Movies with cinematographer John Bailey
As Good as It Gets is a perfect Christmas release, not because the story takes place during the Yule season, but because many of the plot elements are straight out of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. There's more than just a little Scrooge in M...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: ROMANCE/DRAMA
Director: James L. Brooks
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, ...
If one was to judge Country Strong based solely on its misleading trailer, one might assume this to be a cliché-riddled Crazy Heart wannabe. And, although I will not argue that the whole cloth from which the story has been cut contains its fair sh...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-01-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA/MUSICAL
Director: Shana Feste
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund, Tim McGraw, ...
For Love of the Game, Kevin Costner's third baseball related movie, is appropriately named. Unlike the romantic comedy Bull Durham and the allegorical Field of Dreams, For Love of the Game requires a basic understanding of and affinity for basebal...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-09-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, ...
What a waste of a talented cast! There are times when it can be depressing to see so much acting potential wasted on a script unable to elicit the best from its stars, and this is one such occasion. Although The Greatest can boast a few excellent ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-04-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Shana Feste
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan, ...
The date is February 2 and the place is Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray), on hand to cover the Groundhog Day ceremony, is having one of the most unpleasant experiences of his life. It's one of th...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-02-12
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot
He's Just Not That Into You seeks to mine the same vein of romantic comedy ore as Love, Actually - the multi-arc story in which characters cross each others' paths and interact in an attempt to show different facets of one emotion. Unfortunately, ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-02-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Ken Kwapis
Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Kevin Connolly, Justin Long, ...
One could easily make the argument that How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a perfectly acceptable diversion. Kate Hudson's Andie Anderson and Matthew McConaughey's Ben Barry are both affable individuals and, when the script allows it, there are fitfu...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-02-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, ...
In 1963, Frank Horrigan was among the "best and brightest" of the Secret Service, the personal choice of President Kennedy. On November 22 in Dallas, an afternoon that Horrigan will never forget, he became one of the few living agents to lose a pr...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-07-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, ...
No matter how hard I try, I'm finding it difficult to write anything positive about License to Wed. This movie is bad from top to bottom, front to back, and start to finish. Many romantic comedies sacrifice humor in favor of romance; this one is...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-07-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Ken Kwapis
Cast: Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski, ...
Mad Money is a comedy caper where the caper's not interesting and the comedy's not funny. Take away those elements and all that's left is a tepid female buddy movie and, like its male counterparts, we've had enough of those to choke a critic. It'...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-01-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Callie Khouri
Cast: Diane Keaton, Queen Latifa, Katie Holmes, ...