Cahill U.S Marshall: ** ½
Release Date: 1973
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Wayne's a tough lawman struggling to raise his two motherless sons, and all of them get mixed up in a bank robbery by some typical western bad guys. Formulaic, though it's easily watch able and makes for an average western flick.
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Substantially of lower caliber then other Pixar outings, with no groundbreaking visual effects or any special highlights like other pixar adventures. Still worth seeing if you have the time.
Casablanca: ****
Release Date: 1942
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Curtiz
Classic moviemaking at it's very finest. Absolutely, this is one of the greatest films of all time!
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Campbell
James Bond series is effectively and successfully rebooted with a new, grimacing and realistic origin story. Depicts a more inexpierenced and vulnerable, though yet determined Bond. Bring's in a much more realistic, deep and emotional tone to the franchise, with improving action and stunts.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Story could have been unravelled at a lesser time frame. Becomes much more then a survival episode, and most importantly shows how being trapped on a desert island for years can impact a man's life. Overall well performed.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
An incredibly well acted, funny and dramatic dramedy. Runs at length and in the end exhausting, but a whole lot of fun.
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Andrew V. McClaglen
A western saga that's based on true events about the Lincoln Country War in New Mexico. Weakly acted, with the notable exception of the Duke, but this is a handsomely crafted Wayne western.
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew Adamson
Immensely entertaining and well done family fantasy film. Nice looking special effects; a very decorous attention grabber for a new series. Real magic, and stays so faithful and truthful to it's source material.
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew Adamson
Sequel is more action oriented, but the acting remains firm and the plot is well put together. Battle sequences continue to be well staged, though a hint of the magic in the first film is somewhat lost here. All in all a definitely worthwhile follow up to it's predecessor.
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Apted
Less of an achievement then either predecessor, and moves along like a true narrative rather then episodic events like in the book for the sake of the audience, and special effects don't offer much. Substantially less gratifying then the previous outings, especially the first, but has a good sense of adventure. Worth watching, but only if you enjoyed the first two.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Based on the true story of James Braddock, who became a popular boxer in the midst of the Great Depression while struggling to keep his own family under a roof. Great acting performances and the direction by Howard carries the film along on sure feet. A little long, and the end boxing match doesn't pack a wallop, but this is still very entertaining.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Underwood
Comedic story about three middle-aged city men who ride it out in the New Mexico desert to get their their minds off of their midlife crisis. First half is downright hilarious, while the second half runs out ideas and falls flat. A few nice-looking shots of the New Mexico desert.
Clash of the Titans: **
Release Date: 2010
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Louis Leterrier
Remake of the 1981 original is action-oriented and has improved special effects. Story is stiff, straightforward and lacks humor. Detatched characters weaken it's overall structure.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phillip Noyce
A movie about honor, as the principal character finds out. Works well as both an action film and a political thriller. Not the hard hitting action film of the year, but definitely worth a look.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joel Schumacher
Dark and unsuspensful legal thriller about a kid who witnesses a murder. Co-stars deliver the real performances, but overall there's not much to talk about.
Cliffhanger: **
Release Date: 1993
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Renny Harlin
A star-vehicle for Stallone after his Rambo and Rocky franchises watered down. This one is like Die Hard set on a mountain top, and as such systematically plays out exactly as we would expect. Breathtaking scenery shots of the Dolomite Mountains.
Collateral: *** ½
Release Date: 2004
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
A cool, stylish and professional action thriller. Superbly paced, scripted and directed, with a whole lot of intensity and excitement/as soon as it begins it never lets up. Raises the action and the thriller genre to a whole new level.
Contact: ***
Release Date: 1997
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Well-acted, ambitious film that tries to find a compromise between science and religion. Entertaining and very well-paced for a movie of a 150-minute running length, but the climax/ending fails to answer many of the questions.
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Apes conquer the world in weak and unnecessary third sequel.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Amiel
Fake science and absured plot are the central elements. Special effects aren't dazzling at all. In that sense it can be viewed as a disappointment, though thankfully not on a colossal scale.
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Greene
A boring, dull and deadening film based on the classic novel.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Reynolds
A swashbuckling adventure pic that significantly lowers the scope of the epic novel; still provides a fun, little ride of it's own.
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Rydell
A better crafted Wayne western, and one where the audience learns a little something from the Duke by film's end. A pragmatic glimpse at western cattle herding life, but the climatic gunbattle is improbable.
Cowboys and Aliens: ***
Release Date: 2011
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Favreau
Couldn't have worked any better as both a western and a sci-fi movie. A heck of a lot of fun, even though by the end battle we don't care what happens. A few of the landscape shots of the Arizonan Desert echo back to the older westerns that were in their heyday. A good movie on terms as a summer popcorn flick.
Crimson Tide: ** ½
Release Date: 1995
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Entertaining thriller where the Captain of a US Nuclear Sub and his second in command battle for control at the brink of a possible World War III. Very tense and exciting but still relatively lightweight, as the movie builds hardly any original character development and leads to an indefinite conclusion.
Crocodile Dundee: ** ½
Release Date: 1986
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Faiman
Familiar story of the outdoors man in big city story is employed. A worldwide phenomenon, credibility of the film goes to Paul Hogan who carries the entire movie on his shoulders. For a comedy, it's humorous though never hilarious.
Crocodile Dundee II: **Release Date: 1988
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jon Cornell
A senseless action flick mde for money, following the whopping success of the original. Good thing it didn't get more critical credit then what it deserved.
Release Date: 1973
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Wayne's a tough lawman struggling to raise his two motherless sons, and all of them get mixed up in a bank robbery by some typical western bad guys. Formulaic, though it's easily watch able and makes for an average western flick.
Cars: ** ½
Release Date: 2006MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Substantially of lower caliber then other Pixar outings, with no groundbreaking visual effects or any special highlights like other pixar adventures. Still worth seeing if you have the time.
Casablanca: ****
Release Date: 1942
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Curtiz
Classic moviemaking at it's very finest. Absolutely, this is one of the greatest films of all time!
Casino Royale: *** ½
Release Date: 2006MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Campbell
James Bond series is effectively and successfully rebooted with a new, grimacing and realistic origin story. Depicts a more inexpierenced and vulnerable, though yet determined Bond. Bring's in a much more realistic, deep and emotional tone to the franchise, with improving action and stunts.
Cast Away: ***
Release Date: 2000MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Story could have been unravelled at a lesser time frame. Becomes much more then a survival episode, and most importantly shows how being trapped on a desert island for years can impact a man's life. Overall well performed.
Catch Me if you Can: ***
Release Date: 2002MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
An incredibly well acted, funny and dramatic dramedy. Runs at length and in the end exhausting, but a whole lot of fun.
Chisum: ***
Release Date: 1970MPAA Rating: G
Director: Andrew V. McClaglen
A western saga that's based on true events about the Lincoln Country War in New Mexico. Weakly acted, with the notable exception of the Duke, but this is a handsomely crafted Wayne western.
The Chronicles of Narnia, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: *** ½
Release Date: 2005MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew Adamson
Immensely entertaining and well done family fantasy film. Nice looking special effects; a very decorous attention grabber for a new series. Real magic, and stays so faithful and truthful to it's source material.
The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian: ***
Release Date: 2008MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew Adamson
Sequel is more action oriented, but the acting remains firm and the plot is well put together. Battle sequences continue to be well staged, though a hint of the magic in the first film is somewhat lost here. All in all a definitely worthwhile follow up to it's predecessor.
The Chronicles of Narnia, the Voyage of the Dawn Treader: ** ½
Release Date: 2010MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Apted
Less of an achievement then either predecessor, and moves along like a true narrative rather then episodic events like in the book for the sake of the audience, and special effects don't offer much. Substantially less gratifying then the previous outings, especially the first, but has a good sense of adventure. Worth watching, but only if you enjoyed the first two.
Cinderella Man: ***
Release Date: 2005MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Based on the true story of James Braddock, who became a popular boxer in the midst of the Great Depression while struggling to keep his own family under a roof. Great acting performances and the direction by Howard carries the film along on sure feet. A little long, and the end boxing match doesn't pack a wallop, but this is still very entertaining.
City Slickers: ** ½
Release Date: 1991MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Underwood
Comedic story about three middle-aged city men who ride it out in the New Mexico desert to get their their minds off of their midlife crisis. First half is downright hilarious, while the second half runs out ideas and falls flat. A few nice-looking shots of the New Mexico desert.
Release Date: 2010
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Louis Leterrier
Remake of the 1981 original is action-oriented and has improved special effects. Story is stiff, straightforward and lacks humor. Detatched characters weaken it's overall structure.
Clear and Present Danger: ***
Release Date: 1994MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phillip Noyce
A movie about honor, as the principal character finds out. Works well as both an action film and a political thriller. Not the hard hitting action film of the year, but definitely worth a look.
The Client: **
Release Date: 1994MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joel Schumacher
Dark and unsuspensful legal thriller about a kid who witnesses a murder. Co-stars deliver the real performances, but overall there's not much to talk about.
Cliffhanger: **
Release Date: 1993
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Renny Harlin
A star-vehicle for Stallone after his Rambo and Rocky franchises watered down. This one is like Die Hard set on a mountain top, and as such systematically plays out exactly as we would expect. Breathtaking scenery shots of the Dolomite Mountains.
Collateral: *** ½
Release Date: 2004
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
A cool, stylish and professional action thriller. Superbly paced, scripted and directed, with a whole lot of intensity and excitement/as soon as it begins it never lets up. Raises the action and the thriller genre to a whole new level.
Contact: ***
Release Date: 1997
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Well-acted, ambitious film that tries to find a compromise between science and religion. Entertaining and very well-paced for a movie of a 150-minute running length, but the climax/ending fails to answer many of the questions.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes: **
Release Date: 1972MPAA Rating: PG
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Apes conquer the world in weak and unnecessary third sequel.
The Core: **
Release Date: 2003MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Amiel
Fake science and absured plot are the central elements. Special effects aren't dazzling at all. In that sense it can be viewed as a disappointment, though thankfully not on a colossal scale.
The Count of Monte Cristo: *
Release Date: 1975MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Greene
A boring, dull and deadening film based on the classic novel.
The Count of Monte Cristo: ** ½
Release Date: 2002MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Reynolds
A swashbuckling adventure pic that significantly lowers the scope of the epic novel; still provides a fun, little ride of it's own.
The Cowboys: ***
Release Date: 1972MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Rydell
A better crafted Wayne western, and one where the audience learns a little something from the Duke by film's end. A pragmatic glimpse at western cattle herding life, but the climatic gunbattle is improbable.
Cowboys and Aliens: ***
Release Date: 2011
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Favreau
Couldn't have worked any better as both a western and a sci-fi movie. A heck of a lot of fun, even though by the end battle we don't care what happens. A few of the landscape shots of the Arizonan Desert echo back to the older westerns that were in their heyday. A good movie on terms as a summer popcorn flick.
Crimson Tide: ** ½
Release Date: 1995
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Entertaining thriller where the Captain of a US Nuclear Sub and his second in command battle for control at the brink of a possible World War III. Very tense and exciting but still relatively lightweight, as the movie builds hardly any original character development and leads to an indefinite conclusion.
Crocodile Dundee: ** ½
Release Date: 1986
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Faiman
Familiar story of the outdoors man in big city story is employed. A worldwide phenomenon, credibility of the film goes to Paul Hogan who carries the entire movie on his shoulders. For a comedy, it's humorous though never hilarious.
Crocodile Dundee II: **
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jon Cornell
A senseless action flick mde for money, following the whopping success of the original. Good thing it didn't get more critical credit then what it deserved.
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