Showing posts with label PG-13. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PG-13. Show all posts

Sunday, December 6, 2015

A Case of You

PG-13
9 out of 10

A Case of You is a 2013 American romantic comedy film that was featured at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The film was directed by Kat Coiro and produced by Justin Long, who wrote the script with his brother Christian and Keir O'Donnell. Starring Justin Long, Keir O-Donnell, Evan Rachael Wood, and Peter Dinklage.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Guardians of the Galaxy

PG-13
10 out of 10

Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the tenth Marvel Cinematic Universe installment. The film was directed byJames Gunn, who wrote the screenplay with Nicole Perlman, and features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro. 

Sunday, July 12, 2015

The Saint

PG-13
10 out of 10


The Saint is a 1997 espionage thriller film, starring Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija, directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick. he film was a financial success with a worldwide box office of $169.4 million, rentals of $28.2 million, and continuous DVD sales. It is loosely based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as "The Saint", which ran until 1983. The Saint character has also featured in a series of Hollywood movies made between 1938 and 1954, a 1940s radio series, a popular British television series of the 1960s which starred Roger Moore, and a 1970s series starring Ian Ogilvy.

Friday, July 10, 2015

Supernova

PG-13
8 out of 10


Supernova is a 2000 science fiction horror film, from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was written by David C. Wilson, William Malone and Daniel Chuba and directed by Walter Hill (credited as "Thomas Lee"). Originally developed by director William Malone in 1988 as "Dead Star" with paintings by H. R. Giger and a plot that had been called "Hellraiser in outer space." The film shares several plot similarities with the film Event Horizon released in 1997 and Alien Cargo released in 1999. The cast featured James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney, and Wilson Cruz. This film was shot by cinematographer Lloyd Ahern and scored by composers David C. Williams and Burkhard Dallwitz.

The Italian Job

PG-13
10 out of 10


The Italian Job is a 2003 heist film directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Wayne and Donna Powers and produced by Donald DeLine. It is an American remake of the 1969 British film of the same name, but despite the shared title, the plot and characters of this film differ from those of its source material; Gray described the film as "an homage to the original." The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Mos Def and Donald Sutherland.

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Divergent

PG-13
10 out of 10


Divergent is a 2014 American science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger, based on the novel of the same name by Veronica Roth. The film is the first installment in The Divergent Series and was produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian, and Douglas Wick, with the screenplay by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q and Kate Winslet.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

PG-13
8 out of 10


The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2014 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb and released by Columbia Pictures. It serves as a sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and was announced in 2011. The studio hired James Vanderbilt to write the screenplay and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to rewrite it. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti, and Sally Field star.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The Theory of Everything

PG-13
10 out of 10


The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh. It was adapted to film by Anthony McCarten from Jane Wilde Hawking's book, Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, a memoir of her relationship with her ex-husband, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, his diagnosis of ALS and his success in physics.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

After Earth

PG-13
8 out of 10


After Earth is a 2013 American science fiction action adventure film written by Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan whom also was the director. The story line was based on an original story idea by Will Smith, who also stars in the film along side his son Jaden Smith. Will Smith also was the producer via his company Overbrook Entertainment, distributed by Columbia Pictures. Originally released on May 31, 2013, it received negative reviews from critics and was considered a summer flop in North America. The film performed unexpectedly well in Europe and was a commercial success.

Friday, August 22, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man

PG-13
8 out of 10


The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and sharing the title of the character's longest-running comic book of the same name. Development began with the cancellation of Spider-Man 4, ending the Spider-Man film series directed by Sam Raini starring Tobey Maguire. Columbia Pictures opted to reboot the franchise.

The film was directed by Marc Webb, written by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves and stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curtis Connors, Denis Leary as Captain George Stacy along with Martin Sheen and Sally Field as the uncle and aunt of Peter Parker, Ben Parker and May Parker.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Serenity

PG-13
10 out of 10


Serenity is a 2005 American space western film and a continuation of Whedon's short-lived 2002 Fox science fiction television series Firefly and stars the same cast, taking place after the events of the final episode in the series. It received generally positive reviews but it did not make back its budget until its home media release. Serenity won numerous awards, including the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

The Fifth Element

PG-13
10 out of 10


The Fifth Element is a 1997 English-language French science fiction action film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson. Besson started writing the story that became The Fifth Element when he was 16 years old. When the film opened, he was 38. Comic book writers Jean Giraud and Jean-Claude Mézières, whose comics provided inspiration for parts of the film, were hired for production design. Costume design was by Jean-Paul Gaultier. The film stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, and many others.

Wing Commander

PG-13
10 out of 10


Wing Commander is a 1999 science fiction film loosely based on the video game series of the same name. It was directed by Chris Roberts, the creator of the game series. This film has a fantastic cast: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows, Tchéky Karyo, Jürgen Prochnow, David Suchet and David Warner. It is the year 2654 and an interstellar war is raging between the Terran Confederation and the cat-like alien Kilrathi.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Warm Bodies

PG-13
8 out of 10


Warm Bodies is considered a 2013 American paranormal romatic zombie comedy. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Analeigh Tipton and John Malkovich. It is based on Isaac Marion's novel with the same name. Directed and written by Jonathan Levine. The film focuses on the development of the relationship between Julie (Palmer), a young woman, and "R" (Hoult), a zombie, and how their eventual romance develops throughout. The film is noted for displaying human characteristics in zombie characters, and for being told from a zombie's perspective.

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Men in Black 3

PG-13
9 out of 10

The third installment of the Men in Black series, starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin is a 2012 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. MIB3 is based on Lowell Cunninham's The Men in Black comic book series published by Marvel and Malibu Comics. Men in Black 3 received generally positive reviews and was the highest grossing film in the series.

Saturday, August 9, 2014

World War Z

PG-13 also NR
9 out of 10

World War Z, directed by Marc Forster, is a 2013 American disaster zombie movie. The screenplay is based on the  2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks. Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment procured the film rights is 2007. After screenplay rewrites, reshoots and release delays, the final feature received positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over $540 million against a production budget of $190 million. A sequel was announced shortly after the film's release.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

The Killing

PG-13
9 out of 10


The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen (literally The Crime). It premiered on April 3, 2011, on AMC and was developed by Veena Sud, produced by Fox Television Studios and Fuse Entertainment. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman).