Category: Film Reviews

Pillion Rating Director Harry Lighton Screenplay Harry Lighton Length 1h 47m Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Henry Melling, Lesley Sharp, Douglas Hodge, Anthony Welsh, Jake Shears MPAA Rating Unrated Review Cinema history has not always been friendly to alternative lifestyles. However, with recent successes in theaters for films looking into the depths of dominance and submission, a…

Avatar: Fire and Ash Rating Director James Cameron Screenplay James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Length 3h 17m Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Oona Chaplin, Giovanni Ribisi, David Thewlis MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here…

Death at a Funeral Rating Director Frank Oz Screenplay Dean Craig Length 1h 30m Starring Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Alan Tudyk, Jane Asher, Kris Marshall, Rupert Graves, Peter Vaughan, Thomas Wheatley, Peter Egan, Peter Dinklage, Brenan O’Hea, Jeremy Booth, Angela Curran, Gareth Milne MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click…

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Rating Director Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Screenplay Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Rob Greenberg (Book: Judi Barrett & Ron Barrett) Length 1h 30m Starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Bobb’e J. Thompson, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, Will Forte,…

Blue Valentine Rating Director Derek Cianfrance Screenplay Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Cami Delavigne Length 1h 52m Starring Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman, Mike Vogel, Marshall Johnson, Jen Jones, Maryann Plunkett, James Benatti, Barbara Troy, Carey Westbrook, Ben Shenkman MPAA Rating R Review Familiar stories told in new ways define much of the…

Wicked: For Good Rating Director Jon M. Chu Screenplay Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox Length 2h 17m Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Colman Domingo, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review What should have been a single film, Wicked: For Good…

Dog Man Rating Director Peter Hastings Screenplay Peter Hastings Length 1h 29m Starring Peter Hastings, Pete Davidson, Lucas Hopkins Calderon, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Billy Boyd, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Root, Poppy Liu, Luenell, Cheri Oteri MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Before the animation renaissance, animated features were largely designed to entertain…

Kiss of the Spider Woman Rating Director Bill Condon Screenplay Bill Condon Length 2h 09m Starring Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Bichir, Josefina Scaglione, Aline Mayagoitia, Tony Dovolani, Lucila Gandolfo MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review While numerous adaptations are expected of classic texts, few modern works have gotten more adaptations than…

Three Days of the Condor Rating Director Sydney Pollack Screenplay Lorenzo Semple Jr., David Rayfiel (Novel: James Grady) Length 1h 57m Starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max Von Sydow, John Houseman, Addison Powell, Walter McGinn, Tina Chen, Michael Kane, Don McHenry, Michael Miller MPAA Rating R Review Spy thrillers have been romanticized since…

The Bad Guys 2 Rating Director Pierre Perifel Screenplay Yoni Brenner, Etan Cohen Length 1h 44m Starring Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Zazie Beetz, Danielle Brooks, Natasha Lyonne, Maria Bakalova, Alex Borstein, Richard Ayoade, Lilly Singh, Omid Djalili, Colin Jost MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Do our lovable…

Shutter Island Rating Director Martin Scorsese Screenplay Laeta Kalogridis (Novel: Dennis Lehane) Length 2h 18m Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Elias Koteas, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Denham MPAA Rating R Review Working outside his comfort zone, Martin…

The Royal Tenenbaums Rating Director Wes Anderson Screenplay Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson Length 1h 50m Starring Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Seymour Cassel, Kumar Pallana, Alec Baldwin, Grant Rosenmeyer, Jonah Meyerson MPAA Rating R Review When does dealing with family dysfunction not feel like…

Pride & Prejudice Rating Director Joe Wright Screenplay Deborah Moggach (Novel: Jane Austen) Length 2h 09m Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, Jena Malone, Talulah Riley, Judi Dench, Simon Woods, Tamzin Merchant, Claudie Blakeley, Kelly Reilly, Rupert Friend, Cornelius Booth, Penelope Wilton, Peter Wight, Meg Wynn…

In America Rating Director Jim Sheridan Screenplay Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan Length 1h 45m Starring Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger, Neal Jones, Randall Carlton, Ciaran Cronnin, Djimon Hounsou, Juan Hernandez MPAA Rating PG-13 Review It’s a strange situation we find ourselves in. The United States has long been a country…

An Education Rating Director Lone Scherfig Screenplay Nick Hornby (Memoir: Lynn Barber) Length 1h 40m Starring Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, Sally Hawkins, Matthew Beard, Ellie Kendrick, Ashley Rice MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here Review What is the value of cautionary tales…