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Red Riding: 1983 brings the Red Riding trilogy to a close and, if the five-hour saga doesn't precisely conclude with a proverbial "bang," neither does it go out with a whimper. The third movie represents the middle ground between the promising-but...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-02-05
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA/THRILLER
Director: Anand Tucker
Cast: David Morrissey, Mark Addy, Jim Carter, ...
With the possible exception of the talent involved, everything about Reindeer Games smacks of a B movie, the kind of film that, with a lesser cast, would have been shipped directly to Cinemax or Showtime. Reindeer Games suffers from a poorly writt...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-02-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise, ...
Renaissance is the latest in a growing range of screen titles with a graphic novel sensibility. Coming in the wake of Sin City, Renaissance treads through similar territory, but with a striking difference: director Christian Volckman uses rotoscop...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-09-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: ANIMATED/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Christian Volckman
Cast: (voices) Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Romola Garai, ...
Reservoir Dogs grabs you by the throat and digs its claws in deep. From the moment that the unwitting viewer tumbles into the realm of Lawrence Tierney's gang of eight, they are hopelessly trapped there until the final credits roll. As the first ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, ...
The most interesting aspect of Resurrection comes from guessing how insane the main character is and whether anything she’s seeing is real. Still, those are primarily intellectual curiosities and I’m not sure how well they gel in feature lengt...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-07-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Andrew Semans
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, ...
When it comes to the annual Liam Neeson cash-grab, I have learned to temper my expectations. A guilty pleasure would seem to be an attainable goal, although those instances have been more the exception than the rule lately. The problem is that Nee...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Nimrod Antal
Cast: Liam Neeson, Matthew Modine, Embeth Davidtz, ...
Many times when writing a year-end summary, it's easy to spot the "big" story of the year. On the surface, that's not the case with 2011. By all accounts, at least based on the movies that made it to the screens, this was a very ordinary year, made ...
Five 2017 films, many of which I recommend, that I feel have been overrated by many critics.
Random thoughts on film in 2021. No discussion of the year's best performances (something I often do in end-of-the-year reflections), but the Top 10 is here.
Random thoughts about 2023, including the Top 10.