"Defiance" is the story of four Polish Jewish brothers leading a resistance movement against the Nazi German Army in World War II in Belarus. Producer-director Edward Zwick ("Legends of the Fall" 1994) created a powerful story in this streamlined and focused film, for which he co-wrote the [..]

"Nim's Island" is a fantasy action film geared for family audiences. The story tells of a young girl (Abigail Breslin) who seeks help from the author of her favorite adventure books (Jodie Foster) when her scientist father (Gerard Butler) goes missing. The [..]

"Traitor" is an interesting spy thriller which stars Don Cheadle as an America agent who goes under deep cover for U. S. intelligence. Complications arise when his immediate superior, played by Jeff Daniels, is killed. Cheadle is being pursued by FBI agents who are unaware of [..]

A series of improbable events make up the entire plot of "Eagle Eye." But director D. J. Caruso ("Disturbia" 2007) has the movie going at such a fast pace that the audience doesn't have time to stop and think about the stupidity of what they are watching. [..]

"Yes Man" is just another mediocre Jim Carrey vehicle that falls flat on its face. This formulaic romantic comedy not only suffers from a dull screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, Jarrod Paul, and Andrew Mogel, but tortures the audience with the obnoxious presence of Carrey's tired routine of [..]

"Sunshine Cleaning" is an engaging independent drama film, cleverly written by Megan Holley and tightly directed by Christine Jeffs. It is the story of two sisters who start a cleaning service that handles hazardous materials. Believe it or not, there are loads of opportunities for drama [..]

"Be Kind Rewind" is an off-beat comedy film from producer-director-screenwriter Michael Gondry ("The Science of Sleep" 2006). It tells the story of the Be Kind Rewind VHS Video Store that faces closure because the owner refuses to modernize and sell DVDs. The building also faces the [..]

One of the most riveting crime dramas to come out of Italy, or anywhere else, in recent years is "The Sicilian Girl." It is the true story of eleven-year-old Rita Mancuso, whose testimony was instrumental in convicting numerous Mafia figures in Sicily in 1991. Tight direction [..]

"Departures" is an interesting Japanese film about a young man who takes work as a mortician. He has to deal with some prejudice due to societal taboos against people who work in an industry that deals with death. He realizes it is a job someone must [..]

Great writing and stunning performances keep the audience engaged throughout the nearly two hours of "Doubt." The conflict between the main characters, Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier, principle of a Catholic school, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Brendan Flynn, priest of the adjoining Catholic church, [..]