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These days, it seems damn near everything is based on a comic book, and not all the resultant cinematic material is worth the effort taken to adapt it. Certainly, Hercules is a big-budget misfire of a sizeable order, a visually busy but emotionall...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-07-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, John Hurt, ...
Let me start by saying that Hercules, Walt Disney Pictures' 35th animated feature, makes for good family entertainment. Good, not great. While this film is capable of providing a ninety minute diversion for both kids and adults, it's a far cr...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-06-20
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Ron Clements and John Musker
Cast: (voices) Tate Donovan, Joshua Keaton, Roger Bart, ...
Here Comes the Boom is a mash-up of two popular genres: the sports movie and the teacher-making-a-difference movie. Strangely, this is not the first time we've seen this. 2011's vastly superior Warrior told a similar story but, in the case of Here ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-10-12
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, ...
It's safe to say that, as a director, Clint Eastwood shows no fear. Only a few years beyond telling the story of Iwo Jima from the Japanese point-of-view, Eastwood ventures down another little traveled cinematic avenue by making what is essentiall...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-10-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Matt Damon, Cécile De France, Frankie McLaren, ...
To the extent that slow-burn horror movies are about atmosphere, Hereditary has many of them beaten. Using the camerawork of Pawel Pogorzelski and the music of Colin Stetson to fashion the skeleton of a superbly moody background, first-time d...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-06-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Disturbing Images, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Ari Aster
Cast: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, ...
I don’t know whether co-writer/director Brett Haley developed The Hero with Sam Elliott in mind but, regardless, the fit is perfect. A character actor best known for appearing in Westerns, Elliott made himself a recognizable fixture on TV an...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Brett Haley
Cast: Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, ...
One of the most positive comments that can be made about Hick is that it advances Chloe Grace Moretz's claim to be one of the best young actresses emerging into today's spotlight. Her roles have been numerous and diverse - a vampire in Let Me In, a...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-05-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Derick Martini
Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Eddie Redmayne, Blake Lively, ...
Hidden Figures is an old-fashioned inspirational tale about the undertrodden overcoming. Based on real people, real times, and real events, the film uses the never-say-die attitudes of three women to provide a window into the racism and sexism that p...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Theodore Melfi
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, ...
The Hidden Fortress is the third-most influential of Akira Kurosawa's films (behind Rashomon and The Seven Samurai). Unlike many of the great Japanese director's best-known efforts, The Hidden Fortress has not been remade in another language, but ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, ...
I suppose High Art is as good a name as any for this pretentious melodrama, an often-diverting but ultimately pointless attempt to wed intellectual twaddle with a soap-opera-ish lesbian romance. Lisa Cholodenko's film, which had its world premiere...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson, ...