2008

22 articles

Lakeview Terrace

A young interracial couple move into their dream home and are increasingly harassed by their next-door neighbor, a tightly wound black LAPD officer. When the couple decides to fight back the feud...

Sep 6, 2008 / Eric M. Armstrong

FCS

A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer. After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives...

Sep 6, 2008 / Eric M. Armstrong

FCS

The Duchess

Long before the concept existed, the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer (KEIRA KNIGHTLEY), was the original “It Girl.” Like her direct ancestor Princess Diana, she was ravishing, glamorous and...

Sep 6, 2008 / Eric M. Armstrong

Comedy

Schultze Gets the Blues (2005)

I have never felt such compassion for a portly, German, retired salt-miner that plays a mean polka piano-accordion. Of course I’ve never encountered such an individual until Schultze Gets the Blues ,...

Sep 1, 2008 / Eric M. Armstrong

Action/Adventure

Death Race (2008)

Mario Kart anyone?! Director Paul W.S. Anderson loosely revisits Roger Corman’s classic “Death Race 2000” (1975) with a fast-paced, brainless thriller full of all sorts of convenient distractions....

Aug 30, 2008 / Eric M. Armstrong

Blogs

Step Brothers (2008)

This movie has only one, long, running joke; and really, that’s all it needs. Brennan Huff (Ferrell) and Dale Doback (Reilly) struggle to adjust to their new step-brother status when Brennan’s mother...

Aug 15, 2008 / Eric M. Armstrong

Drama

The Dark Knight (2008)

“Why so serious?”, the marquee line growled by Heath Ledger’s Joker in “The Dark Knight” seems to be a popular question among those especially critical of Christopher Nolan’s ultra-dark follow-up to...

Jul 19, 2008 / Eric M. Armstrong

2008

Lakeview Terrace

Righteous Kill

The Duchess

Schultze Gets the Blues (2005)

Death Race (2008)

Step Brothers (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008)

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