Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 138 min | Rated R As any fan of Martin Scorsese likely knows, the accomplished director is also a lifelong student of the history of film. Watching the first frames of his latest effort, I…
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 118 min. | Rated R As is usually the case with movie apocalypses, the one in The Book of Eli leaves the United States covered in a thick coating of grime, dust and dirt. However,…
Disney / Buena Vista | 2010 | 108 min | Rated PG Despite its title, Alice in Wonderland is more of a sequel to the Carroll novels, not a reworking of them. Return to Wonderland, or Alice’s Continuing Adventures in…
BBC | 2009 | 182 mins. | Not rated Written between 1599 and 1601, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been adapted for the stage and screen countless times. The highest grossing adaptation of the tale to date (and most popular, in…
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 108 mins. | Rated PG-13 Author Nicholas Sparks has unquestionably cornered the market on angst filled romance cinema. As the lovers in his previous films The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Nights In Rodanthe…
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 106 mins. | Rated PG If Extraordinary Measures has the look and feel of a made-for-TV movie, the explanation is a rather simple one: it’s the first feature released by the newly constituted CBS Films….
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 110 mins. | Rated PG-13 For the most part, Christian cinema has had a difficult time finding success among mainstream audiences. While I’m not exactly sure why, I suspect it’s because often times the filmmakers…
Sony Pictures | 1986 | 113 mins. | Rated PG Given the success of 1984’s The Karate Kid, there was little surprise when Columbia Pictures released The Karate Kid II two years later. Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita reprise their…
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 133 mins. | Rated PG-13 At first glance, it’s easy to see why some critics dismissed Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial effort, Invictus. Some may get lost in the inescapable sentimentality of the story, therefore missing…
Sony Pictures | 1984 | 127 mins. | Rated PG I was just about to turn eleven when The Karate Kid hit theaters in the summer of 1984. Likely because of my age, I was immediately drawn in. Directed by…