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On the one hand, it’s possible to express deep admiration for the world-building and storytelling of Alita: Battle Angel and to offer praise and credit to director Robert Rodriguez and co-writer/co-producer James Cameron for providing a rive...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: : Rosa Salazar, Mahershala Ali, Christoph Waltz, ...
Perhaps it's a backhanded compliment to acknowledge that, as would-be "event" films about alien invasions go, Battle Los Angeles is superior to both Independence Day and Skyline. Nevertheless, the movie is likely to miss the mark for anyone in sear...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-03-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Ramon Rodriguez, Ne-You, ...
Filtered through a prism of Italian neo-realism, The Battle of Algiers is an unflinching portrayal of how high-minded ideals get trampled underfoot in the heat of war. The film is relevant to modern-day audiences not so much in the specificity ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Brahim Haggiag
About halfway through Battle of the Sexes, I found myself wishing I was watching a documentary rather than a feature film. Some of the issues raised by the movie – mainly related to a culture that marginalizes women and the struggles of thos...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, ...
Let me start this review off on a positive note. Battleship is in 2-D, not 3-D, so there are no issues with motion blur, low light levels, and general eye discomfort. There are some nice establishing shots of Hawaii; I might want to go there if I w...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-05-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna, ...
In 2005, genre fans were able to celebrate the day when the entire six-film Star Wars saga was available for public consumption. Nine and one-half years later, the same can be said of Peter Jackson's Middle Earth epic. As George Lucas learned, th...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-12-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY/ADVENTURE
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Lee Pace, ...
The best thing that can be said about the second Night at the Museum (which bears the unnecessarily long full title of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian) is that it's harmless. And pointless. And dumb. This is a perfect example of a ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-05-22
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mild Profanity, Cartoon Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE/COMEDY
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, ...
For his tenth feature film, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson once again reinvents himself. A filmmaker who has consistently resisted pigeonholing with projects as diverse in tone and content as Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Phantom Thread, Ander...
U.S. Release Date: 2025-09-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, ...
"We're losing money!" That's the battle cry of the studios, recognizing (although perhaps not understanding) that movie piracy is somehow impacting the bottom line. So how do they react? A clumsy frontal assault that would be laughable if it wasn'...