Movies starring Noah Taylor
One of the best reviewed movies of 2000, Almost Famous is sure to appear on many critics' end-of-the-year Top 10 lists. A number of respected voices have already declared this to be the best film of the year. However, although there's no doubt th...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-09-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, ...
If there is any living director who can do justice to the warped nature of Roald Dahl's "children's stories," it's Tim Burton. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory isn't the first time these two have "collaborated." Burton produced Henry Selick's anim...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-07-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Jordon Fry, Julia Winter, ...
As improbable a concoction as it might seem, Edge of Tomorrow is a curious mix of ingredients from the 1993 Harold Ramis/Bill Murray comedy, Groundhog Day, and James Cameron's 1986 sequel to Alien. An Earth-versus-aliens tale set in the near future...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-06-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sci-Fi Action and Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, ...
From time-to-time, it can be refreshing to sit back and watch a tautly-made thriller where the characters (and their actions) are constrained by the laws of physics and tension is allowed to ebb and flow as circumstances warrant. If Quentin Ta...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-04-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Cillian Murphy, ...
This is one sequel it’s a pleasure to review. Although not as fresh and lively as the first Paddington, the second feature based on the popular children’s book series by Michael Bond offers some of the best family entertainment outside an ...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-01-12
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Family/Adventure
Director: Paul King
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, ...
Predestination is what is commonly referred to as a "mind-fuck" movie. A low-budget science fiction feature, Predestination has expectations of its audience related to attention span and concentration level. Whether or not the plot remains on solid...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-01-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: The Spierig Brothers
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor
Shine is a deceptively simple title for an amazingly powerful motion picture. Based on the life story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, director Scott Hicks' (Sebastian and the Sparrow) film touches on themes as diverse as the nature of genius...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, ...
It would be fair to say that Skyscraper does what it sets out to do but the unambitious agenda isn’t something I’m especially interested in watching. A dumbed-down Die Hard with a Towering Inferno infusion, the film exists solely as a showca...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Scenes of Peril)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, McKenna Roberts, Byron Mann, ...
Submarine arrives in the United States due in large part to the championing of Ben Stiller who, despite having only the briefest of cameos on-screen, leant his considerable star power to the film's marketing. It's one of those funny, charming comin...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-06-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Richard Ayoade
Cast: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins, ...
It's not Casablanca, or even Die Hard, for that matter. But then no one expected it to be. What Tomb Raider can claim is that it's the best computer game-turned-motion picture to date. A backhanded compliment? To be sure, but at least the exper...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-06-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Simon West
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Iain Glen, ...