Category: Film Reviews

Normally, I do not revise reviews once they’ve been written. Recently, however, I inadvertently wrote two reviews for films I had already posted full-length reviews on. It wasn’t my intention and I discovered it only after Peter pointed out that he had perviously edited them. To my chagrin, I had spent a good deal of…

Cloud Atlas Rating Director Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski Screenplay Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski (Novel: David Mitchell) Length 172 min. Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Hugo Weaving, Doona Bae, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zhou, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant MPAA Rating R for violence,…

Argo Rating Director Ben Affleck Screenplay Chris Terrio (Based on an article by Joshuah Bearman) Length 120 min. Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé, Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina, Zeljko Ivanek, Titus Welliver, Keith Szarabajka, Bob Gunton, Richard Kind,…

Looper Rating Director Rian Johnson Screenplay Rian Johnson Length 118 min. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, Pierce Gagnon, Summer Qing MPAA Rating Rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality/nudity and drug content

Shark Night Rating Director David R. Ellis Screenplay Will Hayes, Jesse Studenberg Length 90 min. Starring Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee, Joel David Moore, Donal Logue, Joshua Leonard, Sinqua Walls, Alyssa Diaz, Chris Zylka MPAA Rating PG-13 for violence and terror, disturbing images, sexual references, partial nudity, language and thematic material

Melancholia Rating Director Lars von Trier Screenplay Lars von Trier Length 136 min. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Charltote Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgard, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellar Skarsgard, Udo Kier, Kiefer Sutherland MPAA Rating R for some graphic nudity,sexual content and language

We Need to Talk About Kevin Rating Director Lynne Ramsay Screenplay Lynn Ramsay, Rory Kinnear (Novel: Lionel Shriver) Length 112 min. Starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rock Duer, Ashley Gerasimovich, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Alex Manette, Kenneth Franklin MPAA Rating R for disturbing violence and behavior, some sexuality and language

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