Drama, Musical
Fame

Fifteen minutes? The kids in this movie get nearly two hours of fame in this sweeter reboot of the 1980 …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love Happens

What do grief and death have to do with romantic comedy? Quite a lot in this case.

Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Jennifer’s Body

Jennifer’s a pretty homecoming queen who’s known to be a real man-eater. Seriously. She really does eat them.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Sorority Row

Theta Pi sorority sisters get a lot more than they bargain for—like, um, death—when a nasty prank on one of …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Gamer

Tomorrow’s video games have gamers controlling real people. So when you lose in this first-person shooter, you lose a lot …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino’s latest effort is a World War II fable pitting a band of ferocious Jews against the Third Reich’s …

Comedy, Drama, Musical
Bandslam

How big is Bandslam? According to Sa5m (she says the 5 is silent), “Texas high school football big.” Why wouldn’t …

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ponyo

Well-known for his sometimes dark, always spiritually minded movies, Japanese anime auteur Hayao Miyazaki seems to be consciously downshifting here …

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Time Traveler’s Wife

A poignant but occasionally sensual story about a woman’s love for a man who has no control over when he’s …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
District 9

South African director Neill Blomkamp ushers moviegoers into a brutal, ugly world that, for all the aliens running around, feels …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
A Perfect Getaway

They say you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover. But what about predictably unpredictable slasher flicks?

Comedy, Drama
Julie & Julia

Julia Child’s most famous cookbook was published in 1961. In 2002 Julie Powell cooks her way through it.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Collector

A couple of the ‘Saw’ screenwriters rip off their own franchise with a slightly different villain—but the same torturous results.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Aliens in the Attic

Vacations rarely go as planned. Sometimes someone gets sick. Sometimes your ocean-view room faces the parking lot. And sometimes aliens …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Orphan

If you want a pithy summary of ‘Orphan,’ here it is: Normal family adopts evil girl. Mayhem and murder ensue.