Category: Film Reviews

In the Loop Rating Director Armando Iannucci Screenplay Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche Length 106 min. Starring Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gnia McKee, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Anna Chlumsky, Paul Higgins, Mimi Kennedy, Alex Macqueen, Olivia Poulet, David Rasche, James Smith, Zach Woods, Enzo Cilenti, Johnny Pemberton, Joanna Scanlan, Steve Coogan MPAA…

Coraline Rating Director Henry Selick Screenplay Henry Selick (Book: Neil Gaiman) Length 96 min. Starring Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr, Ian McShane MPAA Rating PG for thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review Forced to move…

The Princess and the Frog Rating Director Ron Clements, John Musker Screenplay Rom Clements, John Musker, Rob Edwards, Don Hall, Greg Erb, Jason Oremland Length 97 min. Starring Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody, Jim Cummings, Peter Bartlett, Jenifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, John Goodman MPAA Rating G Buy/Rent…

Nine Rating Director Rob Marshall Screenplay Michael Tolkin, Anthony Minghella (Musical: Arthur Kopit, Maury Yeston, Mario Fratti) Length 118 min. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren, Fergie MPAA Rating PG-13 for sexual content and smoking. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review Theater has long sought…

The Hurt Locker Rating Director Kathryn Bigelow Screenplay Mark Boal Length 131 min. Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly, Christian Camargo MPAA Rating R for war violence and language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review Deep in the bowels of the Iraq War, bomb squads must risk…

Crazy Heart Rating Director Scott Cooper Screenplay Scott Cooper (Novel: Thomas Cobb) Length 111 min. Starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Brian Gleason, Colin Farrell MPAA Rating R for language and brief sexuality. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review A drunken singer who has hit rock bottom discovers that the love of a…

Avatar Rating Director James Cameron Screenplay James Cameron Length 162 min. Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi, Laz Alonso MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review Big and…

The Messenger Rating Director Oren Moverman Screenplay Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman Length 105 min. Starring Ben Foster, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Samantha Morton MPAA Rating R for language and some sexual content/nudity. Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review Too often, the concerns of families at home when their loved ones are at war,…

The Lovely Bones Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson (Novel: Alice Sebold) Length 135 min. Starring Susan Sarandon, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, Nikki SooHoo, Amanda Michalka, Jake Abel, Rose McIver, Michael Imperioli MPAA Rating PG-13 for mature thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and…

Invictus Rating Director Clint Eastwood Screenplay Anthony Peckham (Book: John Carlin) Length 134 min. Starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julian Lewis Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Marguerite Wheatley, Leleti Khumalo, Patrick Lyster, Penny Downie, Sibongile Nojila, Bonnie Henna MPAA Rating PG-13 for brief strong language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material…

Up in the Air Rating Director Jason Reitman Screenplay Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (Novel: Walter Kim) Length 109 min. Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, J.K. Simmons, Sam Eliott, Danny McBride, Zach Galifianakis MPAA Rating R for language and some sexual content. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material…

Julie & Julia Rating Director Nora Ephron Screenplay Nora Ephron (Book: Julie Powell & Book: Julia Child, Alex Prud’homme) Length 123 min. Starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Helen Carey, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Joan Juliet Buck, Crystal Noelle MPAA Rating PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality.…

9 Rating Director Shane Acker Screenplay Pamela Pettler, Shane Acker Length 79 min. Starring Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, Fred Tatasciore, Elijah Wood, Alan Oppenheimer MPAA Rating PG-13 for violence and scary images. Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review There was a time in world history when workers were afraid that…

The Blind Side Rating Director John Lee Hancock Screenplay John Lee Hancock (Book: Michael Lewis) Length 128 min. Starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Adriane Lenox, Kathy Bates, Catherine Dyer MPAA Rating PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack…

The Informant! Rating Director Steven Soderbergh Screenplay Scott Z. Burns (Book: Kurt Eichenwald) Length 108 min. Starring Matt Damon, Lucas Carroll, Eddie Jemison, Rusty Schwimmer, Tom Papa, Rick Overton, Melanie Lynskey, Tom Wilson, Scott Bakula, Scott Adsit, Ann Dowd, Allan Havey, Howie Johnson, Joel McHale MPAA Rating R for language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source…