ReelViews for R movies
What happens at Comic-con stays at Comic-con. Like Vegas, fantasy/science fiction/comic book conventions exist outside the reality of everyday life. Spending time at any of these events can be a surreal experience for the uninitiated. For a li...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-04-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Zak Knutson
Cast: Maggie Grace, Clancy Brown, John Malkovich, ...
Miramax owes a debt to New Line Cinema. In order to facilitate Jackie Chan's long-overdue breakthrough in the American market, New Line spent a lot of money hyping Chan's Rumble in the Bronx, taking great pains to make sure nearly everyone who ...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-07-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Stanley Tong
Cast: Jackie Chan, Michelle Khan, Yuen Wah, ...
Let me admit to loving the premise behind Supervized. The problem is that a movie needs more than a great premise – it needs to grow and nurture that idea, and that’s where Supervized falls short. To an extent and for a while, the film get...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-07-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Steve Barron
Cast: Tom Berenger, Ned Dennehy, Fionnula Flanagan, ...
Support the Girls belongs to a small genre that pushes back against the concept of film as “escapism.” By rejecting melodrama and artificial comedy, Support the Girls seeks to provide an honest peek into the life of one woman. Unfortunatel...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Cast: Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Shayna McHayle, ...
For a 20 year period, from the release of Day of the Dead in 1985 to the opening of Land of the Dead in 2005, George A. Romero was off doing other things. Since then, however, this one-time horror innovator has become a one-trick pony. Admittedly...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-05-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: HORROR
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, ...
If I wanted to be kind, I’d call Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria remake “visually striking” and “stylish.” If I wanted to be brutally honest, I’d call it “tedious”, “pretentious”, and even “painful” (although not in a good ...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-10-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Grace Moretz, ...
Every December, one of the major studios brings us a musical - something to lighten the spirits and brighten the holidays. This year, in the proud tradition of Chicago and Dreamgirls, we have Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. With T...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, ...
The Sweet Hereafter is film maker Atom Egoyan's most compelling movie to date. Amplifying many of the themes explored in his previous outing, Exotica, the Canadian director/writer/producer shows the powerful effects of grief and anger on a com...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, ...
Sweet Virginia is an odd title for a movie set in Alaska. An early version of this moody, atmospheric neo-noir thriller was located in the Appalachian Mountains; however, when director Jamie M. Dagg came on board, he moved the setting far to t...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Jamie M. Dagg
Cast: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, ...
Swept Away, or Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August, as it is more properly known, was made during the most fertile period of director Lina Wertmuller's career. Wertmuller, whose entrée into filmmaking came via working as...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Lina Wertmuller
Cast: Mariangela Melato, Giancarlo Giannini