Dan in Real Life

Rating: 3

Even Steve Carell's charms don't save this dippy, sappy romantic comedy. It's also a shameful waste of excellent music by Sondre Lerche.

Eastern Promises

Rating: 9

Not predictable, fascinating characters, very violent but wonderfully done. Cronenberg is steadily becoming one of my favorite directors.

The 11th Hour

Rating: 7

Bone-chillingly informative. There are numerous brilliant sciencey-types out there doing their best to save the planet, and in The 11th Hour, they aren't just talking about the people on the planet. The excellent point is made that humans, like most species, will become extinct eventually. The problem is that we might leave the planet uninhabitable for any life, and that would be the real tragedy.