Category: Film Reviews

The Night of the Hunter Rating Director Charles Laughton Screenplay James Agee (Novel: Davis Grubb) Length 93 min. Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castillo MPAA Rating Approved

Easy A Rating Director Will Gluck Screenplay Bert V. Royal Length 92 min. Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michallka, Stanley Tucci MPAA Rating PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving teen sexuality, language and some drug material

The Piano Rating Director Jane Campion Screenplay Jane Campion Length 121 min. Starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin MPAA Rating R for moments of extremely graphic sexuality

The V.I.P.’s Rating Director Anthony Asquith Screenplay Terence Rattigan Length 119 min. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Margaret Rutherford, Maggie Smith, Rod Taylor, Orson Welles, Linda Christian, Dennis Price, Richard Wattis, Ronald Fraser, David Frost MPAA Rating Unrated

The Lion in Winter Rating Director Anthony Harvey Screenplay James Goldman (Play: James Goldman) Length 134 min. Starring Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow, Nigel Stock, Kenneth Ives, O.Z. Whitehead MPAA Rating PG

Serenity Rating Director Joss Whedon Screenplay Joss Whedon Length 119 min. Starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Krumholtz MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Rating Director Edgar Wright Screenplay Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright (Graphic Novel: Bryan Lee O’Malley) Length 112 min. Starring Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ben Lewis, Nelson Franklin, Kristina Pesic, Ingrid Haas MPAA Rating PG-13 for stylized…

Ghost Rating Director Jerry Zucker Screenplay Bruce Joel Rubin Length 127 min. Starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles,Whoopi Goldberg MPAA Rating PG-13

The Year of Living Dangerously Rating Director Peter Weir Screenplay C.J. Koch, Peter Weir, David Williamson (Novel: C.J. Koch) Length 115 min. Starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunter, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr, Noel Ferrier, Bembol Roco, Paul Sonkkila, Ali Nur MPAA Rating PG

The Wicker Man Rating Director Robin Hardy Screenplay Anthony Shaffer Length 88 min. Starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp, Russell Waters, Aubrey Morris, Irene Sunter MPAA Rating R

The Bad and the Beautiful Rating Director Vincente Minnelli Screenplay Charles Schnee (Story: George Bradshaw) Length 118 min. Starring Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll, Vanessa Brown, Paul Stewart, Sammy White, Elaine Stewart, Ivan Triesault MPAA Rating Approved

The Fisher King Rating Director Terry Gilliam Screenplay Richard LaGravanese Length 137 min. Starring Jeff Bridges, David Pierce, Lara Harris, Mercedes Ruehl, Harry Shearer, Robin Williams, Amanda Plummer, Christian Clemenson MPAA Rating R for language and violence

The Miracle Worker Rating Director Arthur Penn Screenplay William Gibson (Play: William Gibson; Book: Helen Keller) Length 106 min. Starring Anne Bancroft, Victory Jory, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine, Kathleen Comegys, Patty Duke MPAA Rating Approved

Out of the Past Rating Director Jacques Tourneur Screenplay Geoffrey Homes (Novel: Geoffrey Homes) Length 97 min. Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb, Steve Brodie, Virginia Huston, Paul Valentine, Dickie Moore, Ken Niles MPAA Rating Approved

Reds Rating Director Warren Beatty Screenplay Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths Length 194 min. Starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Nicolas Coster, M. Emmett Walsh, Ian Wolfe, Bessie Love, MacIntyre Dixon, Pat Starr, Eleanor D. Wilson, Max Wright, George Plimpton, Gene Hackman MPAA Rating R (original); PG…