Category: Film Reviews

Speed Racer Rating Director The Wachowski Brothers Screenplay The Wachowski Brothers (Adapted from the TV series) Length 135 min. Starring Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Elia, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Ariel Winter, Scott Porter, Benno Frmann, Kick Gurry, Roger Allam MPAA Rating PG for sequences of action, some violence and language. Buy/Rent Movie…

Iron Man Rating Director Jon Favreau Screenplay Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway (Adapted from the Comic Book series) Length 126 min. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir MPAA Rating PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive…

La Vie en Rose Rating Director Olivier Dahan Screenplay Olivier Dahan, Isabelle Sobelman Length 140 min. Starring Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Grard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Pierre Martins, Catherine Allgret, Marc Barb MPAA Rating PG-13 (for substance abuse, sexual content, brief nudity, language and thematic elements) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster…

Superhero Movie Rating Director Craig Mazin Screenplay Craig Mazin Length 85 min. Starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Leslie Nielsen, Kevin Hart, Marion Ross, Ryan Hansen, Keith David, Brent Spiner, Robert Joy, Jeffrey Tambor, Robert Hays, Nicole Sullivan, Sam Cohen, Tracy Morgan, Regina Hall MPAA Rating PG-13 (for crude and sexual content, comic violence,…

Hairspray Rating Director Adam Shankman Screenplay Leslie Dixon (1988 Screenplay: John Waters; Musical: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan Length 117 min. Starring Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Elijah Kelley, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Allison Janney, Taylor Parks, Jayne Eastwood, Paul Dooley, Jerry Stiller MPAA Rating PG (for…

Gone Baby Gone Rating Director Ben Affleck Screenplay Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard (Novel by Dennis Lahane) Length 114 min. Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Amy Madigan, Titus Welliver, Michael Kenneth Williams, Edi Gathegi, Mark Margolis, Madeline O’Brien MPAA Rating R (for violence, drug content and pervasive language)…

Eastern Promises Rating Director David Cronenberg Screenplay Steve Knight Length 100 min. Starring Naomi Watts, Sinead Cusack, Jerzy Skolimowski, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl MPAA Rating R (for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review After the blood bath of A History of Violence, David…

Margot at the Wedding Rating Director Noah Baumbach Screenplay Noah Baumbach Length 91 min. Starring Zane Pais, Nicole Kidman, Jack Black, Flora Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Seth Barrish, Matthew Arkin, Ciaran Hinds, Halley Feiffer, John Turturro MPAA Rating R (for sexual content and language) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review Recrimination, discovery and mental abuse are…

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Rating Director Julian Schnabel Screenplay Ronald Harwood (Novel: Jean-Dominique Bauby) Length 112 min. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Jose Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow MPAA Rating PG-13 (for nudity, sexual content and some language) Buy/Rent Movie Poster…

The Golden Compass Rating Director Chris Weitz Screenplay Chris Weitz (Novel “Northern Lights” by Philip Pullman) Length 113 min. Starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker, Freddie Highmore, Ian McKellen, Eva Green, Jim Carter, Tom Courtenay, Ian McShane, Sam Elliott, Christopher Lee, Kristin Scott Thomas, Kathy Bates MPAA Rating PG-13 (for sequences…

The Orphanage Rating Director Juan Antonio Bayona Screenplay Sergio G. Sanchez Length 100 min. Starring Beln Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Prncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, Andrs Gertrdix, Edgar Vivar, scar Casas, Mireia Renau, Georgina Avellaneda, Carla Gordillo Alicia, Alejandro Campos, Carmen Lpez, scar Lara, Geraldine Chaplin, Carol Surez MPAA Rating R (for some disturbing content)…

Zodiac Rating Director David Fincher Screenplay James Vanderbilt (Book: Robert Graysmith) Length 158 min. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Chlo Sevigny, Ed Setrakian, John Getz, Philip Baker Hall MPAA Rating R (for some strong killings, language, drug material and brief sexual images.) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack…

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Rating Director Tim Burton Screenplay John Logan (Musical: Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler; Play: Christopher Bond) Length 116 min. Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jayne Wisener, Ed Sanders MPAA Rating R (For graphic bloody…

National Treasure: Book of Secrets Rating Director Jon Turtletaub Screenplay The Wibberleys (Cormac & Marianne), Gregory Poirier, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio Length 124 min. Starring Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Greenwood, Ty Burrell, Michael Maize, Timothy V. Murphy MPAA Rating PG (for some violence and…

The Lookout Rating Director Scott Frank Screenplay Scott Frank Length 99 min. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill, Alberta Watson, Alex Borstein, Sergio Di Zio, David Huband MPAA Rating R (for language, some violence and sexual content) Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review The screenwriter of Out of Sight has…