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
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
IRON MAN (2008) Starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Clark Gregg, Bill Smitrovich and Sayed Badreya. Screenplay by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. Directed by Jon Favreau. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 126 minutes. Rated PG-13. Iron Man was always sort of a … Continue reading
TEETH (2008) Starring Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer, Vivienne Benesch, Lenny Von Dohlen, Nicole Swahn, Julia Garro and Adam Wagner. Screenplay by Mitchell Lichtenstein. Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. Distributed by Dimension Extreme. 88 minutes. Rated R. The symbolic baggage behind the central conceit of Teeth alone could keep a Freudian busy for … Continue reading
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (2008) Starring Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Liz Cackowski, Maria Thayer, Jack McBrayer, Taylor Wily, Da’Vone McDonald, Steve Landesberg, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Carla Gallo, Billy Bush, William Baldwin and Jason Bateman. Screenplay by Jason Segel. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
CLOVERFIELD (2008) Starring Michael Stahl-David, Odette Ustman, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel, Anjul Nigam, Margot Farley, Theo Rossi, Brian Klugman, Kelvin Yu, Liza Lapira, Ben Feldman and Elena Caruso. Screenplay by Drew Goddard. Directed by Matt Reeves. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 85 minutes. Rated PG-13. You know that old joke about a … Continue reading
ROMAN DE GARE (2008) Starring Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier, Myriam Boyer, Zinedine Soualem, Boris Ventura Diaz, Marc Rioufol, Thomas Le Douarec, Sarah Lelouch, Shaya Lelouch, Cyrille Eldin, Gilles Lemaire, Serge Moati, Bernard Werber and Arlette Gordon. Screenplay by Gérard de Battista and Claude Lelouch. Directed by Claude Lelouch. Distributed by Samuel … Continue reading
