Movies starring Peter
Rarely has the question "What the hell?" been more appropriate. An uneven amalgamation of the brilliant and the preposterous, Constantine left me by turns intrigued, confused, and wary. The recipe calls for some ingredients that are compelling, o...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-02-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LeBeouf, ...
For his sophomore effort, filmmaker Rod Lurie turned his attention to the Oval Office. The Contender, a low-key political thriller that relies primarily on character interaction to develop tension, is a close cousin to Lurie's debut cinematic ...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-10-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Rod Lurie
Cast: Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman, ...
Take a real-life feel-good story about personal heroism and use it as the basis for a generic screenplay. Lather on some prestige. Hire an Oscar-winning actress and a bunch of supporting performers with nominations on their resumes. Promote the ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-10-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Cast: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, ...
Criminal is an English-language remake of the little-known (at least in these parts) Nine Queens, a 2000 film from Fabian Bielinsky. First-time director Gregory Jacobs and his co-writer, "Sam Lowry" (actually a pseudonym for Steven Soderbergh), ha...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-09-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Gregory Jacobs
Cast: John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal, ...
Animated films come in three flavors: childish cartoons that are designed primarily to appeal to the under-10 crowd, middle-of-the-road efforts that at least make an attempt to entertain parents while never threatening established envelopes, and ...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-11-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Joel Crawford
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, ...
Generally speaking, the movie industry loves the concept of unrequited love…to a point. That point is, of course, that there’s a happy ending – a quality notably absent from Edmond Rostand’s play, Cyrano de Bergerac, upon which Joe Wright�...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-12-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Musical
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., ...
When it comes to a Spike Lee movie, it would be foolish to expect a politics-free zone. Lee is an activist filmmaker and has never pretended otherwise. He makes movies that entertain and educate but, most importantly, he seeks to challenge. So...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, )
Genre: War/Adventure
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, ...
For longtime fans of the X-Men comic books, “The Dark Phoenix Saga” has been the Holy Grail. As crafted by Chris Claremont and John Byrne (with an assist from Dave Cockrum), the epic narrative, which was a major element of The Uncanny X-Me...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-06-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Simon Kinberg
Cast: James McAvoy, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, ...
As a bio-pic, De-Lovely is pretty standard, run-of-the-mill stuff (albeit with an interesting framing device). However, as a "best hits" collection of Cole Porter's music, it is unparalleled. With approximately two-dozen of his tunes performed by...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-07-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations)
Genre: MUSICAL/DRAMA
Director: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, ...
Despite being directed by a Yank, Death at a Funeral has a very British flavour. In fact, at times it reminded me of nothing less than an extended episode of Fawlty Towers, minus the manic genius of John Cleese. The film begins slowly, with occas...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-08-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Egan, Peter Vaughan, ...