Movies starring Danny Huston
Hitchcock could be construed as a misleading title for this motion picture. A better name might have been The Making of Psycho, although that might have led to confusion with a DVD supplemental feature. Director Sacha Gervasi's film looks at the li...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-11-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, ...
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is an uneasy marriage of satire and romantic comedy. The film's inability to decide whether it wants to be sweet and life-affirming or vicious and nasty creates not only a disconnect on the story level but r...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-10-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Robert B. Weide
Cast: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, ...
I have never been a Raymond Chandler fan nor am I enamored with the pulp detective genre that was oh-so-popular during the early decades of the 20th century. Consequently, my only exposure to Philip Marlowe (Chandler’s most popular character) ha...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-04-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, ...
Since this is a thriller, there must be a twist. One goes into a movie like The Number 23 with this expectation. However, not only is the twist telegraphed early but it is presented in a clumsy and unconvincing manner. Other films have employed ...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-02-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, ...
There’s something distinctly off-putting about Johnny Depp’s dying-from-cancer movie, The Professor (original title: Richard Says Goodbye). It has to do with the idea that someone, once given a death sentence resulting from metastatic lun...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Wayne Roberts
Cast: Johnny Depp, Rosemarie DeWitt, Danny Huston, ...
It is said that revenge is a dish best served cold. The Proposition illustrates that, extending the metaphor, revenge is more often bitter than sweet. Gritty to the point of being disturbing, The Proposition examines the revenge thriller not as t...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-05-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: WESTERN
Director: John Hillcoat
Cast: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, ...
The tale of Robin Hood is one of several dozen Hollywood staples that experiences re-makes or re-interpretations on a regular basis by the motion picture industry. If nothing else, that's a testimony to the legend's enduring popularity. The most ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-05-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Russell Crowe, Kevin Durand, Matthew Macfadyen, ...
John Sayles has always made political films; they are his bread-and-butter. Yet none, not even Matewan or City of Hope, has been more openly partisan than Silver City, which rips into the anti-environmental policies of the current administration, ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-09-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Danny Huston, James Gammon, Sal Lopez, ...
It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to argue that Wonder Woman is the best straightforward comic book-inspired movie since Christopher Nolan was making his Batman films. (For clarification purposes, I consider Deadpool and Logan, with their more...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Innuendo, Partial Nudity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, ...
For those with a burning curiosity to know how The Lord of the Rings as directed by Michael Bay might look, Wrath of the Titans provides an idea. This is epic fantasy for teenage boys as only Hollywood can do it: with plenty of grotesque monsters a...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-03-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY/ACTION
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Cast: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, ...