Category: Film Reviews

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Rating Director Brad Bird Screenplay Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec Length 133 min. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Samuli Edelmann, Ivan Shvedoff, Anil Kapoor, Léa Seydoux, Josh Holloway MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence

The Artist Rating Director Michel Hazanavicius Screenplay Michel Hazanavicius Length 100 min. Starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Missi Pyle, Malcolm McDowell, Ed Lauter, Beth Grant MPAA Rating PG-13 for a disturbing image and a crude gesture

Beginners Rating Director Mike Mills Screenplay Mike Mills Length 105 min. Starring Ewan McGregor, Mélanie Laurent, Christopher Plummer, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos MPAA Rating R for language and some sexual content

Rango Rating Director Gore Verbinski Screenplay John Logan, Gore Verbinski, James Ward Byrkit Length 107 min. Starring Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Stephen Root, Harry Dean Stanton, Timothy Olyphant, Ray Wisntone, Ian Abercrombie, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit MPAA Rating PG for rude humor, language, action and smoking

Total Recall Rating Director Len Wiseman Screenplay Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback, Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Jon Povill (Short Story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick) Length 118 min. Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Bokeem Woodbine, Bill Nighy, John Cho MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of…

The Dark Knight Rises Rating Director Christopher Nolan Screenplay Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer Length 164 min. Starring Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Matthew Modine MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality and language.

Martha Marcy May Marlene Rating Director Sean Durkin Screenplay Sean Durkin Length 102 min. Starring Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, Christohper Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, Louisa Krause, Adam Thompson MPAA Rating R for disturbing violent and sexual content, nudity and language

The Amazing Spider-Man Rating Director Marc Webb Screenplay James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, Steve Kloves Length 136 min. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Chris Zylka, Max Charles MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of action and violence

The Woman in Black Rating Director James Watkins Screenplay Jane Goldman (Novel: Susan Hill) Length 95 min. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Sophie Stuckey, Roger Allam, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Daniel Cerqueira, Liz White MPAA Rating PG-13 for thematic material and violence/disturbing images

Brave Rating Director Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman Screenplay Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Irene Mecchi Length 93 min. Starring Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson MPAA Rating PG for some scary action and rude humor

Beauty and the Beast 3D Rating Director Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise Screenplay Roger Allers, Linda Wolverton, Brenda Chapman, Burny Mattinson, Brian Pimental, Joe Ranft, Kelly Asbury, Chris Sanders, Kevin Harkey, Bruce Woodside, Tom Ellery, Robert Lence Length 84 min. Starring Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury, Bradley Pierce,…

Haywire Rating Director Steven Soderbergh Screenplay Lem Dobbs Length 93 min. Starring Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Ewan McGregor, Eddie J Fernandez, Maximino Arciniega, Michael Fassbender, Anthony Brandon Wong, Bill Paxton MPAA Rating R for some violence

The Cabin in the Woods Rating Director Drew Goddard Screenplay Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard Length 95 min. Starring Kristen Connelly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Brian White, Amy Acker, Tim De Zam MPAA Rating R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/nudity.

John Carter Rating Director Andrew Stanton Screenplay Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon (Story “A Princess of Mars”: Edgar Rice Burroughs) Length 132 min. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Bryan Cranston, Polly Walker, Daryl Sabara MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense…

I don’t often have the privilege of reading the novel upon which a successful adaptation is based, better yet two such film representations. I first sat down to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with the David Fincher film late last year and have since taken up the novel and the original Swedish adaptation before…