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Cedar Rapids is a quirky comedy that crossbreeds two common cinematic staples: the mismatched buddy movie and the fish-out-of-water scenario. With elements culled from the mainstream smash The Hangover and the indie cult favorite Napoleon Dynamite,...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-02-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Miguel Arteta
Cast: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, ...
Cellular is a nearly perfectly executed "high concept" thriller, that, like Speed and Phone Booth, uses a gimmicky setup but is paced so relentlessly that you don't have time to dwell upon the obvious implausibility of the situation. (It should be...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-09-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: David R. Ellis
Cast: Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, William H. Macy, ...
The Change-Up has designs of being the next big raunchy comedy of the Summer of 2011, following on the heels of Bridesmaids, The Hangover Part II, Bad Teacher, and Horrible Bosses. However, while there's sufficient profanity, sex, nudity, and excre...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-08-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: David Dobkin
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, ...
Chaplin is Sir Richard Attenborough's account of the life and times of film great Charlie Chaplin. The story picks up in 1894, when Charlie is five, and lasts until 1972, five years before his death in 1977. Along the way, Attenborough gives us g...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-01-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rhys, Moira Kelly, ...
If there is any living director who can do justice to the warped nature of Roald Dahl's "children's stories," it's Tim Burton. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory isn't the first time these two have "collaborated." Burton produced Henry Selick's anim...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-07-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Jordon Fry, Julia Winter, ...
When Charlie's Angels first hit the TV airwaves in the 1976-77 season, it was a national phenomenon. Every Wednesday night, millions of household sets would be tuned into ABC for the further adventures of the three "legs" of millionaire private in...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-11-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: McG
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Sam Rockwell, Luke Wilson, ...
Once upon a time, a Broadway musical like Chicago would have automatically received a silver screen treatment – but that was before the popularity of the movie musical crashed and burned. Nevertheless, the enthusiasm surrounding the 1996 revival...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, ...
With Chicken Little, Walt Disney's in-house animation department has made the transition from hand-drawn to computer-drawn imagery. As debuts go, this is not a stellar one. It is bogged down by many of the problems that have plagued Disney's rece...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-11-04
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Mark Dindal
Cast: (voices) Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Joan Cusack, ...
Many fans of Nick Park have been wondering what the animated filmmaker has been doing recently. Known to millions across the globe as the creator of the characters Wallace & Gromit (a British inventor with a penchant for Rube Goldberg devices and ...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-06-16
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Nick Park, Peter Lord
Cast: (voices) Mel Gibson, Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, ...
Children of Men, Alfonso Cuarón's adaptation of the P.D. James novel, takes a look at England in an apocalyptic near-future, when standards of law and order have broken down and the country is ruled by a fascist dictator. The movie is set in 2027...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, ...