MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (2008) Starring Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz, Frankie Faison, Hector A. Leguillow, Chan Marshall, Chad Davis, Katya Blumenberg and Adriane Lenox. Screenplay by Wong Kar Wai and Lawrence Block. Directed by Wong Kar Wai. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. It’s so rare that … Continue reading
STEP UP 2 – THE STREETS (2008) Starring Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Adam G. Sevani, Cassie Ventura, Danielle Polanco, Christopher Scott, Mari Koda, Janelle Cambridge, Luis Rosado, Harry Shum Jr., Lajon Dantzler, Telisha Shaw, Sonja Sohn and Channing Tatum. Screenplay by Toni Ann Johnson and Karen Barna. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Distributed by Touchstone … Continue reading
GRACE IS GONE (2007) Starring John Cusack, Shélan O’Keefe, Gracie Bednarczyk, Alessandro Nivola, Dana Lynne Gilhooley, Emily Churchill, Rebecca Spence, Jennifer Tyler, Susan Messing, Doug Dearth, Doug James, Zachary Gray, Marisa Tomei and Mary Kay Place. Screenplay by James C. Strouse. Directed by James C. Strouse. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 85 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
MEET THE SPARTANS (2008) Starring Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, Kevin Sorbo, Method Man, Diedrich Bader, Jareb Dauplaise and Travis Van Winkle. Screenplay by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 86 minutes. Rated PG-13. There are two kinds of people in the world. … Continue reading
Father Knows Best Season One (1954) (Shout! Factory-2008) A fresh look at Father Knows Best does nothing to answer that chicken-or-the-egg dilemma which has haunted us for over a half century: was family life in the 1950s really this stable, or did television devise a set of standards for happy living so impossible to attain that it could … Continue reading
SPEED RACER (2008) Starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Roger Allam, Paulie Litt, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain, Scott Porter, Richard Roundtree and Kick Gurry. Screenplay by The Wachowski Brothers. Directed by The Wachowski Brothers. Distributed by Warner Bros. 135 minutes. Rated PG. Speed Racer is a triumph of style over … Continue reading
THE BABYSITTERS (2008) Starring John Leguizamo, Katherine Waterston, Cynthia Nixon, Lauren Birkell, Louisa Krause, Halley Wegryn Gross, Andy Comeau, Denis O’Hare, Jason Dubin and Ethan Phillips. Screenplay by David Ross. Directed by David Ross. Distributed by Peace Arch Entertainment. 90 minutes. Rated R. Looking at the poster of The Babysitters may impart the wrong idea. A young … Continue reading
BABY MAMA (2008) Starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco, Dax Shepard, Maura Tierney, Steve Martin, Holland Taylor, Dennis Albanese, Curt Carlson, Will Forte, Tom McCarthy and Fred Armisen. Screenplay by Michael McCullers. Directed by Michael McCullers. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. I guess it was just a … Continue reading
MADE OF HONOR (2008) Starring Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monahan, Kevin McKidd, Kathleen Quinlan, Kadeem Hardison, Chris Messina, Richmond Arquette, Busy Philipps, Whitney Cummings, Emily Nelson, Kevin Sussman, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sydney Pollack. Screenplay by Adam Sztykiel, Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. Directed by Paul Weiland. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. In the … Continue reading
THE VISITOR (2008) Starring Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass, Marian Seldes, Maggie Moore, Michael Cumpsty, Bill McHenry and Richard Kind. Screenplay by Thomas McCarthy. Directed by Thomas McCarthy. Distributed by Overture Films. 103 minutes. Rated PG-13. Richard Jenkins is just one of those actors. You’ve been seeing him for decades. You know … Continue reading
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