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My Family, the portrait of a Mexican-American family living in East Los Angeles, boasts a series of distinguished thematic antecedents, including Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and Zhang Yimou's To Live. Here, as in the 1972 gangster saga, t...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-05-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Jimmy Smits, Scott Bakula, Jacob Vargas, ...
Guilty pleasure (n): a film that a critic shamefacedly admits to liking even though the prevailing opinion, as put forth by serious members of the profession, is that the movie is a piece of crap. Christmas Vacation is considered by many film ...
U.S. Release Date: 1989-12-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jeremiah Chechik
Cast: Chevy Chase, Nicholas Guest, Johnny Galecki, ...
With a cast featuring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Robin Williams, and Ricky Gervais, one has a right to expect something amusing from Night at the Museum. Oddly, not only is the movie unfunny, but it rarely tries for laughs. The only jokes in the pr...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-12-22
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, ...
The best thing that can be said about the second Night at the Museum (which bears the unnecessarily long full title of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian) is that it's harmless. And pointless. And dumb. This is a perfect example of a ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-05-22
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mild Profanity, Cartoon Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE/COMEDY
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, ...
Official Secrets disrobes a scandal that received scant coverage in the U.S. media when it occurred some 15 years ago. Although hampered somewhat by a fragmented and procedural structure, the film nevertheless makes a compelling argument that ...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-08-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Kiera Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, ...
Ralph Fiennes is carving out a nice niche for himself in the genre of period piece romances. For his followup to the Academy-beloved The English Patient, he has once again turned to a love story, this time directed by accomplished Australian...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-12-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, ...
Pacifiers are for infants. The same is true of The Pacifier. In fact, "infantile" may be the best single word to describe this Kindergarten Cop wannabe. Vin Diesel is better than the material, but, no matter how hard he tries, he can't rise abov...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-03-04
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, ...
Passengers is an art-house science fiction movie that somehow got made by a major studio with A-list stars. The film owes more to castaway stories than traditional spacefaring tales and, at least during the first half, it’s ripe with existentia...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-12-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen, ...
Pay It Forward couldn't have more obvious aspirations if the filmmakers announced them. Featuring a top-notch cast; an adept script that meshes tragedy, light comedy, romance, and melodrama; and the kind of overall optimism that is a perfect tonic...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-10-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Mimi Leder
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, ...