Movies starring Luis Guzman
Old action heroes don't die or fade away; they just keep going. Once upon a time, being an action star had an expiration date. Now, as long as there's some acknowledgment of the aging process - a line here, a joke there - it's viewed as more of ...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-01-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega, ...
It's amazing how a lifeless, pointless remake can provoke pangs of nostalgia about a mediocre movie. Such is the case with Arthur. The kindest thoughts I have ever experienced about the 1981 original occurred while I was watching Russell Brand and...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-04-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jason Winer
Cast: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, ...
The Hollywood remake train continues unabated, racing through signals as it dives underground into New York City's subways. At least it can be said that this, the third version of The Taking of Pelham 123 (following the 1974 feature and a 1998 mad...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-06-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, ...
Q & A is testimony to the validity of the old adage: a good story, when well told, can never be told too many times. With this movie, director Sidney Lumet doesn't bring anything radical to the screen. The premise - a decorated cop discovered to ...
U.S. Release Date: 1990-04-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, ...
During the Spring of 1990, I remember being transfixed in front of the television set for an hour each Sunday night over a period of five weeks. The occasion was the "Masterpiece Theater" presentation of the British mini-series "Traffik", a comple...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Drugs, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/THRILLER
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Michael Douglas, Jacob Vargas, Dennis Quaid, ...
Terence Stamp is The Limey, and The Limey is Terence Stamp. Forget about everything else in this film - the supporting cast, which features Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, and Peter Fonda, Steven Soderbergh's lively direction, and even Lem Dobbs' ...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-10-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren, ...
There was a time during the long history of the adult entertainment industry that porn films showed signs of artistic ambition. During the late '70s, a small cadre of directors believed that they could combine the raunch of real sex with an in...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-10-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Situations, Profanity, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Melora Walters, Alfred Molina, ...
The idea underlying Fast Food Nation is intriguing: take the premise of the best-selling non-fiction book by Eric Schlosser and convert it into the backstory of a fictional film. Where director Richard Linklater runs into trouble is in the executi...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-11-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Kris Kristofferson, Ethan Hawke, ...
School for Scoundrels feels like a wasted opportunity. This is a case of a motion picture failing to unlock the promise of a ripe potential. As black comedies go, this one is too tepid to hit any mark by which a movie is deemed successful. The d...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-09-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, ...
While many movies claim to be based on true stories, Dreamer takes it one step further. The film's official name is Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story. The word "inspired" allows a lot of creative license. In fact, very little of what happens in ...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-10-21
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: John Gatins
Cast: Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, ...