Movies starring Michael Gambon
When today’s average movie-goer thinks of Judy Garland, the image that comes to mind is that of Dorothy Gale, the girl-next-door heroine of The Wizard of Oz. Few remember the Garland of the 1960s – a pill-popping alcoholic with a self-dest...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-09-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Drugs, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Rupert Goold
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, ...
Victoria and Abdul, based on (mostly) true events as related in Shrabani Basu’s historical chronicle of the same name, is effectively a sequel to the 1997 film, Mrs. Brown. That movie, directed by John Madden, detailed Queen Victoria’s fri...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Olivia Williams, ...
Quartet is as safe, conventional, and uncontroversial a film as one could imagine. The straightforward screenplay is elevated considerably by a series of sterling performances. If one wanted to bolster an argument about the importance of acting t...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-01-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Dustin Hoffman
Cast: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, ...
Seen in the Real3D format. After ten years and eight movies, the cinematic adventures of Harry Potter have come to a conclusion. Parties will be held, tears will be shed, and Warner Brothers will rejoice that a franchise like this keeps giving l...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-07-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Helena Bonham Carter, Evanna Lynch, ...
The King's Speech delivers solid drama with a rousing climax - a fully satisfying and uplifting period piece that achieves its dramatic potential without sacrificing historical accuracy. Unless you count Hitler, who is seen from afar, the narrative...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-12-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon, ...
While it might be a stretch to claim that Fantastic Mr. Fox is "fantastic," it's easily among the year's best animated features. If there's an argument against the film (and, admittedly, it's not much of an argument), it's that the movie may not b...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-11-13
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: (voices) George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, ...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince represents the immensely popular series' first outing without the net of having new books waiting in the wings. As far as the written word is concerned, Harry's tale is done. Cinematically, there are still t...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-07-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, ...
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is about 70% style and 30% substance. It has a plot and characters, but those are almost beside the point. They are devices that function as hooks upon which first-time director Kerry Conran can hang his amaz...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-09-17
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Kerry Conran
Cast: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, ...
With its fifth cinematic outing, the Harry Potter film series has ascended to another level. In addition to providing a self-contained, well-paced adventure, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix also begins to coalesce the epic ether that has...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-07-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Evanna Lynch, Katie Leung, ...
It's interesting to note that, of the three Harry Potter novels thus far filmed, the longest on the written page has turned into the shortest on screen. This is a good thing, because it means that the filmmakers are becoming less literal and more ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-06-04
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Gary Oldman, ...