New Reviews at Thoughtsonfilm.com http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/index.html This part-prequel, part-reboot of Star Trek: The Original Series has moments to rival the best of Trek, but unfortunately it also has moments that rival it at its worst, although the film as a whole is somewhere in-between those two extremes. - Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/startrek_2.html And all at once, all over the world, thousands of contributors to MemoryAlpha (the Star Trek canon wiki) released a collective cry as their universe was forever changed. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/startrek.html While not without its flaws, this film is an entertaining action- oriented prequel to the X-Men films, featuring the most popular X-Man, Wolverine. - Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/wolverine.html While it may not be an instant classic like 40-Year-Old Virgin or Knocked-Up, I Love You, Man is still a worthwhile exploration of male comradery otherwise known as “bromance.” - Review by Conor Aylsworth. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/iloveyouman.html Watchmen is the thinking man’s (or woman’s) superhero film. - Review by Conor Aylsworth. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/watchmen_2.html A graphic novel once labeled "unfilmable" finally arrives on the big screen. - Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/watchmen.html The trailer for this film had been accused of doing what only the very worst kind of action films are accused of. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/international.html Well this was a surprise. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/fridaythethirteenth.html Here is another romantic comedy that struggles with the notion that people are individual, selfish and for the most part, in this particular movie, deluded. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/hesjustnotthatintoyou.html When my friend asked me to write a review of this film, I was somewhat skeptical. - Review by Conor Aylsworth. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2007/waitress.html One of the downsides of actually reviewing movies is to watch films that you don't really want to and this was one of those. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/paulblart.html This is no Godfather movie. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reivews/2000s/2009/gomorrah.html I have to be honest and say I nearly missed this altogether; blink and you might have missed it too. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reivews/2000s/2008/flashofgenius.html You know when you sit down to watch a movie that you know is one generation behind you? - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/nickandnorah.html Set in the apparent frozen wastes of the border between New York State and Quebec on a Mohawk reservation, this grizzly study displays the drudgery and often treacherous lives of two single mothers and the lengths they are prepared to go to in order to survive. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reivews/2000s/2008/frozenriver.html Sam Rockwell and Angelica Huston take an often uncomfortable and sideways look at dementia, addiction and responsibility, not necessarily in that order. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/choke.html I have to begin by saying that this movie is not for everyone. - Review by Conor Aylsworth. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2002/confessionsofadangerousmind.html One of the things I always try to remember about critically approaching any movie I review is not to pre-judge. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2009/bridewars.html After watching Doubt, I had to go and look at the opinions of others on IMDb, as I felt something wasn't quite right about my feelings on the film and wanted to see if others had picked up on it. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/doubt.html Let me start by saying that I knew practically nothing about the Israeli-Lebanese war of the early 1980's prior to watching this animated documentary. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/waltzwithbashir.html If you haven't seen it in a while go re-watch Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? - Review by Conor Aylsworth. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/burnafterreading.html As much as I am politically aligned with much of this film, W. doesn't live up to its own potential nor, I believe, the intentions of the filmmaker. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/w.html In 1996, Waiting for Guffman set the bar extremely high for films about amateur theater and until now, nothing has come close to attaining the same level of comedic genius as it did. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/hamlet2.html Based on the journalistic scribbling of John Grogan, this is the story not of a family, as many may tell you, but instead, the life story of a Labrador called Marley, interspersed with events that happen to his adopted family. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/marley&me.html After nearly a decade of primarily entertainmening fluff-pieces, director Steven Soderbergh has returned to his auteur roots with the epic biopic Che, a two-part film chronicling the adult life of legendary revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/cheone.html The Curious Case of Benjamin Button had so much Oscar buzz around it before it even came out. - Review by Conor Aylsworth. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/benjaminbutton.html The Reader is a complex film about many things, from justice and morality to retribution and remorse, but most of all the movie is about shame. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/thereader.html In the spirit of Robert Redford's 1980 melodrama Ordinary People, director Jonathan Demme returns to greatness with this year's most intimate and powerful drama. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/rachelgettingmarried.html Revolutionary Road is Sam Mendes's second take on perceived suburban domesticity. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/revolutionaryroad.html Pineapple Express is a sort of strange creature, pieced together from two sides of the cinema spectrum. - Review by Conor Aylsworth. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/pineappleexpress.html Having three children of my own, our household has been a shrine to Pixar, DreamWorks Animation and Disney (in that order) for the better part of a decade. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/bolt.html One of the most important things I ask of a film of this kind, a dramatic retelling of a painful time in the lives of millions of people all over the world, is does it bring anything? - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/defiance.html I'll be honest from the outset and say that I am in at least two minds about this film. - Review by Steve Leadbetter. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/vickycristinabarcelona.html It just wouldn't be December without a handful of Nazi movies hitting the theaters. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/valkyrie.html Clint Eastwood is one of the most prolific filmmakers working in Hollywood today, releasing a movie (and sometimes two) a year for the last two decades. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/changeling.html I love vampires. Always have, probably always will. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/twilight.html Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, A Bug's Life) said in a recent interview that he had never intended for WALL-E to contain a political message. - Review by Scott Kline. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/walle.html At its heart, Slumdog Millionaire is a love story and the combination of every element of the film converges to produce an inexplicably wonderful film—the closest thing to a perfect movie I've seen in a long time. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/slumdogmillionaire.html There are few artists in Hollywood today of the pedigree of Clint Eastwood, and while his career has seen ups and downs and gone through more transitions than I feel lucky enough to count, his second release of 2008 not only proves that he's still got everything that made him famous in the first place, but also that he truly is one of the all-time great actors and directors. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/grantorino.html The Wrestler is to professional wrestling what Raging Bull was to competitive boxing twenty-eight years ago. - Review by Mark Moreland. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/wrestler.html Overall, this is an entertaining sequel to Casino Royale, the 2006 reboot of the venerable James Bond film franchise. - Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/quantumofsolace.html The golden age of films derived from comic books continues with a production that immediately vaults into the category of the best superhero films of all time. - Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/ironman.html It's rare that a film lives up to all the hype, but in the hands of director Christopher Nolan and a brilliant cast, The Dark Knight is one of the few that does. - Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/darkknight.html It would have been asking too much to expect this film to recapture the magic of the past Indiana Jones movies, but the fourth outing in the series gives it a good try and resembles them both in theme and tone. - Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe. http://www.thoughtsonfilm.com/Reviews/2000s/2008/indianajones4.html