Drama

Drama Movie Reviews

Freedom Writers

Directed by Richard LaGravenese Staring Hilary Swank Rating M Score 6/6 A young teacher inspires her English class to learn tolerance, apply themselves and graduate from high school and with ambitions of going to college. Those of you in touch with your inner cynic I implore you to go and see Freedom Writers, you will…

Twilight: Eclipse

Directed by David Slade Staring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Tyson Houseman Rating M Score 4/6 Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a…

Eat Pray Love

Director Ryan Murphy Staring Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem & Richard Jenkins Rating M Score 3/6 A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to “find herself”. Though I may be a…

Defiance

Directed by Edward Zwick Staring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein Rating M Score 6/6 Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants. This…

The Devil Wears Prada

Directed by David Frankel Staring Anne Hathaway & Meryl Streep Rating PG Score 4/6 The Devil wears Prada tells of an idealistic young woman Andy Sachs who takes a job at a fashion magazine in New York for a demanding Editor in Chief Miranda Priestley. Andy initially treats the job as a stepping stone to…

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Director Blake Edwards Staring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard Rating PG Status Legendary A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way. This is another movie that I will add to the list of where I can say…

Charlie St Cloud

Directed by Burr Steers Staring Zac Effron, Ray Liotta, Kim Basinger, Charlie Tahan & Amanda Crew Rating M Score 5/6 Based on an acclaimed novel, Charlie St. Cloud is a romantic drama starring Zac Efron as a young man who survives an accident that lets him see the world in a unique way. In this…

Charlie Wilson’s War

Directed by Mike Nichols Staring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman & Amy Adams Rating M Score 6/6 Based on a true story in the early 80’s a US Congressman from Texas Charlie Wilson at the instance of his major conservative Joanne Herring had covert dealings in Afghanistan in order to arm the rebels…

Catch And Release

Directed by Susannah Grant Staring Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaegar, Kevin Smith & Juliette Lewis Rating M Score 5/6 A young woman must deal with the death of her fiance, Grady. She finds comfort in his friends and as time passes she comes to see new sides of the man she thought she know.…

Burlesque

Directed by Steve Antin Staring Cher & Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Stanley Tucci, Cam Gigandet, Kristen Bell, Alan Cumming, Julianne Hough, Peter Gallagher Rated M Score 5/6 A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer. Burlesque is the best ‘dance’ movie that I…