Movies with cinematographer Julio Macat
After the Wedding is a throwback of sorts – a return to the days when a common reason for creating a remake was to take a foreign language film and translate it into English. For this project, writer/director Bart Freundlich has turned to Su...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-08-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Bart Freundlich
Cast: Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, ...
Because I Said So is a made-to-order romantic comedy of the type "B" variety (that's the one where the heroine is torn between the socially and financially "ideal" guy and the one who really makes her happy). As I have previously written, a formul...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-02-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY
Director: Michael Lehmann
Cast: Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht, ...
Certain expectations accompany any Adam Sandler film, although expectations have morphed over the years as Sandler has aged and attempted to broaden his target audience. Many of his best films, such as Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch Drunk Love, have ...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-05-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Nealon, ...
The similarities between Daddy’s Home 2 and last week’s release, A Bad Moms Christmas, are striking. Not only are the two films sequels to successful first installments but they follow the similar template of bringing back the most popular...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sean Anders
Cast: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, John Lithgow, ...
Horrible Bosses 2 (emphasis on "horrible") is an apt title for this repugnant, unnecessary sequel. Painfully unfunny and unnecessarily long, this movie is the antithesis of its predecessor, the delightfully raunchy Horrible Bosses, which chronicle...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-11-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Sean Anders
Cast: Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, ...
Life of the Party is the third collaboration between actress Melissa McCarthy and her director husband, Ben Falcone. Next to this, Tammy and The Boss seem like Hamlet and King Lear. After suffering through the abomination named Identity Thief,...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-05-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ben Falcone
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon, Gillian Jacobs, ...
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Every year around the Christmas season, it seems impossible to turn on the television without seeing either George Seaton's Miracle on 34th Street or Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. Like Handel's "Me...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-11-18
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: FAMILY DRAMA
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, ...
Eddie Murphy does not make "comebacks", because, according to him, he hasn't been out of the spotlight. But, following three critical and box-office flops (The Distinguished Gentleman, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Vampire in Brooklyn), Murphy is hop...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-06-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Larry Miller, ...
Pitch Perfect looks, sounds, and feels like pretty much every other movie that features a singing or dancing competition. With all the effort invested in the musical numbers, the dramatic elements feel like warmed-over John Hughes. And it's not eve...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-09-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: MUSICAL/COMEDY
Director: Jason Moore
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Banks, Hana Mae Lee, ...
Note to readers: This review contains spoilers. Don't say I didn't warn you. Romance, tears, and not a well-developed character in sight - what more could one expect from the director of The Wedding Planner? Once again, director Adam Shankman ...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-01-25
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA/ROMANCE
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, ...