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Time and time again throughout Terry Gilliam's career, the director has been forced to endure studio interference. According to executives at some of the companies that have distributed the former Monty Python animator's films, his creative vision...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-10-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA/FANTASY
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Jodelle Ferland, Jeff Bridges, Brendan Fletcher, ...
It seems like forever since we've heard from director Joe Dante. Back in the '80s, he was one of the kings of teen-oriented thrillers, with titles like Gremlins and Innerspace on his resume. He continued working into the '90s but with increasingly ...
Following the disastrous Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (my selection for the worst film of 1994), it's a safe bet that Gus Van Sant's next move had to be a proverbial "step in the right direction." In fact, with the biting satire To Die For, the dir...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, ...
In the realm of body horror, few names loom larger than the venerable David Cronenberg. Together, a collaboration between writer/director Michael Shanks (in his feature debut) and real-life spouses Alison Brie and Dave Franco, would likely find fa...
U.S. Release Date: 2025-08-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Disturbing Images, Sexual Content, Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Michael Shanks
Cast: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Damon Herriman
Spoilers! Key plot points from Tokyo Story are revealed in this review.All-time best lists (such as the one published by Sight and Sound) are a little like “show” libraries stocked with classic volumes of literature. Disputing the preeminenc...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Cast: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, So Yamamura, ...
While watching Chris Farley, still at the top of his game, perform in Tommy Boy, it’s easy to ignore how fundamentally bad the overall movie is. A card-carrying member of the bloated, frat-boy comedies that plagued theaters during the early 1990...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-04-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Chris Farley, David Spade, Bo Derek, ...
Tomorrowland is an interesting collage of moments and ideas in search of a strong narrative and a coherent ending. For a while, it doesn't matter that the plot meanders. The story seems like a jigsaw puzzle inviting us to solve it. That's the...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-22
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, ...
An interesting synergy exists between Judd Apatow and Kevin Smith. With films like Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy, Smith opened a door that, only about 10 years later, Apatow walked through. Now, with Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Smith has fully ...
The lives of tortured artists have always made for fascinating film fare. From Amadeus to Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, dramatic re-creations of the often-frenzied, always-tormented lives of "great" men and women have captivated audiences. ...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-11-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Situations, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, ...
Ever wonder how toys apparently get from one place to another with no human help? Toy Story, Disney's first feature-length foray into computer animation, postulates that they do it all by themselves. Toys have their own magical world which comes ...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-11-22
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: John Lasseter
Cast: (voices) Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, ...