In Theaters

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: "Alice's House," FiGa Films, 2008] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” Writer/director Cristian Mungiu burst onto the international film scene with this abortion drama set in Communist-era Romania that was the surprise Palme d’Or winner at…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: "The Business of Being Born," Red Envelope Entertainment, 2008] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “The Business of Being Born” Ricki Lake narrates this Abby Epstein-directed documentary about the birthing process and current medical techniques as the film follows a group of soon-to-be…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Denzel Washington in "The Great Debaters," MGM, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week (and next!). “Alien vs. Predator: Requiem” The eternal question of “who would win in a fight, an alien or a predator” wasn’t quite answered the first time around, clearing…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Aaron Stanford and Zooey Deschanel in "Flakes," IFC First Take, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Charlie Wilson’s War” Honestly, we wish we were a bit more excited about this project than we actually are. Mike Nichols returns to lighter fare after…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: "Nanking," THINKFilm, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Alvin and the Chipmunks” Here we have yet another major motion picture studio’s attempt to destroy our collective childhoods with this cinematic update of the classic 1980s children television series it’s likely we all…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: John Cusack in "Grace is Gone," Weinstein Company, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “The Amateurs” Michael Traeger’s comedy has been kicking around the festival circuit for the past two years since production completed back in 2004. Jeff Bridges stars as a…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Lauren Ambrose in "Starting Out in the Evening," Roadside Attractions, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “August Rush” Freddie Highmore plays an orphaned musical prodigy stranded in the middle of New York who, with the help of a mysterious stranger (Robin Williams),…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: "Love in the Time of Cholera," New Line Cinema, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Beowulf” Robert Zemeckis’ last computer animated effort (2004′s “The Polar Express”) creeped us out more than entertained, and we’re still not sure if he should be handling…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Tom Cruise in "Lions for Lambs," United Artists, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. After Dark HorrorFest 2007 This annual film festival brings eight independent horror flicks (along with possible “secret” bonus films) to theaters around the country. This year’s lineup includes…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: "Fat Girls," Regent Releasing, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “American Gangster” Ridley Scott re-teams with Russell Crowe for a film that’s being crowned a winning achievement over their last collaboration (the middling romantic comedy “A Good Year”). Crowe plays Detective Richie…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Kevin Bacon in Alison Eastwood's "Rails & Ties," Warner Independent Pictures, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” After 2006′s critically underappreciated courtroom drama “Find Me Guilty,” Sidney Lumet reportedly returns to form with this crime thriller…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Jennifer Connelly in "Reservation Road," Focus Features, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “30 Days of Night” Steven Niles’ popular graphic novel gets the big-screen treatment in this horror film about a collection of vampires who descend upon the tiny Alaskan town…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Jude Law in "Sleuth," Sony Pictures Classics, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Berkeley” TV director Bobby Roth’s first feature since 2003′s “Manhood” is the coming-of-age tale of a straight-laced conservative 18-year-old who gets caught up in the youth revolution movement during…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: "Finishing The Game," IFC First Take, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Feel the Noise” Take the storyline from “Glitter,” flip the gender of the main character, immerse the film in Latino culture, and add a flimsy gangster plotline to create “tension”…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: "Trade," Roadside Attractions, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Bordertown” Much has changed in the ten years since director Gregory Nava helmed “Selena,” the biopic about the late Latin music star that shot Jennifer Lopez to fame. Lopez went on to become…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Emile Hirsch in "Into The Wild," Paramount Vantage, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” This coming Oscar season is looking to be a good one for co-stars Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck,…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Keira Knightley in "Silk," Picturehouse, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Across the Universe” “Frida” director Julie Taymor follows up her Oscar-nominated biopic with a musical that, as is Taymor’s fashion, is anything but typical. The film follows a group of college…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: "3:10 to Yuma," Lionsgate, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “The Brothers Solomon” Will Arnett of “Arrested Development” fame stars in his second Bob Odenkirk comedy after last year’s dismal “Let’s Go to Prison,” this time playing one of two socially inept…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Melissa McCarthy and Ryan Reynolds in "The Nines," Newmarket Films, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Balls of Fury” Director Ben Garant of “Reno 911!” fame directs this underdog sports comedy about a former champion ping-pong player (Dan Fogler) who’s recruited by…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Samuel L. Jackson in "Resurrecting the Champ," Yari Film Group Releasing, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Closing Escrow” Three eccentric families hoping to buy a home collide when they each decide they want the same house in this mockumentary by newbie…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Nicole Kidman in "The Invasion," Warner Bros. Pictures, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Death at a Funeral” While his “The Stepford Wives” remake was a pretty terrible film, we always knew that director Frank Oz could do better. His new film…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Louis Garrel and Romain Duris in "Dans Paris," IFC Films, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “2 Days in Paris” Julie Delpy’s directorial follow-up to 2002′s “Looking for Jimmy” finds Delpy and Adam Goldberg playing a New York couple vacationing in Europe…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Anne Hathaway in "Becoming Jane," Miramax Films, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Becoming Jane” Anne Hathaway gets all period piece on us and tries out her best British accent in this biographical tale of a pre-fame Jane Austen’s romance with a…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Romain Duris in "Molière," Sony Pictures Classics, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Arctic Tale” Pretty much exactly like “March of the Penguins”, but with a polar bear and a walrus at the film’s center instead of our favorite tuxedoed birds. Director…

By Christopher Bonet IFC News [Photo: Jay Jonroy's "David & Layla," Jeff Lipsky, 2007] A round-up of the best (or worst) $10 you’ll spend this week. “Cashback” Expanding his original short film into a full-length feature, director Sean Ellis offers up a comedy featuring an English art student whose insomnia inspires him to begin working…