Category: Film Reviews
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Review: Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
Starting Out in the Evening Rating Director Andrew Wagner Screenplay Fred Barnes, Andrew Wagner (Novel by Brian Morton) Length 111 min. Starring Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor, Adrian Lester, Jessica Hecht, Michael Cumpsty MPAA Rating PG-13 (for sexual content, language and brief nudity) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review What amounts to little…
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Review: The Savages (2007)
The Savages Rating Director Tamara Jenkins Screenplay Tamara Jenkins Length 113 min. Starring Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Cara Seymour, Tonye Patano, Guy Boyd, Debra Monk, Rosemary Murphy, Hal Blankenship, Joan Jaffe MPAA Rating R (for some sexuality and language) Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review The painful decision…
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Review: The Namesake (2007)
The Namesake Rating Director Mira Nair Screenplay Sooni Taraporevala (Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri) Length 122 min. Starring Irfan Khan, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Tabu, Kal Penn, Sahira Nair, Zuleikha Robinson, Glenne Headly, Daniel Gerroll, Jacinda Barrett MPAA Rating PG-13 (for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster…
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Review: A Mighty Heart (2007)
A Mighty Heart Rating Director Michael Winterbottom Screenplay John Orloff (Book: Mariane Pearl) Length 108 min. Starring Dan Futterman, Angelina Jolie, Archie Panjabi, Mohammed Afzal, Mushtaq Khan, Daud Khan, Telal Saeed, Saira Khan, Aliya Khan, Azfar Ali, Ahmed A. Jamal, Denis O’Hare, Perrine Moran, Jeffry Kaplow, Ishaque Ahmed, Aly Khan, Irfan Khan, Adnan Siddiqui, Shah…
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Review: What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)
What Would Jesus Buy? Rating Director Rob VanAlkemade Screenplay None Length 90 min. Starring None MPAA Rating PG (for thematic material and brief mild language) Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review Have you ever wondered what Jesus would have thought about the current commercialization of his name? What Would Jesus Buy? puts the viewer alongside Reverend Billy…
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Review: Into the Wild (2007)
Into the Wild Rating Director Sean Penn Screenplay Sean Penn (Book by Jon Krakauer) Length 140 min. Starring Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian Dierker, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Krisetn Stewart, Hal Holbrook MPAA Rating R (for language and some nudity) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review If you ever…
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Review: The Nines (2007)
The Nines Rating Director John August Screenplay John August Length 100 min. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, Hope Davis, Elle Fanning, David Denman, Octavia Spencer MPAA Rating R (for language, some drug content and sexuality) Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review In a vanity project to be sure, screenwriter John August debuts as helmer to bring his…
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Review: Knocked Up (2007)
Knocked Up Rating Director Judd Apatow Screenplay Judd Apatow Length 129 min. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Martin Starr, Charlyne Yi, Maude Apatow, Joanna Kerns, Harold Ramis, Alan Tudyk, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Ken Jeong MPAA Rating R (for sexual content, drug use and language)…
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Review: Cloverfield (2008)
Cloverfield Rating Director Matt Reeves Screenplay Drew Goddard Length 85 min. Starring Lizzy Caplan, Jesscia Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman MPAA Rating PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review Blending horror film and monster movie into one bubbling concoction, producer J.J. Abrams delivers an uneven picture…
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Review: Across the Universe (2007)
Across the Universe Rating Director Julie Taymor Screenplay Julie Taymor, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais Length 133 min. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T.V. Carpio, Spencer Liff, Lisa Hogg, Nicholas Lumley, Michael Ryan, Angela Mounsey, Dylan Baker, Robert Clohessy MPAA Rating PG-13 (for some drug content, nudity,…
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Review: Disaster Movie (2008)
Disaster Movie Rating Director Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Screenplay Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Length 90 min. Starring Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, G. Thang, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan, Ike Barinholtz, Carmen Electra, Tony Cox, Tad Hilgenbrink, Nick Steele, John Di Domenico, Jason Boegh, Valerie Wildman MPAA Rating PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, drug…
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Review: Meet the Spartans (2008)
Meet the Spartans Rating Director Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Screenplay Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Length 84 min. Starring Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, Kevin Sorbo, Diedrich Bader, Method Man, Jareb Dauplaise, Travis Van Winkle, Phil Morris, Jim Piddock, Nicole Parker, Ike Barinholtz, Crista Flanagan, Hunter Clary, Emily Wilson, Thomas McKenna MPAA Rating PG-13 for…
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Review: Tropic Thunder (2008)
Tropic Thunder Rating Director Ben Stiller Screenplay Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen Length 107 min. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Ben Stiller, Steve Coogan, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise MPAA Rating R for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster…
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Review: Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Kung Fu Panda Rating Director Mark Osborne, John Stevenson Screenplay Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris Length 92 min. Starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler, Michael Clarke Duncan, Wayne Knight MPAA Rating PG for sequences…
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Review: Get Smart (2008)
Get Smart Rating Director Peter Segal Screenplay Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember Length 110 min. Starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Terry Crews, David Koechner, James Caan, Bill Murray, Patrick Warburton, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Ken Davitian, David S. Lee, Dalip Singh, Geoff Pierson MPAA Rating PG-13 for some rude…
