Rather than have everyone skip ahead, first let’s talk about Heath Ledger. He’s the linchpin of “The Dark Knight,” and he’s terrific. Director Christopher Nolan wanted to make an action movie that was different from other action movies - darker, more twisted, more despairing, more bleak - and he has mostly succeeded in this latest […]

THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
 
Director: Justin Chadwick
Stars: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana
Studio: Columbia Pictures
The Plot: Two sisters (Portman & Johansson) vie for the affections of King Henry VIII (Bana).
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Director: Kent Alterman
Stars: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin
Studio: New Line Cinema
The Plot: Jackie Moon (Ferrell), the owner-coach-player of the American […]

Dan in Real Life   

Director: Peter Hedges
Stars: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures 
The Plot: While advice columnist and single dad Dan Burns (Carell) attends his family reunion, he meets, and falls for, Beth (Binoche), a funny, smart, beautiful woman — who just happens to be in a relationship with […]

30 Days of Night   
 
Director: David Slade
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George.
Studio: Columbia Pictures 
The Plot: A pack of vampires descend upon Barrow, Alaska just as the sun is about to set for 30 days. Two cops, a husband and wife team, rise up to protect their town and its citizens. 
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We Own the Night 

 
Director: James Gray
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes and Robert Duvall.
Studio: Columbia Pictures 
The Plot: Though nightclub owner Bobby (Phoenix) and his police officer brother Joseph (Wahlberg) haven taken decidedly different paths in life, a near-fatal incident causes them to unite in a deadly confrontation with the […]

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Honsou and Jennifer Connelly.
Director: Edward Zwick
143 mins
THE FILM:
Blood Diamond is an explosive social message movie about ‘conflict diamonds’ couched inside a rip-roaring classical Hollywood narrative. According to screenwriter Charles Leavitt who pitched the idea as ‘part Treasure of Sierra Madre, part Traffic’, the film is somewhat earnest in its […]

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale,  Michael Caine, Scarlet Johansson and Rebecca Hall.
Directed by Christopher Nolan
130 mins 
The Prestige is a visually striking and psychologically interesting movie with a kind of sly narrative trickery up its sleeve. Like its two rival protagonists, it doles out its red herrings the same way a magician unspools his trick for […]

SYRIANA (2005)

Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Christopher Plummer, Amanda Peet, Chris Cooper and William Hurt.  
Written and Directed by Stephen Gaghan 
128 minutes 
Released in 2005, Syriana disappeared quickly into oblivion after the Oscar season. The film was praised by critics but for the most part spurned by moviegoers due to its complex subject […]