Movies starring Elizabeth Banks
Legos. They seem to have been around forever (actually, since 1949). As a kid, some 40 years ago, I can remember playing with them: colored plastic bricks that snapped together. Since then, the Lego empire has expanded, venturing into arenas previ...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-02-07
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Cast: (voices) Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, ...
Okay, so maybe after seeing Tom Cruise scale the tallest building in the world in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, 21 stories doesn't seem that high... but it's still a long way down. And I'd be willing to bet Sam Worthington didn't do all his...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-01-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Asger Leth
Cast: Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Elizabeth Banks, ...
Back in the 1980s, it wasn't uncommon to hear Eddie Murphy referred to as a "comic genius." 20 years later, the man who once made a concert film called Raw has become a purveyor of PG-rated pabulum. At one point, Murphy could deliver while collec...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-07-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, ...
The Next Three Days, Paul Haggis' adaptation of the 2008 French film, Anything for Her, uses an interesting concept as a cornerstone of the foundation. Instead of employing a seasoned professional as the lead character of this heist thriller, the ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-11-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity,Sexual Content)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Paul Haggis
Cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, ...
Lately, comedies seem to come in two flavors: profane raunch-fests that seek to garner laughs via shock tactics and big-screen sit-coms. Despite Zooey Deschanel's repeated utterance of the word "fuck" and a dud of a threesome, Our Idiot Brother fal...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-08-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jesse Peretz
Cast: Paul Rudd, T.J. Miller, Rashida Jones, ...
Pitch Perfect looks, sounds, and feels like pretty much every other movie that features a singing or dancing competition. With all the effort invested in the musical numbers, the dramatic elements feel like warmed-over John Hughes. And it's not eve...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-09-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: MUSICAL/COMEDY
Director: Jason Moore
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Banks, Hana Mae Lee, ...
Spoiler Warning! Because I reveal things about the ending of Pitch Perfect 2 in this review, I am duty-bound to warn readers in case they wish to stop now. (Of course, if you don't care, feel free to continue…) I am as far from the targ...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Musical
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, ...
Role Models takes a familiar PG-rated plot and adds enough profanity and nudity to earn it a family unfriendly R. Sadly, an injection of raunchiness does not equate to an increase in quality and, while Role Models can boast the occasionally funny ...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-11-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: David Wain
Cast: Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, ...
Seabiscuit is the great hope of the adult movie-going audience: a summer motion picture that is not designed to appeal to teenage boys. Ordinarily, one might think it would be a risk on Universal's part to release the movie in late July, but the a...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-07-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gary Ross
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Tobey Maguire, ...
Let's get this straight from the start: Slither isn't great art, but that doesn't mean it isn't good entertainment. One of a growing number of horror/comedy casseroles, the film provides its share of tasty mouthfuls - at least up to a point. Putt...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-03-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR/COMEDY
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, ...