First time Director – Field Smith struggles to keep this mildly amusing comedy on track with some all too obvious gags; but Knocked Up sideline actor Jay Baruchel deservingly gets a leading role and helps keep the film from sniking completely. With average looks, and an average job working in security at an airport, Kirk’s [...]

Dir Ali Mostafa, starring Saoud Al Kaabi, Sonu Sood, Natalie Dormer, and Jason Flemyng. City of life is the fist big budget feature-length film to be set entirely in the UAE and directed by 28 years old Emirati, Ali F. Mostafa. Essentially an urban drama, the film follows the lives of three individuals from different [...]

Dir Jim Sheridan, starrring Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire. Based on the award-winning 2004 Danish drama by Susanne Bier, Brothers tells the story of Tommy (Gyllenhaal), an excon who gets out of jail as his older brother Sam (Maguire), a loyal Marine, is getting ready to head back to Afghanistan with his men. When [...]

Dir Scott Sanders, starring Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall, Kevin Chapman. The writers, most of whom also star, had a lot of fun with this low-budget spoof blaxploitation movie. CIA agent Black Dynamite (White) vows to clean up the streets after his brother is murdered; he finds out that his brother was actually [...]

Dir Micheal Lembeck, starring Julie Andrews, Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd Derek Thompson (Johnson) is a former pro hockey player now in the minors where he’s known as “The Tooth Fairy” because his body checks often lead to dental damage. When Derek discourages a youngster’s dream, he finds himself (Andrews) who sentences him to one week’s [...]

Dir Paul Greengrass, starring Mat Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson. Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller ( Damon) is a military officer charged with locating weapons of mass destructions, but every site he visits is a dead end. When he voices doubts about the intelligence, hegets in trouble with the Pentagon Chief (Kinnear). Meanwhile, [...]

Dir Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham – Carter, Mia Wasikowska. The directorial king of fantasy and pure fiction, Tim Burton, is back in the chair with the highly anticipated and much hyped arrival of his 3D Alice. Our heroine (Wasikowska) is a headstrong 19 year old who attends a party at [...]

Dir Richard Loncraine, starring Renne Zellweger, Eric McCormick, Kevin Bacon, and Logan Lerman. Beautiful Ann Devereaux has left her philandering husband and is search of a replacement soul mate – as long as they happen to be wealthy. Joining her on her road trip are her two teenage sons: enthusiastic, stage-bound Robbie and wityy aspiring [...]

Dir Albert Hughes and Alen Hughes, starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis. In a not too distant future, the aftermath of war has left behind a desolate wasteland, home to gangs, thieves and a complete lack of law and civilization. (It seems moviemakers are by nature pessimists: when was the last time you saw [...]

Up in the Air – Dir Jason Reitman, starring George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman. Ryan Bingham is rather confident in his job – traveling around the country conducting employee layoffs for companies whose bosses are too cowardly to do it themselves. But as he nears his goals of 10 million frequent flyer miles, Ryan [...]

Dir Grant Heslov, starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey. Reporter Ben Wilton (McGregor) is down on his luck. Heading out to Iraq in search of a story big enough to impress his straying wife, Ben meets Lyn Cassidy (Clooney), a retired soldier and a psychic spy. He can’t quite believe what he’s stumbled upon. [...]