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Heartbreak Kid, The

Combine the Farrelly Brothers (Bobby and Peter) with Ben Stiller, a Cameron Diaz lookalike, and a copious dose of bodily fluids in a raunchy romantic comedy, and what do you get? Not There's Something About Mary II, that's for sure, although that ...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly
Cast: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, ...
In the Loop

Dancing along a line just shy of the edge of brilliance, In the Loop possesses an incisive, take-no-prisoners comedic style that offers plenty of solid laughs while making a point about the stupidity, selfishness, and lack of awareness that exists ...

Run Time: 1:46
U.S. Release Date: 2009-07-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Armando Iannucci
Cast: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, ...
In Time

Andrew Niccol is fascinated by the impact of futuristic technologies on society. His gripping feature debut, 1997's Gattaca, explored a civilization in which genetic tinkering rendered natural reproduction obsolete. With In Time, he is again looki...

Run Time: 1:49
U.S. Release Date: 2011-10-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/THRILLER
Director: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Vincent Kartheiser, ...
Incredible Hulk, The

Possible Spoilers: This review reveals some of the cameos in The Incredible Hulk. Those who wish to be surprised by these appearances would do well to stop reading now. For five years, Marvel has been trying to figure out what to do with one of ...

Run Time: 1:52
U.S. Release Date: 2008-06-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, ...
Left Behind

There's no "rule" determining that religion-oriented movies are necessarily poorly made. Indeed, there are examples aplenty of serious minded, reverent motion pictures that work not only for pious viewers but for those with a secular outlook. The ...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2014-10-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disaster images)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Vic Armstrong
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, Cassi Thomson, ...
Little Women

"I think the title [of Little Women] has been so off-putting for men over the generations. They feel this is a terribly 'girly' story. But it's actually a wonderful epic tale about family where men's roles are just as important and deeply involve...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 1994-12-21
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: DRAMA/ROMANCE
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Cast: Winona Ryder, Trini Alvarado, Claire Danes, ...
Love, Actually

Love Actually doesn't have a cynical frame in its celluloid. It's for all those romantics who think there aren't enough happy endings. Richard Curtis' movie dips so deep into the well of feel-good sentiment that it will threaten to send some audi...

Run Time: 2:09
U.S. Release Date: 2003-11-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Richard Curtis
Cast: Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, ...
Magdalene Sisters, The

The battle lines surrounding The Magdalene Sisters were drawn long before it reached its limited North American theatrical distribution on August 1, 2003. The film, which shines a light into the shadowy recesses of religious/sexual repression in I...

Run Time: 1:59
U.S. Release Date: 2003-08-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Peter Mullan
Cast: Geraldine McEwan, Ann-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, ...
Me Before You

Spoilers: This review contains spoilers for those who haven’t read the source material and/or don’t know where the story is going. There are bad tearjerkers and good tearjerkers. There are Nicolas Sparks films and movies like Me Before...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2016-06-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Thea Sharrock
Cast: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, ...
Moulin Rouge

Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge is a rigorously accurate historical account of events that occurred during the period between 1899 and 1900 in Paris' infamous Moulin Rouge nightclub. Luhrmann's meticulously researched motion picture uncovers several s...

Run Time: 2:06
U.S. Release Date: 2001-05-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations)
Genre: MUSICAL/ROMANCE
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, ...