http://www.bigscreenbytes.com Comedy and drama dvd movie reviews, short screen bytes from a loyal movie fan... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:01:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alice In Wonderland is the film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's well known story. This time Alice is older and making life decisions, many of which she'd like to escape at the moment, including a marriage proposal. Alice succeeds in escaping her problems by falling down the rabbit hole into an ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/07/27/movie-review-alice-in-wonderland/ Two young children survive the death camps during the Holocaust because their mentor Jakob protects them. Years later the three are brought together at the serene ranch of Melanie, where old wounds are opened and painful memories tear at their hearts. Their elder mentor Jakob again gives guidance to Melanie ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/07/20/movie-review-emotional-arithmetic/ College professor and inventor Bob Kearns creates the first intermittent windshield wiper. In the process of presenting a prototype, Ford motor company steals the inventors idea after backing out of a deal with Kearns, who spends years fighting the big company in court to get Ford to admit they stole ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/07/13/movie-review-flash-of-genius/ Pirate Radio is a boat at sea harboring an illegal radio station that plays banned rock music 24/7 to the UK. The DJ's play their music to rabid fans who disagree with the rules set by the BBC of 30 minutes of pop music a day. Carl, the godson of ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/07/06/movie-review-pirate-radio/ A divorced couple celebrating their son's college graduation wonder if there is anything left of their original relationship. Complicating matters is the fact that Jake is remarried to a younger woman and Jane has just met an architect who is showing interest in her. Jane is faced with an empty ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/06/29/movie-review-its-complicated/ Bad Blake is a down and out alcoholic country singer who lives on the edge. Blake's gigs run to bowling alleys and broken down bars, a far cry from his days as a big country music star. Bad Blake meets a reporter who helps him take another look at the ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/06/22/movie-review-crazy-heart/ After a young girl is murdered, her family tries to cope with the loss of their daughter and come to terms with the slow progress of apprehending the perpetrator of the crime. The story follows Susie Salmon in the afterlife, where she watches her family and tries to communicate with ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/06/15/movie-review-the-lovely-bones/ This stop motion animation movie is a fun one with an interesting story and clever characters. Director Wes Anderson wrote the screenplay from the Roald Dahl novel of the same name. The story follows Mr. and Mrs. Fox, who live in a burrow. Mr. Fox makes his living stealing chickens ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/06/08/movie-review-fantastic-mr-fox/ An elite Army bomb squad based in Baghdad delves into dangerous territory every day of their tour of duty. Sergeant First Class William James joins the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit team as their new team leader after their previous team leader is killed by a a remote-detonated improvised explosive ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/06/01/movie-review-the-hurt-locker/ Professor Lawrence 'Larry' Gopnik is a serious man, a Jew living in Minnesota, an everyman who lives his life from day to day, never catching a break in life. The story, reminiscent of the Book of Job, follows the professor as everything he touches in life suddenly turns to crap. ... http://www.bigscreenbytes.com/2010/05/25/movie-review-a-serious-man/