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If you don’t know who the Earl of Grantham is, you can probably stop here. If you don’t know Lady Mary’s tragic history, this movie may not be for you. And if you aren’t breathlessly awaiting the next cutting quip from Lady Violet, the...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-09-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Engler
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, ...
The term “fan service” is often used in association with popular genre projects: Marvel films, Star Trek, Star Wars, and the like. The two Downton Abbey films (the first, released in 2019, and its sequel, A New Era) illustrate that even Ma...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-05-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon Curtis
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, ...
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, like 2019’s Downton Abbey and its 2022 sequel Downton Abbey: A New Age, is comfort food for fans. And there are plenty of them: an estimated 120 million viewers worldwide regularly watched the TV series at its...
U.S. Release Date: 2025-09-12
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon Curtis
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Alessandro Nivola, Paul Giamatti, ...
Bill (Michael Douglas) is having a bad morning. He's stuck in his car in a traffic jam, his air conditioner isn't putting out any cold air, his windows won't work, and there's a fly buzzing around his head. Taken as a whole, all of this is enough...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-02-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, ...
Robert Downey, Sr. is an original American independent film maker. He has been at his craft for more than 30 years now -- his debut, Chafed Elbows, came out in 1965. His best known work, the trilogy of Putney Swope, Pound, and Greaser's Palace, w...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey, Malcolm McDowell, ...
Despite its popularity with children, Ice Age represented, at the time, a nadir for digital animation. Although entertaining, the film couldn't stand toe-to-toe with its Pixar and Dreamworks competitors. Ice Age: The Meltdown represents a further...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-03-31
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Cast: (voices) Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, ...
In the past, I always wrote an end-of-the-year commentary called "Rewinding XXXX - The Year in Movies." This year, the more appropriate place for those thoughts is here. Rather than lumping everything together into one mega-long ReelThought on ...
Strictly speaking, Never Back Down is not a remake, but it might as well be. The premise is familiar: underdog achieves self respect through training with a master then puts it all together for the big fight. Like a pop song suffering from overpl...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: Sean Faris, Cam Gigandet, Djimon Honsou, ...