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In all likelihood, Robert Ludlum fans will not be pleased by this adaptation of one of the spy master's best-received novels. That's because The Bourne Identity uses the premise, a few character names, and some isolated incidents from the novel, t...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-06-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, ...
The Bourne Supremacy is a serviceable thriller - no more, no less. This may come as a disappointment to those anticipating something on the same level as the surprise hit 2002 movie, The Bourne Identity. Sadly, the cinematic second installment of...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-07-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION THRILLER
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Brian Cox, Joan Allen, ...
If nothing else, The Bourne Ultimatum represents the best of 2007's inordinately high number of so-called "threequels." Hopefully, that's not damning with faint praise. The Bourne Ultimatum, the third in the movie trilogy loosely based on Robert...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-08-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION THRILLER
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, ...
Possible Spoilers: Although this review does not explicitly reveal the ending of the movie, there are enough insinuations that one can make some assumptions about what might happen. The Holocaust is one of the great tragedies in recent human h...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-11-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, ...
The crown jewel of 1995's summer blockbusters appears to have arrived early. It's hard to imagine any motion picture released between now and August matching Mel Gibson's Braveheart for spectacle. With its clashing armies, heartstopping action, a...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-05-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Mel Gibson
Cast: Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau, ...
When it comes to movies, there are two things that the early-to-mid-1980s are best known for: slasher films and teen comedies. While the former category was hard-pressed to give birth to a vaguely watchable entry, quality was widely variable in...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, ...
This is a classic example of a novel being condensed and edited to fit within the limited time allowed for a screen adaptation. The 2008 motion picture adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited clocks in at 135 minutes - not short, to be s...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-08-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw, ...
To the degree that "sophistication" would become one of the characteristics defining Academy Award Best Picture winners, that criterion was not yet in place when The Broadway Melody received its citation in 1930. One part air and one part cheese, ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love, ...
By another name, Broken Arrow is Speed gone nuclear. Yet, despite all the explosions, violence, special effects, and other choreographed excesses, this film doesn't have quite the same impact. It's fun, to be sure, and the wild ride doesn't let u...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-02-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: John Woo
Cast: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, ...
For her feature debut, writer/director Zoe Cassavetes has elected to tread into territory where even the best stories feels like clichés. Broken English is competently made and features a solid performance from lead actress Parker Posey, but it's...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-06-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Zoe Cassavetes
Cast: Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo, ...