Movies with cinematographer Roberto Schaefer
If it's Disney (or its subsidiary, Miramax), it must be "inspired by true events." Or maybe it just seems that way. Those words, which appear in a caption at the beginning, are chose with care (more care than the similar preface to Hidalgo). Fin...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-11-12
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Marc Foster
Cast: Johnny Depp, Luke Spill, Dustin Hoffman, ...
When you think of Christopher Guest, the first thing likely to spring to mind is fake documentaries. He has made his reputation in the arena. From This Is Spinal Tap (which he co-wrote but did not direct) to A Mighty Wind, Guest has turned his came...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-11-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Catherine O'Hara, Ricky Gervais, Jane Lynch, ...
Sometimes with a movie like The Host, it's tough to determine whether the fatal flaws lie in the source material or the adaptation. Considering that the author of the source material is Stephenie Meyer, who singlehandedly defanged vampires and decl...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-03-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/DRAMA
Director: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, William Hurt, ...
When a movie is made based on a book that millions of people have read, the first question asked often pertains to the faithfulness of the resultant cinematic product to its written inspiration. In the case of The Kite Runner, director Marc Forste...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Homayon Ershadi, Zekeria Ebrahimi, ...
Machine Gun Preacher uses the "real-life" story of Sam Childers (Gerard Butler) as the framework for a movie that is part drama, part action, and part social conscience. Like Hotel Rwanda, it seeks to provide a human context to one of Africa's most...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-09-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA/ACTION
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, ...
Monster's Ball is a powerful and poignant motion picture not about racism and redemption, as one might initially suppose, but about one of the most urgent and universal of human needs - that of finding solace for pain and loneliness. Though it has...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-12-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Peter Boyle, ...
Whatever else it may be cited for, The Paperboy, Lee Daniels' follow-up to Precious, is not going be called "the feel-good movie of 2012." An unsettling period piece mystery (the period being the late 1960s), The Paperboy is steeped in the so-calle...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-10-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Lee Daniels
Cast: Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, ...
"Bond. James Bond." Once, those three words stood nape hairs on end for fans of the action/adventure genre. A lot has transpired since 1963 when Dr. No was brought to the screen, but Bond has been a great constant through all those years. One...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-11-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, ...
Going into Stay, I was aware that the director was Marc Forster, the man who made Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland. However, even with that knowledge, it wouldn't have surprised me to see David Lynch's name during the closing credits. Stay is...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-10-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts, ...
Stranger than Fiction does a lot of things exceedingly well and almost none poorly. It takes a great premise and runs with it, neither wasting opportunities nor going off on tangents. It features strong work from both the main and supporting actors...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-11-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Emma Thompson, ...