Movies starring Billy Burke
It's a little surprising to encounter a film like Feast of Love in multiplexes, because it is made for adults. After a summer of pyrotechnics and incredibly dumb scripts, it's a change of pace to find something that aspires to run for 100 minutes w...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-09-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Billy Burke, Jane Alexander, ...
Fracture is refreshingly different from the average mystery thriller in that it does not bombard the audience with "shocking" twists and "surprise" turns. This is a good thing, since those kinds of gimmicky plot elements more often than not derail...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-04-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, ...
Seen in standard (non-IMAX) 3-D. The appeal of Drive Angry is much the same as that of Piranha: a willingness to revel in absurdity to the degree where the exhilaration is infectious. This is a comic book come to life. A combined homage to/paro...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-02-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Patrick Lussier
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, ...
In a statement that borders on the obvious, this review is not being written for the legions of loyal fans who have made Stephanie Meyer's novel Twilight the most popular piece of young adult literature to come along since Harry Potter left Hogwart...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-11-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANCE/HORROR
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, ...
Note: An argument can be made that this review contains spoilers for Eclipse. For those who have read the book, there is no spoilage. For those who have watched the trailer, there is no spoilage. For those who don't fit into either of those cate...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-06-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: ROMANCE/HORROR
Director: David Slade
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, ...
With the Twilight movies, you get out of them what you put into them. If you're a fan, this represents a delirious opportunity to see moments and characters from a favorite book come to life on the big screen. If you're indifferent to the hackney...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-11-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR/ROMANCE
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, ...
Note: An argument can be made that this review contains spoilers for New Moon. For those who have read the book, there is no spoilage. For those who have watched the trailer, there is no spoilage. For those who don't fit into either of those cat...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-11-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: ROMANCE/HORROR
Director: Chris Weitz
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, ...
Untraceable engenders a reaction that is one part fascination, one part disappointment, and two parts frustration. The film, which has the ingredients for a thoughtful, tense thriller throws away a compelling first half so it can descend into silli...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-01-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, ...
Perhaps the most intriguing question associated with this movie is what to call it. Originally, the film bore the moniker of Jane Austen's Mafia, but, when test audiences were confused by the title (an inexcusable 90% of Americans claim not to kno...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-07-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Lloyd Bridges, ...
At least the werewolves in Red Riding Hood have teeth and, when in human form, they don't parade around shirtless. Alas, wearing the PG-13 like a Scarlet Letter, the movie advertises an absence of true horror. Even Lon Cheney Jr.'s Wolfman was scar...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-03-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: FANTASY/HORROR
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, ...