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When last we encountered Pocahontas in movie-land, she had been Disney-fied to allow children to experience a sanitized version of her adventures. While there's nothing wrong with Pocahontas (except the history, that is), Terrence Malick is going fo...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA/ADVENTURE
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'Orianka Kilcher, ...
The Rocketeer is a superhero movie, but it's a superhero movie of a different flavor. This isn't a Batman or a Superman clone. It isn't about a vigilante out to stomp out crime or a visitor from another world using his powers to advance truth, ju...
U.S. Release Date: 1991-06-21
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, ...
At the tender age of seven, Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc) becomes fascinated by the game of chess. Without giving up little league baseball, he learns how to play, hanging out with Vinnie (Laurence Fishburne) and a group of speed chess hustlers...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-08-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, ...
Boxing movies are like romantic comedies: they come in neat packages, follow tried-and-true formulas, and rarely challenge conventions. There are outliers, of course, like Martin Scorsese's brilliant Raging Bull, but those are rare. For the...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-07-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, ...
Thus far, the formula has worked almost flawlessly: combine fantasy with a family friendly approach and the recent result has caused studio heads to smile. The Spiderwick Chronicles is the latest in what could be considered "starter" fantasy tales...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, ...
In the wake of the somnambulant Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the fledgling Star Trek movie series was in need of some zest, which is exactly what The Wrath of Khan provided. While retaining the thematic elements of the late-'60s TV series an...
U.S. Release Date: 1982-06-04
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, ...
With a title like The Search for Spock, did anyone really expect that they wouldn't find the erstwhile first officer? So, with the resolution never in doubt (especially considering that Leonard Nimoy was directing), the real question to ask is...
U.S. Release Date: 1984-06-01
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: William Shatner, Dame Judith Anderson, John Laroquette, ...
Hamburg. Nazi Germany. 1939. Peter (Robert Sean Leonard), Thomas (Christian Bale), and Arvid (Frank Whaley) are three "Swing Kids" -- young rebel Germans who have fallen in love with the forbidden: American movies, British fashion, and Swing musi...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-03-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Mature Themes)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Thomas Carter
Cast: Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, ...
Short of climbing aboard a time capsule and peeling back eight and one-half decades, James Cameron's magnificent Titanic is the closest any of us will get to walking the decks of the doomed ocean liner. Meticulous in detail, yet vast in scope ...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-12-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE/ROMANCE
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, ...
The line between epic spectacle and overblown bore is often as unclear as it is easily crossed. So it's no surprise that Wolfgang Petersen's Troy navigates that demarcation like a drunk driver on a twisty two-lane highway. There are times when T...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-05-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Brad Pitt, Julian Glover, Saffron Burrows, ...