Movies starring Max
Benghazi. Few words have become more politicized in the last decade than this one, the Libyan city where, on September 11, 2012, two U.S. diplomatic compounds were sacked and four men (including Ambassador Chris Stevens) killed. It became a political...
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, ...
The Answer Man is one of those modestly diverting motion pictures that's as sweet as cotton candy - and as insubstantial. "Forgettable" is the best term for something like this. It's not painful to sit through but it's unlikely anyone is going to...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-07-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: John Hindman
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, ...
For Art School Confidential, director Terry Zwigoff has re-teamed with Daniel Clowes for an offbeat and bitingly satirical look at the college era coming of age story. Considering Zwigoff's resume, which includes Bad Santa and Ghost World (based o...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-05-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Cast: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, Matt Keeslar, ...
"To dream the impossible dream… This is my quest, to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far… To reach the unreachable star." Perhaps no sentiment better expresses what The Astronaut Farmer conveys than those lyrics by Jo...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-02-23
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot, ...
Becoming Jane looks at the life of Jane Austen through the prism of her novels. The film is a semi-fictional biography of the esteemed author; although it incorporates people and events from her life, it also takes liberties with known events. Lik...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-08-03
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, ...
It would be unfair and inaccurate to refer to Bee Season as "another dysfunctional family drama," although, in essence, that's what it is. Adapting from Myla Goldberg's novel, co-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel (The Deep End) have fashione...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-11-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Cast: Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, ...
Blue Beetle is emblematic of what the superhero movie has become in 2023: an overlong slog through well-worn tropes. Gone are the zest and liveliness that characterized earlier films or the experimental genre-bending of the MCU’s salad days. Put...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Suggestive Material)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Angel Manuel Soto
Cast: Xolo Mariduena, Bruna Marquezine, Damian Alcazar, ...
Movies like Captain Phillips - taut, white-knuckle thrillers that feature ordinary guys instead of bona fide action heroes - are something of an endangered species. In today's risk-averse movie industry, making an "action" film without an establish...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-10-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, ...
Since imprinting his name on the international indie box office with his mid-'90s one-two punch of Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter, Toronto-based filmmaker Atom Egoyan has been struggling to regain his footing. In one way or another, his last few ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, ...
The Chorus is one of those feel-good stories that Miramax Films has become expert in importing. This one is the French equivalent of Mr. Holland's Opus - the inspiring story of how a teacher comes to change the lives of his headstrong students. A...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-01-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Christophe Barratier
Cast: Gérard Jugnot, Maxence Perrin, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, ...