Category: Film Reviews

Milk Rating Director Gus Van Sant Screenplay Dustin Lance Black Length 128 min. Starring Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Gaber, Denis O’Hare, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel MPAA Rating R for language, some sexual content and brief violence. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review How do you…

Wendy and Lucy Rating Director Kelly Reichardt Screenplay Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond Length 80 min. Starring Michelle Williams, Will Patton, Will Oldham, John Robinson, Wally Dalton, Larry Fessenden MPAA Rating R for language. Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review A fractured story about a destitute woman and her emotional attachment to her dog form the backbone of…

Happy-Go-Lucky Rating Director Mike Leigh Screenplay Mike Leigh Length 118 min. Starring Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan, Samuel Roukin, Karina Fernandez MPAA Rating R for language. Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review Anchored by dazzling performances, Mike Leigh’s latest small ensemble film, Happy-Go-Lucky, takes the audience on a crazy journey through the life of an extraordinarily…

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Rating Director David Fincher Screenplay Eric Roth, Robin Swicord Length 166 min. Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Elle Fanning, Tilda Swinton, Jared Harris, Taraji P. Henson, Phyllis Somerville, Julia Ormond, Faune A. Chambers, Elias Koteas, Donna DuPlantier, Jason Flemyng, Joeanna Sayler MPAA Rating PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual…

The Wrestler Rating Director Darren Aronofsky Screenplay Robert D. Siegel Length 109 min. Starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, Todd Barry, Wass Stevens MPAA Rating R Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review The world of professional wrestling has long been accused of faking events to capture the audience’s attention. The Wrestler is…

Slumdog Millionaire Rating Director Danny Boyle Screenplay Simon Beaufoy (Novel “Q&A” by Vikas Swarup) Length 120 min. Starring Dev Patel, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanay Hemant Chheda, Freida Pinto, Rubiana Ali, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Madhur Mittal, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Saurabh Shakula, Raj Zutshi MPAA Rating R for some violence,…

Frost/Nixon Rating Director Ron Howard Screenplay Peter Morgan (His Play) Length 122 min. Starring Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Toby Jones, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Andy Milder, Kate Jennings Grant, Gabriel Jarret, Jim Meskimen, Patty McCormack MPAA Rating R for some language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review It’s…

Australia Rating Director Baz Luhrmann Screenplay Baz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan Length 165 min. Starring Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Brand Walters, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Ray Barrett, Tony Barry, Essie Davis, Arthur Dignam, Jacek Koman, Ben Mendelsohn MPAA Rating PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and…

Untraceable Rating Director Gregory Hoblit Screenplay Robert Fyvolent, Mark R. Brinker, Allison Burnett Length 101 min. Starring Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Lewis, Tyrone Giordano, Perla Haney-Jardine, Tim deZarn, Chris Cousins, Jesse Tyler Ferguson MPAA Rating R for grisly violence and torture, and some language Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack…

Quantum of Solace Rating Director Marc Forster Screenplay Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade Length 106 min. Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, David Harbour, Jesper Christensen, Anatole Taubman, Rory Kinnear, Joaquin Cosio, Fernando Guillen Curevo, Jesus Ochoa, Glenn Foster, Paul Ritter, Simon Kassianides, Stana Katic,…

Local Color Rating Director George Gallo Screenplay George Gallo Length 107 min. Starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Trevor Morgan, Ray Liotta, Charles Durning, Samantha Mathis, Ron Perlman, Diana Scarwid, Julie Lott MPAA Rating R for language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Review Growing and developing as an artist is not an easy task. Through torment, joy and other emotions,…

Max Payne Rating Director John Moore Screenplay Beau Thorne (Video Game by Remedy Entertainment and 3-D Realms Entertainment, Created by Sam Lake) Length 100 min. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Chris O’Donnell, Donal Logue, Amaury Nolasco, Kate Burton, Olga Kyrlenko, Rothaford Gray, Joel Gordon, Jamie Hector, Andrew Friedman, Marianthi Evans,…

City of Ember Rating Director Gil Kenan Screenplay Caroline Thompson (Book by Jeanne Duprau) Length 95 min. Starring Harry Treadaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Murray, Toby Jones, Saoirse Ronan, Mary Kay Place, Liz Smith, Amy Quinn, Catherine Quinn, Martin Landau, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mackenzie Crook MPAA Rating PG for mild peril and some thematic elements Buy/Rent Movie…

Blindness Rating Director Fernando Meirelles Screenplay Don McKellar (Novel by Jose Saramago) Length 120 min. Starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar, Maury Chaykin, Mitchell Nye, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal, Susan Coyne, Sandra Oh MPAA Rating R for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack…

Eagle Eye Rating Director D.J. Caruso Screenplay John Glenn, Travis Adam Wright, Hillary Seitz, Dan McDermott Length 118 min. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Ethan Embry, Billy Bob Thornton, Julianne Moore (uncredited), Anthony Azizi, Cameron Boyce, Lynn Cohen, Bill Smitrovich, Charles Carroll, William Sadler MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense…