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Strangers, The

score: 
A
Director: 
Bryan Bertino
Cast: 
Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman
Running Time: 
107
Rated: 
R
Author(s): 
Stephen Davis
Playing with your mind and subconscious, The Strangers proves to make all the right moves in its quest to frighten and mortify. As a result, its viewers are taken on an emotionally intense ride through hell – one that will last too long and leave the audience in shambles as they exit the theater.

Game Plan, The

score: 
B-
Director: 
Andy Fickman
Cast: 
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Pettis
Running Time: 
110
Rated: 
PG
Author(s): 
Stephen Davis
Quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne Johnson) is known as one of the best players to ever play the game. But his dream life is about to hit a major halt when the daughter he never knew existed, Peyton, shows up on his doorstep. Now Joe is forced to not only juggle the hectic lifestyle of a celebrity, but work in a little ballet and a whole lot of patients. Teamed with his agent Stella Peck (Kyra Sedgwick) Joe must realize that the game isn’t about money or fame, but rather winning the heart of the one fan that counts the most, Peyton.

Kite Runner, The

score: 
A-
Director: 
Marc Forster
Cast: 
Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi, Zekiria Ebrahimi
Running Time: 
128
Rated: 
PG-13
Author(s): 
Stephen Davis
As a boy Amir was never the social butterfly; however he did have a strong friendship with Hassan, a servant to both Amir and his father. But when the unthinkable happens during a kite-flying tournament a major change in their friendship begins to take place. When the Soviets take over Afghanistan Amir and his father must flee to America. Now, years later Amir is forced to live his betrayal, but on one beautiful day a phone call comes that prompts Amir to go back home and attempt to make peace with both himself and his cowardice.

Thacker Case, The

score: 
C+
Director: 
Brian Jun
Cast: 
Gabriel Mann, John Savage, Eliza Dushku, Michael Welch
Running Time: 
95
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Stephen Davis
Over the last several years, many real-life court cases have been brought to the big screen. However, few have held the significance that is seen in the wrongful death case of Kevin Thatcher. Arrested for what was originally considered a routine DUI infraction in Marshalltown, Iowa, Thatcher was later found dead in an alley outside of the police station. The arresting officer's story is highly suspicious, and everyone involved seemed to be covering up the true occurrences of that night.

Nanny Diaries, The

score: 
D
Director: 
Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Cast: 
Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney
Running Time: 
105
Rated: 
PG-13
Imagine yourself shortly after graduation. You are sitting in your dream interview at your dream job. Everything is going just as planned. Then in the time that it took you to blink, you blow it. What do you do next? Where do you turn? And what do you tell your mom, your number one supporter? For Annie Braddock (played by Scarlett Johansson), the solution was easy ... go for a walk. And it was on this afternoon walk that Annie was discovered by Mrs. X (Laura Linney) and thrust into the world of Nannyhood.

Missing Person, The

score: 
D
Director: 
Noah Bushel
Cast: 
Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Frank Wood
Running Time: 
95
Rated: 
NR
When private detective John Rosow is secretly hired to follow a man from Chicago to Los Angeles, the job couldn't be more cut and dry. However, soon after he makes his first contact, his mission changes. Now, he must bring his subject back to New York City where his wife anxiously awaits his return; the reward: a hefty half million dollars. But as Rosow works to complete his assignment, he comes into contact with a series of interesting, unique characters.

Counterfeiters, The

score: 
A-
Director: 
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: 
Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow
Running Time: 
98
Rated: 
R
Author(s): 
Stephen Davis
Relying on some spell-bounding performances by its lead cast members and enough inner drama to keep the audience's attention, The Counterfeiters sends its viewers on a terrifying yet true adventure that will grip at their heart strings from opening to closing credits.

Great Debaters, The

score: 
B-
Director: 
Denzel Washington
Cast: 
Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker
Running Time: 
123
Rated: 
PG-13
Author(s): 
Stephen Davis
Professor Melvin Tolson, a smart but demanding debate coach, uses the power of words to shape and educate a group of unknown students from a small African American college in the heart of Texas into an elite group of nationally renowned debaters. Professor Tolson, often seen as a controversial figure, challenged the social norms of the day, uniting the farmers union and used his words to fight for the freedom that his race has always deserved.

Golden Compass, The

score: 
D+
Director: 
Chris Weitz
Cast: 
Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards
Running Time: 
114
Rated: 
PG-13
Author(s): 
Stephen Davis
Lyra Belacqua is an orphan who spends her life at Jordan College, Oxford, where she plays with local boys and torments the campus professors. However, when Lyra overhears a plot against her uncle, Lord Asriel, she quickly finds herself in over her head. Her saving grace is a golden compass, which give her, and only her, the answers to any dying question. Entering into a new world with a mysterious substance called Dust, Lyra’s curiosity is roused and she is forced to stand courageously against the darkest of demons.

Merry Gentleman, The

score: 
B
Director: 
Michael Keaton
Cast: 
Michael Keaton, Kelly MacDonald, Tom Bastounes, Darlene Hunt
Running Time: 
99
Rated: 
R
Michael Keaton makes his directorial debut in The Merry Gentleman, a tale about two kindred spirits who meet by chance and find their budding friendship transform into one of necessity and survival. But with two haunting pasts and an unpredictable future, both must learn that in order to move-on, they must first know when to let go.

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