Movies with cinematographer Oliver Wood
It's rare that the sequel to a good movie lives up to expectations. Such is the case with Die Hard 2, the somewhat-muddled but still entertaining return of Bruce Willis' John McClane. Fortunately, the original Die Hard was good enough that there'...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Bruce Willis, William Sadler, John Amos, ...
When Mighty Joe Young first reached screens in 1949, nearly everyone recognized it as an attempt to re-create the magic and mystique of King Kong. Many of the same people were involved -- Ernest B. Schoedsack in the director's chair, Robert Armstr...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Sherbedgia, ...
Anton Fuqua’s sequel to The Equalizer fits right in with the version of Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) he introduced four years ago when he updated the ‘80s TV series for big screen consumption. This new Equalizer was more brutal than i...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Anton Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Melissa Leo, ...
If this is what it's really like to spend a couple days in the San Fernando Valley during the hottest time of the year, then, like W.C. Fields, I'd rather be in Philadelphia. Actually, for a movie that's so precise about time (one of the char...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Danny Aiello, Eric Stoltz, James Spader, ...
In all likelihood, Robert Ludlum fans will not be pleased by this adaptation of one of the spy master's best-received novels. That's because The Bourne Identity uses the premise, a few character names, and some isolated incidents from the novel, t...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-06-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, ...
If nothing else, The Bourne Ultimatum represents the best of 2007's inordinately high number of so-called "threequels." Hopefully, that's not damning with faint praise. The Bourne Ultimatum, the third in the movie trilogy loosely based on Robert...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-08-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION THRILLER
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, ...
When The American President was released, many knowledgeable movie-goers commented how the sentimentality of its "feel good" storyline recalled the work of director Frank Capra. Now, with Mr. Holland's Opus, another Capra-esque motion picture has ...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-01-19
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Olympia Dukakis, ...
Surrogates was not pre-screened for critics. Most of the time, I understand when a studio takes this route - it's a way to avoid undue negative publicity before the release of a movie that is recognized behind-the-scenes as being a turd. Once in ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-09-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, ...
Will Ferrell's recent resume isn't anything to get excited about: Land of the Lost, Step Brothers, Semi-Pro, Blades of Glory. There's a sameness to all of them, not only in that the Ferrell characters are difficult to differentiate from one anothe...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-08-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Adam McKay
Cast: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, ...
Face/Off, the third English-language feature from acclaimed Hong Kong director John Woo, isn't the best movie of the summer, but it certainly features some of the best action. Woo, who is known and appreciated for his unique stylistic approach to ...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-06-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: John Woo
Cast: John Travolta, Colm Feore, Harve Presnell, ...