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Hector and the Search for Happiness is about what one might get taking a male-slanted version of Eat Pray Love and crossing it with The Secret Life of Walter Mitty then grafting on a Jerry Maguire-inspired moment at the end. As cynical as that migh...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-09-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE/DRAMA
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgard, ...
It doesn't seem all that long ago when musicals were one of Hollywood's most popular genres. Each year, studios would commit millions of dollars into lavish productions featuring some of the era's song-and-dance icons: Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-08-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Cast: John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor, ...
Hellboy is director Guillermo del Toro's second venture behind the cameras for a comic-book themed motion picture. However, although the hyper-stylized setting and kinetic action sequences share a kinship with those in Blade 2, Hellboy showcases a...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-04-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, ...
Thanks, but no thanks. That, apparently, is what the producers of Hellboy told Guillermo del Toro when he expressed an interest in making a third film in the franchise he brought to the screen. With apologies to Neil Marshall, it begs the ques...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-04-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Viscera, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: Neil Marshall
Cast: David Harbour, Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich, ...
The temptation is to remark that if Hellboy was the appetizer, then Hellboy II: The Golden Army is the main course. To an extent, that's true. The second film is more assured, better paced, and has a stronger emotional component. It takes chances...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-07-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ADVENTURE/FANTASY
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, ...
Warning! You have reached the SPOILER version of the Hellboy II review. To re-direct to the non-spoiler version, click here. The temptation is to remark that if Hellboy was the appetizer, then Hellboy II: The Golden Army is the main course. To...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-07-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ADVENTURE/FANTASY
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, ...
Perhaps the greatest benefit offered by The Help is that it aids in remembering. Race relations have changed so radically in America over the last half-century that it's difficult for today's young to grasp how contentious and hate-filled things we...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-08-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Thematic Material)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Tate Taylor
Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, ...
These days, it seems damn near everything is based on a comic book, and not all the resultant cinematic material is worth the effort taken to adapt it. Certainly, Hercules is a big-budget misfire of a sizeable order, a visually busy but emotionall...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-07-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, John Hurt, ...
For a movie like Here, which eschews the norms of narrative filmmaking in favor of something experimental, the first question to ask is whether the story, stripped bare of the director’s approach, is worth telling. The second question is whether...
U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, ...
One of the most positive comments that can be made about Hick is that it advances Chloe Grace Moretz's claim to be one of the best young actresses emerging into today's spotlight. Her roles have been numerous and diverse - a vampire in Let Me In, a...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-05-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Derick Martini
Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Eddie Redmayne, Blake Lively, ...