Category: Film Reviews

Dune: Part Two Rating Director Denis Villeneuve Screenplay Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts (Novel: Frank Herbert) Length 2h 46m Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here Review The challenge of adapting a…

The Wild Robot Rating Director Chris Sanders Screenplay Chris Sanders Length 1h 42m Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Animation means many things to many people. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to appease all of…

Nickel Boys Rating Director RaMell Ross Screenplay RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes (Book: Colson Whitehead) Length 2h 20m Starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Jimmie Fails, Ethan Cole Sharp, Daveed Diggs MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here Review A terrific story can only take a film so far, it takes…

The Brutalist Rating Director Brady Corbet Screenplay Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold Length 3h 35m Starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola, Ariane Labed, Michael Epp, Emma Laird, Jonathan Hyde MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review The harshness and cruelty of the Holocaust…

Flow Rating Director Gints Zilbalodis Screenplay Matiss Kaza, Gints Zilbalodis Length 1h 25m Starring None MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review With a look that embodies the soft hues and patterns of watercolor, one might be hard-pressed to believe Flow is made with computer animation tools. That sense of wonder isn’t reserved for…

Conclave Rating Director Edward Berger Screenplay Peter Straughan (Book: Robert Harris) Length 2h 00m Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jacek Koman, Lucian Msmati, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Thomas Loibl, Brian F. O’Byrne, Isabella Rossellini, Rony Kramer MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Of the myriad governmental and quasi-governmental assemblages, it is challenging to make those…

The Day of the Jackal Rating Director Fred Zinnemann Screenplay Kenneth Ross (Book: Frederick Forsyth) Length 2h 23m Starring Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michael Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Denis Carey, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jacques François, Olga Georges-Picot, Raymond Gérôme, Barrie Ingham, Derek Jacobi, Michael Lonsdale, Jean Martin, Ronald Pickup,…

Wicked, Part I Rating Director Jon M. Chu Screenplay Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox Length 2h 40m Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Influence and emulation are oftentimes the enemy of great filmmaking. It takes a strong…

Bambi Rating Director James Algar, Sam Armstrong, David D. Hand, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright Screenplay Perce Pearce, Larry Morey, George Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Ralph Wright (Story: Felix Salten) Length 1h 09m Starring Bobby Stewart, Donnie Dunagan, Hardie Albright, John Sutherland, Peter Behn, Tim Davis, Sam Edwards, Paula…

7th Heaven Rating Director Frank Borzage Screenplay Benjamin Glazer, Katherine Hilliker, H.H. Caldwell (Play: Austin Strong) Length 1h 50m Starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Albert Gran, David Butler, Marie Mosquini, Gladys Brockwell, Emile Chautard, Ben Bard, George E. Stone MPAA Rating Approved Review On the cusp of the sound era, 7th Heaven came to define…

The Birds Rating Director Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay Evan Hunter (Story: Daphne Du Maurier) Length 1h 59m Starring Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Ruth McDevitt, Lonny Chapman MPAA Rating PG-13 Review If you’ve never had an unhealthy fear of winged creatures, you’ve probably never seen The Birds,…

Boogie Nights Rating Director Paul Thomas Anderson Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson Length 2h 35m Starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Heather Graham, Nicole Ari Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall, Thomas Jane, Robert Ridgely, Robert Downey Sr., Nina Hartley, Melora Walters, Alfred Molina,…

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Rating Director Stanley Kubrick Screenplay Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George (Book: Peter George) Length 1h 35m Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, James Earl Jones, Tracy Reed, Jack Creley, Frank Berry, Robert O’Neil,…

Misery Rating Director Rob Reiner Screenplay William Goldman (Novel: Stephen King) Length 1h 47m Starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, Lauren Bacall, Jerry Potter MPAA Rating R Review What would you do if you met your number one fan? What would happen if you pissed them off? Misery attempts to scare the…

Deadtime Stories Rating Director Jeffrey Delman Screenplay Jefffrey S. Delman, J. Edward Kiernan, Charles F. Shelton Length 1h 33m Starring Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler, Cathryn DePrume, Melissa Leo, Kathy Fleig, Phyllis Craig, Michael Mesmer, Brian DePersia, Kevin Hannon, Timothy Rule, Anne Redfern, Casper Roos, Barbara Seldon, Leigh Kilton, Lesley Sank, Lisa Cain, Jeff…