Movies starring William
Sometimes, the conversion of a novel into a movie can result in a loss or diminution of the author's tone or the book's characters. With Choke, director Clark Gregg has maintained writer Chuck Palahniuk's voice but the men and women populating the...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-09-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Clark Gregg
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, ...
For the second installment of The Chronicles of Narnia, director Andrew Adamson has caught a severe case of Lord of the Rings-itis. While the 2005 adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe kept close to the tone of the book, Prince Caspia...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-05-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Andrew Adamson
Cast: William Moseley, Liam Neeson (voice), Vincent Grass, ...
As the bean counters toil, Eustace waits. So does Jill. And Polly and Digory, too. Walden Media has optioned all seven of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia books, but whether the other six (or, more likely, five - since The Horse and His Boy seem...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-12-09
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Andrew Adamson
Cast: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, ...
Let me begin this review by stating that I am weary of courtroom dramas. This is in large part because of John Grisham, whose popularity has encouraged screenwriters exploring this genre to fall into familiar, predictable patterns. Seen in retros...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: John Travolta, Stephen Fry, Kathleen Quinlan, ...
In terms of content, if not style, Coal Miner’s Daughter would fit with the spate of musician-related biopics that have dotted the recent landscape. And, although central figure Loretta Lynn (Sissy Specek) never had the same kind of Billboard To...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Spousal Abuse)
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, ...
Those going to Cold Pursuit expecting a typical early-year Liam Neeson action thriller may be disconcerted by what Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland delivers. On the surface, this is a standard-order revenge movie: a snow-plow driver, Nels...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Liam Neeson, Domenick Lombardozzi, William Forsythe, ...
Con Air, producer Jerry Bruckheimer's generic follow-up to 1996's blockbuster, The Rock, is the kind of motion picture that critics refer to when they moan about the "dumbing down" of American cinema. This movie is a perfect example of what's wron...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-06-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, David Chappelle, Nick Chinlund, ...
Contact is likely to change a lot of perceptions -- not only about the role of humankind in the universe, but about what special effects can do for a movie when they're used in the service of a story, rather than the other way around. Contact...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-07-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Jodie Foster, David Morse, Rob Lowe, ...
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, ...
The Cooler, as icy a title as you're likely to find, is about the efforts of one man to find his luck (or, to be more precise, some form of luck other than that of the bad variety). Rarely has a more pathetic individual been captured and portrayed ...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-11-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity, Drug Use)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Wayne Kramer
Cast: William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello, ...