Running Scared (2006)

Running Scared (2006)

[5] I watched this movie several weeks ago and I still don't quite know how to review it. An assault on the senses? Psychotic in tone? Punishingly serendipitous? Insane?... Yes, it's all those things. But it's also a riveting in…
We Don’t Live Here Anymore (2004)

We Don’t Live Here Anymore (2004)

[5] Mark Ruffalo and Laura Dern play one couple, Naomi Watts and Peter Krause play another. Both couples are friendly, especially Ruffalo and Watts, who sneak away every possible moment to have sex with each other. Dern's no dummy, though.…
Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

[8] Don Cheadle stars as Paul Rusesabagina in the true story of a Rwandan man who saved over a thousand lives by harboring refugees in his hotel during the Hutu slaughtering of the Tutsi in 1994. Hotel Rwanda takes about…
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

[6] Cillian Murphy stars a young trans-woman who leaves Ireland in the 1970s to find her birth mother in London. Along the way, she has flings with a singer (Gavin Friday) and a comic magician (Stephen Rea), rough encounters with…
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

[5] Josh Hartnett stars as a guy so obsessed with his ex-girlfriend, that it haunts any attempt to start a new relationship. So he gives up sex for Lent -- right before accidentally meeting Mrs. Right (Shannyn Sossamon). While his…
The Deep End (2001)

The Deep End (2001)

[5] Tilda Swinton stars as a mother trying to cover-up the accidental death of her son's aggressive gay lover. But things get even more complicated when a strong-arm (Goran Visnjik) tries to extort the dead man's debts from her. Tilda…
Meet the Fockers (2004)

Meet the Fockers (2004)

[7] Director Jay Roach and cast return, adding Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Steisand to the mix, for this sequel to Meet the Parents. In preparation for their big wedding, Ben Stiller and Teri Polo need for their parents to meet…
Meet the Parents (2000)

Meet the Parents (2000)

[7] Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro headline this 'comedy of errors' flick about a male nurse seeking permission from an ex-CIA agent to take his daughter's hand in marriage. Formula comedies usually fail or succeed on the strength of casting.…
Normal (2003)

Normal (2003)

[7] Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson star in playwright/director Jane Anderson's story about a rural midwestern family weathering the father's decision to undergo a sex change. Wilkinson portrays the father, who endures prejudice from his coworkers and family. Lange plays…
Bellflower (2011)

Bellflower (2011)

[7] A nice young dude with an obsession for Mad Max and the Apocalypse falls in love with a cool young chick. But when he catches her with another dude, he and his best bud consider going medieval on some…