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August Rush isn't just a bad movie - it's an aggressively bad movie. There are times when it tips the scales of absurdity and becomes almost comical. The film intends to be a modern day fable about fate and music and Dickensian characters but the...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-11-21
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, ...
I suppose Blue Crush can be viewed as a "guilty pleasure", with an emphasis on the first word of that phrase over the second one. The movie, the latest directorial effort from John Stockwell (Crazy/Beautiful), is redeemed to one degree or another ...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-08-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: John Stockwell
Cast: Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis, ...
As their careers develop, many comedians yearn to cross over into serious dramatic roles, if only on occasion. This has happened with John Cleese, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, and Adam Sandler. Some are more successful than...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-05-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Dan Rush
Cast: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Christopher Jordan Wallace, ...
Glory is, without question, one of the best movies ever made about the American Civil War (a.k.a. "The War Between the States"). The reason isn't just the way in which Kevin Jarre's script illuminates a frequent oversight of history books, nor is ...
U.S. Release Date: 1989-12-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: WAR
Director: Edward Zwick
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, ...
When a movie tries to be intentionally campy, it follows a difficult road. Most films that attempt this fail because the artifice of the situation drains the humor from it. Genuine camp is the child of earnestness and ineptitude, and is only foun...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-06-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jared Hess
Cast: Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Hector Jimenez, ...
Napoleon Dynamite should be required therapy for anyone with a self-image problem. No matter how much of a loser a person believes himself to be, he couldn't possibly be in worse shape than the protagonist of Jared Hess' wickedly funny high school...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-06-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jared Hess
Cast: Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, ...
It comes as a bit of a surprise that, for consistently suspenseful chase sequences, the pick of the 2012 summer crop is the under-the-radar thriller from writer/director David Koepp, Premium Rush. The average chase, filmed with the traditional sele...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-08-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: David Koepp
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Diana Ramirez, ...
Ron Howard is probably best known for making slick, well-produced, crowd pleasing motion pictures. From his early days behind the camera, with light fare such as Splash, to his most accomplished feature, Apollo 13, to his Oscar-winning A Beautiful ...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Disturbing Images)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde, ...
Considering his recent surge in American popularity, it was all-but-inevitable that Jackie Chan would eventually show up in a big-budget Hollywood action picture. (He hasn't been in one since he did the Cannonball Run films back in the early '8...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-09-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, ...
While the rules of the buddy/action comedy are significantly different from those of the romantic comedy, one key ingredient is common to both popular genres: that of chemistry between the leads. Unfortunately, while both motormouthed Chris Tucke...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-08-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Roselyn Sanchez, ...