Tiffany Razzano's Mini-Movie Reviews

21 (PG-13)

Based on a true story, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), an MIT student, is struggling to pay his tuition. His problem is solved when he is recruited by his math professor (Kevin Spacey) to join a group of students who are trained in the art of card counting, then take Las Vegas casinos for millions.

10,000 BC (PG-13)

Teachers will just love having to undo the damage caused by this lame story that condenses a few million years of history into a single time period and one awful hour-and-a-half movie. The fighting is acceptable, but the CGI effects are weak. Our ancestors had a word that said it best: UGH.

Drillbit Taylor (PG-13)

Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), goes undercover at their school as a substitute teacher.

Horton Hears A Who! (G)

A lushly animated and extended version of the Dr. Seuss classic: the jovial elephant named Horton (Jim Carrey) hears a sound emanating from a grain on a flower, in which lives a tiny town named Whoville. It quickly becomes a race against sour kangaroos and greasy vultures to save this lint-sized discovery from annihilation. Wonderful!

In Bruges (R)

Starring Colin Farrell, two British hit men are holed up in Bruges, Belgium after a botched job. With witty, fast-paced dialogue, the pair grapples with life and death as they await their fates.

Married Life (R)

Set in the 1940s, Harry (Chris Cooper) decides he must kill his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) because he loves her too much to hurt her when he leaves her. Meanwhile, as Harry plots his wife's death, he finds his best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) competing with him for the affections of his much-younger girlfriend Kay (Rachel McAdams).

Paranoid Park (R)

Alex (Gabe Nevins), a young skateboarder, begins to unravel after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard. Directed by Gus Van Sant and based on a novel by Blake Nelson.

Run Fatboy Run (PG-13)

Five years after leaving his pregnant fiancé at the altar, Libby, Dennis (Simon Pegg) decides he wants to try to win her back. In order to prove to Libby he's changed, Dennis decides to train for a marathon, all while battling with another man (Hank Azaria) for her affections.

Sleepwalking (R)

James (Nick Stahl) is left to care for his 11-year-old niece Tara after his older sister Jolene (Charlize Theron) abandons them both. Overcoming obstacles along the way, James struggles to become the father figure Tara never had.

Stop Loss (R)

Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillipe) returns to his small hometown in Texas after his tour of duty in Iraq. As he settles back in to the life he left behind, the Army orders him back to Iraq, testing everything he believes in.

Superhero Movie (PG-13)

A parody of superhero movies, from Batman Begins to Fantastic Four, borrowing most heavily from the Spiderman movies. Starring Drake Bell and Leslie Nielsen.

The Bank Job (R)

Based on a 1971 true-life robbery of a bank on Baker Street in London, two crooks (Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows) get away with a safety deposit box worth millions in cash and jewelry. However, the box also contains secrets that intertwine the duo with Britain's criminal underworld, the government and Royal Family.

The Other Boleyn Girl (PG-13)

Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman play sisters in competition for the affections of King Henry VIII. Based on a best-selling novel, this film is a geek boy's delight - and a period piece for all interested historians.

Under the Same Moon (La Misma luna) (PG-13)

Young Carlos (Adrian Alonso) is in a pinch when circumstances force the nine-year-old boy to leave Mexico, cross the border illegally, and survive several life-threatening moments, in order to find his mother, while simultaneously freeing a hard-boiled migrant from his own depression. You've seen it all before, yet you'll cry your eyes out.

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