Recently Reviewed DVD: SFC Editor's Opinion On... Michael Clayton (2007) Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack). Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life. Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
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Bee Movie (2007) Bee Movie stars Jerry Seinfeld as Barry B. Benson - a bee who has just graduated from college and is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa (Renee Zellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us for theft and reclaim the honey to its rightful owners. Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
Recently Reviewed DVD: SFC Editor's Verdict On... An Unfinished Life (2005) Set against the rugged ranchlands of Wyoming, An Unfinished Life is the story of a modern-day Western family, as stoic as they are divided, learning the true meaning of forgiveness. Robert Redford stars as Einar Gilkyson, a tough-skinned, retired rancher who long ago turned his back on memories. Still in shock from his only son's death a decade ago, Einar has let his ranch fall into ruin along with his marriage. Einar intends to live out his days in this heartbroken solitude... until the very person he blames for his son's accident comes to town: his daughter-in-law Jean (Jennifer Lopez). Jean shows up broke, on the run and with a girl named Griff (newcomer Becca Gardner), who she swears is the granddaughter Einar never knew he had. Suddenly, Einar's quiet life is turned upside down as anger and accusations resurface. Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
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Mr Bean's Holiday (2007) Mr. Bean returns but not for long as he goes on his travels to the south of France where mishap and mayhem begin. Having entered a church raffle and won a vacation to France as well as a camcorder, Bean boards the Eurostar train to Paris. Just before catching his connecting train down to Cannes, he asks Emil, a film jury member on his way to be a judge at the Cannes Film festival to use his camcorder to record his boarding, but accidentally causes Emil to be left behind at the station with his son, Stepan, already on the train. All havoc breaks loose in the ensuing events as Bean and Stepan make their way to Cannes together to re-unite Stepan with his father and finally make it to the golden beach and blue waters. The events are recorded along the way by Bean with his prize camcorder ever in hand. Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
Recently Reviewed DVD: SFC Editor's Verdict On... The Band's Visit (2007) The Band's Visit is the heartwarming and poignant winner of the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard prize - a mesmerizing and witty story of strangers in a strange land. A fading Egyptian police band arrives in Israel to play at the Arab Cultural Center. When they take the wrong bus, the band members find themselves in a desolate Israeli village. With no other option than to spend the night with the local townspeople, the two distinctly different cultures realize the universal bonds of love, music and life. Set against a breathtaking desert landscape, this cross-cultural comedy proves that getting lost is sometimes the best way to find yourself.Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
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Horton Hears a Who! (2008) This adaption of Dr. Seuss' 1954 children's book Horton Hears A Who features Jim Carrey and Steve Carrel in this timeless classic tale! One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry for help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home, but this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors, who refuse to believe that anything could survive on the speck. Still, Horton stands by the motto that, "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small." Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
Recently Reviewed DVD: SFC Editor's Verdict On... Arctic Tale (DOC) (2007) Artic Tale is an epic adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North. The film follows the walrus, Seela and the polar bear, Nanu, on their journey from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the frozen Arctic wilderness. Once a perpetual winter wonderland of snow and ice, the walrus and the polar bear are losing their beautiful icebound world as it melts from underneath them. Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning and Kris Kristofferson star in a drama about a father who, for the love of his daughter, sacrifices almost everything to save the life of an injured racehorse and bring the promising filly back to her former glory. Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) was once a great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer were now being wasted on making other men's fortunes. Sonya was a great horse whose promising future on the racetrack was suddenly cut short by a career-ending broken leg. Considered as good as dead to her owner, who also happens to be Ben's boss, Sonya is given to Ben as severance pay, along with his walking papers. Now, it will take the unwavering faith and determination of Ben's young daughter, Cale (Dakota Fanning), to bring these two damaged souls together in a quest for a seemingly impossible goal: to win the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Recently Reviewed DVD: SFC Editor's Verdict On... Bridge to Terabithia (2007) Based on the popular Newbery Award-winning novel, Bridge To Terabithia is a story of friendship, family and the power of imagination. Jess Aarons is an outsider at school and even in his own family. Jess has trained all summer to become the fastest kid in his middle school class, but his goal is unexpectedly thwarted by the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, who competes in the "boys only" race and wins. Despite their awkward introduction, the two outsiders quickly become best friends. Leslie loves to tell stories of fantasy and magic. Jess loves to draw, but until he met Leslie, it was something he kept to himself. Leslie opens up a new world of imagination for Jess. Together, they create the secret kingdom of Terabithia, a magical place only accessible by swinging on an old rope over a stream in the woods near their homes. Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
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The New World (2005) At the beginning of the Seventeenth Century, the time of the English colonization of North America, Captain John Smith leaves the Jamestown fort to explore another area and trade with the Indians, but he is captured. The princess Pocahontas asks her father to spare Captain Smith's life and they fall in love for each other. When he returns to the colony, he becomes the president of Jamestown and finds people starving, but Pocahontas brings supplies, saves them and falls in disgrace with her people. When the Indians realize that the English will not leave their country they attack and much physical, cultural and emotional conflict ensues. Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
Recently Reviewed DVD: SFC Editor's Verdict On... Enchanted (2007) A classic Disney animated fairy tale meets with the modern, live-action romantic comedy in Walt Disney Pictures' Enchanted. Featuring an all-star cast, Enchanted follows the beautiful princess Giselle (Amy Adams) as she is banished by an evil queen (Susan Sarandon) from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer (Patrick Dempsey) who has come to her aid, even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince (James Marsden) back home, she has to wonder: can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world? Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
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Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) Discover what happens when you go looking for a miracle and a miracle comes looking for you... A 10-year-old girl (Robb), abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father (Daniels), a preacher. While there, she adopts a stray dog whom she names after the local supermarket where he was found. With her goofy pooch by her side, she meets an eclectic group of townspeople and rekindles an almost lost relationship with her father.Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
Recently Reviewed DVD: SFC Editor's Verdict On... Cars (2006) Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) is a cocky, rookie race car. Speeding on his way to a big race, he crashes into Radiator Springs, destroying lots of the inhabitants' belongings! In order to make up for what he did, the raucous roadster is sentenced to community service. Though he will do anything to get away from the work, McQueen must learn to respect and bond with the Radiator Springs inhabitants in order to get out of the town and back on the racetrack... Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
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Martian Child (2007) Based on an award-winning short story by sci-fi luminary David Gerrold, Martian Child sees John Cusack as a recently widowed science-fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy he adopts who claims to be from Mars. The new couple ignore some sage parenting advice from the widower's sister (Joan Cusack) and get more than they bargained for when a series of strange occurrences lead them to believe that the child's claim may be true!Comments and opinions are now open to all for this film.
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