"The Pursuit of Happyness" is an old fashioned rags-to-riches story that we don't see coming out of Hollywood in recent years. Will Smith was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for his heartfelt portrayal of a homeless man, based on a true story. [..]

The Best Picture of 2006 is....."The Departed," an exciting, intriguing, and complex story that makes great movie fare. It also won Academy Awards for Best Director for Martin Scorsese, Best Screenplay for William Monahan, and Best Film Editing for Thelma Schoonmaker. [..]

"Amazing Grace" is the inspirational story of William Wilberforce's efforts to end the slave trade throughout the British empire. Ioan Guffudd seems to personify Wilberforce, the MP who guided the anti-slavery legislation through Parliament and realized its passage on Feb. 23, 1807. Albert Finney portrayed his [..]

Producer Vince Vaughn has come up with a hit in the slick romantic comedy "The Break-Up." He stars with Jennifer Anniston as an unmarried couple who come to an impasse in their relationship, but neither wants to move out, as they jointly own a valuable condo in [..]

Keri Russell gives an excellent performance as a "Waitress" who specializes in making delicious pies, in addition to dealing with an abusive husband and an unwanted pregnancy. Director-screenwriter Adrienne Shelly put together quite a gem here, in her last work before her death at age 40, three [..]

"Lars and the Real Girl" is an off-beat comedy-drama about a socially awkward young man who develops a romantic and non-sexual relationship with an anatomically correct sex doll. His family and friends support him while he words through his problem of fear of intimacy. [..]

Will Smith entertains fabulously in "I Am Legend," a science fiction horror film about the end of the world. Smith's character Robert Neville seems to be the last person remaining on earth, or at least on Manhattan Island, due to a cure for cancer that has mutated [..]

The unusual life of Dr. Dorian Paskowitz and his family is chronicled in the documentary film "Surfwise." He was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he learned to surf at a young age. Paskowitz and his parents moved to San Diego, where he spent most of [..]

Seth Rogen stars takes on another low-life role in "Knocked Up." This raunchy romantic comedy from producer-director-screenwriter Judd Apatow follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand that results in an unintended pregnancy. The "romantic comedy" story features partying, smoking marijuana, use of more hard-core drugs, [..]

"Fracture" is a crime drama that we have seen before: A man shoots his wife, sending her into a coma, gets off on a technicality, and then an ADA goes on a campaign to prove his guilt. The difference here is that Anthony Hopkins and Ryan [..]