Tagline: To find her son, she did what no one else dared. Angelina Jolie plays a woman whose son is abducted but retrieved; she suspects, however, that the returned child is not her kid. The woman must then confront corruption in the LAPD. The story is based on true events in 1920s Los Angeles. Clint…
Category: Drama – Romance Movies
Charlie Bartlett (2008)
Tagline: First come. First cured. A rich kid (Anton Yelchin) becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school. Charlie Bartlett has been kicked out of every private school he ever attended. And now that he’s moved on to public school, he’s simply getting pummeled. But when Charlie discovers that the…
The Class – Entre les Murs (2008)
Entre les murs (English: The Class; lit. Between the Walls) is a film directed by Laurent Cantet, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau. The film received the Palme d’Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first French film in 21 years to do so. The last…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century. It follows the life of Benjamin (Brad Pitt), who is born with the appearance and physical limitations of a man in his…
Deal (2008)
Set against the world of high stakes poker, DEAL follows the story of Tommy Vinson, an ex-gambler who quit the game of Texas Hold’em over 30 years ago after missing a family emergency and swearing to his wife, Helen, “never again”. Tommy tries to be content with his luggage business but while watching a poker…
Deception (2008)
Tagline: Are you free tonight? A simple enough question, but how Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) answers it will change his life forever. A corporate auditor adrift in a sea of New York’s power elite, Jonathan’s work is his entire life. But a chance meeting with Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman), a charismatic corporate lawyer, introduces Jonathan…