http://www.moviereviewblog.net itsvery Movie Review - independent film reviews Wed, 07 May 2008 20:50:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mike (Mos Def) takes care of Mr. Fletcher's (Danny Glover) run-down VHS rental store while Fletcher pretends to be on a holiday attending a Fats Waller memorial service. Fats Waller is the famous jazz musician who was born in the very dilapidated house where Fletcher's store Be Kind Rewind ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/05/07/be-kind-rewind-by-michel-gondry/ Dennis Doyle (Simon Pegg) has not grown up since he went running from his own marriange with pregnant Libby (Thandie Newton) six years ago. He loves his boy Jake (Matthew Fenton) and is annoyed when he meets Libby's new friend Whit (Hank Azaria), a "perfect" man with manners, money, ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/04/20/run-fat-boy-run-by-david-schwimmer/ What would you do if you could go anywhere you want, with just a little concentration and in no time at all? What if you could teleport, or "jump", as it is called in this film loosely based on Steven Gould's novel Jumper: Griffin's Story (Jumper)? Probably you would ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/04/05/jumper-by-doug-liman/ Sir Thomas Boleyn (Mark Rylance) has two daughters, Ann (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson), and he has ambitions for his family. The benign Mary is married to a merchant, but for the more ambitious Ann Sir Thomas and his brother have other plans. They want her to beguile ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/03/25/the-other-boleyn-girl-by-justin-chadwick/ *** SPOILER WARNING *** Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is the "fixer" of a law firm who does the non-official and - if necessary - dirty work. And he is a gambling addict, the restaurant he has opened with his brother Timmy (David Lansbury) just went bankrupt, and he ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/03/18/michael-clayton-by-tony-gilroy/ Trailer trash-cowboy Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) disovers the remains of a drug deal gone bad in the Texan desert - dead bodies, one wounded man, a truckload of drugs and 2 million dollars in a satchel. He takes the money but returns in the night with water for ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/03/10/no-country-for-old-men-by-ethan-coen-and-and-joel-coen/ Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) describes himself as an oil man and a family man with family values when he wants to strike a deal. What he doesn't tell is that his "son" and "partner" H.W. (Dillon Freasier) isn't really his son, but the orphaned son of an oil ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/02/25/there-will-be-blood-by-paul-thomas-anderson/ Two old men, Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman), both suffering from terminal cancer, meet each other in the hospital. Edward is an egocentric billionaire who has made his fortune but despite four marriages has nobody except his assistant, and Carter is a car mechanic with ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/02/13/the-bucket-list-by-rob-reiner/ US Army virologist Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville (Will Smith) is the last living man in New York, and maybe the world, after a genetically altered virus - intended as a cure for cancer - has mutated and killed 90% of the world's population, and has turned another 9% into ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/01/27/i-am-legend-by-francis-lawrence/ King Philip ll of Spain (Jordi Mollà) wants the throne of England for his daughter Isabella and conspires with a group of Jesuits to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England (Cate Blanchett). Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton) is also involved in the "English Enterprise". Queen Elizabeth meanwhile ... http://www.moviereviewblog.net/2008/01/20/elizabeth-the-golden-age-by-shekhar-kapur/