4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

This is a tale of two Romanian women in their odd and depressing journey through an abortion. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days looks at the limits of human relationships struggling through poverty, depression, and oppression. This film observes true personal drama with ruthless and artful precision. As these two women struggle through hardships and human error, you find yourself wondering if anything is actually going to occur. This film lacks the ability to connect with its audience. Due to this fact, the audience does not take anything from the piece of cinema except that it was drab and dismal. In conclusion, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was a potential masterpiece, except it missed out on the quintessential piece of movie making, identifying with the audience.

10,000 BC

From director Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow") comes a sweeping trek into a primitive age ruled by mysticism. In one scene, a blind man is brought up from under a slab he has been under for months on end, after two hours of this movie I felt as if I could relate. 10,000 BC does not make much sense in any form, be it historically, geographically, or logically. Similar to the wholly mammoths, this movie is overblown and stupefyingly dull. This adventure tale is filled with dreadful acting and unsatisfactory dialogue.

Jimmy Carter Man From Plains

Jimmy Carter Man From Plains is at times dull, and at others engrossing, but always informative and provocative. These sometimes draggy two hours feel like time well-spent with a gentleman, and Lord knows there aren't many Presidents you can say that about these days. Jonathan Demme's Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, like Neil Young: Heart of Gold, is a poignant portrait of a great man. Although this isn't some backstage tour with The Rolling Stones, this documentary definitely has its moments. An intriguing document of a man's public and private life and has yet further value as the most significant film ever made about a former U.S. president.

The Bank Job

The Bank Job is smart, well-paced, exciting entertainment for adults -- something that is more of a rarity than it should be. This may be just another bank job, like many you've seen before, but here's the payoff: it's a heist that actually looks real for once. Longtime screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have woven a masterful narrative full of odd twists and dark humor from which Australian director Roger Donaldson and a prime cast mine plum characters and a tight plot to satisfying effect. The Bank Job shapes up as one of the liveliest entertainments of the year and, in its twisted way, a genuine feel-good movie.

In Bruges

In Bruges is memorable for the two leading men, whose wonderful antics are as fascinating and likable as those played by Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. This fun romp filled with two likable hit-men, hysterical dialogue and unexpected diversions reminds me of Lucky Number Slevin or You Kill Me. In Bruges is a jolly satiric story with very astute talents in all departments, especially the travel agent. A near-masterpiece, impossible to pigeonhole or predict. It is the kind of great movie that could only be made by a neophyte or novice.