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Sometimes it's only through the greatest of tragedies and the gravest of injustices that human beings learn to relate to each other honestly and openly. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Jim Sheridan's searing In the Name of the Father, where ...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-01-14
MPAA Rating: "R " (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Jim Sheridan
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, ...
In This Corner of the World is as atypical an animated feature as one is likely to find washing ashore in the United States. Although fare of this sort – hand-drawn, serious-minded, narrative-based – is common in Japan, where Studio Ghibli...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (War Violence)
Genre: Animated
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Cast: Rena Nounen, Magumi Han, Yoshimasa Hosoya, ...
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 ...
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, ...
Another year, another movie about Truman Capote. However, despite covering much the same ground as last year's Capote, Douglas McGrath's Infamous doesn't feel like a remake. The events are the same, but the tone and perspective are different. Ca...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-10-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, ...
One of the biggest mysteries about the Robert Langdon movies is why they don’t work. Dan Brown has a large, built-in fan base. There’s no lack of talent in the productions. The director is Oscar winner Ron Howard (who was near the zenith ...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-10-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, ...
The story told by The Infiltrator - an undercover cop begins to confuse his true identity with that of the “character” he plays - may be familiar but the film’s tone is not. As directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer), this movi...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-07-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Brad Furman
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, ...
Under the control of a different director, The Informant! might have been a reasonably straightforward thriller. With Steven Soderbergh at the helm, however, this has become a whimsical, semi-comedic romp, complete with a score by Marvin Hamlisch ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-09-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/THRILLER
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, ...
At first glance, Inherent Vice might seem to be a detective story. Look a little closer, however, and it becomes clear that this is Paul Thomas Anderson's idea of a comedy. There's slapstick, lowbrow material, and enough strange characters an...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-12-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Drugs, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/COMEDY
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Jena Malone, ...
With a premise as potentially rewarding as that of Inkheart, one can be forgiven for being a little disappointed by the final result. When placed alongside other PG-rated fantasy adventure tales, this one struggles to capture the imagination. Par...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-01-23
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE/FANTASY
Director: Iain Softley
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Eliza Hope Bennett, Paul Bettany, ...
It has been four years since the events depicted in Michael Mann's The Insider occurred. Actually, to be precise, it has been four years since some of them occurred. In the interests of drama, a certain amount of "fictionalization" has taken plac...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-11-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, ...