No Country for Old Men
Did you know there’s an episode of Tom & Jerry where they both commit suicide at the end? I mention this partly because it’s the darkest thing I’ve ever seen […]
Tag Archives: 2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
In Communist-era Romania, student Găbița (Laura Vasiliu) has fallen pregnant and needs an illegal abortion. She enlists the help of her roommate Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) to find a doctor willing […]
Murder Party
Before Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin, Green Room) became the Krzysztof Kieślowski of thrillers, he made this micro-budgeter about a parking inspector (Chris Sharp) attending a Halloween party hosted by a […]
We Own the Night
Joaquin Phoenix plays Bobby, a nightclub manager who has disappointed his dad and brother (Robert Duvall and Mark Whalberg) by not following in their policing footsteps. But when his club […]
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
As Spanish invasion looms, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) does her best to avoid being known forever as ‘the Virgin Queen’. Elizabeth: The Golden Age is an altogether more lively affair […]
Evan Almighty
A former TV personality gets elected to Washington and finds himself having to build something ridiculous. This sort-of sequel to Bruce Almighty features Bruce’s smarmy co-host Evan (Steve Carell), who’s […]
Gone Baby Gone
When a young child goes missing, her aunt and uncle (Amy Madigan, Titus Welliver) reach out to a private investigator, Patrick (Casey Affleck), to help find her. This is an impeccably […]
Bee Movie
A bee (Jerry Seinfeld), destined to slave in a honey factory for eternity, breaks free and discovers the precious golden goo is being sold to humans en masse and resolves […]
Fracture
Fracture is the story of Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), a wealthy aeronautical engineer who shoots his wife (Embeth Davidtz) after discovering her affair with a man half his age and about her […]
Shrek the Third
Soon after the events of Shrek 2, the frog king of Far Far Away (John Cleese) is dying. On his deathbed (or lily pad) he names Shrek (Mike Myers) as […]
