Summary: A hefty deposit into the account of a Mexican soda-bottling company raises the suspicions of Harvard-educated investment banker Daryl Chase (Orlando Jones) who represents the owner. His worst fears are realized that evening when, returning to his apartment, he and his girlfriend Chloe (Garcelle Beauvais) are ambushed by members of the Gutierrez drug cartel who use the pop production as a front. Rescued by CIA Agent T.J. McCready (Gary Grubbs), Daryl is briefed on the agency's plans to take down the drug dealers. 

Things begin to unravel when Daryl finds his assistant murdered in her home, and a shootout between the killer and police leaves two officers dead. Framed for their murders and threatened by thugs, Daryl follows McCready's advice to make a dash for Mexico. 

Overall: Not Recommended


Anti Trust PG-13

Language: Not Suitable 
Violence: Medium
Sexual Content: Mild
Drug/Alcohol: Mild

Summary: Milo Hoffman (Ryan Phillippe) and his three buddies are excitedly trying to attract start-up funding for their new software company. But no sooner are the computers hooked up in the garage-based business than the phone rings. Answering, Milo is greeted by computer tycoon Gary Winston (Tim Robbins), chief of a multi-billion dollar high-tech firm called NURV. When Milo accepts the dream job Winston offers, it creates a schism between the friends – especially with Teddy (Yee Jee Tso) who believes the business giant is unethical.

A lover of windows – in his mansion that is – Winston's bizarre house is the hub of his new global communications network while his company headquarters looks like a set reject from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Giant computer mice and keyboards adorn buildings full of toys, potato chips, and pop machines. As Milo begins his new career, his boss eagerly contributes more computer code than Milo thought any one person could possibly write. 

When Milo learns of the death of two of his friends, one brutally murdered with a club (which we see two times), his life crashes down around him. Investigating, Milo discovers a diabolical plan that makes him the next target.

Overall: Recommended 


Finding Forrester PG-13

Language: Not Suitable 
Violence: Medium
Sexual Content: Medium
Drug/Alcohol: Mild

Summary: Jamal Wallace (Robert Brown XVII) and his friends have often noticed the mysterious man who watches them with binoculars from his inner city apartment each day while they shoot hoops outside their Brooklyn school. Accepting his buddies’ dare to see who "The Window" (their name for the man) is, Jamal breaks into his flat late one night, assuming the man will be gone or asleep. Instead he is confronted, so he flees, leaving his backpack behind.

While his friends assume Jamal only lives for basketball, his backpack holds several small volumes full of half-completed stories and notes –indications of a deep love for writing. Spending hours in his bedroom sharpening his craft – his only interruption being the frequent sexual noises from neighbors, which we hear as well – Jamal is a highly intelligent boy who refuses to do well in school fearing the resulting peer pressure.

The next day, when Jamal's forgotten backpack suddenly drops from “The Window's” apartment, the boy is relieved to have his writing returned, but surprised at the many notes scribbled on his work. Convinced there is more to the man behind the glass, Jamal returns to “The Window's” apartment, but is caustically told to stay away. Persisting, Jamal discovers over time that the recluse is actually William Forrester, an acclaimed author who closeted himself after publishing only one book. The awkward beginning to their relationship eventually leads the two to a totally new experience with mutually beneficial results.

Overall: Recommended 


Save the Last Dance PG-13

Language: Not Suitable
Violence: Medium 
Sexual Content: Not Suitable
Drug/Alcohol: Medium

Summary: Sara Johnson (Julia Stiles) has a problem. But it isn't as black and white as the culture shock of moving from small town suburbia to inner city Chicago may appear. Nor is it the diverse population she associates with at school, including Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas), a bright medical school applicant; Chenille (Kerry Washington), a friendly unwed teenaged mom; and the parole-serving Malikia (Fredro Starr) who threatens Sara after she witnesses him forcefully reminding another female student of an overdue drug payment. 

It's not even the new living arrangements with her estranged father, necessitated by her mother's accidental death.

Sara's problem is she can't dance Hip-Hop – which becomes abundantly apparent when she accepts an invitation to Steppes, a "slamming" nightclub that her under-aged classmates attend with the aid of falsified ID’s. Although her friends blame her race, the truth is Sara can dance, but her genre is ballet.

Overall: Not Recommended


O’ Brother, Where Art Thou? PG-13 

Language: Mild
Violence: Mild
Sexual Content: Mild
Drug/Alcohol: Mild

Summary: Set in depression-era Mississippi, the opening scenes share more of a kinship with The Three Stooges than with the Greek epic. Watching them was kind of like watching Larry, Moe and Curly do Shakespeare. 

The tale recounts the escapades of three escaped convicts on a mission to return to their home and retrieve a buried treasure. 


The trio consists of Everett McGill (George Clooney) – the glib talking, self-appointed Ulysses who uses globs of Dapper Dan pomade and hair nets to keep his locks in check while doggedly driving the threesome from adventure to adventure (although his lack of a plan to spend his share of the loot makes it hard to understand why he's so determined to get it). 

Along for the ride and a share of the money are two simple-minded felons (John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson) who just happened to be a part of Everett's chain gang.

Like Odysseus and his crew, these felons encounter an odd assortment of characters including blind men, Bible bashers, scantily clad sirens, and battling politicians along a back road journey to redemption. 

Profanity and terms signifying Deity are prolific in this movie; however, most disturbing to families will be the acts of graphic violence which include the killing of animals, rampant gunfire, beatings, the horse-whipping of a recaptured convict, and the portrayal of Ku Klux Klan activities.

Returning heroes they certainly weren't, but then Mississippi is not Ithaca. Nor is Everett's ex the good and faithful Penelope waiting at home for him. Yet, as in the original odyssey (and perhaps true of life as well), their journey proves to be more interesting than their arrival at their destination. Thankfully, unlike the epic, it didn't take these guys ten years to get home.

Overall: Recommended