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This is the first in an open-ended series looking back at film-related subjects from 20-30 years ago. Keep in mind, of course, that nostalgia is an age-related subject. I can't wax nostaglic about things I wasn't born for, and the 1990s feel too ...
This is the fourth in an open-ended series looking back at film-related subjects from 20-30 years ago. It is the mission of nearly every adolescent boy in life to seek out and locate images of naked women. I'm sure there's a biological imperative ...
When modern movie watchers think of Alfred Hitchcock, they often focus on his work from the 1950s and 1960s, but some of the director’s most accomplished films came earlier. Arguably his best pre-Rear Window outing was 1946’s Notorious, the fi...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-10-17
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, ...
In Western culture, we are obsessed by the concept of celebrity. How else can one explain the plague of paparazzi that descends on public figures when they make appearances, or the popularity of gossip magazines and TV shows? Celebrities are l...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-05-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, ...
The November Man feels like just about every B-grade spy thriller that has ever been committed to the silver screen. With a slipshod narrative that could be mistaken for diluted Ludlum, Deighton, or Le Carre, The November Man provides us with an op...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-08-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/ACTION
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, ...
Classifying The Novice is a challenge. Lauren Hadaway’s feature directorial debut treads a daring line between drama and psychological horror. By presenting the film through the eyes of the main character, college freshman Alex Dall (Isabelle Fu...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-12-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Disturbing Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Lauren Hadaway
Cast: Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone, ...
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Novitiate is the even-handedness with which it treats religion in general and 1960s era Catholicism in particular. Set mostly within the confines of a convent, the feature debut of writer/director Margare...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Margaret Betts
Cast: Margaret Qualley, Julianne Nicholson, Melissa Leo, ...
With Now You See Me, director Louis Leterrier has taken a page out of the book of his characters: use sleight-of-hand so viewers are distracted from some rather obvious screenplay deficiencies. By employing a fast-moving, high-energy approach that...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-05-31
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, ...
2013’s Now You See Me wasn’t just about showmanship and misdirection, it was showmanship and misdirection. Brought to the screen by the sure hand of director Louis Leterrier, this was a triumph of style over substance - a flashy, fast-pac...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-06-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Jon M. Chu
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, ...
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a miscalculation of Magic Kingdom-sized proportions. Designed for and targeted at prepubescent girls, the holiday-themed fantasy adventure drowns in CGI, underdeveloped characters, and a plot utterly devoi...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-02
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mild Violence)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston
Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Jayden Fowora-Knight, ...