Frost/Nixon (2008)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

[8] It's amazing how interesting a movie about an interview can be. Granted, the subject of the interview is the first American president ever to be removed from office, and the motivation behind the interview is to get him to admit to…
Survive Style 5+ (2004)

Survive Style 5+ (2004)

[7] Five disparate stories intertwine in absurd ways in this bizarre but beautifully executed Tarantino-esque flick from Japan. The main story, by a narrow margin, focuses on a man who keeps killing and burying his wife only to find her home again,…
Freedomland (2006)

Freedomland (2006)

[4] Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore star in this clunky mystery about a New York detective tasked with prying information from a distressed woman whose toddler was kidnapped in a stolen car, while also trying to prevent an escalating race riot.…
Evolution (2001)

Evolution (2001)

[5] Three scientists and a guy from off the street discover a crashed meteor that is begetting alien life forms that are evolving into monsters at a dangerous rate in this fantasy comedy from Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters, Stripes). On one hand, Evolution…
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

[4] George Clooney directs, co-writes, and co-stars in this examination of famed broadcast newsman Edward R. Murrow's attempts to thwart McCarthyism at CBS. David Strathairn brings his usual nonchalance to the role of Murrow. Clooney plays his right-hand man, Fred Friendly. McCarthyism…
Sex and the Teenage Mind (2002)

Sex and the Teenage Mind (2002)

[3] Relatively low production values and a lack of originality mar this soft-core teen sex comedy. Jay Michael Ferguson stars as a guy pining after a girl (Allison Lange) he eventually gets to have a date with. That's pretty much it, folks.…
Lakeview Terrace (2008)

Lakeview Terrace (2008)

[4] Samuel L. Jackson stars as an ex-cop trying to raise two small children on his own. But when Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington move in next door, Jackson's character has a problem living next to an interracial couple. He goes above…
Descent (2007)

Descent (2007)

[6] Rosario Dawson stars in this rape revenge story about a timid college freshman who keeps tabs on her rapist while falling in with a seedy crowd who inspire her method of revenge. Descent is a slow burn that tested my patience,…
The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)

The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)

[8] Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Ritter star in this tale of two boys from different sides of the tracks who form a tenuous, unlikely friendship over time, until one boy's secret and the other's temper threaten to pull them apart. I think…
The Final Destination (2009)

The Final Destination (2009)

[5] If you saw the three that came before it, you know exactly what to expect from The Final Destination, and you'll get nothing more -- perhaps a bit less. It follows the same plot as the other movies -- a kid…