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Top Gun is an ‘80s testosterone fix – a celebration of machismo and a recruiting film for the U.S. Navy. Typical of Jerry Bruckheimer/Don Simpson at their peak, the movie embraces masculine tropes to create a patchwork narrative that is almost...
U.S. Release Date: 1986-05-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Action Scenes)
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Rick Rossovich, ...
To be fair, Transcendence contains its share of "big ideas" - science fiction tropes that have fascinated readers and viewers for decades, ever since the concept of computer sentience became fodder for stories and movies. Unfortunately, it takes mo...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-04-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Wally Pfister
Cast: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, ...
As movie-goers, we expect different things from big-budget summer blockbusters than we do from "normal" films. Considerations of theme and character become secondary to action and mind- numbing excitement. The plot is expected to be very basic...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-05-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Mayhem)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Jan De Bont
Cast: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, ...
Clint Eastwood's reputation as a Hollywood icon was founded on two roles: The Man with No Name, who starred in three of Sergio Leone's "Spaghetti Westerns" (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and the Ugly), and "Dirty" H...
U.S. Release Date: 1992-08-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: WESTERN
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, ...
Volcano is one of those films (like last year's Twister and Independence Day) for which it doesn't matter what I (or any other critic) have to say. Disaster movie junkies will go to get their fix; those who can't tell the difference between Th...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-04-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Mick Jackson
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Don Cheadle, ...
At the risk of being called a curmudgeon, let me voice a dissenting opinion about Wonder, a “family drama” that veers too far into saccharine fantasy for its messages about tolerance and anti-bullying to sound a clear and genuine note. Oh,...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-17
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, ...
With Wreck-It Ralph, the video game/movie synergy is complete. Here's a movie that isn't based on a video game; it literally takes place within the world of video games. The concept is a little like that of Toy Story: the characters in video games ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-11-02
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Rich Moore
Cast: (voices) John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman, ...
The easiest way to summarize my reaction to X-Men: First Class is with a shrug. The movie is competently made (and not in 3-D, thankfully), has some nice action sequences, tells its story with workmanlike efficiency, and will probably please fans o...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-06-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, ...
Sluggish. Torpid. Boring. Those three words (and more) can describe The Yellow Handkerchief, a stultifying road trip movie whose inept screenplay is only partially counterbalanced by a trio of nice performances. There's only so much a talented ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Udayan Prasad
Cast: William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne, ...