Movies with cinematographer Rogier Stoffers
I guess seeing Robert De Niro in movies like this one is the price we pay for him once again working with Martin Scorsese. While the Scorsese films are unquestionably more creatively satisfying, they aren’t budgeted at a level designed to keep t...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Laura Terruso
Cast: Sebastian Maniscalco, Robert De Niro, Leslie Bibb, ...
The awkwardly-titled The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a classic example of a film that works better for children than adults. Seemingly made with the under-10 crowd in mind, the screenplay (credited to Eric Kripke, adapting the book by J...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-09-21
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Disturbing Images, Violence)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Eli Roth
Cast: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, ...
It’s fair to ask what new things Eli Roth and Bruce Willis bring to Death Wish that the original, made in 1974 with Charles Bronson, didn’t have. The answer is: not many. Rather than using this as an opportunity to provide a deeper dive in...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Eli Roth
Cast: Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, ...
"Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way." - Harry Burns (Billy Crystal), When Harry Met Sally That memorable line, penned by Nora Ephron and spoken by Billy Crystal, has become the template for more than one p...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-08-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Partial Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Michael Dowse
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park, ...
The only reason any male could have for seeing The Vow is the hope of getting laid afterwards. The only reason any female could have for seeing The Vow is if she views the plots of Harlequin romance novels as the height of modern storytelling. Thi...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-02-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Sucsy
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange, ...
Romantic comedies are a little like junk food: they're not healthy or sophisticated but, when made right, there's something addictive about their tasty familiarity. Going in, you know what you're going to get. There are no surprises, nasty or other...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-01-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jake Johnson, Ludacris, ...
Disturbia is a nice little mystery thriller that takes a wrong turn on the way to its climax and morphs into a slasher movie. This abrupt change in tone is as jarring as it is unwelcome and transforms what could have been an effectively tense conc...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-04-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: D. J. Caruso
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer, ...
Bad News Bears may be the most entertaining remake of the year (thus far), but that's less a statement of praise than it is a condemnation of this class of movies. With a script co-credited to Bill Lancaster, who penned the original 1976 screenpla...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-07-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Hardon, ...
I don't want to call Richard Linklater a "sellout," since that's probably as unfair as it is unkind. But The School of Rock is clearly Linklater's attempt to develop some box office clout – something he has not achieved with critically acclaimed...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-10-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, ...
Robert Frost famously wrote, "Good fences make good neighbors," and that's one of the first phrases that comes to mind while watching Lakeview Terrace, the latest thriller from Neil LaBute. LaBute began his filmmaking career with the scathing In...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-09-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington