U.S. Release Date: 2016-11-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Fantasy violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Colin Farrell, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Ron Perlman
"Fantastic Beasts" is an enjoyable stand-alone but its position as the progenitor of a new franchise remains unclear.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Frightening Images)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Claudia Kim, Carmen Ejogo, Zoe Kravitz, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Katherine Waterston, Callum Turner
Does an excellent job assembling pieces and preparing viewers for the larger picture but disappoints in its ability to tell a stand-alone story.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-04-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Madds Mikkelsen, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, William Nadylam, Victoria Yeates, Richard Coyle, Katherine Waterston
An unnecessary, joyless affair, it plods along offering “canonical” tidbits to fans but very little to casual viewers.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-08-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Josh Trank
Cast: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey
As a superhero movie, it falls into the "adequate" range of the spectrum - neither memorable nor forgettable.
U.S. Release Date: 2005-07-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Tim Story
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington
Fantastic Four is the comic book that gave birth ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-11-13
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: (voices) George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe
While it might be a stretch to claim that ...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: Michael Pena, Lucy Hale, Maggie Q, Portia Doubleday, Ryan Hansen, Jimmy O. Yang, Austin Stowell, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Michael Rooker
The biggest shock of this new movie re-imagination is that it makes the cheesy TV series seem fresh and smart by comparison.
U.S. Release Date: 2002-11-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson
Welcome to the world of "Father Knows Best", white...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple
What one would expect from a big budget adaptation of a Victorian classic: stately, beautifully photographed, impeccably acted, and faithful to a condensed iteration of the text.
U.S. Release Date: 1993-10-20
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Chen Kaige
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li
Farewell My Concubine spans fifty-three years, ...