Movies with cinematographer Greg Gardiner
In the normal course of things, a sequel would be unlikely for a 14-year old film whose box office performance, while profitable, wasn't exceptional. (The Best Man, made for about $9 million, grossed north of 3.5 times that during its theatrical ru...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-11-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Taye Diggs, Melissa De Sousa, Regina Hall, ...
Elf is being hailed in some quarters as the next great Christmas classic. The people making such a pronouncement must have seen a different cut of the movie than the one shown to me. Elf is a feather-light motion picture that embraces the Christm...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-11-07
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, ...
Girls Trip is the fusion of a raunchy vacation comedy and a female-bonding melodrama. Unfortunately, the jokes stop being funny about 30 minutes before the end credits roll and the character-based elements are never better than overly familia...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-07-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish, ...
Herbie: the car that won't die. I suppose there are worse ways to spend a summer evening than in the company of this cast and the R2D2-like automobile, but hasn't the day of Herbie come and gone? The Love Bug first made its appearance in the 1968...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-06-22
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Angela Robinson
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, ...
Films based on historical events come in all shades and colors. On one end of the spectrum are those like Gettysburg, with a meticulous attention to detail and adherence to the written record. Then there are movies like The Journey, which use...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-30
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Hamm
Cast: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore, ...
Men in Black II would be a thoroughly entertaining affair if it wasn't for one thing: the plot. The annoying and pointless storyline is a constant irritant because it diverts our attention from the real reason to see this movie - the easygoing ch...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-07-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/COMEDY
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, ...
Most parents, on at least a subconscious level, would be happy if their children, when grown, followed in their footsteps. Such a career choice by one's offspring, is, after all, a kind of validation of one's own decisions. So it must be with som...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-01-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Colin Hanks, Schuyler Fisk, Catherine O'Hara, ...
Race to Witch Mountain is the latest Disney "made for kids only" effort. It takes all the usual Disney hooks - cute children, a likeable protagonist, lame action and lamer jokes, some special effects, poker-faced bad guys, and an animal - and thro...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-03-13
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Andy Fickman
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, ...
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them". - Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V That single quotation, and a few of the names and plot points are all that remain of Shakespeare...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-03-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Andy Fickman
Cast: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, ...
Robert De Niro has made his share of nearly-unwatchable comedies so, although it’s tempting to say The War with Grandpa is the worst, I can’t say that definitively. It is, however, bad enough to deserve consideration for that dubious disti...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-10-09
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Rude Humor, Mild Profanity, Bullying)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Hill
Cast: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Rob Riggle, ...