Category: Film Reviews

Conclave Rating Director Edward Berger Screenplay Peter Straughan (Book: Robert Harris) Length 2h 00m Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jacek Koman, Lucian Msmati, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Thomas Loibl, Brian F. O’Byrne, Isabella Rossellini, Rony Kramer MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Of the myriad governmental and quasi-governmental assemblages, it is challenging to make those…

The Day of the Jackal Rating Director Fred Zinnemann Screenplay Kenneth Ross (Book: Frederick Forsyth) Length 2h 23m Starring Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michael Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Denis Carey, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jacques François, Olga Georges-Picot, Raymond Gérôme, Barrie Ingham, Derek Jacobi, Michael Lonsdale, Jean Martin, Ronald Pickup,…

Wicked, Part I Rating Director Jon M. Chu Screenplay Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox Length 2h 40m Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Influence and emulation are oftentimes the enemy of great filmmaking. It takes a strong…

Bambi Rating Director James Algar, Sam Armstrong, David D. Hand, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright Screenplay Perce Pearce, Larry Morey, George Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Ralph Wright (Story: Felix Salten) Length 1h 09m Starring Bobby Stewart, Donnie Dunagan, Hardie Albright, John Sutherland, Peter Behn, Tim Davis, Sam Edwards, Paula…

7th Heaven Rating Director Frank Borzage Screenplay Benjamin Glazer, Katherine Hilliker, H.H. Caldwell (Play: Austin Strong) Length 1h 50m Starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Albert Gran, David Butler, Marie Mosquini, Gladys Brockwell, Emile Chautard, Ben Bard, George E. Stone MPAA Rating Approved Review On the cusp of the sound era, 7th Heaven came to define…

The Birds Rating Director Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay Evan Hunter (Story: Daphne Du Maurier) Length 1h 59m Starring Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Ruth McDevitt, Lonny Chapman MPAA Rating PG-13 Review If you’ve never had an unhealthy fear of winged creatures, you’ve probably never seen The Birds,…

Boogie Nights Rating Director Paul Thomas Anderson Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson Length 2h 35m Starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Heather Graham, Nicole Ari Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall, Thomas Jane, Robert Ridgely, Robert Downey Sr., Nina Hartley, Melora Walters, Alfred Molina,…

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Rating Director Stanley Kubrick Screenplay Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George (Book: Peter George) Length 1h 35m Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, James Earl Jones, Tracy Reed, Jack Creley, Frank Berry, Robert O’Neil,…

Misery Rating Director Rob Reiner Screenplay William Goldman (Novel: Stephen King) Length 1h 47m Starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, Lauren Bacall, Jerry Potter MPAA Rating R Review What would you do if you met your number one fan? What would happen if you pissed them off? Misery attempts to scare the…

Deadtime Stories Rating Director Jeffrey Delman Screenplay Jefffrey S. Delman, J. Edward Kiernan, Charles F. Shelton Length 1h 33m Starring Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler, Cathryn DePrume, Melissa Leo, Kathy Fleig, Phyllis Craig, Michael Mesmer, Brian DePersia, Kevin Hannon, Timothy Rule, Anne Redfern, Casper Roos, Barbara Seldon, Leigh Kilton, Lesley Sank, Lisa Cain, Jeff…

Killer Klowns from Outer Space Rating Director Stephen Chiodo Screenplay Charles Chiodo, Stephen Chiodo Length 1h 28m Starring Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon, Michael Siegel, Peter Licassi, Royal Dano, Chris Titus, Irene Michals, Karla Sue Krull MPAA Rating PG-13 Review For some, the 1980s were the pinnacle of horror, not from…

Raiders of the Lost Ark Rating Director Steven Spielberg Screenplay Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Philip Kaufman Length 1h 55m Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott, Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler, Anthony Higgins MPAA Rating PG Review With his megahit Jaws literally defining the blockbuster, Spielberg further proved that he…

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rating Director Rupert Wyatt Screenplay Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Length 1h 45m Starring Andy Serkis, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Richard Ridings, Chris Gordon, Devyn Dalton, Jay Caputo, James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo, Tyler Labine, Jamie Harris, Ty Olsson, David Hewlett MPAA…

Planet of the Apes Rating Director Franklin J. Schaffner Screenplay Michael Wilson, Rod Serling (Novel: Pierre Boulle) Length 1h 52m Starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison, Robert Gunner, Lou Wagner, Woodrow Parfrey, Jeff Burton, Buck Kartalian, Norman Burton, Wright King, Paul Lambert MPAA Rating G Review…

Terminator 2: Judgment Day Rating Director James Cameron Screenplay James Cameron, William Wisher Length 2h 17m Starring Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Rober Patrick, Earl Boen, Joe Morton, S. Epatha Merkerson, Castulo Guerra, Danny Cooksey, Jenette Goldstein, Xander Berkeley MPAA Rating R Review Seven years and three movies later, James Cameron returned to the…