Category: The Twenty-First Century

“Fair Game” is an interesting political thriller about events leading up  to the Iraq war of 2003 that dramatizes the Bush administration’s eagerness to convince Americans and the world that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that were a threat to national security in the U.S. The film, though partly fictionalized, points to many real events…

“Mother And Child” is a well written and well directed drama about the lives of three women that share a common core: they’ve all been affected by adoption. Karen (Annette Bening in a solid performance) had a baby when she was only 14, gave her up at birth, and has been haunted ever since by…

For viewers who haven’t seen “Hatchet 1”, the movie demands a “what is it?” question. For those who have, it’s a “Why is it?” question. The movie picks up right at the end of the first one with Marybeth (who wasn’t even the heroine in the first film) escaping the swamp. She manages to reach Reverend Zombie…

“Conviction” is probably the best film you won’t bother to see this year. It’s a simple, yet powerful story that raises a very interesting question: how loyal would you be to your brother, if he was convincted of a crime he did not commit and sent to prison for the rest of his life? Would you stand…

“Flipped” is easily the best relationship movie I’ve seen since “500 Days Of Summer”. I’m a guy who doesn’t stand Nicholas Sparks and his cheesy stories, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t appreciate a good movie about the ups and downs of love. And “Flipped” is exactly that. It’s heartwarming, fresh and perfectly acted…

You might not give a damn about Secretariat, the fastest horse in history who went on to win horse racing’s triple crown in 1973, a feat not accomplished in 25 years. But the film contains all the elements needed to grab your attention from the word go and right through the closing credits. It’s the inspiring (and true) story…

I haven’t seen Halle Berry in a movie since “Things We Lost In The Fire”. For a second there I thought she was done with acting. No worries: she’s back, and what a wonderful comeback it was. Her performance as a multiracial character in “Frankie And Alice” with personality disorder is hearbreaking, uplifting and outstanding. Berry plays…

Here’s the thing about Kirsten Stewart’s acting: she’s either horrible at it (hint: “Twilight”) or overdoing it. I admire her effort in “Welcome To The Rileys” but I just couldn’t buy her performance as a stripper/hooker. James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo are both very good, but they are misdirected. They play a husband and wife living…

Absorbing drama explores the beginning and end of an intimate relationship, going back and forth in time from the couple’s first meeting through the bitter disintegration of their marriage. The two stories are told in intersecting circles: We see the beggining of the end at first, then we see how they first met. We see…

Confession: I expected the worst here. I’m not a fan of Katherine Heigl or Josh Duhamel, and the plot seemed dumb, so basically my expectations were pretty low. I was surprised to find out that it wasn’t as bad as they (the critcs) said it was. But this being a hollywood romantic comedy, the outcome…

You might know shit about Jack Abramoff, the greedy Washington lobbyist who is now serving out his 4 year prison terms for corruption and fraud. But director Georges Hickenlooper (who sadly died last october at age 47) will make sure you get a history lesson out of his film. Wikipedia defines “lobbyist” as a person…

I’m surprised the Coen brothers made this movie. It’s so different than any other film they ever did, except in quality. John Wayne won his first and only oscar for portraying the hard nosed, fearless one-eyed U.S marshal Rooster Cogburn back in 1969. I thought nobody could fill in his boots, and I was right.…

Picture this: there is a society consisting of children who were “created” in a  laboratory in order for them to become donors. Now imagine you’re one of those children. You have no parents, and you can never become one. You exist to grow hearts, kidneys, livers and other useful organs, then die after too much has…

“The Company Men” stars Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Chris Cooper as employees at GTX, a fictional Boston manufacturing company. These characters don’t have much interaction on screen, but they share one thing in common: they’ve all lost their jobs. The film examines the relationship between themselves, their families, neighbors and community as they…

Interesting thriller starring Ryan Reynolds as a contract driver in Iraq whose vehicle gets ambushed by terrorists. When he wakes up, he finds himself buried alive in a coffin, with nothing but a cell phone and a lighter at his disposal. And so begins his race against time, as he realises that there’s not enough air for him…