Category: 2008 Movie Reviews

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman Directed by: Christoppher Nolan Written by: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan Rating: PG-13 Genre: Action Release Date: 2008 Heath Ledger is super creepy as the Joker and Maggie Gyllenhaal has thankfully taken the role abandoned by Katie Holmes....

Hellboy 2

Hellboy II: The Golden Army Directed: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss Synopsis: There are no Nazis to fight this time, but an ancient Elvin race from the underworld coming up to cause problems for Hellboy and his friends. I never imagined that...

Hancock

Hancock Directed: Peter Berg Starring: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron, Eddie Marsan Synopsis: A lone superhero who has a drinking problem and causes more damage when he tries to do good. Will Smith comes barreling into the movie as drunk superhero Hancock that people seem to think is...

WALL-E

WALL-E Directed: Andrew Stanton Starring: Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger Trailer Synopsis: In the future, humans leave Earth and there is one robot that is left to clean up all the garbage left behind. He develops a personality and becomes lonely. I love Pixar....

Get Smart

Get Smart Directed: Peter Segal Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp Trailer Synopsis: Movie adaptation from the old television show where Maxwell Smart becomes a field agent, but is more of a bumbling fool. I never saw the series, but I felt like I...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Directed: Steven Spielberg Starring: Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen The third sequel in the series almost twenty years after the last one where they smartly have Indiana Jones age about twenty years in the process...

Baby Mama

Baby Mama Directed: Michael McCullers Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Signourney Weaver, Dax Shepard Trailer A woman wants a baby, but adoption and conception are not an option for her, so she turns to a surrogate mother who is a tad immature. I found this movie mildy...

Iron Man

Iron Man Directed: Jon Favreau Starring: Robert Downey, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Gwyneth Paltrow A billionaire industrialist gets captured by bad guys and builds a flying killing machine to escape and then do good stuff. Awesome! What I loved about Iron Man was it was just a...

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forgetting Sarah Marshall Starring: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Jack McBrayer, Maria Thayer, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd Directed by: Nicholas Stoller Written by: Jason Segel Rating: R Genre: Comedy Release Date: 2008 A guy gets dumped and runs off to Hawaii to get over feeling depressed, only to run into his...

Run, Fat Boy, Run

Run, Fat Boy, Run Directed: David Schwimmer Starring: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Dylan Moran, Hank Azaria, Ameet Chana A guy with commitment issues leaves his pregnant fiance on their wedding day, and then tries to win her back for the past five years. He thinks he has figured out...