Tag Archives: 4 stars

Movie Review: ‘To the Wonder’

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Danny King

Director: Terrence Malick | Writer: Terrence Malick | Cast: Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Tatiana Chiline, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Romina Mondello | Rating: R | Runtime: 112 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | “What is this love that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Stories We Tell’

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Danny King

Director: Sarah Polley | Writer: Sarah Polley | Cast: Peter Evans, Harry Gulkin, Rebecca Jenkins, Diane Polley, Michael Polley, Sarah Polley | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 108 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2013, 4 stars, Diane Polley, Harry Gulkin, Iris Ng, Michael Polley, Mike Munn, Peter Evans, Rebecca Jenkins, Reviews, S, Sarah Polley, Stories We Tell | Leave a comment

Movie Review: ‘Stoker’

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Danny King

Director: Park Chan-wook | Writer: Wentworth Miller | Cast: Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, Mia Wasikowska, Jacki Weaver | Rating: R | Runtime: 99 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | If Alfred Hitchcock dropped some … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2013, 4 stars, Alfred Hitchcock, Chung-hoon Chung, Clint Mansell, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Joseph Cotten, Lady Vengeance, Matthew Goode, Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Oldboy, Park Chan-wook, Philip Glass, Phyllis Somerville, Reviews, S, Shadow of a Doubt, Stoker, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Thirst, Wentworth Miller | Leave a comment

Movie Review: ‘Amour’

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Danny King

Director: Michael Haneke | Writer: Michael Haneke | Cast: Laurent Capelluto, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Riva, William Shimell, Alexandre Tharaud, Jean-Louis Trintignant | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 127 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2012 | Amour arrives as something of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2012, 4 stars, A, Alain Resnais, Alexandre Tharaud, Amour, Benny's Video, Caché, Code Unknown, Darius Khondji, Emmanuelle Riva, Hiroshima mon amour, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Laurent Capelluto, Michael Haneke, Reviews, The Piano Teacher, Time of the Wolf, William Shimell | Leave a comment

Movie Review: ‘Tabu’

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Danny King

Director: Miguel Gomes | Writers: Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo | Cast: Isabel Cardoso, Carloto Cotta, Teresa Madruga, Ana Moreira, Henrique Espírito Santo, Laura Soveral | Rating: NR | Runtime: 118 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Miguel Gomes’s Tabu, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2012, 4 stars, Ana Moreira, Carloto Cotta, F.W. Murnau, Henrique Espírito Santo, Isabel Cardoso, Laura Soveral, Mariana Ricardo, Miguel Gomes, Reviews, Rui Poças, T, Tabu, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, Teresa Madruga, The Artist | Leave a comment

Movie Review: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Danny King

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Writer: Mark Boal | Cast: Kyle Chandler, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Mark Duplass, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, James Gandolfini, Reda Kateb, Chris Pratt, Édgar Ramírez, Mark Strong | Rating: R | Runtime: 157 minutes | Year … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2012, 4 stars, Barry Ackroyd, Chris Pratt, Édgar Ramírez, Greig Fraser, James Gandolfini, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Kathryn Bigelow, Killing Them Softly, Kyle Chandler, Last Ride, Lincoln, Mark Boal, Mark Duplass, Mark Strong, Paul Greengrass, Reda Kateb, Reviews, The Hurt Locker, Z, Zero Dark Thirty | 2 Comments

Movie Review: ‘Lincoln’

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Danny King

Director: Steven Spielberg | Writers: Doris Kearns Goodwin (book), Tony Kushner | Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Hawkes, Tommy Lee Jones, Tim Blake Nelson, James Spader, David Strathairn | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 149 minutes | Year … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Magic Mike’

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Danny King

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Writer: Reid Carolin | Cast: Cody Horn, Matthew McConaughey, Olivia Munn, Alex Pettyfer, Channing Tatum | Rating: R | Runtime: 110 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Steven Soderbergh is at such a fascinating point … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2012, 21 Jump Street, 4 stars, Alex Pettyfer, Bernie, Channing Tatum, Cody Horn, Contagion, Haywire, I Am Number Four, Kevin Nash, M, Magic Mike, Matthew McConaughey, Olivia Munn, Reid Carolin, Reviews, Steven Soderbergh, The Wrestler | 2 Comments

Movie Review: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Danny King

Director: Benh Zeitlin | Writers: Lucy Alibar (stage play and screenplay), Benh Zeitlin | Cast: Levy Easterly, Dwight Henry, Quvenzhané Wallis | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 91 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2012, 4 stars, B, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Richardson, Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer, Days of Heaven, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lucy Alibar, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Quvenzhané Wallis, Reviews, Terrence Malick, The Snowtown Murders | Leave a comment

Movie Review: ‘The Turin Horse’

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Danny King

Director: Béla Tarr | Writers: László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr | Cast: Erika Bók, János Derzsi, Mihály Kormos | Rating: NR | Runtime: 146 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | The opening event of Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse may, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2012, 4 stars, Béla Tarr, Erika Bók, Fred Kelemen, János Derzsi, László Krasznahorkai, Mihály Kormos, Reviews, The Turin Horse | Leave a comment