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Spoilers... I guess. Those who care, however, will have already read the book and therefore can't be spoiled. When it comes to movies based on YA novels, there are two flavors: those designed exclusively for fans of the books (Twilight, for ex...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-08-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Harald Zwart
Cast: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, ...
In transitioning Sex and the City from the small screen to the big one, filmmaker Michael Patrick King (who was also one of the HBO show runners) chose not to make the movie inclusive. This is for the fans, and only for the fans. Those who lived a...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-05-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Michael Patrick King
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, ...
"Movies for fans" (as distinguished from "fan-made movies") - motion pictures targeted primarily at aficionados of a series and secondarily at the public - have been around for decades, but never has one been as openly dismissive of the general mov...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-05-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Michael Patrick King
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, ...
John Sayles has always made political films; they are his bread-and-butter. Yet none, not even Matewan or City of Hope, has been more openly partisan than Silver City, which rips into the anti-environmental policies of the current administration, ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-09-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Danny Huston, Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, ...
Sin City is the most visually inventive comic book adaptation to make its way to a movie screen. While other directors have attempted to remain faithful to the look and "feel" of their source material, Robert Rodriguez has taken things a step furt...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-04-01
MPAA Rating: "R " (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, ...
For those who appreciated Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 2005 campy, kinetic film noir homage, Sin City, the 2014 follow-up, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is unlikely to disappoint. It's more of the same and, although a good deal of the freshne...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-08-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/ACTION
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, ...
Is it unfair to compare Luc Besson to Michael Bay? Some would argue that it is but I’m not sure Besson would be among them. Both directors make the movies they want to make and, although there’s more artistry evident in Besson’s work, th...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-07-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, ...
It has taken several years away from the Sundance Film Festival to give me a perspective that I didn't have when I was attending annually. After four consecutive, frustrating Januarys spent in Park City, I stopped going after air travel became ...