"Wesley" is a biopic about John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founders of the Methodist movement in the 18th century that later became the Methodist Church. Director John Jackman, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Carolyn Haywood, crafted an excellent movie with a high caliber feel, including an [..]

"Eat Pray Love" is a typical Julia Roberts vehicle where she plays an America woman embarking on world travels after she goes through a painful divorce. Roberts delivers her usual charismatic performance, but with shallow material from a screenplay adapted from a 2006 book of the same [..]

There has probably never been such a low-key science fiction film as "Monsters." This interesting story takes place years after a NASA science probe crashes in Mexico, bringing extraterrestrial life with it. This leads to the northern half of Mexico becoming a quarantined zone. The [..]

"Leap Year" is a very predictable and formulaic romantic comedy starring Amy Adams as a woman who travels from Boston to Dublin to propose marriage to her commitment-shy boyfriend, based on the Irish tradition that men cannot refuse this offer on Leap Day. If it takes this [..]

"Cemetery Junction" is a run-of-the-mill "coming of age" movie about three teenagers in lower middle class England. Directors-screenwriters Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have made a boring film that is filled with cliches and foul language. It was a flop at the box office for Gervais/Merchant [..]

"Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story" tells us everything we need to know about the popular board game of Monopoly, but didn't know to ask. Producer-director-screenwriter Kevin Tostado went over everything from the history of Monopoly to visiting the World Championship held every four to six years [..]

"The Kids Are All Right" is a comedy-drama film from director-screenwriter Lisa Cholodenko ("Laurel Canyon" 2002). The story is about a lesbian couple whose two children contact their biological father, a sperm donor to one of the women. Comedy, drama, and general havoc then descends upon [..]

"What If..." is the inspiring story of a wealthy businessman visited by an angel who gives him a glimpse into what his life would have been like if he had not left his fiancee and a call to the ministry fifteen years earlier. [..]

Producer-director-screenwriter Emilio Estevez ("Bobby" 2006) put together the story of an American who travels to France to recover the body of his son who dies while traveling the Camino de Santiago, a Roman Catholic pilgrimage route in northern Spain. He ends up doing the pilgrimage himself. [..]

"Cyrus" is a quirky little comedy about a woman whose 23-year-old son begins interfering with her relationship with her new boyfriend. Directors-screenwriters Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass ("The Puffy Chair" 2005) gave the film a smooth pace and believability, as some of the dialogue was improvised (called [..]