2008

Film Decades: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theater)

  • 8 – directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, Gael García Bernal, Mira Nair, Gus Van Sant, Jan Kounen, Gaspar Noé, Jane Campion, & Wim Wenders – anthology
  • 21 – directed by Robert Luketic, starring Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Aaron Yoo, & Kieu Chinh
  • 27 Dresses
  • 88 Minutes* – directed by Jon Avnet, starring Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, Neal McDonough, & Benjamin McKenzie
  • 10,000 B.C.
  • Adulthood
  • An American Carol – directed by David Zucker, starring Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, Trace Adkins, Robert Davi, & Jon Voight
  • Anamorph
  • And When Did You Last See Your Father?
  • Appaloosa – directed by and starring Ed Harris, with Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen, & Timothy Spall
  • Asterix at the Olympic Games
  • Australia – directed by Baz Luhrman, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, & David Gulpilil
  • Baby Mama* – directed by Michael McCullers, starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor, Steve Martin, & Sigourney Weaver
  • Babylon A.D.
  • Bangkok Dangerous – directed by Danny & Oxide Pang, starring Nicolas Cage
  • The Bank Job
  • Battle in Seattle
  • Be Kind Rewind – directed by Michel Gondry
  • Bedtime Stories
  • Beer For My Horses
  • Beverly Hills Chihuahua
  • Blindness
  • Body of Lies – directed by Ridley Scott
  • Bolt
  • Bonneville
  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  • Brick Lane
  • The Brothers Bloom – directed by Rian Johnson, starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, & Robbie Coltrane
  • Burn After Reading* – directed by Joel & Ethan Coen, starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt, & J.K. Simmons
  • Cadillac Records – directed by Darnell Martin, starring Adrien Brody , Cedric the Entertainer, Mos Def, Columbus Short, Jeffrey Wright, Eamonn Walker, & Beyoncé Knowles
  • Chapter 27
  • Charlie Bartlett – directed by John Poll, starring Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, & Robert Downey Jr.
  • Che – directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Benicio del Toro, Demián Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro, Santiago Cabrera, Franka Potente, Julia Ormond, Vladimir Cruz, Marc-André Grondin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Joaquim de Almeida, Édgar Ramírez, Yul Vazquez, Unax Ugalde, Alfredo De Quesada, & Oscar Isaac
  • The Children of Huang Shi
  • Choke – directed by Clark Gregg, starring Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Gillian Jacobs, & Joel Grey
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* – directed by Andrew Adamson, starring William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes, Sergio Castellitto, Peter Dinklagea, Eddie Izzard, Warwick Davis, Ken Stott, Vincent Grass, & the voice of Liam Neeson
  • City of Ember – directed by Gil Kenan, starring Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau, Mary Kay Place, Toby Jones, & Tim Robbins
  • College
  • College Road Trip
  • Cloverfield
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* – directed by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Mahershala Ali, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, & Tilda Swinton
  • The Dark Knight* – directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, & Morgan Freeman
  • Dark Streets
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • Deal
  • Death Race
  • Deception
  • Defiance
  • Definitely, Maybe* – directed by Adam Brooks, starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks, Abigail Breslin, & Kevin Kline
  • Delgo – directed by Marc F. Adler & Jason Maurer, starring the voices of Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Louis Gossett Jr., Burt Reynolds, Eric Idle, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Ripa, Val Kilmer, Malcolm McDowell, & Sally Kellerman
  • Diary of the Dead – directed by George A. Romero
  • Disaster Movie
  • Doomsday – directed by Neil Marshall, starring Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, David O’Hara, & Malcolm McDowell
  • Doubt – directed by John Patrick Shanley, starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, & Viola Davis
  • Drillbit Taylor*
  • The Duchess
  • Eagle Eye
  • Elegy
  • The Elephant King
  • Expelled: No Intellegence Allowed*
  • The Express: The Ernie Davis Story
  • Extreme Movie
  • The Eye
  • The Fall
  • The Family That Preys
  • Filth and Wisdom
  • Finding Amanda
  • Fireproof
  • First Sunday
  • The Fist Foot Way
  • Flash of Genius
  • Flick
  • Fly Me to the Moon*
  • Fool’s Gold
  • The Forbidden Kingdom*
  • Forever Strong
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall*
  • Frost/Nixon – directed by Ron Howard
  • Frozen River
  • Four Christmases
  • Funny Games
  • Garden Party
  • Get Smart*
  • Ghost Town
  • Gigantic – directed by Matt Aselton, starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Edward Asner, & Jane Alexander
  • Goal II: Living the Dream
  • Gran Torino* – directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
  • The Grand
  • Hamlet 2
  • Hancock*
  • Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
  • The Happening
  • Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay*
  • The Haunting of Molly Hartley
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army* – directed by Guillermo del Toro
  • Hellride
  • Henry Poole Is Here
  • High School Musical 3: Senior Year
  • Horton Hears a Who* – directed by Jimmy Hayward & Steve Martino, starring the voices of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Dan Fogler, Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, & Amy Poehler
  • Hounddog
  • The House Bunny – directed by Fred Wolf, starring Anna Farris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Dana Goodman, Katherine McPhee, Rumer Willis, Kiely Williams, & Kimberly Makkouk
  • How She Move
  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People – directed by Robert B. Weide, starring Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges, Max Minghella & Margo Stilley
  • How to Rob a Bank
  • I Served the King of England
  • Igor
  • In Bruges – directed by Martin McDonagh, starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, & Jérémie Renier
  • In the Name of the King
  • The Incredible Hulk*
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* – directed by Steven Spielberg
  • Ip Man – Hong Kong
  • Iron Man*
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth*
  • Jumper
  • Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl
  • Kung Fu Panda*
  • Lake City
  • Lakeview Terrace
  • Last Chance Harvey
  • Leatherheads*
  • The Life Before Her Eyes
  • Local Color
  • The Longshots
  • The Love Guru*
  • The Lucky Ones
  • Mad Money – directed by Callie Khouri, starring Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, & Katie Holmes
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  • Made of Honor*
  • Mamma Mia!
  • Marley & Me
  • Married Life
  • Max Payne
  • Meet the Browns
  • Meet Dave
  • Meet the Spartans
  • Midnight Meat Train
  • Milk – directed by Gus Van Sant
  • Minutemen
  • Miracle at St. Anna – directed by Spike Lee, starring Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, & Valentina Cervi
  • Mirrors
  • Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day – directed by Bharat Nalluri, starring Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciarán Hinds, Shirley Henderson, & Mark Strong
  • Mister Lonely – directed by Harmony Korine, starring Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, Werner Herzog, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg, & Leos Carax
  • Mongol
  • Morning Light
  • The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
  • My Best Friend’s Girl
  • My Blueberry Nights – directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, & Natalie Portman
  • Never Back Down
  • Never Forever
  • New York, I Love You – directed by Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Randall Balsmeyer, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Jiang Wen, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Natalie Portman, & Brett Ratner, starring Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Portman, Anton Yelchin, Hayden Christensen, Orlando Bloom, Irrfan Khan, Rachel Bilson, Chris Cooper, Andy García, Christina Ricci, John Hurt, Cloris Leachman, Robin Wright, Julie Christie, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Shu Qi, & Eli Wallach – anthology
  • Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist
  • Nights in Rodanthe
  • Nim’s Island*
  • Nobel Son – directed by Randall Miller, starring Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, Eliza Dushku, & Danny DeVito
  • Nothing But the Truth
  • Nothing Like the Holidays
  • One Missed Call
  • The Other Boleyn Girl
  • The Other End of the Line
  • Over Her Dead Body
  • Passangers
  • Paranoid Park – directed by Gus Van Sant
  • Penelope* – directed by Mark Palansky, starring Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O’Hara, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, Reese Witherspoon, & Nick Frost
  • Pineapple Express*
  • The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie
  • Ponyo* – directed by Hayao Miyazaki – Japan
  • Pride and Glory
  • Prom Night
  • The Promotion
  • Proud American
  • Punisher: War Zone
  • Quantum of Solace
  • Quarantine
  • Quid Pro Quo
  • Rachel Getting Married – directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, & Debra Winger
  • Rambo*
  • The Reader – directed by Stephen Daldry, starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, & David Kross
  • Redbelt – directed by David Mamet
  • Religulous – documentary
  • Repo! The Genetic Opera
  • Revolutionary Road – directed by Sam Mendes, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, & Kathy Bates
  • The Rocker*
  • RocknRolla – directed by Guy Ritchie
  • Rogue
  • Role Models*
  • The Ruins
  • Run Fatboy Run*
  • Savage Grace
  • Saw V
  • The Secret Life of Bees
  • Semi-Pro
  • Seven Pounds
  • Sex and the City*
  • Sex Drive
  • Shine a Light* – directed by Martin Scorsese – concert documentary
  • Shutter
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
  • Sleepwalking
  • Slumdog Millionaire – directed by Danny Boyle
  • Smart People*
  • Smother – directed by Vince Di Meglio, starring Diane Keaton, Dax Shepard, & Liv Tyler
  • Snow Angels
  • Son of Rambow
  • Soul Men – directed by Malcolm D. Lee, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, & Sean Hayes
  • Space Chimps
  • Special
  • Speed Racer* – directed by The Wachowskis, starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Roger Allam, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain, & Richard Roundtree
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • The Spirit – directed by Frank Miller, starring Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria, Paz Vega, Scarlett Johansson, & Samuel L. Jackson
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  • Step Brothers
  • Step Up 2: The Streets
  • The Stone Angel
  • Stop-Loss
  • The Strangers
  • Strange Wilderness*
  • Street Kings – directed by David Ayer, starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Common, & The Game
  • Surfer, Dude
  • Superhero Movie
  • Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers – Japan
  • Swing Vote – directed by Joshua Michael Stern, starring Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, & Madeline Carroll
  • Synecdoche, New York – directed by Charlie Kaufman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, & Tom Noonan
  • The Tale of Despereaux
  • Teeth
  • Then She Found Me
  • Timecrimes
  • Towelhead
  • Traitor
  • Transporter 3
  • Tropic Thunder – directed by and starring Ben Stiller, with Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte, & Tom Cruise
  • Trouble the Water
  • Twilight
  • U2 3D
  • Untraceable
  • Valkyrie
  • Vantage Point
  • Vicky Christina Barcelona – directed by Woody Allen
  • The Visitor
  • W. – directed by Oliver Stone
  • The Wackness
  • WALL-E*
  • Waltz with Bashir
  • Wanted*
  • War, Inc
  • Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
  • Wendy and Lucy
  • What Just Happened
  • What Happens in Vegas
  • What We Do Is Secret
  • Where God Left His Shoes
  • Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? – documentary
  • While She Was Out
  • Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland
  • Witless Protection
  • The Women*
  • The Wrestler* – directed by Darren Aronofsky
  • You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
  • Young@Heart
  • The X-Files: I Want to Believe
  • Yes Man
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno* – directed by Kevin Smith