Movies with cinematographer Oliver Stapleton
Note to readers: this review contains spoilers. While I do not believe the revelation of certain plot points will in any way compromise the viewing experience, those who wish to see The Cider House Rules without having previous knowledge of certain...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-12-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, ...
Consider it Free Willy with the Loch Ness Monster. It's that kind of family-friendly movie - one that focuses on the friendship between a lonely boy and an animal. In this case, the animal happens to grow up to become Nessie. The story is clever...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: FANTASY ADVENTURE
Director: Jay Russell
Cast: Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, Emily Watson, ...
Pay It Forward couldn't have more obvious aspirations if the filmmakers announced them. Featuring a top-notch cast; an adept script that meshes tragedy, light comedy, romance, and melodrama; and the kind of overall optimism that is a perfect tonic...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-10-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Mimi Leder
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, ...
Robert Redford on a horse roaming the wide-open countryside of Wyoming - doesn't sound like much of a stretch, does it? What is unusual about Redford's participation in Lasse Hallström's An Unfinished Life is that the actor in as unkempt as he ha...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Becca Gardner, ...
If you were bored by My Dinner with Andre, The Designated Mourner isn't for you. If Spalding Gray's monologues put you to sleep, prepare to snooze through The Designated Mourner. And if you think Twister is perfectly paced, give The Designated Mo...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-05-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: David Hare
Cast: Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser
During the summer of 2003, Miramax Films is courting controversy. First, with the release of The Magdalene Sisters, the distributor was accused of being anti-Catholic. Now, with the release of Buffalo Soldiers, the charge is one of being unpatrio...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-08-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gregor Jordan
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, ...
State and Main offers prolific playwright/filmmaker David Mamet his latest chance to re-invent himself. Mamet, who is perhaps best known for his twisty thrillers (House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner) and tense psychological dramas (Glengarry Glen...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Philip Seymour Hoffman, ...
The Object of My Affection, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen McCauley, is a pleasant romantic comedy that asks (and tries to answer) questions about the nature of love, sex, family, and friendship. And, while some of the solutions ar...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-04-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, John Pankow, ...
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, a re-make of the 1973 made-for-TV movie of the same name, is a haunted house movie whose success lies in the careful manner freshman director Troy Nixey steeps everything in a surfeit of atmosphere. It overflows. It suf...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-08-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Troy Nixey
Cast: Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes, Bailee Madison, ...
Finally, the entire Barrytown Trilogy has made it to the screen. The process started back in 1991, when Alan Parker made The Commitments. It continued in '93, when Stephen Frears filmed The Snapper. Now, with the addition of 1996's The Va...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan, ...