Bella is a moving film with subtle surprise and profound beauty in it's story's simplicity. A former soccer star-turned-chef befriends a down-and-out pregnant waitress on the day she is fired. Through their own personal hardships they form a bond that not only brings transformation, but also bri...

As long as you take everything with a swig of whimsy, “August Rush” is a delightful and inspirational story. It may not be a cinematic masterpiece, but it is a good escapist entertainment, reminding us of the magic in life and music. On a moonlit rooftop in New York, Louis, a charismatic Iri...

One of the best movies I've seen involving explicitly Christian values, "States of Grace" wonderfully weaves religion into a very real and possible slice of life story. Much props to the director for his pacing and bringing out some simple but real performances, as well as some wonderful, although a...

A wordy and passionate lecture on the uncertain nature of our current involvement with the Middle East, “Lions for Lambs” focuses on some who have the potential to make a difference: young passionate minds, the media, and the government. A political science professor (Robert Redford) at a Cal...

“Beowulf” may wow audiences with its bombastic re-telling of an Anglo-Saxon epic, but it’s too preoccupied with visual indulgence, sweeping camera movements and flat characters usually reserved for elaborate video game prologues. Oh and it’s in 3D. “Beowulf” is a pretty straight-forwa...

I loved “Dan in Real Life“. It’s a wonderful journey-to-love blend of “While You Were Sleeping”, “You’ve Got Mail”, even a bit of "Sabrina", and it’s neither so ridiculously full of sight gags and vulgar jokes, nor is it so full of romantic cheese it makes you want to throw up. ...

Ben Affleck redeems his mediocre acting career with an awesome directorial debut in Gone Baby, Gone. Morally complex, tragic and heartwrenching elements bring to mind the moral dilemma of Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby, and the real people drama of his Mystic River, as well as the the crime dynami...

1988: A time of “Miami Vice” and the proliferation of cocaine. OK, so I don’t remember much of 1988 besides wrist-slap bracelets, Kool-aid and Ninja Turtles, but apparently the New York Police Department night watch was in full force then, whooping on the bad guys. The new movie “We Own t...