AceShowbiz

Movie Reviews from Critics

Wind That Shakes The Barley, The

Wind That Shakes The Barley, The

๐Ÿ“… Release: March 16, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: DramaWar
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Cillian Murphy, Liam Cunningham, Padraic Delaney, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane, Roger Allam, Bill Hurst, Sean McGinley, Orla Fitzgerald
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Ireland 1920: workers from field and country unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face the ruthless "Black and Tan" squads that are being shipped from Britain to block Ireland's bid for indep...
I Think I Love My Wife

I Think I Love My Wife

๐Ÿ“… Release: March 16, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: ComedyRomance
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Michael K. Williams, Samantha Ivers, Cassandra Freeman, Steve Buscemi
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: "I Think I Love My Wife," written, directed by and starring Chris Rock, is a sophisticated comedy about marriage and the lure of a new love. Nikki (Kerry Washington) is the exciting free spirit who ...
Ultimate Gift, The

Ultimate Gift, The

๐Ÿ“… Release: March 9, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Drama
โญ Rating: PG
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Drew Fuller, Abigail Breslin, Brian Dennehy, James Garner, Ali Hillis, Lee Meriwether, Mircea Monroe, Donna Cherry, D. David Morin
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Jason thought his inheritance was the gift of money and lots of it... but Jason thought wrong. Based on the best-selling book "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall, the story sends trust fund baby Jaso...
Namesake, The

Namesake, The

๐Ÿ“… Release: March 9, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Drama
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Kal Penn, Tabu, Irfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Gabriel Byrne, Zuleikha Robinson, Glenne Headley, Brooke Smith, Sebastian Roche
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Directed by [c=Mira Nair], this poignant drama explores the immigrant experience through the lens of the Ganguli family, spanning two generations and two continents. The story begins with Ashoke (pla...
Beyond The Gates

Beyond The Gates

๐Ÿ“… Release: March 9, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Drama
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Dominique Horwitz, David Gyasi, Steve Toussaint, Susan Nalwoga
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Joe Connor (Hugh Dancy), charismatic and idealistic, is a young man taking a year out. While his friends are backpacking around India or lying on a beach in Thailand, Joe has chosen a "real" experie...
Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 16, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: ActionHorrorFantasy
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Donal Logue, Peter Fonda, Matt Long, Mathew Wilkinson, Daniel Frederiksen
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: From Marvel Comics, creators of "Spider-Man," "Blade" and "X-Men," comes a new hero... "Ghost Rider." Long ago, superstar motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze made a deal with the devil to protect th...
Illusionist, The

Illusionist, The

๐Ÿ“… Release: August 18, 2006
๐ŸŽญ Genre: DramaRomanceMystery
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, James Babson, Brian Caspe, Tom Fisher, Aaron Johnson, Erich Redman
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: A supernatural mystery that combines romance, politics and magic, "The Illusionist" is the latest film from the producers of the Oscar winners "Crash" and "Sideways." The film stars Academy Award nomi...
Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

๐Ÿ“… Release: January 5, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Drama
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Pat Carroll, Robert Wisdom, Liisa Cohen
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: In the racially divided world of a Long Beach high school, idealistic first-year teacher Erin Gruwell, played by [c=Hilary Swank], arrives full of hope only to face a classroom of hostile, at-risk st...
Abandoned, The

Abandoned, The

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 23, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Horror
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden, Valentin Ganev, Carlos Reig-Plaza, Jordanka Angelova, Kalin Arsov, Paraskeva Djukelova, Valentin Goshev, Anna Panayotova
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: An American film producer named Marie returns to her homeland, Russia, where her Mother's dead body has been found under bizarre circumstances. She never knew her, having been adopted and brought to...
Two Weeks

Two Weeks

๐Ÿ“… Release: March 2, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: ComedyDrama
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Sally Field, Ben Chaplin, Thomas Cavanagh, Julianne Nicholson, Glenn Howerton, Clea DuVall, James Murtaugh, Michael Hyatt, Susan Misner, Jenny O'Hara
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Director Steve Stockman takes the helm for this semi-autobiographical comedy drama about an estranged family that comes together for one last goodbye, and finds their assumedly brief farewell inexor...
Full Of It

Full Of It

๐Ÿ“… Release: March 2, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: DramaComedy
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Ryan Pinkston, Teri Polo, Craig Kilborn, Kate Mara, Joshua Close, Amanda Walsh, Carmen Electra, Cynthia Stevenson, John Carroll Lynch
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: "Full of It" is a comedy about what happens to a habitual liar whose tall tales suddenly come true. Ryan Pinkston ("Punk'd") stars as a 17-year-old who desperately tries to fit in at a new school by...
Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan

๐Ÿ“… Release: March 2, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cothran Jr., Brandon Raines, Michael Raymond-James, Leonard L. Thomas
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: There was a time when Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) played the blues; a time he got Bojo's Juke Joint shakin' back in the day. Now he lives them. Bitter and broken from a cheating wife and a shattered...
Number 23, The

Number 23, The

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 23, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: DramaMysteryThriller
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Danny Huston, Logan Lerman, Rhona Mitra, Maile Flanagan, Patricia Belcher, Lynn Collins, Mark Pellegrino, Tara Karsian
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: A seemingly ordinary life unravels into a web of obsession and paranoia in this psychological thriller. [c=Jim Carrey] stars as Walter Sparrow, an animal control officer whose world is upended when h...
School For Scoundrels

School For Scoundrels

๐Ÿ“… Release: September 29, 2006
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Comedy
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Michael Clarke Duncan, Sarah Silverman, David Cross, Horatio Sanz, Matt Walsh, Luis Guzman, Dan Fogler
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: In "School for Scoundrels," Jon Heder plays Roger, a beleaguered New York City meter maid who is plagued by anxiety and low self-esteem. In order to overcome his feelings of inadequacy, Roger enroll...
Good Shepherd, The

Good Shepherd, The

๐Ÿ“… Release: December 22, 2006
๐ŸŽญ Genre: ThrillerMysteryDrama
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon, William Hurt, John Turturro, Tammy Blanchard, Vladimir Mashkov
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life in "The Good Shepherd," an espionage drama starring Academy Awardยฎ winners Matt Damon, ...
Gray Matters

Gray Matters

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 23, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: ComedyRomance
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Heather Graham, Bridget Moynahan, Thomas Cavanagh, Molly Shannon, Alan Cumming, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Shelley
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: A sophisticated comedy about love, life and being true to oneself. Set in New York City with bantering dialogue reminiscent of a 1940's classic and the panache of a designer fashion show. "Gray Matt...
Starter For 10

Starter For 10

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 23, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: DramaRomance
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: James McAvoy, Ian Bonar, Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Alice Eve, Raj Ghatak, Rebecca Hall, Julian Hensey
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Set in the mid-Eighties, "Starter for Ten" is a romantic comedy about a working-class student (James McAvoy), struggling to make his way in the rarified world of an Upper-class British University. O...
Astronaut Farmer, The

Astronaut Farmer, The

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 23, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Drama
โญ Rating: PG
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Bruce Willis, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Kimbrough, Tim Blake Nelson, Max Thieriot, Mark Polish
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Dismissed from NASA's space program, former astronaut-in-training Charles Farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) pursues his lifelong dream by building his own rocket in the Polish Brothers' family film "The A...
Music And Lyrics

Music And Lyrics

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 14, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: RomanceComedy
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnson, Campbell Scott, Haley Bennett, Aasif Mandvi, Toni Trucks
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is a washed-up 80s pop star who's been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit at county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at...
Goal II: Living The Dream

Goal II: Living The Dream

๐Ÿ“… Release: August 29, 2008
๐ŸŽญ Genre: DramaSport
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Elizabeth Pena, Leonor Varela, Sean Pertwee, Frances Barber, Stephen Dillane
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Chasing a dream can be a treacherous journey, and for Santiago Munez, the stakes have never been higher. In [m=Goal II: Living the Dream], directed by [c=Jaume Collet-Serra], the young footballer, pl...
Daddy's Little Girls

Daddy's Little Girls

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 14, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Lou Gossett Jr., Tracee Ellis Ross, Tasha Smith, Gary Sturgis, Malinda Williams, Terri Vaughn, Cassie Davis
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: A romantic drama about family, community and love against the odds, "Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls" stars Gabrielle Union ("Running with Scissors," "Bad Boys II," "Deliver Us From Eva") and Idr...
Because I Said So

Because I Said So

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 2, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo, Colin Ferguson, Ty Panitz, Alexis Rhee
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Powerhouse actresses Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo serve up the laughs when they join wickedly funny director Michael Lehmann ("The Truth about Cats & Dogs," "40 Days and...
Hannibal Rising

Hannibal Rising

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 9, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: DramaThriller
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Richard Brake, Kevin McKidd
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: In "Red Dragon" we learned who he was. In "Silence of the Lambs" we learned how he did it. Now comes the most chilling chapter in the life of Hannibal Lecter โ€“ the one that answers the most elusiv...
Epic Movie

Epic Movie

๐Ÿ“… Release: January 26, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: AdventureComedy
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Crispin Glover, Tony Cox, Hector Jimenez, Carmen Electra, Darrell Hammond, David Carradine, Kevin McDonald
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: "Epic Movie" is a movie of, well, epic proportions... we measured. The story centers on four not-so-young orphans: one raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks), another a r...
Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web

๐Ÿ“… Release: December 15, 2006
๐ŸŽญ Genre: DramaFamily
โญ Rating: G
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric The Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, Robert Redford
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: A live-action/photo real CG animated feature adaptation of E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web" starring Dakota Fanning as Fern. Julia Roberts will lend her vocals in the lead role of Charlotte A. Cavatic...
Last Sin Eater, The

Last Sin Eater, The

๐Ÿ“… Release: February 9, 2007
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Drama
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Henry Thomas, Louise Fletcher, Peter Wingfield, A.J. Buckley, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Kim Myers, Elizabeth Lackey, Soren Fulton, Stewart Finlay-McLenna
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: When a mysterious man "absolves" her grandmother's sins by eating bread and wine at her grave, 10-year-old Cadi wants the same redemption---while she's still alive! But in her quest for deliverance ...
Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

๐Ÿ“… Release: December 15, 2006
๐ŸŽญ Genre: MusicalDrama
โญ Rating: PG-13
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson, Keith Robinson, Bobby Slayton, Hinton Battle, Sharon Leal
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Twenty-five years after first bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation "Dreamgirls" comes to the big screen starring Academy Awardยฎ winner Jamie Foxx ("Ra...
Running With Scissors

Running With Scissors

๐Ÿ“… Release: October 20, 2006
๐ŸŽญ Genre: ComedyDrama
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, Joseph Cross, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vanessa Redgrave
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: "Running With Scissors" is the hilarious and poignant feature film based on the personal memoirs of Augusten Burroughs. Growing up in the 1970's, young Augusten (Joseph Cross) was living a middle-cl...
Arthur And The Invisibles

Arthur And The Invisibles

๐Ÿ“… Release: December 29, 2006
๐ŸŽญ Genre: AnimationFantasy
โญ Rating: PG
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Robert De Niro, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, David Bowie, Freddie Highmore, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Anderson, Chazz Palminteri, Jason Bateman, Jimmy Fallon, Emilio Estevez, Mia Farrow
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: Deep underground, the Minimoys are waiting... for a champion. Arthur's grandfather disappeared four years ago. All he left behind are his notebooks full of stories about little -- known African tribes...
Notes On A Scandal

Notes On A Scandal

๐Ÿ“… Release: December 27, 2006
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Drama
โญ Rating: R
๐ŸŽฌ Starring: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy , Andrew Simpson, Emma Kennedy, Juno Temple
๐Ÿ“– Synopsis: In this gripping psychological drama directed by [c=Richard Eyre], the lives of two women become dangerously intertwined. [c=Judi Dench] delivers a chilling performance as Barbara Covett, a lonely, s...