"Waiting to Exhale" is the story of four women and their trials and tribulations in their romantic relationships. Director Forest Whitaker, in his feature film debut, and screenwriters Terry McMillan and Ronald Bass, crafted an engrossing drama that transcends the expected "chic flick" genre. The four [..]
Star Trek (2009)
"Star Trek" reboots the entire Trek franchise, with a completely new cast, keeping all the action-adventure that has always been present in the movies and television programs. It is the eleventh movie in the film series that began in 1979, and a prequel to the original television [..]
Avatar (2009)
Producer-director-screenwriter James Cameron ("Titanic" 1997) created the epic outer space science fiction film "Avatar," the story of humans in the 22nd century colonizing a planet in the Alpha Centauri system. Conflict arises when the natives realize that the invaders are destroying their civilization for the planet's natural [..]
An American Affair (2008)
"An American Affair" is an engrossing film set in 1963 about a woman carrying on an affair with President John F. Kennedy, while her teenage neighbor across the street witnesses the comings and goings of the presidential entourage. The movie, directed by William Olsson and written by [..]
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
Producer-director Tony Scott ("Top Gun" 1986) put together a decent remake of the 1974 movie "The Taking of Pelham 123." Scott and screenwriter Brian Helgeland kept the action and storyline moving in this tale of a New York City subway train dispatcher who is drafted into the [..]
Super Capers (2009)
"Super Capers" is a low-budget comedy film about an aspiring superhero who is assigned to a halfway house for superheroes who have not quite reached the skill level they need to help out society. The bright side of this satire of superhero movies is that director-screenwriter Ray [..]
Fanboys (2009)
"Fanboys" is an entertaining story of a group of high school friends, all "Star Wars" fans, who have waited years for the release of "Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace." They embark on a road trip from Ohio to Skywalker Ranch in California to steal the film [..]
The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
Every so often a movie comes along that is so confusing and so ridiculous that you know you have wasted two hours of your life for nothing. "The Time Traveler's Wife" is one such film. The screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin has the time traveler guy [..]
The Joneses (2009)
"The Joneses" is a comedy-drama film that covers subject matter not usually portrayed on the big screen: A team of "guerrilla marketers" who pose as a family in an upscale neighborhood to promote the sale of a wide variety of consumer products. [..]
My One and Only (2009)
"My One and Only" is a comedy-drama loosely based on the early life of George Hamilton and how he and his mother and brother traveled west from New York to Los Angeles. The thrills, chills, and spills were expertly woven into this movie by director Richard Loncraine [..]