Movies starring Lena Olin
As is often true of "high concept" movies like this one, the most interesting aspect - the hook that gets us into the theater - does little more than add some color. Awake, the writing/directing debut of Joby Harold (who might not be given another...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-11-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Joby Harold
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, ...
What happens when movie producers cross Three's Company with Masterpiece Theater? The result would be similar to what Touchstone Pictures has provided with Casanova, a farcical romantic comedy period piece. It's worth noting that producing a farc...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Oliver Platt, ...
Into the calm before the box-office storm of The Lost World rises Night Falls on Manhattan, Sidney Lumet's triumphant return to worthwhile movie-making. The director of such memorable films as Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network has been in a ...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-05-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Andy Garcia, Ian Holm, Richard Dreyfuss, ...
The Ninth Gate has two modes: tedious and moronic, with the two not being mutually exclusive. Then, one-hundred minutes into this seemingly interminable movie (which clocks in at about 2:10), things take a turn for the worse and The Ninth Gate spi...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-03-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, ...
Since Sir Nicholas Winton was sometimes referred to in the press as “the British Schindler,” it seems altogether fair to call One Life a Schindler’s List-lite. Anchored by a strong performance from double Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins as ...
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: James Hawes
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter, ...
The Reader is closer to a near miss than a rousing success but, on balance, this is still worth seeing for those who enjoy complexity and moral ambiguity within the context of a melodrama. Based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink, the film asks bi...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-12-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Stephen Daldry
Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, ...
Spoiler Alert: This movie contains spoilers about the time frame during which the movie's ending transpires. One suspects Remember Me would earn the official Nicholas Sparks Seal of Approval, if there was such a thing. This movie is the kind of...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/DRAMA
Director: Allen Coulter
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, ...