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Sitting down to watch Memory, I was prepared for yet another Liam Neeson-As-Righteous-Avenger movie (the kind of thing that has inexplicably become his bread-and-butter since the success of Taken). Much to my surprise, however, Neeson and director...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-04-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Harold Torres, ...
Nightcrawler is a dark and cynical movie for a nihilistic age. It's tense and at times uncomfortable, perhaps because the viewer recognizes that, although the story is fiction, there's a lot of truth in what it has to say about local news and the i...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-10-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/THRILLER
Director: Dan Gilroy
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Renee Russo, Riz Ahmed, ...
Whatever his faults as a filmmaker may be, Kevin Costner certainly understands the Western. Although Open Range is not on the same level as Dances with Wolves, it's a respectable effort that is only slightly marred by the unnecessarily protracted ...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-08-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: WESTERN
Director: Kevin Costner
Cast: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, ...
Open Water, the second feature from director Chris Kentis, has been compared to both Jaws and The Blair Witch Project. That latter comparison is an apt one; the former is not. Aside from one coincident element - both movies feature sharks - there...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-08-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Cast: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis
Of all the films that emerged from the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, none caused me to ponder, wonder, and puzzle more than Alejandro Amenabar's sophomore feature, Open Your Eyes. Film of this intelligence, audacity, and complexity come along s...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-04-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Chete Lera, ...
The first Monday in April is Baseball's Opening Day. Once upon a time (as in a fairy tale), this was a day of renewal and rejoicing, of green grass and warm breezes whispering promises of the summer to come. It was a day when every team was in ...
It used to be that Christmas was one of the year's most prestigious days for opening a movie. This was the day when true Oscar aspirants bowed. No longer, however. Now, a few movies get dumped unceremoniously into theaters but, for the most part, ...
To start with, I always mention September 11 when I write something on that day (usually a festival report from Toronto), so it's reasonable to note that today is December 7, FDR's "date that will live in infamy." (A.k.a. "Pearl Harbor Day." I am ...
The theaters runneth over. No matter what your likes and dislikes may be, there's something out there for you. Virtually every genre is represented: chick flicks, romances, serious dramas, comedy, horror, music, adventure, action, family fare, and ...
It's a busy weekend at the multiplex, in part because several films that have previously opened in only a few theaters are going wider. Two of those are Starting out in the Evening, an affecting tale of the relationship between an aging writer and a...