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About Last Night, a remake of the 1986 Edward Zwick film which was in turn an adaptation of David Mamet's play, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, manages the difficult task of being faithful to the original while taking things in a new direction. The t...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-02-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Steve Pink
Cast: Michael Early, Joy Bryant, Kevin Hart, ...
Liam Neeson has enjoyed two careers as an actor. For many years, he was regarded as a “highbrow” thespian – one who preferred serious, artistic productions. Then, beginning with 2009’s Taken, he opted for the higher paychecks that acco...
U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ron Perlman, Frankie Shaw, ...
More than 30 years ago, the template established by Animal House for college age comedies became a recognized standard. However, although the Animal House approach is a good way to get cheap laughs, it falls apart when anything more substantive is...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-04-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, ...
Had The Adventures of Tintin been a live motion picture rather than a motion capture-driven animated endeavor, it would have been compared to Raiders of the Lost Ark and Pirates of the Caribbean. As it is, however, with the cartoonish characters se...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-12-23
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: (voices) Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, Andy Serkis, ...
Note: This review includes spoilers for the movie Interstellar, believe it or not. The Age of Adaline wants viewers to think of it as a modern-day fairy tale. Such a conceit, however, can be seen as an excuse for slipshod writing. The need to judg...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Cast: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Ellen Burstyn, ...
If you take away Albert Nobbs' twist, all that's left is a project that would have been at home on Masterpiece Theater during its heyday. It's the "downstairs" portion of Upstairs, Downstairs - a tale of servants and service during the twilight of ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-01-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, ...
To sum up Alexander in three words, I would choose the following: three-hour miscalculation. Although some aspects of Oliver Stone's sword-and-sandals epic are worthy of mention (and even praise), they are dwarfed by the missteps and examples of b...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-11-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, ...
This review is based on an IMAX 3-D screening. Lewis Carroll's "Wonderland" stories, much like the collected works of Roald Dahl, can be perceived from a number of perspectives. Although traditionally seen as a children's tale, Alice's Wonderla...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-05
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: FANTASY/ADVENTURE
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, ...