Category: Movie Reviews

Cast: Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Jennifer Morrison Studio: Dreamworks Rating: 5.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Facing another Christmas alone, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) decides to go back to his idyllic childhood home to spend the holidays with family. There is, however, one problem: the people living there now are not Drew’s family. Nevertheless,…

Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Elle Russ, Stanley G. Sawicki, Dian Bachar Studio: Paramount Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability, learns that a power hungry dictator is brokering weapons of mass destruction to terrorists. The heroes embark upon a harrowing mission to save the world. To…

Cast: Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Ann-Margret Studio: Fox Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Belle Williams (Queen Latifah) is a speed demon. Flying through the streets of New York in her tricked-out taxi, she’s earned a rep as New York’s fastest cabbie. But driving a hack is only a pit stop for her real dream: Belle wants…

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Hernandez, Lucas Black Studio: Universal Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: From Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment and based on the best-selling book about high school football by H.G. Bissinger, Friday Night Lights chronicles the entire 1988 season of the Permian High Panthers of Odessa, Texas,…

Cast: Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger Studio: Dreamworks Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: Oscar (Will Smith) is a fast-talking little fish who dreams big. But his big dreams land him in hot water when a great white lie turns him into an unlikely hero. At first, his fellow fish swallow Oscar’s story hook, line…

Cast: John Travolta, Joaquin Phoenix, Jacinda Barrett Studio: Touchstone Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: What does it take for a man to run into a burning building when everybody else is running out? Why do firemen leave their families each morning to risk their lives for strangers? “Ladder 49” is an exciting, powerful film that celebrates…

Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Dylan Moran, Lucy Davis Studio: Rogue Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Shaun’s life is stuck in a rut. He’s a twenty nine year old who lives with his two best friends Ed and Pete. Shaun’s girlfriend Liz is sick of the same old, boring nights down their local pub.…

Cast: Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett, Evan Jones, Amaury Nolasco, Chris Noth Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: You only get one shot at greatness, and if that one chance slips through your fingers, it’s game over. Or is it? After years of retirement from pro sports, Stan Ross is about to discover that there are…

Cast: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Bai Ling, Michael Gambon Studio: Paramount Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: Famous scientists around the world have mysteriously disappeared and Chronicle reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) along with ace aviator Sky Captain (Jude Law) are on the investigation. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around the…

Cast: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Carly Schroeder Studio: Paramount Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Director Jacob Estes’s feature film debut is a remarkably accomplished coming of age drama about death and consequences. When overweight, emotionally troubled George (Josh Peck) beats up a smaller kid named Sam (Rory Culkin) one time too many,…