Movies starring John Wood
Although the 1980s were not kind to most traditional monsters - vampires, mummies, gargoyles, and the like - the first two years of the decade offered three prominent werewolf movies. The first to reach the screen was Joe Dante's The Howling, whic...
U.S. Release Date: 1981-08-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: John Landis
Cast: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, ...
An Ideal Husband is a delightful parfait - an irresistible concoction of brilliant dialogue, sumptuous set design, top-notch acting, and a plot littered with Machiavellian twists. Possessing a light tone tinged with an acerbic accent, An Ideal Hus...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-06-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, ...
Richard III - it's Shakespeare that has nothing to do with Kenneth Branagh. Actually, at first glance, this film doesn't appear to have anything to do with the Bard's play, either. Opening in a 1930's England war room with a tank crashing through...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Ian McKellan, Edward Hardwicke, Nigel Hawthorne, ...
These days, Hollywood seems to be almost entirely bankrupt of new ideas. For bursts of inspiration or innovation, the movie-goer increasingly has to seek out independent motion pictures. What we are getting more and more from the big studios is a...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, ...
"What was [Joy] to me? She was my daughter and my mother, my pupil and my teacher, my subject and my sovereign; and always, holding all these in solution, my trusty comrade, friend, shipmate, fellow-soldier. My mistress; but at the same time all ...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-12-29
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, ...
If nothing else, WarGames is a great "time capsule" movie. Although many of the themes and concepts forming the foundation of John Badham's 1983 thriller are hopelessly out-of-date, this is one of the best films from its era to illustrate not only ...
U.S. Release Date: 1983-06-03
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: THRILLER
Director: John Badham
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, ...