Category: Film Reviews
-
The Morning After: January 24, 2011
Despite feeling like I didn’t get much watched this weekend, it turns out I got quite a bit accomplished. One more 2010 movie packed away, a couple of ’80s fan favorites and this week’s Feed the Queue entry, plus a whole lot of Eureka. So, here is what I watched this weekend: BURIED Dozens of…
-
Review: Winter’s Bone (2010)
Winter’s Bone Rating Director Debra Granik Screenplay Debra Granik, Anne Rossellini (Novel: Daniel Woodrell) Length 100 min. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Garret Dillahunt, Lauren Sweetser, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Sheryl Lee MPAA Rating R for some drug material, language and violent content
-
Review: The King’s Speech (2010)
The King’s Speech Rating Director Tom Hooper Screenplay David Seidler Length 118 min. Starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Gambon, Guy Pearce, Claire Bloom, Eve Best, Timothy Spall MPAA Rating R for some language
-
Review: Dance Flick (2009)
Dance Flick Rating Director Damien Dante Wayans Screenplay Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damien Dante Wayans Length 83 min. Starring Shoshana Bush, Damon Wayans Jr., Essence Atkins, Affion Crockett, Chris Elliott, Christina Murphy, David Alan Grier, Amy Sedaris, Kim Wayans, Lauren Bowles, Brennan Hillard, George Gore II, Chelsea Makela, Ross Thomas,…
-
The Morning After: January 17, 2011
It was a slow weekend for movie watching, but it felt accomplished. I saw two major Oscar contenders over the weekend, plus a thorough waste of time. So, here is what I watched this weekend: WINTER’S BONE A slice of Ozarkian life that is neither characteristically slice of life nor characteristically Ozarkian. Winter’s Bone tells…
-
Review: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success Rating Director Alexander Mackendrick Screenplay CLifford Odets, Ernest Lehman (Novel: Ernest Lehman) Length 96 min. Starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty Milner, Jeff Donnell, Sam Levene, Je Frisco, Barbara Nichols, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, The Chico Hamilton Quintet MPAA Rating Approved
-
Review: Stan Helsing (2009)
Stan Helsing Rating Director Bo Zenga Screenplay Bo Zenga Length 108 min. Starring Steve Howey, Diora Baird, Kenan Thompson, Desi Lydic, Leslie Nielsen, Twan Holiday, Ben Cotton, Lee Tichon, Ken Kirzinger, Chad Krowchuk, Derek Watt, Hilary Strang MPAA Rating R for crude and sexual content, some drug use and language
-
Review: The Quiet Man (1952)
The Quiet Man Rating Director John Ford Screenplay Frank S. Nugent (Story: Maurice Walsh) Length 129 min. Starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis FOrd, Eileen Crowe MPAA Rating Approved
-
The Morning After #29: January 10, 2011
A weekend of catching up on the Netflix discs I have been sitting on a few weeks as well as the completing of one television series and winding down with a brainless comedy. So, here is what I watched this weekend: THE QUIET MAN (1952) John Ford was one of history’s most prolific and well…
-
Review: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1941)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rating Director Victor Fleming Screenplay John Lee Mahin (Novel: Robert Louis Stevenson) Length 113 min. Starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, Peter Godfrey, Sara Allgood, Frederic Worlock MPAA Rating Approved
-
Review: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1932)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rating Director Rouben Mamoulian Screenplay Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath (Novel: Robert Louis Stevenson) Length 98 min. Starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Halliwell Hobbes, Edgar Norton, Tempe Pigott MPAA Rating Approved
-
The Morning After #28: January 3, 2011
I had the chance to watch four films over the weekend. Two (Nashville & Charade) are from the Feed the Queue feature. The other two (Four Lions & Shutter Island) were 2010 films I caught up with for Awards consideration purposes. So, here is what I watched this weekend: NASHVILLE Robert Altman’s style of humor…
-
Review: Rabbit Hole (2010)
Rabbit Hole Rating Director John Cameron Mitchell Screenplay David Lindsay-Abaire (Play: David Lindsay-Abaire) Length 91 min. Starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard, Sandra Oh, Giancarlo Esposito MPAA Rating PG-13 for mature thematic material, some drug use and language
-
Review: The Town (2010)
The Town Rating Director Ben Affleck Screenplay Peter Craig, Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard (Novel: Chuck Hogan) Length 125 min. Starring Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Slaine, Owen Burke, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper MPAA Rating R for strong violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and drug use
-
Review: The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Rating Director Michael Apted Screenplay Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Michael Petroni (Novel: C.S. Lewis) Length 113 min. Starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Gary Sweet, Terry Norris, Bruce Spencer, Bille Brown, Laura Brent, Tilda Swinton, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Liam Neeson, Simon…
