Category: Film Reviews

The Croods Rating Director Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders Screenplay Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, John Cleese Length 98 min. Starring Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom MPAA Rating PG for some scary action

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Rating Director Kenneth Branagh Screenplay Adam Cozad, David Koepp (Based on the characters of Tom Clancy) Length 105 min. Starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Alec Utgoff, Peter Andersson, Elena Velikanova, Nonso Anozie, Seth Ayott, Colm Feore, Gemma Chan MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for sequences of…

After the Dark Rating Director John Huddles Screenplay John Huddles Length 107 min. Starring James D’Arcy, Rhys Wakefield, Sophie Lowe, Bonnie Wright, Maia Mitchell, Katie Findlay, Daryl Sabara, Freddie Stroma, Erin Moriarty, Jacob Artist, Cinta Laura Kiehl, George Blagden, Hope Olaide Wilson, Philippa Coulthard, Toby Sebastian, Melissa Le-Vu, Abhi Sinha, Darius Homayoun, Natasha Gott, Chanelle…

Inside Llewyn Davis Rating Director Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Screenplay Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Length 104 min. Starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Max Casella, Jerry Grayson, Adam Driver, Star Sands, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Alex Karpovsky, F. Murray Abraham MPAA Rating R for language including some sexual references

Dallas Buyers Club Rating Director Jean-Marc Vallée Screenplay Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack Length 117 min. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O’Hare, Steve Zahn, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin MPAA Rating R for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, nudity and drug use

American Hustle Rating Director David O. Russell Screenplay Eric Singer, David O. Russell Length 138 min. Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Jack Huston, Michael Pena, Shea Whigham, Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Rohm, Paul Herman MPAA Rating R for pervasive language, some sexual content and brief violence

G.B.F. Rating Director Darren Stein Screenplay George Northy Length 92 min. Starring Michael J. Willett, Paul Iacono, Sasha Pieterse, Andrew Bowen, Xosha Roquemore, Molly Tarlov, Derek Mio, Megan Mullally, Rebecca Gayheart, Jonathan Silverman, Evanna Lynch, Natasha Lyonne, Joanna Levesque, Taylor Frey, Brock Harris MPAA Rating R for sexual references

Frozen Rating Director Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee Screenplay Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Shane Morris (story “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen) Length 102 min. Starring Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk, Ciaran Hinds, Chris Williams, Stephen J. Anderson, Maia Wilson, Edie McClurg, Livvy Stubenrauch, Eva Bella, Spencer Ganus…

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints Rating Director David Lowery Screenplay David Lowery Length 96 min. Starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Keith Carradine, Nate Parker MPAA Rating R for some violence

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro Length 161 min. Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Aidan Turner, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen…

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Rating Director Francis Lawrence Screenplay Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt (as Michael deBruyn) (Novel: Suzanne Collins) Length 146 min. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Willow Shields, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Amanda Plummer, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Lynn Cohen,…

Berberian Sound Studio Rating Director Peter Strickland Screenplay Peter Stickland Length 92 min. Starring Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco, Antonio Mancino, Fatma Mohamed, Chiara D’Anna, Tonia Sotiropoulou MPAA Rating Not Rated

The Wind Rises Rating Director Hayao Miyazaki Screenplay Hayao Miyazaki Length 126 min. Starring Zach Callison, Mirai Shida, Hideaki Anno, Jun Kunimura, Miori Takimoto, Steve Alpert, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masahiko Nishimura, Mansai Nomura, Mario Kazama MPAA Rating PG-13 for some disturbing images and smoking

Saving Mr. Banks Rating Director John Lee Hancock Screenplay Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith Length 125 min. Starring Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson, Paul Giamatti, Bradley Whitford, B.J. Novak, Jason Schwartzman, Kathy Baker, Rachel Griffiths MPAA Rating PG-13 for thematic elements including some unsettling images

ABCs of Death Rating Director Nacho Vigalondo, Adrian Garcia Bagliano, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Marcel Sarmiento, Angela Bettis, Noboru Iguchi, Andrew Traucki, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Yudai Yamaguchi, Anders Morgenthaler, Timo Tjahjanto, Ti West, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Bruno Forzani, Simon Rumley, Adam Wingard, Srdjan Spasojevic, Jake West, Lee Hardcastle, Ben Wheatley, Kaare Andrews, Jon Schnepp,…