Speed Racer (2008)
[6] After seeing trailers for this movie, I decided I didn't want to feel stuck in a jelly bean tornado for a whole two hours and fifteen minutes. But for whatever reason, I finally decided to take a chance on Lilly and…
The Bucket List (2007)
[4] Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play terminally-ill cancer patients who decide to make one last go at their 'bucket list' -- a list of things to see and do before they die. I usually trust director Rob Reiner (When Harry Met…
Junebug (2005)
[6] Embeth Davidtz (Army of Darkness) and Alessandro Nivola (The Art of Self-Defense) play married Chicago art dealers who stay with Nivola's North Carolina family while Davidtz negotiates to represent a controversial painter who lives nearby. Nivola's parents and brother put up…
A Home at the End of the World (2004)
[7] Colin Farrell stars as a free-spirited young man who enters into a romantic triangle with a woman (Robin Wright) and his boyhood friend (Dallas Roberts). A Home at the End of the World, based on the novel by Michael Cunningham (The…
Bringing Down the House (2003)
[7] Steve Martin and Queen Latifah star in this farcical comedy about a prison escapee who elbows her way into an uptight lawyer's life so he can help her overturn her wrongful conviction. Most of the laughs in Bringing Down the House…
Reign of Fire (2002)
[6] Frequent X-Files director Rob Bowman helms this action-packed monster movie about the last remaining humans on Earth battling dragons in post-apocalyptic England. Christian Bale plays the cautious leader of a colony of survivors who have taken up residence beneath an old…
The Caveman’s Valentine (2001)
[4] Samuel L. Jackson stars as a homeless man trying to solve the murder of a young gay man who was the muse for a famous New York City photographer. Jackson's character has a hard time getting anyone to take him seriously…
Poster Boy (2004)
[6] A selfish senator forces his closeted gay son to be the poster boy for his re-election campaign. Meanwhile, an AIDS activist plans to publicly 'out' the son during a college campaign stop. Trouble is, the senator's son and the AIDS activist…
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
[8] Naomi Watts and Laura Harring star in this dreamy David Lynch film that almost defies summary, but I'll do my best. Watts plays a young actress fresh in Hollywood who meets Harring, a woman who just escaped a car crash and…
The Shortcut (2009)
[5] After his little brother discovers a dead dog and a scary old man on a wooded shortcut, a new-teen-in-town (Drew Seeley) invites his friends to investigate the trail and the legend behind the mysterious old man who patrols it. The opening…