Drama, Romance
The Reader

Kate Winslet mixes sex and war in this adaptation of Bernard Schlink’s celebrated, indecent novel.

Drama, Sports
Seven Days in Utopia

Golf can get into a player’s soul. And once there it can either calm or claw the place to bits. …

Comedy, Drama
Secondhand Lions

In this humorous, warm-hearted drama, two eccentric old brothers in rural, 1950s Texas keep sacks of money hidden in their …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Colombiana

Pretty cinematography. Pretty Zoe Saldana. Pretty much nonstop violence. Colombiana is as subtle and thought-provoking as a blow to the …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Constantine

Keanu Reeves is a comic book hero who converses with angels and blows away demons as he searches for salvation.

Drama, Horror
Gothika

Anyone familiar with the plots of The Sixth Sense and The Ring will find this supernatural thriller to be pretty …

Drama, Sports
The Greatest Game Ever Played

A talented young Yank tees off against an aging British pro in a golf drama based on a true story …

Drama, Sports
Hardball

Hardball strikes out trying to depict the trials and inspirations of Chicago’s inner-city Near North Little League.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
One Day

This is a redemption story of sorts—one in which our hero only becomes a hero in the end, when he …

Drama, War
A Mighty Heart

The true and tragic story of abducted journalist Daniel Pearl and the frantic quest to save his life.

Drama, Kids
Flicka

A headstrong teen girl adopts a headstrong mustang—against the wishes of her headstrong father in this latest adaptation of Mary …

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Twilight

Twilight is that time of day-meets-night at which young love merges with vampire lore on the pages of a hugely …

Comedy, Drama
The Help

A best-selling novel-turned-movie about the deeply compelling lives of black maids in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement …

Comedy, Drama, Musical
A Prairie Home Companion

Robert Altman and Garrison Keillor bring public radio to the big screen, but tranquil Lake Wobegon vistas are nowhere in …

Drama, Sports
Lords of Dogtown

This thinly fictionalized account of the rise of skateboarding is built around the sport’s first ‘rock star’ heroes: Jay Adams, …