Movies with screenplay written by Drew Goddard
There was a time back in the 1990s when everyone wanted to be Tarantino. As we learned at the time, however, there’s only one Tarantino and all the attempts to mimic his style and approach felt like third generation VHS dubs. Now, some 25 ye...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-10-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Drew Goddard
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, ...
Note: The Cabin in the Woods works best if left unspoiled. Its impact relies not on a single unexpected twist but upon the cumulative impact of little unanticipated actions and incidents. It's virtually impossible to write anything coherent without...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-04-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Drew Goddard
Cast: Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Chris Hemsworth, ...
Cloverfield is to the monster movie as The Blair Witch Project was to the ghost story. This movie is going to divide audiences. There are those who will be unable to endure nearly 90 minutes of constantly moving hand-held camerawork. Some will e...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-01-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Matt Reeves
Cast: Michael Stahl-David, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, ...
The Martian is the latest in a series of realistic science fiction films - movies that eschew the space opera elements of the genre and concentrate instead on believable aspects. Following in the wake of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (and feat...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-10-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Matt Damon, Kristin Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor, ...
World War Z contains some impressive set pieces - sequences that, taken on their own, are either tense or visually arresting. As a whole, however, it's a letdown with a strange mixture of epic apocalyptic material and generic zombie stuff. The epis...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-06-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, ...