Revolutionary Road (2008)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

[7] Revolutionary Road explores the dark side of marriage, where husband and wife suffocate in the confines of traditional gender roles and start lashing out at one another. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (together again for the first time since…
The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008)

[8] Without the burden of exposition, Christopher Nolan (Insomnia, Inception) molds his Batman sequel into a compelling crime drama that probes deep into the frightening psyches of Bob Kane's characters. No Batman movie, or comic book movie for that matter,…
Pineapple Express (2008)

Pineapple Express (2008)

[8] Pineapple Express is Quentin Tarantino meets Cheech and Chong, a hyperviolent action flick crashed into a buddy comedy. The mish-mash may be an acquired taste, but it's a winning combination for me. Seth Rogen and James Franco carry this…
Deadgirl (2008)

Deadgirl (2008)

[7] Two high school buddies discover a girl chained to a table in an abandoned mental hospital. At first she appears dead, but she's actually one of the "living" dead. And she's all theirs... Yes, just when you thought zombies…
Baby Mama (2008)

Baby Mama (2008)

[5] A prim and proper lady discovers she is infertile and hires a street-smart gal to be her 'Baby Mama.' As much as I like everyone in the cast -- from stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, to Steve Martin,…
Twilight (2008)

Twilight (2008)

[5] You know this story by now, even if you haven't seen the movie: Girl meets vampire, girl wants to screw the vampire, but vampire is too good for that shit. I don't generally like a story where one character…
Quid Pro Quo (2008)

Quid Pro Quo (2008)

[6] Nick Stahl (Carnivale, Terminator 3) and Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring) star in this intimate, slightly bizarre character drama from writer/director Carlos Brooks. Stahl plays a wheelchair-bound New York City radio reporter researching a subculture of "paraplegic…
Body of Lies (2008)

Body of Lies (2008)

[5] Ridley Scott directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in a story about a CIA agent (DiCaprio) trying to bust a terrorist leader in Jordan while having his chain yanked by both the Jordan and American governments. I could also…
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

[5] This belated sequel gets by, for the most part, on good will and fond memories of the previous three installments. It's light on memorable action scenes and heavy on silliness (the CGI mokeys and gophers are really, really hard…
Bad Biology (2008)

Bad Biology (2008)

[5] How do you review a movie about a guy and girl with murderous mutant genitalia? In the hands of David Cronenberg, this could have been a truly disturbing, fascinating horror film. But in lieu of Cronenberg, we have Frank…