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Tom Hanks as a cold-blooded hit man? Say it ain't so, Forrest! Over the course of his illustrious career, which is well into its third decade, Hanks has played a cross-dresser, a man infatuated by a mermaid, the manager of a women's baseball te...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-07-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, ...
The memory is not to be trusted, at least insofar as movie evaluation is concerned. When I first saw The Running Man in theaters more than 30 years ago, I believed it to be firmly rooted in the “dumb entertainment” category where many of t...
U.S. Release Date: 1987-11-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Erland Van Lidth, Gus Rethwisch, ...
When Rust and Bone tells a story of a woman's recovery from a devastating injury, it hits all the right notes, traveling a path that is poignant without being mawkish and triumphant without being saccharine. However, when it chronicles the life of...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-12-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, ...
Sahara takes the action/adventure story to new heights of preposterousness. In a way, that's not a bad thing, since it allows a certain level of guilty enjoyment. You're never expected to take anything in the movie seriously, because the characte...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-04-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Breck Eisner
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz, ...
Save the Last Dance, a movie about finding salvation on the dance stage, takes a little Pygmalion, a little Romeo and Juliet, and a lot of formula, wraps them up with a neat bow, and delivers a passably entertaining package. The film stumbles not ...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-01-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Thomas Carter
Cast: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Terry Kinney, ...
For an author of long-form fiction, the writing process isn't merely technical. As absurd as it might seem, the writer bonds with his or her characters to the point where they can become as "real" as any flesh-and-blood person. This is especially t...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-12-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, ...
Scary Movie 4 is better than Scary Movie 3. Writing that sentence falls into the category of damning with faint praise, because the experience of sitting through the third installment of the comedy series was as pleasant as spreading organic ferti...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-04-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Anna Faris, Craig Bierko, Regina Hall, ...
Scent of a Woman is about Charles Simms (Chris O'Donnell), a Boston prep school senior, and the Thanksgiving weekend he spends working as the aide and companion of Lt. Colonel Frank Slade (Al Pacino), an embittered, lonely, blind veteran. The job,...
U.S. Release Date: 1992-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell
There have been numerous documentaries and dramatic productions focusing on the Holocaust, including a television mini-series which many consider to be the definitive work. As a result, in deciding to film Schindler's List, director Steven Spielbe...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-12-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Embeth Davidtz, ...