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Random thoughts about movies, theaters, and the industry in 2019 plus the year's Top 10.

Richard III

Richard III - it's Shakespeare that has nothing to do with Kenneth Branagh. Actually, at first glance, this film doesn't appear to have anything to do with the Bard's play, either. Opening in a 1930's England war room with a tank crashing through...

Run Time: 1:45
U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Ian McKellan, Jim Broadbent, Annette Bening, ...
Richard Jewell

Late in his career, as he has transitioned from the dual role of “actor/director” to primarily remaining behind the camera, Clint Eastwood has become increasingly fascinated with real-life subjects. He has also long been interested in diss...

Run Time: 2:09
U.S. Release Date: 2019-12-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Paul Walter Houser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, ...
Ride with the Devil

Most Civil War films - and there have been quite a few over the years - have a tendency to skew their perspective towards the Northern viewpoint. It's not hard to understand why - the old South may have been North America's final refuge for a gent...

Run Time: 2:15
U.S. Release Date: 1999-11-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: WESTERN
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel, ...
Riff-Raff

Stevie (Robert Carlyle) is an ex-con from Scotland struggling to start anew. In an attempt to change his life, he takes a construction job in North London where he meets an assortment of others who, in one way or another, are just like him. H...

Run Time: 1:36
U.S. Release Date: 1993-04-07
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jimmy Coleman, ...
Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo, the acclaimed 1959 Howard Hawks Western, showcases a perfectly-cast John Wayne in the kind of role he defined during his four-plus decades of appearing before the camera. Although aspects of the movie have a dated feel when viewed l...

Run Time: 2:21
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, ...
Rising Sun

In an empty conference room on the forty-sixth floor of Los Angeles' Nakatomo Tower, the dead body of a beautiful young call girl has been found sprawled out on a table. When Lieutenant Tom Graham (Harvey Keitel), the racist cop in charge, has tro...

Run Time: 2:09
U.S. Release Date: 1993-07-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, ...
Risky Business

For Tom Cruise, 1983 was the year of his Ascension, although the Coronation would have to wait until Top Gun in 1986. Before 1983, Cruise was regarded as an up-and-coming actor, someone to watch. But with the double-barreled success of the teen r...

Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 1983-08-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Paul Brickman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, ...
River Wild, The

As thrillers go, The River Wild is a cut below a "white-knuckler," but it still has its share of spills and chills. Crafted by Curtis Hanson with considerably more style and substance than his previous effort, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The R...

Run Time: 1:52
U.S. Release Date: 1994-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, ...
Road, The

The Road is undoubtedly one of the fall's most anticipated offerings, in part because it has been lingering on the horizon of the cinematic landscape for a year. Originally scheduled for a release in late 2008, it was delayed when filmmaker John H...

Run Time: 1:59
U.S. Release Date: 2009-11-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA/THRILLER
Director: John Hillcoat
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, ...