Movies starring Jr
With movies like The High Note that tell familiar stories, it’s all about how things are presented. Details matter. Performances are key and the “little things” that give the narrative a unique flavor are to be savored. In imparting the ...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-05-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., ...
John Sayles is one of the last true independent American filmmakers. Honeydripper is his 16th feature and he has made all of them on his own terms without studio interference. (He sells them to distributors once they are in the can.) To date, his...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta, ...
Robert Downey, Sr. is an original American independent film maker. He has been at his craft for more than 30 years now -- his debut, Chafed Elbows, came out in 1965. His best known work, the trilogy of Putney Swope, Pound, and Greaser's Palace, w...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey, Malcolm McDowell, ...
Three Russians and three Americans living in harmony aboard the International Space Station (I.S.S.) – that’s the setup for Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s science fiction thriller, I.S.S. The film’s early scenes depict the day-to-day interaction...
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Cast: Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr., Masha Mashkova, ...
When it became mainstream in the late 1990s, the Internet fundamentally changed the way human beings communicated. E-mail replaced phone calls and letters as the primary means of long-distance communication. The social media revolution, which ...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Matt Spicer
Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., ...
Over the past few years, as studios like Disney, Dreamworks, and Fox have worked to revive motion picture animation, Warner Brothers has remained mired in the lackluster morass that nearly killed animation during the '80s. The distributor's big ef...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-08-06
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: (voices) Eli Marienthal, Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston, ...
Iron Man is a different breed of superhero movie - a film that remembers it's possible to be outside the target demographic and still enjoy a tale set in this genre. What makes Iron Man interesting isn't the storyline which, except for a few wrink...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-05-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, ...
With superhero movies, it's almost axiomatic to state that the second film is the best of the series. The reason isn’t difficult to divine: having dispensed with the obligatory origin tale, the movie-makers can weave a more compelling yarn. So ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-05-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, ...
In the wake of the massive and massively successful The Avengers, Iron Man 3 wisely doesn't attempt to outdo its immediate superhero predecessor when it comes to big-time action, pyrotechnics, and special effects. Instead, it opts for something a l...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-05-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Shane Black
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, ...
Over the past two decades, horror movies have increasingly gravitated toward jump-scare experiences: stories more interested in delivering sudden shocks than developing suspense through mood and atmosphere. This dumbing down of horror, which h...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Trey Edward Shults
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, ...