If someone told you a story about a CIA agent getting outed to the media by the upper echelons of the White House thus ruining that person’s career, putting their life in danger and exposing their international contacts, you’d probably think to yourself, “Wow, that would make one hell of a movie!”  In this case, that’s exactly what happened.  What are the repercussions for such an action and how do you even begin to fight back against one of the most powerful institutions on the planet?  My review of Fair Game after the jump.

What do you get when you mix the ugly streets of Chicago, youth gone wild and a break out performance by a talented actor at the beginning of his career?  You get one of the best films on teenage delinquency and angst from a decade that specialized in such fare.  While Sean Penn had been in a few roles before, this is really the first time he got to display some serious acting chops and it’s still great to go back and revisit that.  But is Penn’s performance alone enough to carry this film nearly thirty years later?  My review of Bad Boys after the jump.

Imagine living in a time where you put forth a theory in which, “…the world stopped believing that God had any sort of plan for us?  Nothing mattered.  Not love, trust, faith – not honor.  Only brute survival.”  Now imagine that time is 1850s England and you are a scientist – very much living in a world where God is to be feared and has created all things great and small.  You come up with a brave, new radical theory on human evolution.  Would you risk everything – your professional reputation, standing in society, friends and family to put forward your radical new idea?  This is the crux of what Creation wrestles with.  It tells the story of Charles Darwin (Paul Bettany) and his tortuous struggle to produce his best known work, “On the Origin of Species.”  More after the jump:

Whiteout refers to a weather condition in which snow and clouds produce a uniform whiteness, making visibility and objects difficult to see.  A lack of vision is also aptly suited in describing this far-fetched murder mystery starring Kate Beckinsale.  My review after the jump:

Based on a true story, The Soloist tells the tragic tale of Nathaniel Ayers, a once promising Julliard student who ends up on the streets of Los Angeles’ skid row.  He is befriended by Steve Lopez – a columnist for the Los Angeles Times looking for his next story.  Played by the always wonderful Robert Downey Jr., Lopez instantly becomes fascinated with Nathaniel.  How could this musically gifted person end up on the streets of Los Angeles?  As the film unfolds, we come to find that Nathaniel has struggled with schizophrenia his entire adult life. More after the jump: