Director: Gavin O'Connor Writer: Gavin O'Connor (screenplay, story), Anthony Tambakis (screenplay), Cliff Dorfman (screenplay, story) Stars: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo, Kevin Dunn On its face Warrior sounds like an artifact,...
Directed by Rupert Wyatt Written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton Never be fooled by an overly exultant review by a critic you know to be untrustworthy. I went against my instincts to Rise of the...
The reason second chances are so riveting in the movies isn’t that they offer hope. Hope doesn’t work in the audience’s viscera. Redemption doesn’t, either. They’re operations of the spirit; they don’t inhabit the digestive tract. A second chance is the frightening...
Directed and Written by John Michael McDonagh Starring: Brendson Gleeson, Don Cheedle, Liam Cunningham, Rory Keegan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan Brendon Gleeson is one of the many fine British/Irish actors that appear in dozens of movies before most Americans know...
A Guilty Pleasure is an oxymoron, of course, since no true pleasure should make you feel guilty, but we all have enough skeletons in our closet to make a palaeontologist envious. And I’m rattling mine now! Home Alone (1990), Home Alone 2- Lost In New York (1992) Make...
Directed by Fred Cavaye Screeplay by Cavaye, and Guillame Lemans Starring: Giles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gerard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Mireille Perrier Point Blank is a movie that succeeds because its goal is modest: make a thriller that moves along so quickly that the...
