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The tale of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is the most improbable of success stories. After having difficulty securing a financial backer, Guy Ritchie's debut feature became one of the biggest home-grown successes in the U.K. last year. Now...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-03-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Peter McNicholl, Stephen Marcus, ...
We have entered the world of post-modern superheroes, where the concept of someone with special powers doing battle against the forces of evil seems quaint, almost boring. Batman is The Dark Knight. Superman is on hiatus because the most interest...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-04-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Moretz, ...
If David Lynch and David Mamet can do it, why not Danny Boyle? I'm talking about hard-R directors suddenly producing a film that is suitable for family viewing. Lynch and Mamet both went G several years ago (Lynch with The Straight Story and Mamet wi...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-03-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt, ...
As his career develops, it may turn out that British maverick filmmaker Guy Ritchie has only the taste and talent to make one kind of film - but, if every salvo he fires is as snappy, funny, and energized as his initial two movies (Lock, Stock and ...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-01-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Jason Flemyng, Mike Reid, ...
With The Suicide Squad, James Gunn becomes the second high-profile Marvel director to moonlight in the DCEU. Fortunately, Gunn’s effort is significantly better than Joss Whedon’s career-killing turn with Justice League. Gunn, temporarily fi...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-08-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Margot Robbie, Juan Diego Botto, Peter Capaldi, ...
The end of the world has always simultaneously fascinated and repulsed human beings. No less an authority than the Bible devotes entire books to the last days. And, since almost the beginning of science fiction, the apocalypse has been a popular ...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-06-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, ...
Marvel’s post-Thanos struggles continue, this time in a movie that features two of the Mad Titan’s daughters. Although the malaise that has afflicted many of the recent MCU releases – from the unheralded Eternals to the much-hyped Doctor Str...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Science Fiction
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Chris Pratt, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, ...
Hollywood has a long albeit checkered history of mismatched buddy cop films. I don't know when the trend started, but it was elevated in popularity by the partnership of Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in 48 Hours. 23 years later, director Les Mayfie...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, ...
In a graphic example of how creatively bankrupt Hollywood has become, it's no longer good enough merely to remake older films - now the studios have begun to remake remakes. 1972's The Last House on the Left, the first feature effort of Wes Craven...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-03-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: Dennis Illiadis
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, ...
Another week, another disappointing summer sequel. So it goes… In actuality, the screenplay for 28 Weeks Later isn't all that bad. Sure, it's repetitious and much of it has been regurgitated from 2003's 28 Days Later, but it contains some in...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-05-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: HORROR/THRILLER
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Catherine McCormack, ...