Dan's Papers - April 18, 2008 - Tiffany Razzano's Mini-Movie Reviews

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 in order to take Las Vegas casinos for millions.

On the eve of the execution of a serial killer he helped put on death row, Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), a college professor and forensic psychologist who works closely with the FBI, receives a phone call from someone telling him he has only 88 minutes to live. As he attempts to discover who is behind the phone calls, he finds himself investigating a copycat killer who is on the loose.

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 the Royal Family.

The true story of the largest counterfeit ring in history. In 1936, Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch, an underworld counterfeiter, is thrown into a concentration camp, where he is handpicked by the Nazis to produce fake foreign currency in order to weaken the economy of Germany's enemies.

After discovering in a pawn shop the antique staff that belonged to the legendary Monkey King (Jet Li), an American teen who is obsessed with kung fu unexpectedly travels in time to ancient China to help a group of warriors free the imprisoned king. Also starring Jackie Chan.

From the producers of Knocked Up, struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) deals with the heartbreak of being dumped by his TV star girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) by taking an impromptu trip to Hawaii. Unfortunately, he is staying in the same hotel as Sarah and her new rocker boyfriend. But a resort employee (Mila Kunis) helps him keep his mind off his ex.

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!

Dodge Connolly (George Clooney), a hero in America's pro-football league in 1925, is determined to save his team and the fledgling league from demise. After bringing in college football star Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), Connolly finds himself competing with the young player for the affections of reporter Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger) as she tries to uncover the real scoop on Rutherford.

In this 1940s period-piece, after falling in love with a much younger woman (Rachel McAdams), Harry (Chris Cooper) decides he must kills his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) because he can't bear the thought of hurting her when he leaves her. At the same time, he is vying with his best friend (Pierce Brosnan) for his girlfriend's affections.

When Londoner Guinevere Turner (Frances McDormand) is fired from her job as a governess, she gets caught up in the high-society world of American actress and singer Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams) after she gets a new job as a social secretary.

Abigail Breslin portrays Nim, a young girl who lives on an island with her scientist father (Gerard Butler). When the island she loves becomes threatened, she reaches out to the author (Jodi Foster) of her favorite adventure book series for help.

A coming-of-age story of an Iranian girl during the country's revolution of 1979. Based on a graphic novel.

In this thriller, Donna (Brittany Snow) is expecting her prom night to be the best night of her life, but instead she is haunted by horrors from her past as she and her friends are pursued by a serial killer.