Category: Film Reviews

Coriolanus Rating Director Ralph Fiennes Screenplay John Logan (Play: William Shakespeare) Length 122 min. Starring Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox, John Kani, Dragan Micanovic, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Jesson, James Nesbitt MPAA Rating R for some bloody violence

The Hunger Games Rating Director Gary Ross Screenplay Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray (Novel: Suzanne Collins) Length 142 min. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, Wes Bentley, Amandla Stenberg MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images –…

The Iron Lady Rating Director Phillida Lloyd Screenplay Abi Morgan Length 105 min. Starring Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head, Iain Glen, Harry Lloyd, Richard E. Grant, Olivia Colman, Alexandra Roach, Roger Allam MPAA Rating PG-13 for some violent images and brief nudity

The Adventures of Tintin Rating Director Steven Spielberg Screenplay Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish (Comics: Hergé) Length 107 min. Starring Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Daniel Mays, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones, Joe Starr, Enn Reitel, Mackenzie Crook MPAA Rating PG for adventure action violence, some drunkenness and brief smoking

Shame Rating Director Steve McQueen Screenplay Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan Length 101 min. Starring Michael Fassbender, Lucy Walters, James Badge Dale, Carey Mulligan MPAA Rating Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexual content

The Muppets Rating Director James Bobin Screenplay Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller (characters: Jim Henson) Length 98 min. Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Peter Linz, Rashinda Jones, Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Alan Arkin, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Jim Parsons, Kristen Schaal, Sarah Silverman, Emily Blunt MPAA…

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh (Novel: J.R.R. Tolkien) Length 201 min. Starring Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Marton Csokas, Ian Holm, Andy…

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair, Fran Walsh (Novel: J.R.R. Tolkien) Length 179 min. Starring Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Marton Csokas, Ian Holm, Andy…

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh (Novel: J.R.R. Tolkien) Length 178 min. Starring Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Marton Csokas, Ian…

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Rating Director Tomas Alfredson Screenplay Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan (Novel: John le Carré) Length 127 min. Starring Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Toby Jones, David Dencik, Ciaran Hinds, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kathy Burke, Stephen Graham, Arthur Nightingale, Simon McBurney, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Konstantin Khabenskiy MPAA Rating R for…

Rampart Rating Director Oren Moverman Screenplay Oren Moverman, James Ellroy Length 108 min. Starring Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Ned Beatty, Cynthia Nixon MPAA Rating R for pervasive language, sexual content and some violence

Albert Nobbs Rating Director Rodrigo García Screenplay Glenn Close, John Banville, Gabriella Prekop (Short Story: George Moore) Length 113 min. Starring Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Brendan Gleeson, Brenda Fricker, Mark Williams, Pauline Collins, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maria Doyle Kennedy MPAA Rating R for some sexuality, brief nudity and language

Hugo Rating Director Martin Scorsese Screenplay John Logan (Book: Brian Selznick) Length 127 min. Starring Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee, Helen McCrory, Michael Stuhlbarg, Frances de la Tour, Richard Griffiths, Jude Law MPAA Rating PG for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking

The Descendants Rating Director Alexander Payne Screenplay Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash (Novel: Kaui Hart Hemmings) Length 115 min. Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie, Beau Bridges, Michael Ontkean, Milt Kogan, Robert Forster, Barbara L. Southern, Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer MPAA Rating R for language including some sexual references

Immortals Rating Director Tarsem Singh Screenplay Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides Length 110 min. Starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, John Hurt, Joseph Morgan, Anne Day-ones, Greg Bryk, Peter Stebbings, Daniel Sharman Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz MPAA Rating R for sequences of strong bloody violence, and a scene of sexuality