Search for 2007
Reno 911!: Miami represents an argument against taking 22-minute TV comedy shows and expanding them to 80-minute feature films. Something that entertains over a short period when watched from the vantage point of a couch or a recliner does not nece...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-02-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Robert Ben Garant
Cast: Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Niecy Nash, ...
It would be interesting to get a psychologist's perspective about why revenge/vigilante (two sides of the same coin) motion pictures are suddenly so popular. From The Brave One to Death Sentence to Before the Devil Knows You're Dead to Reservation ...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Terry George
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, ...
People ask if it's fun compiling a Bottom 10 list. Yes and no. It's not fun being reminded of the year's dregs but it is fun getting in a parting shot at them. All Bottom 10 lists must be taken with a king-sized grain of rock salt. For major ...
In recent years, I have taken to splitting my end-of-the-year comments into three sections. Before addressing the best ten performances of the year, however, I want to make a general comment about the overall quality of the 2007 product. This is the...
I have previously mentioned that I believe this to be a weak Top 10. Let me clarify: every movie on the list deserves to be there. They are, in my view, the ten best movies of 2007. However, the list as a whole does not stand up favorably to past ...
Rocket Science is the feature debut of director Jeffrey Blitz, whose previous big-screen exposure was with the documentary Spellbound. In that one, Blitz looked at the highly competitive world of spelling bees. In this one, he places his fictional...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-08-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Cast: Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D'Agosto, ...
The term "Hitchcockian" has become overused in recent years, but here is a movie to which it deserves to be applied. Roman de Gare is the most recent motion picture from veteran French director Claude Lelouch, and it's easily his best work in over...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-04-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, ...
Distilled to its essence, Romulus, My Father is a standard-order coming-of-age movie. Like most movies of this sort, it's based on someone's memoirs (in this case, those of Raimond Gaita) and includes moment of tragedy, sentimentality, and serenit...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-02-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Brief Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Richard Roxburgh
Cast: Eric Bana, Franka Potente, Kodi Smit-McPhee, ...
Based on the evidence at hand, one has to assume the missing ingredient is Edgar Wright. Wright, the co-writer and director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, is nowhere to be found in the credits list of Run Fatboy Run. Instead, on this occasion...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: David Schwimmer
Cast: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria, ...
It's hard to think of a sadder commentary about Hollywood's sequel fetish than the existence of Rush Hour 3. Dull, uninspired, and redundant, this third pointless movie in an action/comedy franchise that defines mediocrity doesn't even try to disg...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-08-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, ...