Recent Posts Tagged With '2008'

• Gomorra (2008)

  Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 08:54 in 2008, matteo garrone

  Director: Matteo Garrone Writer: Roberto Saviano (book) and Maurizio Braucci (screenplay) Genre: Crime/Drama Gomorra, although certainly not the greatest mafia movie ever made, is a good film. The acting is odd at times, but never gives that awful s...

• The Reader (2008)

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 21:28 in 2008, Kate Winslet, ralph fiennes, stephen daldry, david kross

  Director: Stephen Daldry Writer: David Hare (screenplay) and Bernhard Schlink (book) Genre: Drama/Romance The Reader will shock most with it’s harsh narrative and surprisingly steamy romance, yet it still manages to deliver a hard hitting and c...

• Man Overboard (2008)

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 21:56 in 2008, nathan ives, oliver robins, ashley scott meyers, mel fair

  Director: Oliver Robins Writer: Ashley Scott Meyers and Nathan Ives Genre: Comedy Man Overboard attempts to get you excited about boats and salesmen, but leaves room for improvement. Although it was funny for the most part and never overly obnoxious...

• Doubt (2008)

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 15:53 in 2008, meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman, john patrick shanley, amy adams

  Director: John Patrick Shanley Writer: John Patrick Shanley Genre: Drama John Patrick Shanley takes his play and adapts it into a film with two of the best actors of our time. Meryl Streep, who almost fit the role too well, was an excellent choice. ...

• Stick it in Detroit (2008)

  Posted on Thursday May 7th, 2009 at 21:51 in 2008, justin rose, john lutz, robert phelps, gaetano aprea, shaun mclean

  Director: Robert Phelps Writer: Gaetano Aprea, Shaun McLean, Robert Phelps, and Justin Rose Genre: Comedy Although Stick it in Detroit is not what I would call a family film, it was hilarious. There were times in the film when I could not keep mysel...

• Frost/Nixon (2008)

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 22:30 in 2008, kevin bacon, oliver platt, ron howard, michael sheen, sam rockwell, frank langella, matthew macfadyen

  Director: Ron Howard Writer: Peter Morgan Genre: Drama/History Frost/Nixon not only provides an interesting drama, but a great look at history from a different perspective than it is usually told. For some reason I cannot help but compare the overal...

• Taken (2008)

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 09:07 in 2008, famke janssen, liam neeson, pierre morel

  Director: Pierre Morel Writer: Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Genre: Action/Thriller/Crime/Drama Taken is non-stop romp through Paris. Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a retired spy, will stop at nothing to get his kidnapped daughter back. His daughter...

• Fireproof (2008)

  Posted on Monday February 23rd, 2009 at 09:59 in 2008, kirk cameron, alex kendrick

  Director: Alex Kendrick Writer: Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick Genre: Drama Fireproof proves there is hope for these fresh Christian filmmakers, but don’t expect quite the quality you normally receive in the theaters. Kirk Cameron and all ...

• Review Blitz #18

  Posted on Monday February 9th, 2009 at 13:05 in 2008, fallen, 2005, land of the dead, the women, the house bunny, miss pedigrew lives for a day

  Fallen (1998) Denzel Washington does a good job even if his character and persona are his standard work. I did like the idea of the film which combined crime drama thriller and a touch of horror. It was just what I was looking for. The dark tone o...

• Rambo 4 (2008)

  Posted on Sunday February 8th, 2009 at 18:30 in 2008, sylvester stallone

  Director: Sylvester Stallone Writer: Art Monterastelli and Sylvester Stallone Genre: Action/Thriller Stallone decided to get the help of another writer on this one, but left the directing to himself. This turns out to be by far the best combination...

• 80 Minutes (2008)

  Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 11:07 in 2008, thomas jahn

  Director: Thomas Jahn Writer: Thomas Jahn Genre: Thriller/Action Unfortunately I cannot recommend that Thomas Jahn stick with either writing or directing; both were terribly executed in this film. I watched this a while back and decided that I would...

• Seven Pounds (2008)

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 15:05 in 2008, Woody Harrelson, will smith, barry pepper, rosario dawsom

  Director: Gabriele Muccino Writer: Grant Nieporte Genre: Drama Story Ben Thomas (Will Smith) is an IRS agent on a mission to drastically change the lives of seven strangers. While on his quest he meets Emily Posa (Rosario Dawson) who is in desperate...

• Yes Man (2008)

  Posted on Saturday January 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 in 2008, Jim Carrey, zooey deschanel, peyton reed

  Director: Peyton ReedWriter: Nicholas Stoller and Jarrad PaulGenre: Comedy Story The story is fairly well known with this one, but many compare it to Liar Liar and I think there is only two reasons to make that comparison. It has Jim Carrey and it i...

• Four Christmases (2008)

  Posted on Tuesday December 23rd, 2008 at 05:00 in 2008, Reese Witherspoon, vince vaughn, jon voight, jon favreau, seth gordon, steve wiebe, robert duvall, sissy spacek

  Director: Seth Gordon Writer: Matt Allen and Caleb Wilson Genre: Comedy Story Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) are a couple that does not believe in getting married or spending time with their dysfunctional families. When there pl...