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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
       
  © 2008 Buena Vista Pictures  
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (PG) - 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!
       
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures  

Body of Lies (R) - Drama - Max
CIA agents Russell Crow and Leonardo DiCaprio battle terrorists. From director Ridley Scott.

       
  © 2008 Focus Features  

Burn After Reading (R) - 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!

       
  © 2008 UniversalPicturesDistribution  

Changeling (R) - Drama - Max
Based on the true story of Christine Collins (played by Angelina Jolie) in 1920s Los Angeles, whose son disappeared and was given a different boy by the police department which claimed it was her son.
Click Here for our full length review!

       
  © 2008 Fox Walden  

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

       
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures  

The Dark Knight (PG-13) - Action - Max
Christian Bale returns as Batman to Heath Ledger’s Joker. Exceptionally strong advance word. Will be one of the summer’s biggest hits.
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  © 2008 DreamWorks   Eagle Eye (PG-13) - Drama - Max
Shia LeBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are caught up in a government spy operation. With Billy Bob Thornton and Rosario Dawson. Produced by Steven Spielberg. Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 Universal Pictures   The Express (PG) - Biopic - Max
In the early 1960s, Ernie Davis is the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner. Dennis Quaid plays his coach.
       
  © 2008 Buena Vista Pictures   High School Musical 3: Senior Year (G) - Musical - Max
Sequel to Disney’s surprise hits from cable TV and DVD, making a theatrical bow. Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 Sony Pictures   Lakeview Terrace (PG-13) - Drama - Max
Samuel L. Jackson is a cop who doesn’t approve of his new interracial neighbors. Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 DreamWorks   Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa (PG) - Animation - Max
Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, and the rest repair their airplane and try to fly back to New York.
       
  © 2008 20th Century Fox   Max Payne (PG-13) - Action (Video Game Adaptation) - Max & Mike
Mark Wahlberg plays a violent cop up against supernatural beasties.
       
  © 2008 Buena Vista Pictures   Miracle at St. Anna (R) - Drama - Max
Spike Lee’s World War II drama about black soldiers in Italy and post-war repercussions. Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 Sony Pictures   Nick and Norah's Ultimate Playlist (PG-13) - Comedy - Max
Michael Cera and Kat Dennings fall for each other during a long Manhattan night of music and clubs. Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures   Nights in Rodanthe (PG-13) - Drama - Max
Richard Gere romances Diane Lane in a North Carolina inn. Based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures   Pride and Glory (R) - Drama - Max
A family of New York City cops deals with corruption within the department, along with a murder investigation of four fellow policemen. 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.
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  © 2008 Sony Pictures   Quarantine (R) - Horror - Mike
Blair Witch faux documentary about nastiness in an LA apartment complex.
       
  © 2008 Overture Films  
Righteous Kill (R) - Drama - Max
Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino are New York police detectives on the trail of a killer.
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  © 2008 Universal Pictures  
Role Models (R) - Comedy - Mike
Bad boys Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd are sentenced to work with a Big Brothers program as community service.
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  © 2008 Lionsgate  
Saw V (R) - Horror - Mike
The torture series grimly grinds on with another annual installment at Halloween time.
       
  © 2008 Fox Searchlight  
The Secret Life of Bees (PG-13) - Drama - Max
In 1964 South Carolina, Dakota Fanning is haunted by memories. Queen Latifa helps her recover.
       
  © 2008 Summit Entertainment  
Sex Drive (R) - Comedy - Max
Virgin high school senior drives from Chicago to Knoxville to meet a girl who promises to help him change his status.
Click here for our full length review!
       
  © 2008 MGM  
Soul Men (R) - Comedy - Max
The late Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson, who were a hit singing duo in the ‘60s, agree to a reunion at the Apollo.
       
  © 2008 DreamWorks SKG  
Tropic Thunder (R) - Comedy - Max
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. star as actors making an action movie who get into a real war.
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  © 2008 The Lionsgate  
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (PG-13) - Drama - Max
Matriarchs Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard face intermingled family intrigues.
       
  © 2008 The Weinstein Company  
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (PG-13) - Romantic Comedy - Max
Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson star in Woody Allen’s latest.
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  © 2008 Lionsgate  
W. (PG-13) - Biopic - Max
Josh Brolin portrays the beloved George W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s latest.
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  © 2008 Dimension Films  
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (R) - Comedy - Max
Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks are platonic friends who decide to solve their financial problems by making a dirty movie. From writer/director Kevin Smith.
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Micro DVD Reviews
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Get Smart (PG-13) - 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!
       
  © 2008 20th Century Fox  
The Happening (R) - Sci-Fi - Max
Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel star in M. Night Shyamalan’s latest tale of a spooky catastrophe.
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  © 2008 Universal Pictures  
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (PG-13) - Adventure - Max
The big red guy (Ron Perlman) is back to battle supernatural forces. With Selma Blair.
Click here for our full length review.
       
  © 2008 Universal Pictures   The Incredible Hulk (PG-13) - 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) - 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!
       
  © 2008 New Line Cinema   Journey to the Center of the Earth (PG) - 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 Picturehouse   Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (G) - 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.
       
  © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures  
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PG) - Sci/Fi Animation - Max
George Lucas is back with more stuff from a galaxy far far away, this time in CGI animation..
Click here for our full length review.
       
  © 2008 Universal Pictures  

The Strangers (R) - Horror - Max
Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman's
stay in a remote country house is interrupted by spooky people wearing masks. Click here for our full length review!

       
  © 2008 First Look Studios  

Transsiberian (R) - Suspense - Mike
Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer run across nasty business on a train crossing Russia. With Ben Kingsley. Very well done.
Click here for our full length review!

       
  © 2008 Sony Pictures  
You Don't Mess With the Zohan (PG-13) - Comedy - Max
Adam Sandler plays an Israeli commando who decides to start fresh with a hair styling career in New York City.
Odds are that trouble finds him there, and that Rob Schneider makes some kind of appearance.
     
     
New to Home Video
  © Paramount Pictures  
Ace in the Hole (1951)
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)
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
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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