A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a
clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
Gore master Eli Roth directs a PG-rated film and, indeed it's very PG: an enjoyable, but made-for-children Gothic adventure in a spooky fantasy house; Jack Black and Cate Blanchett seemed to have had fun with their roles.
A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Quite similar to Disney's 2016 version in making and style, combining excellent CGI animation with performing actors, this adaptation is much darker and tougher in tone with a more complex, if not confusing plot.
Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating
then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the subsequent
firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary
Mapes their careers.
Solid, but a bit old-fashioned political docudrama makes well use of its star cast and does manage to convey the vagaries and risks of a high-profile journalistic investigation into a political scandal.
An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.
An otherwise highly interesting episode of WWII is (intentionally) treated like a Dirty Dozen-style war adventure complete with a good-humoured cast, light action and some sombre moments; mildy entertaining, though, it is.
Maltin**: "A great true-life story...gets surface treatment and the identities of its heroes is fictionalized, making it difficult to fully invest in their characters. Deliberately old-fashioned, the movie has its moments, and the charisma of its formidable cast carries it a long way."
A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer
undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with
six different women.
No doubt, Terrence Malick is a master with a visionary drive, and again he offers a stellar cast and spectacularly beautiful images; but he's always been on the verge of appearing pretentious, and this time he actually did it; there's no way one can find empathy with a rich, spoilt, bored screenwriter seeking a meaning to his life amidst the privileged world he lives in.
A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister.
Intense variation on A Streetcar Named Desire convinces thanks to subtle direction, a great ensemble and a spectacularly good performance by Cate Blanchett.
Maltin***1/2: "Fascinating study...you can't take you eyes off her, especially in Blanchett's riveting, Oscar-winning portrayal. Allen's sharp-edged screenplay offers food for though about ethics, morals, friendship, family, and our consumerist society. It also provides great parts to a superb ensemble of actors, with an especially eye-opening performance by Clay as Hawkin's ex. Many people see this as a variation on A Streetcar Named Desire."
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman.
Highly exquisite adapation of Patricia Highsmith's lesbian love story achieves an intimate perspective from within a fragile relationship and awes with some Saul Leiter-inspired cinematography.
Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of
combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a
rising darkness.
Despite the usual excellence in production this is a confusing and unexciting finale disappointedly inferior to the previous parts of the trilogy.
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