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Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo, and Michelle Williams Directed by Martin Scorsese Rated R for disturbing violent content, language, and some nudity 2 hours 18 minutes Shutter Island refers to the location of a fictional facility for the criminally insane. Someone has gone missing there, so U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) goes to [...]

Starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, and William Hurt Directed by Pete Travis Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language 1 hour 30 minutes The President of the United States is shot in Spain.  Who did it and why?  We gradually piece together [...]

Starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen Directed by Tony Gilroy Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual content 2 hours 5 minutes Julia Roberts and espionage should be good, right?  Maybe another Pelican Brief?  Alas… no.  This movie tried to hard to be clever (and ended up confusing), sexy (Julia is getting old and I [...]

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 Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, and James Gandolfini Directed by Tony Scott Rated R  for violence and pervasive language 1 hour 46 minutes It doesn’t take long for subway train Pelham 123 to be taken by the villain Ryder (Travolta).  Soon thereafter, Ryder starts communicating with dispatcher Walter Garber (Washington) about how he [...]

Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri Rated R for language and some violence 1 hour 32 minutes I’m always hoping to discover a “sleeper” and then tell everyone about it.  Having received excellent reviews and being based on an unusual premise, this movie had that potential.  In it, Jean-Claude Van Damme plays [...]

Starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, and Jason Bateman Directed by Kevin MacDonald Rated PG-13 for some violence, language including sexual references, and brief drug content 1 hour 58 minutes This is just my kind of movie – a well crafted mystery with lots of star power.  In it, [...]

Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Rated PG (likely for adult themes) 2 hours 8 minutes #1 on AFI’s Top Mysteries (2008) #9 on AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies (2007) Before seeing this movie I thought it was mainly about the fear of heights.  As it turns out, [...]

Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monoghan, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris Directed by Ben Affleck Rated R for violence, disturbing images, drug content, and pervasive language 1 hour 54 minutes This is one of those crime/mystery films with a multitude of twists and turns that keeps you guessing until the end.  In it, two young detectives get [...]

Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Rated R for strong graphic violence and some language 2 hours 2 minutes This film won the 2007 Best Picture Oscar and you can see why.  The story is about a man (Brolin) who stumbles upon a drug deal [...]