Movies starring Sally Hawkins
Even though it is rather obviously trading on a familiar and beloved brand, Wonka is nevertheless a fun and imaginative family film – certainly better than one might expect from a production crassly viewed by some as a “cash grab.” While the...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical/Fantasy
Director: Paul King
Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, ...
Emerging from the loud, overlong spectacle that is Godzilla: King of the Monsters, I was struck by the disheartening realization that what I had just seen owed more to Transformers than kaiju. Although the movie takes great pains to pay homage ...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-31
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Mayhem, Destruction, Profanity)
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Dougherty
Cast: Kyle Chandler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Aisha Hinds, ...
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, ...
Although Guillermo del Toro was never given the opportunity to bring his vision of The Hobbit to the screen, movie-goers over the years have not been deprived of his brand of horror-tinged fantasy. With his latest, the story is a variation on ...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-12-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, ...
Where Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin failed spectacularly, Gareth Edwards has succeeded. Although the 2014 edition of Godzilla isn't the be-all and end-all of monster movies, it's a respectable big-budget effort. Most importantly for legions of f...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-05-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disaster Movie Carnage, Profanity)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, ...
It's all about Cate. Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen's latest, is a loose reworking of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. It's narratively uneven but the occasional lapses of focus are rescued by Cate Blanchett's riveting lead performance. Th...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-07-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, ...
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, ...
Jane Eyre is like Hamlet: a version arrives every few years without regard to whether a new adaptation is wanted or needed. It's not only a classic, but a staple as well, and many serious directors are itching to put their imprint upon it. The 2011...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-03-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, ...
Made in Dagenham is a fact-based "social conscience film," meaning that it explores an historical struggle against a societal ill. In this case, it's gender inequality - unequal pay for equal work. By chronicling one of the key events that led to t...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-11-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Nigel Cole
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Geraldine James, Jaime Winstone, ...
It is an accepted truth that adapting a sublime novel does not always result in a sublime movie. To an extent, this is the problem with Never Let Me Go, Alex Garland's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguru's book. The film's tone, which attempts to captur...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-09-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/DRAMA
Director: Mark Romanek
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Kiera Knightley, ...