Movies starring Eddie Marsan
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre represents the second consecutive collaboration (and fifth overall) between director Guy Ritchie and actor Jason Statham. My main complaint about their 2021 effort, Wrath of Man, was related to the somber tone. For...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, ...
There are two commonly heard sayings about power. The first, "With great power comes great responsibility," sounds almost sanctimonious but represents the credo by which we expect heroic figures (such as policemen) to live. The second, "Power cor...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-02-05
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Robert Sheehan, John Henshaw, ...
Schlock Holmes is too brutal. Call it instead The Adventure of the Da Vinci Code Knock-off or The Adventure of the Missing Ending. Either would be equally appropriate. This original story, which borrows heavily from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "can...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, ...
Let's start out by not dwelling overmuch on the existence of Mirror Mirror. The basic story outline may be the same, but the similarities end there. Everything of importance is different: tone, intent, plot specifics, and so forth. Mirror Mirror is...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-06-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: FANTASY/ADVENTURE
Director: Rupert Sanders
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Johnny Harris, Toby Jones, ...
Spoilers! Yeah, I talk about the ending. Although the name makes it sound like a monster movie (which it could be, after a fashion), Tyrannosaur is actually a member of a peculiar class of film unique to the U.K.: the "feel bad" tale of working...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-11-18
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Paddy Considine
Cast: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, ...
Although Vera Drake is about the downfall of an abortionist working during a time when the law in England decreed that it was unlawful to perform an "unauthorized" operation, this isn't really an "abortion movie." That's the context, but the tale ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-10-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Mature Themes, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Peter Wight, ...
Just because someone’s life was interesting as viewed through the lens of the nightly news doesn’t mean it’s worthy of a feature film. Or, in the case of former Vice President Dick Cheney, perhaps the filmmakers’ unwillingness to peel ...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Adam McKay
Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, ...
The World's End represents the conclusion to the so-called "Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy" from the creative team of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost. Finding linkage between this film and its predecessors, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz,...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-08-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/COMEDY
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, ...
After scoring big with his live-action adaptation of Aladdin for Disney, Guy Ritchie returns to more familiar territory with Wrath of Man, an English-language remake of the 2004 French revenge thriller, Le Convoyeur. Accompanying him on this b...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-05-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Rocci Williams, ...