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Sleepy Hollow

Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow is as stylish and atmospheric as any motion picture to arrive in theaters this year. Unfortunately, those aspects are its lone strengths. The film suffers from tepid performances, feebly drawn characters, and a meanderi...

Run Time: 1:45
U.S. Release Date: 1999-11-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, ...
Sleuth

Sleuth is Kenneth Branagh's re-make/re-imagination/re-invention of the 1972 Joseph L. Mankiewicz film which, in turn, was based on Anthony Shaffer's stage play. In the original, Laurence Olivier played the high-born snob Andrew Wyke and Michael Cai...

Run Time: 1:26
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Michael Caine, Jude Law
Sliding Doors

Look back at all the times in your life when there was a fork in the path to the future. Some sort of decision had to be made, and, for better or worse, it irrevocably altered the course of your existence. From time-to-time, everyone thinks a...

Run Time: 1:45
U.S. Release Date: 1998-04-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: FANTASY/ROMANCE
Director: Peter Howitt
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Lynch, John Hannah, ...
Sling Blade

Sling Blade, the directorial debut of actor/writer Billy Bob Thornton (who scripted One False Move and A Family Thing), is a fascinating examination of a damaged man's quest to make restitution for his past crimes. To a lesser extent, it also offe...

Run Time: 2:15
U.S. Release Date: 1996-11-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Dwight Yoakam, ...
Slingshot

Slingshot is about the first manned trip to Titan but, somewhere along the way, the primary narrative is hijacked by a series of too-long flashbacks and a questionable decision to insert a late-in-the-proceedings twist. A problem with this movie, ...

Run Time: 1:49
U.S. Release Date: 2024-08-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Cast: Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Tomer Capone, ...
Slither

Let's get this straight from the start: Slither isn't great art, but that doesn't mean it isn't good entertainment. One of a growing number of horror/comedy casseroles, the film provides its share of tasty mouthfuls - at least up to a point. Putt...

Run Time: 1:30
U.S. Release Date: 2006-03-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR/COMEDY
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, ...
Sliver

On the rebound from a lifeless seven-year marriage and trying to get her personal life back on track, Carly Norris (Sharon Stone) decides on a change in venue and opts to move into an upscale Manhattan high-rise. There she meets a trio of unusual ...

Run Time: 1:46
U.S. Release Date: 1993-05-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, ...
Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire comes from director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, who fashion what is at heart a romance into a mystery and a thriller with Dickensian undertones. It's tough not to think of David Copperfield when we see the "orph...

Run Time: 2:00
U.S. Release Date: 2008-11-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA/ROMANCE
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, ...
Smart People

Big Hollywood productions aren't the only ones to rely on formula. For his feature debut, director Noam Murro has taken the safe route of enlisting the "redemption of the misanthrope" narrative. Everything one expects from such a tale is found he...

Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 2008-04-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Noam Murro
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, ...
Smile

Has the COVID-19 pandemic brought out the best in horror filmmakers? 2022 has not been a good year for cinema, but it has been a very good year for horror. Smile represents the latest in an impressive roster of horror films that have pushed the en...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-12-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Parker Finn
Cast: Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert, ...