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Into the Abyss

Watching Into the Abyss, I had the overwhelming sense that, somewhere along the way, Werner Herzog lost his way. It happens to the best filmmakers, and that's one of the perils of making a documentary - events don't always go where the man behind t...

Run Time: 1:47
U.S. Release Date: 2011-11-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DOCUMENTARY
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Jason Burkett, Michael Perry, Fred Allen
Into the Blue

On some level, I feel that I should have been able to enjoy Into the Blue. It has all the elements one would expect from a "so bad it's good" feature: cheesy dialogue, a script that could have been written by two chimpanzees, acting that would mak...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: John Stockwell
Cast: Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan, ...
Into the Storm

Into the Storm is as straightforward a disaster film as you're likely to find. It has all the characteristics of the genre. The narrative trajectory is linear and uncomplicated. The two-dimensional characters are entrenched in their own flimsy, soa...

Run Time: 1:29
U.S. Release Date: 2014-08-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Disaster Sequences)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Steven Quale
Cast: Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh, ...
Into the Wild

There's something seductive about the idea of turning one's back on civilization and all its trappings. Many of us entertain this thought during a daydream or in those gentle minutes between wakefulness and sleep, but we don't view it as the act of...

Run Time: 2:25
U.S. Release Date: 2007-09-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA/ADVENTURE
Director: Sean Penn
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Hal Holbrook, ...
Into the Woods

Into the Woods left me out in the cold. The long-gestating cinematic adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's fairy tale-infused Broadway musical, Into the Woods can claim a clever screenplay and a few enjoyable performances but little else. The generic ...

Run Time: 2:05
U.S. Release Date: 2014-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, ...
Mirrors

When it comes to horror films, there's one basic principal to consider: consistency means everything. A movie can deviate as much as the filmmakers like from the laws of the real world as long as they establish and adhere to an alternate set of ru...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2008-08-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Alexandre Aja
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Cameron Bryce, ...
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

If you want something shaken up, who better to turn to than (Phil) Lord & (Chris) Miller? Apparently, their brand of concussive trembling was a little too much for the Star Wars universe but not so for the “Spider-Verse,” a strange and won...

Run Time: 1:57
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-14
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Cast: Shameik Moore, Chris Pine, Hailee Steinfeld, ...

Note: Over the next week (or so), there will be fewer than usual ReelThoughts entries. I'm in the middle of a stretch during which I'm making five speaking engagements in seven days, so my time for writing has been curtailed, and I want to ...

I have always found there to be something mournful about August. Temperature-wise, it's my second favorite month of the year (behind July), but it always feels more like an ending than a beginning. Perhaps it's the shortening of daylight hours. ...