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1917

When it comes to 20th century wars, World War I, the so-called “Great War” or “War to End All Wars,” is poorly represented in motion pictures. With the exception of All Quiet on the Western Front, stand-outs about the first conflict of...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2019-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: War
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman
Adjustment Bureau, The

Perhaps the most surprising thing about The Adjustment Bureau is that, irrespective of the misdirection of the trailers and T.V. spots, this is more of a romance than a science fiction thriller. That's not to say the Twilight Zone aspects of the mo...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2011-03-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ROMANCE/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: George Nolfi
Cast: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, ...
American Beauty

Over the years, many films have taken a dark look at the supposedly perfect ideal of a white picket fence, a little house, and a nuclear family. For many, the suburban life is the American dream. For others, however, it can turn into a twisted ni...

Run Time: 2:00
U.S. Release Date: 1999-09-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Scott Bakula, Chris Cooper, ...
American Buffalo

It opens with images of a late-night poker game: cards, chips, sweaty palms, concerned faces, and a woman's fingernails. Then, as night turns to day, the camera moves into the streets of New York, and, with the first bit of dialogue, we know we'v...

Run Time: 1:28
U.S. Release Date: 1996-09-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Michael Corrente
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is one of those pleasant, inoffensive British movies that offers a passably entertaining two hours without providing material that could be construed as edgy or stimulating. The problem may be that it's a little too p...

Run Time: 2:04
U.S. Release Date: 2012-05-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: John Madden
Cast: Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy Penelope Wilson, ...
Bridge of Spies

With names like Spielberg, Hanks, and the Coen Brothers, it's hard not to be excited about a project like Bridge of Spies. Yet, although the workmanlike production is solidly engaging, it falls short of the loftiest expectations. It's worth s...

Run Time: 2:15
U.S. Release Date: 2015-10-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, ...
Brothers

Brothers is arguably the most successful remake of a foreign film since Martin Scorsese reworked Infernal Affairs into The Departed and won the Oscar. By remaining rigorously faithful to Susanne Bier's 2004 Danish feature, Brodre, screenwriter Dav...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2009-12-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Jim Sheridan
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, ...
Cinderella Man

Consider Cinderella Man to be a Depression era Rocky. While that may at first seem like a glib way to describe Ron Howard's rags-to-riches boxing drama, a careful examination of the storyline reveals numerous similarities between this drama and Sy...

Run Time: 2:24
U.S. Release Date: 2005-06-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Connor Price, ...
Debt, The

Watching The Debt, I was reminded of how entertaining a well-executed Cold War thriller can be. Although elements of this movie, based on the 2007 Israeli film Ha-Hov, have a kinship to Steven Spielberg's Munich, the overall thrust is more in line ...

Run Time: 1:54
U.S. Release Date: 2011-08-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: John Madden
Cast: Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Hinds, ...
Elemental

Emerging from its Cannes debut, Elemental has received mixed reviews. The reason for the lack of enthusiasm seems to be related to expectations by some critics that the film doesn’t take a more aggressive stance in the culture wars. There’s a ...

Run Time: 1:43
U.S. Release Date: 2023-06-16
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Peter Sohn
Cast: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, ...