  © 2006 Paramount Pictures  
Letters from Iwo Jima (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Clint Eastwood tells the story of the battle of Iwo Jima from the Japanese point of view. With Ken Watanabe. Surprisingly, a more conventional and moving war story than Flags of Our Fathers.
     
  © 2005 Miramax Films   The Libertine (R) (2006) - Period Drama - Max
Johnny Depp stars as the Earl of Rochester, a scandalous 17th century dude who did naughty stuff.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
License to Wed (PG-13) (2007) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Mandy Moore and John Krasinski play a young couple who can't get married until a Reverend played by Robin Williams approves.
     
  © 2007 MGM  
Lions for Lambs (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Robert Redford, Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep star as powerful players involved in starting a war.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  
Little Man (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max
Marlon Wayans plays a very small man who poses as a baby to avoid the authorities after stealing a big diamond.
     
  © 2006 Fox Searchlight Pictures  
Little Miss Sunshine (R) (2006) - Road Comedy Drama - Max
Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and their family head from Arizona to California in a temperamental VW van. One of the best and funniest sleeper hits of the year.
     
  © 2007 20th Century Fox  
Live Free or Die Hard (PG-13) (2007) - Action - Max & - Mike
Bruce Willis is back as John McClane whose daughter has been kidnapped by a cyber terrorist.
     
  © 2007 Roadside Attractions  
Lonely Hearts (R) (2007) - Crime - Mike
Salma Hayek and Jared Leto star as the real Lonely Hearts killers Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez who killed women in 1947. Poorly done. With John Travolta and James Gandolfini. Find the 1974 cult hit Honeymoon Killers.
     
  © 2007 Miramax Films  
The Lookout (R) (2007) - Drama - Max
Writer Scott Frank (Minority Report, Get Shorty) directs a heist picture with Jeff Daniels and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
     
  © 2005 Lions Gate  
Lord of War (R) (2005) - Drama - Mike
Nic Cage stars as an arms dealer who has a crisis of conscience. Not perfect, but a sleeper. The smart thriller that Constant Gardener was trying to be.
     
  © 2008 Paramount Pictures   The Love Guru (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Max
Mike Myers returns as the titular spiritual (?) guide. With Vern Troyer and Jessica Alba. Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2007 New Line Cinema  
Love in the Time of Cholera (R) (2007) - Epic Romance - Max
Javier Bardem pines for a lost love for most of his life. Based on Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s famous novel.
     
  © 2006 The Weinstein Company  
Lucky Number Slevin (R) (2006) - Action Comedy - Max
Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, and Ben Kingsley all star in a Tarantinian tale of rival gangsters and mistaken identity.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Lucky You (PG-13) (2007) - Drama - Max
Eric Bana plays poker and battles his father Robert Duvall. With Drew Barrymore. Directed by Curtis Hanson. (This one was on the shelf for a couple of years.)
     
  © 2008 Overture Films  
Mad Money (PG-13) (2007) - Comedy - Max
Queen Latifah, Diane Keaton and Katie Holmes plan and execute a heist.
     
  © 2008 Sony Pictures   Made of Honor (PG-13) (2008) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Patrick Dempsey stars in what appears to be a curious remake of My Best Friend’s Wedding with him in the Julia Roberts role. Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2009 Lions Gate  
Madea Goes to Jail (PG-13) (2009) - Comedy - Mike
Tyler Perry plays three characters, including his famous gun-totin’ grandma.
     
  © 2006 Lions Gate  
Madea's Family Reuinion (PG-13) (2006) - Drama - Mike
Tyler Perry (Diary of a Mad Black Woman) returns in drag as the matriarch Madea who sets things right for her extended family.
     
  © 2008 Universal Pictures   Mamma Mia! (PG-13) (2008) - Musical - Max
Meryl Streep stars in the adaptation of the long-running play based on Abba songs. Pierce Brosnan co-stars. Click here for our full length review!
     
  © 2005 New Line Cinema  
The Man (PG-13) (2005) -Action Comedy - Max
Tough federal agent Samuel L. Jackson takes dental supply salesman Eugene Levy as his partner in an undercover sting. Perhaps too much Eugene Levy can be a bad thing.
     
  © 2006 Universal  
Man of the Year (PG-13) (2006) - Comedy - Max
Robin Williams is a comedian who runs for President and wins.
     
  © 2005 Warner Independent Pictures  
March of the Penguins (G) (2005) - Documentary - Mike
A beautifully photographed look at a year in the life of Emperor penguins in Antarctica. Despite the rating, it's not really for kids. From National Geographic.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  
Marie Antoinette (PG-13) (2006) - Historical Drama - Max
Sophia Coppola follows up Lost in Translation with an unconventional look at the famous queen (Kirsten Dunst) and the French Revolution. Box office flop.
     
  © 2006 20th Century Fox  
The Marine (PG-13) (2006) - Action - Mike
Professional wrestler John Cena is the titular gyrene who comes back from Iraq to save his wife Kelly Clarkson from evil Robert Patrick. Box office flop.
     
  © 2007 New Line Cinema  
Martian Child (PG) (2007) - Drama - Max
John Cusack stars as a widower who adopts a boy who thinks he’s from Mars.
     
  © 2005 The Weinstein Company  
The Matador (R) (2005) - Comedy/Thriller - Mike
A salesman (Greg Kinnear) and a hitman (Pierce Brosnan) meet at a bar and wind up helping each other in their jobs.
     
  © 2005 Dreamworks SKG  
Match Point (R) (2005) - Drama - Max
Woody Allen goes in a new direction with the story of an ambitious young Irishman who insinuates his way into a wealthy family, and risks it all when he falls for Scarlett Johansson.
     
  © 2006 MGM Distribution Company  
Material Girls (PG) (2006) - Comedy - Max
Rich sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff fall on hard times. Directed by Martha Coolidge.
     
  © 2008 20th Century Fox   Meet Dave (PG) (2008) - Comedy - Max
A tiny alien Eddie Murphy lives inside a human sized Eddie Murphy robot and awkwardly tries to act human. Click here for our full length review.
     
  © 2008 Lionsgate  
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (PG-13) (2008) - Comic Drama - Max
Single mom Angela Bassett takes her kids to Georgia to her estranged father’s funeral and meets the Browns.
     
  © 2007 Bunea Vista Pictures  
Meet the Robinsons (G) (2007) - Animated - Max
Disney tale about a boy genius and his family in the near future.
     
  © 2008 20th Century Fox  
Meet the Spartans (PG-13) (2008) - Comedy - Mike
Spoof of sword-and-sandals flicks (300) from the folks who brought us Epic Movie and Date Movie.
     
  © 2005 Dreamworks SKG   Memoirs of a Geisha (PG-13) (2005) - Drama - Max & Mike
Three Chinese actresses star in a story about Japanese women. Based on a bestseller.
     
  © 2006 Sony Pictures  
The Messengers (PG-13) (2007) - Horror - Mike
Chicago family escapes the urban rat race by moving to a North Dakota farm… but it’s haunted. With Penelope Ann Miller and Dermot Mulroney.
     
  © 2006 Universal Pictures   Miami Vice (R) (2006) - Action/Drama - Max & Mike
Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx start in this big screen adaptation of the 80's television series, which focuses on
undercover work to bring down a drug trafficking operation.
     
  © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Michael Clayton (PG-13) (2007) - Drama - Mike
Oscar nominee George Clooney is a disillusioned New York lawyer caught up in a complex product liability case. Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton were also nominated in supporting roles.