Category: Film Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road Rating Director George Miller Screenplay George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris Length 120 min. Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, John Howard, Jennifer Hagan, Megan Gale, Melissa Jaffer MPAA Rating R for intense sequences…

The Theory of Everything Rating Director James Marsh Screenplay Anthony McCarten (Book: Jane Hawking) Length 123 min. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry, Finlay Wright-Stephens, Harry Lloyd, Alice Orr-Ewing, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, Lucy Chappell, Christian McKay MPAA Rating PG-13 for some thematic elements and suggestive material

The Divergent Series: Insurgent Rating Director Robert Schwentke Screenplay Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, Mark Bomback (Novel: Veronica Roth) Length 119 min. Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, Mekhi Phifer, Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Octavia Spencer, Zoe Kravitz, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Tony Goldwyn, Ashley Judd, Ray Stevenson, Jonny Watson, Naomi Watts, Maggie Q, Daniel…

Avengers: Age of Ultron Rating Director Joss Whedon Screenplay Joss Whedon Length 141 min. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Linda Cardellini, Stellan Skarsgard, Claudia Kim,…

Selma Rating Director Ava DuVernay Screenplay Paul Webb Length 128 min. Starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Wilkinson, Giovanni Ribisi, Andre Holland, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Colman Domingo, Omar J. Dorsey, Tessa Thompson, Common, Lorraine Toussaint, Dylan Baker, Wendell Pierce, Tim Roth, Stephen Root, Cuba Gooding Jr, Alessandro Nivola MPAA Rating PG-13 for disturbing thematic…

Boyhood Rating Director Richard Linklater Screenplay Richard Linklater Length 165 min. Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater, Elijah Smith, Steven Prince, Marco Perella MPAA Rating R for language including sexual references, and for teen drug and alcohol use

The Imitation Game Rating Director Morten Tyldum Screenplay Graham Moore (Book: Andrew Hodges) Length 114 min. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, James Northcote, Tom Goodman-Hill, Steven Waddington, Alex Lawther, Jack Tarlton, Ilan Goodman, Jack Bannon, Tuppence Middleton MPAA Rating PG-13 for some sexual…

Out to Kill Rating Director Rob Williams Screenplay Rob Williams Length 83 min. Starring Scott Sell, Rob Moretti, Mark Strano, Tom Goss, Christopher Patrino, Michael Kenneth Fahr, Nicholas Burgos, Christopher Cutillo, Lee Williams, Aaron Quick Nelson, Joey Panek, Mark Manning, Karleigh Chase, Jeffrey Klein MPAA Rating Unrated

Into the Woods Rating Director Rob Marshall Screenplay James Lapine (Musical: Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine) Length PG for thematic elements, fantasy action and peril, and some suggestive material. Starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Huttlestone, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Christina Baranski, Tammy Blanchard, Lucy Punch, Tracey Ullman, Lilla Crawford, Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Billy Magnussen, Mackenzie…

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro (Novel: J.R.R. Tolkien) Length 144 min. Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy,…

The Boxtrolls Rating Director Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi Screenplay Phil Dale, Anthony Stacchi, Irena Brignull, Adam Pava (Novel: Alan Snow) Length 96 min. Starring Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Tracy Morgan, Richard Ayoade, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Nika Futterman, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg MPAA Rating PG for action,…

The Grand Budapest Hotel Rating Director Wes Anderson Screenplay Wes Anderson Length 100 min. Starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Tony Revolori, Larry Pine, Giselda Volodi, Florian…

Birdman Rating Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu Screenplay Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo Length 119 min. Starring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Katherine O’Sullivan, Merritt Weaver, Amy Ryan, Lindsay Duncan MPAA Rating R for language throughout, some sexual content and brief violence

Gone Girl Rating Director David Fincher Screenplay Gillian Flynn (Novel: Gillian Flynn) Length 149 min. Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit MPAA Rating R for a scene of bloody violence, some strong sexual content/nudity, and language

Interstellar Rating Director Christopher Nolan Screenplay Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan Length 169 min. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Wes Bentley, David Gyasi, Michael Caine, Mackenzie Foy, Timothée Chalamet, John Lithgow, Bill Irwin, Josh Stewart, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Ellen Burstyn, Andrew Borba, Topher Grace, Matt Damon MPAA Rating PG-13 for some intense perilous action and…