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Starring Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne Driected by Alex Proyas Rated PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images, and brief strong language 2 hours 1 minute It starts out like the National Treasure films: Nicolas Cage plays a smart guy who works to unscramble a coded message.  Only this time, the message has to do with world disasters [...]

Starring Stephen Dorff and Val Kilmer Directed by Ric Roman Waugh Rated R for brutal violence, pervasive language and brief nudity 1 hour 44 minutes Still in search of that elusive “sleeper” movie, I tried this at the recommendation of a couple internet critics.  In it, a law-abiding citizen (Dorff) gets sent to prison for accidentally killing [...]

Starring Sharlto Copley and a bunch of CGI aliens Directed by Neill Blomkamp (produced by Peter Jackson) Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language 1 hour 52 minutes 2009 Best Picture Nominee There aren’t any actors you would recognize in this film… and that makes it better.  Constructed to resemble a documentary, District 9 [...]

Starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and Marion Cotillard Directed by Michael Mann Rated R for gangster violence and some language 2 hours 20 minutes With terrific actors, costumes, sets, and music, this gangster movie was obviously well made. Unfortunately, I didn’t really like it all that much. Depp, Bale, and Cotillard are all adequate in [...]

Starring Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor Directed by Ron Howard Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material 2 hours 18 minutes When a DVD’s most prominent critical acclaim is by Larry King (“The twist at the end will blow your mind”), then you’ve got to wonder about the quality.  It wasn’t [...]