Movies with Abe

Cruel Intentions Directed by Roger Kumble Released March 5, 1999 Ah, what a fantastically ridiculous film. I first watched this movie at lea...

#5: THE BUBBLE “Walk on Water” director Eytan Fox takes an inside look at the politically active youth in Tel Aviv in this fascinatingly fre...

#10: RATATOUILLE This winning animated comedy tells the story of a young rat whose culinary inclinations inspire him to get into the restaur...

#15: KNOCKED UP Judd Apatow and crew take a potentially overdone concept and make a charming, hilarious film out of it. Seth Rogen and Kathe...

#20: WAITRESS The late Adrienne Shelly directs this amusing and entertaining dramedy about a dissatisfied piemaker longing for happiness in ...

#25: SNOW CAKE This film, delayed from a late December 2006 release, opened at very few theatres in April but packed a major emotional punch...

Married Life Directed by Ira Sachs Released March 7, 2008 Hearing that Chris Cooper is starring in a movie really ups my excitement level, a...

I slipped so far behind on both my blogs in the past two weeks or so, but I have caught up completely on TV with Abe, so please check that o...

Chicago 10 Directed by Brett Morgen Released February 29, 2008 1968 is quite the year in terms of historical significance. Both Robert Kenne...

Vantage Point Directed by Pete Travis Released February 22, 2008 The trailers made it look cool. In theory presidental assassinations are th...

Charlie Bartlett Directed by Jon Poll Released February 22, 2008 This long-delayed film, which had trailers debuting in theatres last summer...

All in all, this was really a great time. My first real Oscar soiree was complemented by an enjoyable ceremony and my first-ever entry into ...

These are my final Oscar Winner Predictions. This is my fifth year making official predictions before the telecast, and in that time, I have...

The nominees: ATONEMENT JUNO MICHAEL CLAYTON NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN THERE WILL BE BLOOD My ballot : 0/5 Who should win : “Juno”, “Atonement”...

The nominees: JULIAN SCHNABEL, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY JASON REITMAN, JUNO TONY GILROY, MICHAEL CLAYTON THE COEN BROTHERS, NO COUN...

The nominees: NO END IN SIGHT OPERATION HOMECOMING SICKO TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE WAR/DANCE My ballot : I have only seen the nominated document...

The nominees: AT NIGHT (A-) An ultra-serious but supremely affecting story about three young women in a cancer ward. THE MOZART OF PICKPOCK...

The nominees: EVEN PIGEONS GO TO HEAVEN (B+) The most universally likeable of the bunch. The story of a priest trying to sell a machine that...

The nominees: FREEHELD LA CORONA SALIM BABA SARI’S MOTHER Who should win : I have not seen any of these, nor any documentary shorts at all, ...

The nominees: RATATOUILLE PERSEPOLIS SURF’S UP My ballot : I did not give an animated film award, but “Persepolis” might be on the list and ...