Warner Bros. | 2009 | 128 mins. | Rated PG-13 Based on a portion of Michael Lewis’ 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, The Blind Side strikes some as simply an overtly sentimental, manipulative tearjerker; the likes…
Warner Bros. | 1981 | 118 mins. | Not rated For many, 1981’s Clash of the Titans is best remembered as the last film of to feature stop-motion animation effects by living legend Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen had made a name…
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2009 | 127 mins. | Rated R Arguably one of the best known documentary filmmakers in the western world, Michael Moore is a man who stirs up strong emotions. People tend to love or hate…
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 127 mins. | Rated R Director Pedro Almodóvar has clearly found his muse in Penélope Cruz; after working together in Live Flesh, All About My Mother and Volver, the two teamed up again for Broken…
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 101 mins. | Rated PG As a child, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are was a regular part of my bedtime reading routine. As a matter of fact, it was one of the first…
Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 97 mins. | Rated G In recent years, Disney has found itself playing catch up with the mighty PIXAR when it comes to animated films. While the ‘House of Mouse’ has put out…
Sony Pictures | 2003 | 117 mins. | Rated PG-13 Mona Lisa Smile is one of those movies you can’t help but watch and wonder what might have been. When I was tempted to refer to the film as Dead…
Lionsgate Films | 2009 | 109 mins. | Rated R Based on the novel Push by Sapphire, Precious is a film I avoided seeing for as long as possible. I knew it would be hard to stomach. Now that I…
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 108 mins. | Rated R The main character in The Informant! is a fairly high ranking corporate executive who goes undercover to spy on his company for the FBI. At one point, he remarks he…
Warner Bros. | 1990 | 145 mins. | Rated R Like The Godfather, I have watched Goodfellas at least half a dozen times over the years, and waffled back and forth as to which is the better film. After twenty…