Search for Shin
Pushing Tin, from acclaimed British director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Enchanted April), is the latest example of a movie that wastes a strong cast on a lame script. The film, billed as a dramatic comedy about the lives of air traf...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-04-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, ...
When it comes to The Raid: Redemption, there are no pretentions. Pure and simple, this is about violence. As we used to say, "kickin' ass and takin' names." The body count is ridiculously high. Not three-digit high, but getting close. Yet, because ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-03-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Gareth Evans
Cast: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsya, ...
It wouldn't be a stretch to name legendary Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa as one of the ten greatest motion picture directors of all time. Kurosawa's brilliant work speaks for itself, and, with over five decades of movie making to his credit, ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, ...
When it arrived in theaters the weekend before Christmas in 1997, no one knew what to expect from James Cameron's mammoth Titanic. The media was prepared to liken the movie - the most expensive ever to-date - to the ship. The iceberg, some thought, ...
Arguably, the biggest hurdle to clear for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is its title. Let's be frank - how many viewers will be excited by the prospect of seeing a movie about salmon fishing in the Middle East? And the name is neither allegorical nor...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-03-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: ROMANCE/DRAMA
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, ...
The most popular cinematic export from Japan is inarguably the samurai movie. Whole books have been devoted to the genre, and more than one mail-order video business has made a tidy profit shipping samurai tapes and DVDs around the world. The mos...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Isao Kimura, ...
Shine is a deceptively simple title for an amazingly powerful motion picture. Based on the life story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, director Scott Hicks' (Sebastian and the Sparrow) film touches on themes as diverse as the nature of genius...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, ...