“Amreeka”
*** 1/2
This is a pointed, emotional story of a divorced Palestinian woman and her son who immigrate to the U.S. just after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, a story that benefits from Dabis’ background as a child growing up in the Midwest during the Gulf War as the daughter of a Palestinian father and a Jordanian mother. “Amreeka” moves back and forth between what happens to Muna in her life and the difficulties her son faces in his. PG-13. 1 hour, 36 minutes. Kenneth Turan, Los Angels Times
“Moon”
***
Moon mining station on the far side is manned by a single crew member, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell). He’s working out the final days of a three-year contract and is close to cracking from loneliness. “Moon” is a superior example of that threatened genre, hard science fiction, which is often about the interface between humans and alien intelligence. R. 1 hour, 37 minutes. Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“Big Fan”
***
“Big Fan” is a poignant, dead-on character study, an examination of a crisis in the life of the most die-hard of die-hard New York Giants football fans. A 36-year-old resident of Staten Island who watches his team on a TV in the stadium parking lot, Paul’s day job is manning the booth at a parking garage. What he really lives for, however, are his New York Giants and being a call-in voice on “The Zone,” a late-night sports talk radio program. R. 1 hour, 26 minutes. Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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