Jordan Kessler Movies

R&B icon Patti LaBelle stars in writer/director Charles Randolph-Wright's big screen adaptation of the off-Broadway hit about a young gospel singer who clashes with her preacher mother after becoming a pop star. Amara Winter (Ciara) has a voice that could shake the pillars of heaven. Every Sunday morning, her voice lifts the spirit of the lord up for all to exalt. But when Amara abandons the congregation for a shot at superstardom, her risqué image draws the ire of her disapproving mother Lillian (Lynn Whitfield), a respected preacher. Now, in order to avoid losing the thing that matters most to both of them, Amara and her mother must find a way to see past their differences, and reconnect through the power of faith. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A masked maniac locks nine strangers in a room together and reveals that he will kill one of them every ten minutes until they can figure out the factor that connects them all. As the clock starts to tick, the desperate prisoners scramble to solve the malevolent mystery in time to save their own lives. Melissa Joan Hart stars in a thriller featuring Daniel Baldwin. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Four twenty-somethings on an innocent GeoHunt inadvertently become the star players in a deadly reality show when a sadistic killer targets them for their notoriety on popular video and social networking sites. The latest craze in high tech adventure, GeoHunt allows travelers to play hide-and-seek using GPS devices. A leisurely treasure hunt turns into a bloody battle for survival, however, when a young group of treasure hunters fall into a trap set by a tech-savvy psycho. Now, as the treasure-hunters become the hunted, the murderous predator broadcasts his killing spree online for the entire world to see. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A highly trained assassin uncovers evidence of a vast U.S. conspiracy that reaches to the upper ranks of government in this action thriller starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. Paramilitary operative David Wolfe (Gooding, Jr.) is on a mission to kill one of the most notorious terrorists in the Middle East when he discovers that the top members of the administration are deeply corrupt. A target of his own country due to the volatile knowledge he now possesses, Wolfe attempts to stay out of the crosshairs long enough to expose the truth and ensure that justice is served. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

This feel-good ensemble comedy tracks a quartet of suburban siblings and their families over the course of a single summer. Hardworking Gil Buckman (Steve Martin) and his stay-at-home wife, Karen (Mary Steeenburgen), have just a few months to help their oldest son, Kevin (Jasen Fisher), overcome his high-strung behavior problems before he'll be relegated to special-education classes. Gil's difficult relationship with his own father, Frank (Jason Robards), has led him to become a would-be super-dad for his three kids, so he takes his son's difficulties more than a little personally. Gil's sister, Helen (Dianne Wiest), is trying to raise a moody, adolescent son (Leaf Phoenix) and an independent-minded daughter (Martha Plimpton) with no help from her well-off ex-husband, who's more interested in his new wife and family. Gil and Helen's sister, Susan (Harley Jane Kozak), meanwhile, must participate in the too-scripted Big Life Plans of her anal-retentive husband, Nathan (Rick Moranis), whose overachiever zeal infects even their toddler daughter. When long-lost brother Larry (Tom Hulce) show up with yet another get-rich-quick scheme, he brings with him a surprise addition to the family. Screenwriters Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz, and Ron Howard negotiate their varied subplots with a deftness and comedic touch that transforms this conflicted clan into a suburban everyfamily. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi