Category: Film Reviews

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…

Prometheus Rating Director Ridley Scott Screenplay Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof Length 124 min. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Emun Elliott, Benedict Wong, Kate Dickie, Patrick Wilson, Lucy Hutchinson MPAA Rating R for sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language

Alien 3 Rating Director David Fincher Screenplay Vincent Ward, David Giler, Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson Length 114 min. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, Danny Webb, Christopher John Fields, Holt McCallany, Lance Henriksen, Chris Fairbank, Carl Chase, Leon Herbert, Vincenzo Nicoli, Pete Postlethwaite MPAA Rating R for…

Aliens Rating Director James Cameron Screenplay James Cameron, David Gilser, Walter Hill Length 137 min. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, Al Matthews, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller, Daniel Kash, Cynthia Dale Scott, Tip Tipping, Trevor Steedman, Paul Maxwell MPAA Rating R for…

Alien Rating Director Ridley Scott Screenplay Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett Length 117 min. Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto MPAA Rating R for sci-fi violence/gore and language

Snow White and the Huntsman Rating Director Rupert Sanders Screenplay Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock, Hossein Amini (Story: The Brothers Grimm) Length 127 min. Starring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Sam Spruell, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, Toby Jones, Johnny Harris, Brian Gleeson, Vincent Regan, Noah Huntley…

Mirror Mirror Rating Director Tarsem Singh Screenplay Jason Keller, Marc Klein, Melisa Wallack (Story: The Brothers Grimm) Length 106 min. Starring Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Jordan Prentice, Mark Povinelli, Joe Gnoffo, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Martin Klebba, Ronald Lee Clark, Robert Emms, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Sean Bean MPAA Rating PG…

The Avengers Rating Director Joss Whedon Screenplay Joss Whedon, Zak Penn Length 143 min. Starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Saunders, Stellan Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a…

My Week with Marilyn Rating Director Simon Curtis Screenplay Adrian Hodges (Books: Colin Clark) Length 99 min. Starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Julia Ormond, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Watson, Toby Jones, Dougray Scott, Dominic Cooper, Judi Dench, Zoe Wanamaker, Derek Jacobi, Pip Torrens, Miranda Raison, Karl Moffatt MPAA Rating R for some language