Elizabeth Carlos (1924-2009)

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In one sweeping move, the venerable Star Trek franchise has boldly gone where it has never gone before—back to square one. […]

Dreamworks new animated comedy, Monsters vs. Aliens, serves as the perfect reminder of why we go to the movies in the first place—they’re fun! This tale of lovable, earthbound monsters battling pompous, invading aliens is escapist entertainment in the best sense—a movie that helps you take a break from the cares of everyday reality and simply be entertained. […]

Sunshine Cleaning is a winning film, which balances humor with drama. It shows both the ugliness of death as well as the humanity of it. The story reinforces the value of life and the need to deal compassionately and sensitively with life’s end. The film also provides an ultimately uplifting look at the power of family and the resilience of the human spirit. […]

Have you ever lost yourself in a daydream or escaped to a pleasant fantasy when life got a little stressful or dull? Phoebe in Wonderland is an inventive and insightful family drama about a young girl with a vivid imagination and dreams of a special world free from problems. […]

Coraline is a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience about a girl with a different kind of name who longs for a different and more exciting life. She wants to live in a different place, have different friends, and most of all, have different (better) parents. […]

The idea of kismet hovers over Slumdog Millionaire like an unseen character, nudging events and people this way and that, until this harrowing tale of impoverished orphans in Mumbai, India, blossoms into an exhilarating and life-affirming experience. […]

In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, we meet a man whose youth comes after an unbelievable accumulation of life experiences—whose wisdom grows in a body that defies time. His is a life running backwards, reversing beginnings and endings. Yet throughout this sweeping, lyrical, melancholy journey of a man growing young, we learn that “For everything, there […]

Anchored by Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning and a strong ensemble cast, Bees brings us an unlikely quintet of unique women in a story of sisterhood, sorrow, catharsis and the healing power of love. […]

Flash of Genius is a satisfyingly complex drama about a believable family caught up in extraordinary circumstances. It’s about courage, determination, and the need, every once in a while, for a gritty little David to stand up to the big, greedy Goliath—if only to give the rest of us Davids a little hope. […]