1930s

• All the King's Men directed by Steven Zaillian (2007)

  [3/10]

  "Terrible editing, overblown acting by Penn, and underdeveloped characterization make All the King's Men not worth seeing. The depth of character that earned Robert Penn Warren a Pulitzer prize never appears in Zaillian's emaciated screenplay and leaves us with a shallow, uninteresting film."

• Everyone's Hero directed by Christopher Reeve, Colin Brady, Dan St. Pierre (2006)

  [5/10]

  "Nothing in the story makes you want to see this movie again, and you feel bad that this movie serves as a final tribute to Christopher Reeve."

• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day directed by Bharat Nalluri (2008)

  [7/10]

  "Really you can't say much more than Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day presents charming characters in a well crafted love polygon. The humor comes easily, the plot never gets too heavy, and you get a double warm-fuzzy feeling as the two leads find true love emerging out of the chaos that swirls around them."

• Thin Man, The by Dashiell Hammett (1933)

  [6/10]

  "From a hardboiled detective story, I expected several shootouts and fist fights, but interestingly, Nick really only interviews numerous suspects and lets the police do most of the dirty work."

  Average score: 5.25