End of Watch
End of Watch (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Officers Taylor and Zavala (Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña) have been partners and friends for a long time. And each other may be all this pair of cops has after accidentally stumbling into an angry and vengeful drug cartel during the course of duty.
Pina
Pina (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
In early 2009, filmmaker Wim Wenders began working with choreographer Pina Bausch to document her work. Two days before the 3D cameras were supposed to role, Pina unexpectedly died. So Wim Wenders made a different kind of movie --one that pays tribute to the the great German artist.
2013: And the winners are: (News and Views, Last Update Jul 2017)
Bernie
Bernie (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Bernie (Jack Black) is a young Assistant Funeral Director who befriends a cranky old widow (Shirley MacLaine). When their relationship turns sour, so does the comedy in this script based on a true story.
Critics’ Choice Nominations for Best Animation of 2012 (News and Views, Last Update Jul 2017)
Critics’ Choice Awards 2013 (News and Views, Last Update Jul 2017)
Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
When Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy) has a car accident, her adult son Boolie (Dan Ackroyd) takes way her keys and hires a chauffeur for her (played by Morgan Freeman). Although the elderly woman is thrown into this relationship reluctantly, the new driver proves to be a godsend.
Action Movies Earn a Spot at the Critics Choice Awards (News and Views, Last Update Jul 2017)
Taken 2
Taken 2 (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Former CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is forced to use his skills again when he and his family (Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace) are threaten by the vengeful father (Rade Serbedzija) of one of the men he killed while rescuing his daughter (in the prequel Taken).
School of Rock
School of Rock (Movie Reviews, Last Update Apr 2020)
Dewey Finn (Jack Black) greatest aspiration is to win the Battle of the Bands. But all looks hopeless until he stumbles upon a chance to impersonate his roommate as a substitute music teacher and prepare the students to enter a Battle of the Bands contest.
Frankenweenie
Frankenweenie (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Tim Burton presents his macabre style of animation again in this Frankenstein takeoff. When Victor's (voice of Charlie Tahan) pet dog dies the enterprising, budding scientist stitches the pup back to life. Unfortunately his uncertain methods create very different results than he had hoped for.
Looper
Looper (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Time travel may be outlawed, but the mob uses it anyway. There is no better system for having problem people disappear without a trace than sending them into the past and having them assassinated. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is one of their hired guns until the day he recognizes the older man he is supposed to kill is himself (played by Bruce Willis).
Premium Rush
Premium Rush (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
It is just another day dropping off packages for a New York City bike courier named Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) until someone with sinister motives takes an interest in one of the envelopes he has been asked to deliver.
Arbitrage
Arbitrage (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Robert Miller (Richard Gere) is a man who appears to have everything. But he stands to lose his fame, fortune and family after he and his mistress are involved in a car accident. Finding himself in a desperate situation, he turns to equally desperate measures.
Pitch Perfect
Pitch Perfect (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
The traditional style of The Bellas, Barden University's all girl singing group, gets shaken up when Beca (Anna Kendrick) joins them. The gals use their new moves and material to take on their male rivals.