U.S. Release Date: 2017-10-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disturbing Images, Drugs, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Director: Scott Waugh
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino, Sarah Dumont, Jason Cottle
The adventure/survival aspectsare presented with workmanlike efficiency but the secondary story elements are at times cringe-worthy.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Toa Fraser
Cast: Mark Strong, Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish, Ben Turner, Toby Leach, Martin Shaw, Tim Pigott-Smith
Works not only as a portal into what happened 37 years ago but as an understanding of the difficulties of handling hostage situations.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-03-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.
Take away the anti-climactic final act and this is an effective white-knuckle psychological thriller.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-01-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: J Blakeson
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex Roe, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Maria Bello, Liev Schreiber, Maika Monroe
There seems to be little reason to see "The 5th Wave" unless you’re a fan of unfinished stories that likely will never be completed.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-01-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, Dave Denman, Dominic Fumusa, Max Martini, Dave Costabile, Toby Stephens
The movie is imperfect and overlong but it’s never boring.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-11-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Scenes of Peril)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Patricia Riggen
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bob Gunton, Gabriel Byrne
It might be possible to make a gripping film about the 2010 mining disaster but "The 33" isn’t it.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, George Voskovec, Robert Webber
There have been two exceptional versions of ...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-06-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Cast: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Amber Stevens, Jillian Bell
There are times when 22 Jump Street is borderline ...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-03-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Bloody Mayhem, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Noam Murro
Cast: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, Jack O’Connell, Callan Mulvey
300: Rise of an Empire is one of those unnecessary...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-02-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/COMEDY
Director: McG
Cast: Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Amber Heard, Connie Nielsen, Tomas Lemarquis, Richard Sammel
How did 3 Days to Kill, which doesn’t have the ...