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Micro Theatrical Reviews are listed for the duration of each film's time in theaters.
Micro DVD Reviews are listed for one month following each film's release on DVD.


Reviews are listed in alphabetical order.
Micro Theatrical Reviews
       
  © 2009 20th Century Fox   12 Rounds (PG-13) - Action - Mike
Wrestler John Cena is a cop out for revenge.
       
  © 2009 Warner Bros. Pictures   17 Again (PG-13) - Comedy - Max
Zac Efron is an adult trapped in a teen’s body. Wait a minute…haven’t we seen this before? Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Miramax Films   Adventureland (R) - Comedy - Max
Jessie Eisenberg spends a summer working in an amusement park. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Sony Pictures   Angels & Demons (PG-13) - Drama - Max
Tom Hanks is back as Robert Langdon in a prequel to The Da Vinci Code,uncovering a plot involving the Illuminati in the Vatican. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Lionsgate   Battle for Terra (PG) - Animation - Max
Evil earthlings try to take over a peaceful planet. With the voices of Evan Rachel Wood and Brian Cox.
       
  © 2009 Lionsgate   Crank: High Voltage (R) - Action - Mike
Jason Statham’s artificial heart still needs regular jump starts.
       
  © 2009 20th Century Fox   Dragonball: Evolution (PG) - Action - Mike
Manga videogame adaptation.
       
  © 2009 Universal Pictures   Duplicity (PG-13) - Thriller - Mike
Clive Owen and Julia Roberts are dueling corporate security agents who decide to work a con together.
       
  © 2009 Universal Pictures   Fast & Furious (PG-13) - Action - Max
Paul Walker and Vin Diesel try to restart their careers in yet another Fast and Furious movie. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Warner Bros. Pictures   Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (PG-13) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Matthew McConaughey is a playboy who is visited by visions of his relationships (a la A Christmas Carol). With Jennifer Garner. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Buena Vista Pictures   Hannah Montana: The Movie (G) - Tween flick - Max
The TV & pop star comes to the big screen. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Summit Entertainment   Knowing (PG-13) - Sci-Fi - Max
Teacher Nic Cage thinks that a time capsule dug up at his son’s school predicts the future. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Warner Bros. Pictures   Monsters vs. Aliens (PG) - Animation - Max
The latest from Disney, with the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Kiefer Sutherland, Renee Zellweger. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Summit Entertainment   Next Day Air (R) - Comedy - Max
Mos Def, Mike Epps and Donald Faison come into possession of several bricks of cocaine. The dealer is not amused. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Warner Bros. Pictures   Observe and Report (R) - Dark Comedy - Max
Seth Rogen is a crazed security guard. Could have been called Travis Bickle: Mall Cop. With Anna Faris. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Sony Pictures   Paul Blart: Mall Cop (PG) - Comedy - Max
Kevin James is a rent-a-cop who must save a New Jersey shopping mall from a gang of criminals. Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 20th Century Fox   Star Trek (PG-13) - Sci-Fi - Max
It’s back to the beginning for the starship Enterprise and a very young crew fresh out of Starfleet Academy. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Universal Pictures   State of Play (PG-13) - Drama - Max
Reporter Russell Crowe and Senator Ben Affleck are involved in a complex conspiracy. Based on a British mini-series. Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Warner Bros. Pictures   Terminator Salvation (PG-13) - Sci-Fi/Action - Max
Christian Bale attempts to revive the franchise by leading the resistance against the machines. Directed by McG (Charlie’s Angels, We Are Marshall). Click Here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 Warner Bros. Pictures   Watchmen (R) - Comic Book Adaptation - Max
A group of superheroes try to uncover a plot to wipe them out. Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2009 20th Century Fox   X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PG-13) - Action/Adventure - Max
Hugh Jackman returns to his most famous role. With Liev Schrieber. Click here for our full length review!
     

     
Micro DVD Reviews
  © 2008 Buena Vista Pictures  

Bedtime Stories (PG) - Comedy - Max
The stories that Adam Sandler tells his nephew come true.

       
  © 2008 Buena Vista Pictures  

Bolt (PG) - Animation - Max
John Travolta is the voice of a TV-star dog who believes that his superpowers are real until he’s lost in New York. With Miley Cyrus. From Disney.

       
  © 2008 Paramount Pictures  

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (PG-13) - Drama - Max
Brad Pitt plays a man who is born at the turn of the 20th century and ages backward. With Cate Blanchett.
Click here for our full length review!

       
  © 2008 20th Century Fox  

The Day the Earth Stood Still (PG-13) - Sci-Fi - Max & - Mike
Remake of the 1951 classic, now starring Keanu Reeves as the alien known as Klaatu.
With Jenniffer Connelly and Jaden Smith. Click here for our full length review!

       
  © 2008 Miramax Films  

Doubt (PG-13) - Drama - Max
Meryl Streep is a nun who suspects that a priest (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) has abused a boy.

       
  © 2008 Universal Pictures  

Frost/Nixon (R) - Drama - Max
Frank Langella was nominated for a Best-Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the ex-President who spars with TV host David Frost. Surprisingly involving.
Click here for our full length review!

       
  © 2008 Overture Films   Last Chance Harvey (PG-13) - Drama - Max
Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson are two middle aged people who fall in love.
       
  © 2008 20th Century Fox   Marley & Me (PG-13) - Comedy/Drama - Max & Mike
Jennifer Anniston and a Golden Retriever puppy take cinematic cuteness to new and hitherto undreamt-of heights. Based on a best-seller.
       
  © 2009 Fox Searchlight Pictures   Notorious (R) - Biopic - Max
The life and death of Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. (Jamal Woolard). With Angela Bassett. Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 Sony Pictures   Quantum of Solace (PG-13) - Action - Max
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in the lastest installment of the series.
Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 The Weinstein Company   The Reader (R) - Action - Max - Mike
Kate Winslet won an Oscar for her portrayal of a German woman with a secret who has an affair with a teenager in the 1950s.
       
  © 2008 Sony Pictures  
Seven Pounds (PG-13) - Drama - Max - Mike
Will Smith stars in a story with a not-so-surprise ending about seven second chances.
Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 Fox Searchlight Pictures  

Slumdog Millionaire (R) - Foreign/Drama - Max - Mike
A poor 18 year-old in India goes on the game show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" and is doing so well that the police question whether he is cheating. Big winner at the Academy Awards.
Click here for our full length review!

       
  © 2008 Lionsgate  
The Spirit (PG-13) - Action - Mike
Stylized adaptation of Will Eisner’s famous comic book character falls flat.
       
  © 2008 Summit Entertainment, LLC  
Twilight (PG-13) - Fantasy - Max
Teenage girl moves to a new town and falls for cute vampire boy. Based on a popular series of books.
       
  © 2008 Fox Searchlight Pictures  
The Wrestler (R) - Drama - Max
Mickey Rourke was nominated for a Best-Actor Oscar for his portrayal of an over-the-hill wrestler who thinks he has one more shot. Rourke’s surgically ravaged face is riveting, and a little disgusting.
Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Yes Man (PG-13) - Comedy - Max
Jim Carrey is stuck under a spell that forces him to say "yes" to everything. Imagine what kind of hijkings and tomfoolery he might get himself into.
Click here for our full length review!
     
     
New to Home Video
  © Paramount Pictures  
Ace in the Hole (1951) - Mike
Billy Wilder directed this story of a cynical reporter (Kirk Douglas) who sees that a man trapped in a cave-in could be his ticket back to the big time.
       
 
© MGM
 
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 & 1952) - Mike
Ronald Colman and Stewart Granger star in two versions of the famous adventure of the commoner who is a ringer for the crown prince of Ruritania. Great stuff. The ’52 film is a shot-for-shot remake of the ’37 but in color.
       
 
© London Continental
 
War and Peace (1968) - Drama - Mike
Sergei Bondarchuk’s 1968 adaptation of the famous novel is one of the great war films, and at 7 hours plus, one of the longest.
       
     

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