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Fatman

I’m willing to admit that perhaps my expectations were too high for this twisted, offbeat Christmas movie. But, when one considers the title and the premise – Mel Gibson playing a disgruntled, gun-toting Santa Claus – is it any wonder th...

Run Time: 1:40
U.S. Release Date: 2020-11-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
Cast: Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, ...
Fault in Our Stars, The

Calling The Fault in Our Stars a "teenage cancer romance" might be understating the film's laudable qualities but it's also a reasonably accurate three-word summary of the plot. Adapted from John Green's best-selling YA novel of the same name, The ...

Run Time: 2:05
U.S. Release Date: 2014-06-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity, Adult Themes)
Genre: DRAMA/ROMANCE
Director: Josh Boone
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, ...
Favourite, The

With a sly wit and a dark edge, director Yorgos Lanthimos plunges into the murky waters of early 1700s British politics, where few positions were more enviable and less stable than being the queen’s favorite (or, in Brit-speak, “favourite�...

Run Time: 1:59
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, ...
Feardotcom

Feardotcom is a “ghost in the machine” movie, I guess. I can’t say for certain because the story is so confused and contradictory that it’s impossible to make sense of what’s going on. It hurts to search for logic in the wreckage of ...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-05-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: William Malone
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea, ...

No contest this year, but that hasn't stopped me from making my annual list of picks.

Feast

Zero-star movies are a rare and terrifying breed - films that warrant recommendation only as an alternative to physical distress. Sitting in a theater as one of these examples of cinematic diarrhea unspools creates a curious tug-of-war within the ...

Run Time: 1:27
U.S. Release Date: 2006-09-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: HORROR/COMEDY
Director: John Gulager
Cast: Navi Rawat, Krista Allen, Balthazar Getty, ...
Feast of Love

It's a little surprising to encounter a film like Feast of Love in multiplexes, because it is made for adults. After a summer of pyrotechnics and incredibly dumb scripts, it's a change of pace to find something that aspires to run for 100 minutes w...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2007-09-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Selma Blair, ...
Fences

On reason behind the so-called “whitewashing” of the 2016 Oscars was too few roles of substance in major productions for actors of color. This year’s roster of awards contenders has taken substantial steps to address this issue. Now...

Run Time: 2:18
U.S. Release Date: 2016-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Denzel Washington
Cast: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, ...
Ferrari

With Ferrari, Michael Mann falls afoul of one of the pitfalls of the bio-pic: by focusing too tightly on one brief period in the main character’s life, he creates an “is that all there is?” feeling. Although the real Enzo Ferrari was a large...

Run Time: 2:10
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Gruesome Images)
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Penelope Cruz, ...
Fever Pitch

I will be surprised if this film does well in New York City. Yankees fans, accustomed to success, are still smarting from last year's humiliating debacle, and a romantic comedy that capitalizes on the Red Sox's triumph is unlikely to pack theaters ...

Run Time: 1:40
U.S. Release Date: 2005-04-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon