Oscar History: June 11 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Review: National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets Rating Director Jon Turtletaub Screenplay The Wibberleys (Cormac & Marianne), Gregory Poirier, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio Length 124 min. Starring Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Greenwood, Ty Burrell, Michael Maize, Timothy V. Murphy MPAA Rating PG (for some violence and…
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Review: The Lookout (2007)
The Lookout Rating Director Scott Frank Screenplay Scott Frank Length 99 min. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill, Alberta Watson, Alex Borstein, Sergio Di Zio, David Huband MPAA Rating R (for language, some violence and sexual content) Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review The screenwriter of Out of Sight has…
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Review: Away from Her (2007)
Away from Her Rating Director Sarah Polley Screenplay Sarah Polley (Short Story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” by Alice Munro) Length 110 min. Starring Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Stacey LaBerge, Deanna Dezmari, Clare Coulter, Thomas Hauff, Alberta Watson MPAA Rating PG-13 Buy/Rent Movie Poster Source Material Review An achingly tender portrait of…
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The DVD Report #39
The death of Heath Ledger on Oscar nomination day set a pall over the 80th annual Academy Awards, already suffering from uncertainty due to the Hollywood writers’ strike. It was just two years ago that the then 26-year-old actor was nominated for starring in the youth-to-middle-age story of conflicted gay cowboy Ennis Del Mar in…
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Review: Once (2007)
Once Rating Director John Carney Screenplay John Carney Length 85 min. Starring Glen Hansard, Markta Irglov, Alaistair Foley, Kaet Haugh, Senan Haugh, Gerard Hendrick, Bill Hodnett, Danuse Ktrestova, Geoff Minogue, Hugh Walsh Mal Whyte MPAA Rating R (for language) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review One of the year’s best musicals hardly feels like one. Once…
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Review: Waitress (2007)
Waitress Rating Director Adrienne Shelly Screenplay Adrienne Shelly Length 108 min. Starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Adrienne Shelly, Eddie Jemison, Lew Temple MPAA Rating PG-13 (for sexual content, language and thematic elements) Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review A gifted pie maker dreams of what her life might be like if…
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Film Preview: Beaufort (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: I can’t really see a purpose to this trailer other than it shows us a more detailed vision of the “O” in the title. The sandy color is fitting, but the image is…
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Film Preview: 88 Minutes (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D+ Review: Someone forgot to tell the designers of this poster that black, white and red were out. This poster is lifeless, boring and forgettable. Trailer Rating: C Review: I can’t imagine this film being…
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Film Preview: Postal (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D+ Review: Comedies have used this poster design layout for years and it never gets better. Trailer Rating: C+ Review: The first thing I thought when I saw the film was made by Uwe Boll…
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Film Preview: Little Chenier (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: It looks like a Jean-Claude Van Damme film set in the Louisiana Bayou by the looks of this poster. The colors are pleasant, but it’s not terribly similar to the preview’s plot. Trailer…
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Film Preview: Baby Mama (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer Rating: B Review: Tina Fey has done wonders with deadpan humor…
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Film Preview: Me & You, Us, Forever (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C- Review: Vague and blurry, this poster exemplifies the trailer in a way the producers probably weren’t intending. Trailer Rating: C Review: All we know about this film after watching the trailer is that for…
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Review: Juno (2007)
Juno Rating Director Jason Reitman Screenplay Diablo Cody Length 92 min. Starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, Olivia Thirlby MPAA Rating PG-13 (for mature thematic material, sexual content and language) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review A film sometimes too precious for its own good, Juno turns a girl’s…
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Review: There Will Be Blood (2007)
There Will Be Blood Rating Director Paul Thomas Anderson Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson (Novel: Oil! by Upton Sinclair) Length 158 min. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciaran Hinds, Dillon Freasier, Barry Del Sherman, Russell Harvard, Harrison Taylor, Stockton Taylor, Paul F. Tompkins, Paul Dano, Sydney McCallister, David Willis, Christine Oleiniczak, Kellie Hill, James Downey,…
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Review: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Rating Director Sidney Lumet Screenplay Kelly Masterson Length 117 min. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Brian F. O’Byrne, Blaine Horton, Arija Bareikis, Leonardo Cimino, Lee Wilkof MPAA Rating R (for a scene of strong graphic sexuality,…
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