Medicine For Melancholy Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Tags: Tracey N. Heggins, Wyatt Cenac Posted in January 2009 Movies | No Comments

Fate brings two people together in this independent romantic comedy-drama. Joanne (Tracey Heggins) and Micah  wake up together one morning after a drunken one-night-stand, the result of attending a late-night party at the home of a mutual friend.

It becomes clear they don’t know each other very well and after sharing breakfast Joanne isn’t interested in [...]

The Uninvited Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Tags: Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Browning Posted in January 2009 Movies | No Comments

Anna returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father has become engaged to her mother’s former nurse, Rachel.

That night, Anna is visited by her mother’s ghost, who warns her of Rachel’s intentions. Together, Anna and her sister try [...]

Serbis Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Tags: Dan Alvaro, Gina Pareño, Julio Diaz, Mercedes Cabral, Roxanne Jordan Posted in January 2009 Movies | No Comments

A struggling family from the provinces discovers that morality can be both absolute and relative as they suffer each others’ pains and vices while awaiting the court decision in the mother’s charges of bigamy against her estranged husband. The Pineda family operates a ramshackle movie house specializing in second-run sex flicks.

Nanay attempts to get everything [...]

New in Town Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Tags: Frances Conroy, Harry Connick, J.K. Simmons, Jr, Renée Zellweger, Siobhan Fallon Hogan Posted in January 2009 Movies | No Comments

Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. headline this romantic comedy about an ambitious Miami executive who meets the man of her dreams and begins reassessing her big-city values after accepting a temporary transfer to the middle of nowhere.

To restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at [...]

Taken Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Tags: David Warshofsky, Famke Janssen, Holly Valance, Jon Gries, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser., Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace Posted in January 2009 Movies | No Comments

An ex-soldier traveling through Europe embarks on a frantic quest to rescue his daughter after the young girl is abducted by slave traders in District B13 director Pierre Morel’s contemporary thriller Taken. Robert Mark Kamen joins the screenwriting team, which also includes Morel and longtime collaborator Luc Besson, who also produces.

Onboard an older Arab man [...]

Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Tags: Akiva Zasman, Andrej Polak, eri Roth, Jindrich Hinke, Marcela Nohynkova, Monika Malacova, Zdenek Astr, Zdenek Kozakovic Posted in January 2009 Movies | No Comments

The meteoric emotional and intellectual development of Hungarian Jewish poet Hannah Senesh coincided neatly with the rapid-fire rise of anti-Semitic racial hostilities throughout Europe during WWII.

Senesh marched on unabated, however, and ultimately fell prey to repeated torture and murder at the hands of the Nazis. As narrated by Oscar nominee Joan Allen, Blessed Is the [...]