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• 66 The Best (and Worst) Movies of 2008

  Plenty of movies to write home about in 2008 though so many of them still need to be seen more.

  Opinion in Video — by moviejohn — on Jan 20, 2009

• 65 Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  An utterly safe, ordinary treatment of a potentially extraordinary premise.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Jan 12, 2009

• 64 Movie Review: Revolutionary Road

  Director Sam Mendes reunites the star-crossed lovers of Titanic and places them in the dirge of 1950s materialistic suburbia.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Jan 06, 2009

• 63 Movie Review: Ponyo on the Cliff

  With his latest film, the master animator Hayao Miyazaki immerses himself completely into the mind of a five-year-old.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Jan 05, 2009

• 62 Movie Review: Twilight (2008)

  A vampire movie contorted into a clichéd, simplistic teenage romance.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Dec 06, 2008

• 61 Movie Review: Let the Right One In

  One of the best vampire movies ever made told through the harsh troubles of a pre-adolescent.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Nov 21, 2008

• 60 Movie Review: Changeling

  A solid emotional drama from Clint Eastwood on a forgotten, baffling case of familial loss and police corruption.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Nov 03, 2008

• 59 Movie Review: Frozen River

  A vividly compelling portrait of small-town people whose sole drive for criminal decisions is economic survival.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Oct 30, 2008

• 58 Movie Review: The Secret Life of Bees

  As a kind of fantastical reflection of the harsher historical times of the deep South, the movie is a small jewel.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Oct 21, 2008

• 57 Movie Review: Body of Lies

  Another modern political thriller that unfortunately relies on too many movie conventions.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Oct 18, 2008