Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring:
James McAvoy as Wesley Gibson
Angelina Jolie as Fox
Morgan Freeman as Sloan
Genre: Action | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 110 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: The big screen
Rating: 7/10
June 29, 2008
Wanted (2008)
Posted by Mark at 3:45 PM 0 comments
June 28, 2008
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Starring:
Ivana Baquero as Ofelia
Sergi López as Captain Vidal
Maribel Verdú as Mercedes
Doug Jones as Fauno / Pale Man
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 119 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8.5/10
Posted by Mark at 9:15 PM 0 comments
Sunshine (2007)
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Starring:
Cillian Murphy as Capa
Cliff Curtis as Searle
Michelle Yeoh as Corazon
Rose Byrne as Cassie
Genre: Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 107 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7/10
Posted by Mark at 7:15 PM 0 comments
June 27, 2008
The 11th Hour (2007)
Directed by: Nadia Conners & Leila Conners Petersen
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio as Narrator
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 95 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 7/10
Posted by Mark at 7:15 PM 0 comments
June 25, 2008
The Bucket List (2007)
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring:
Jack Nicholson as Edward Cole
Morgan Freeman as Carter Chambers
Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 97 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 6.5/10
Posted by Mark at 9:15 PM 0 comments
In Bruges (2008)
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Starring:
Colin Farrell as Ray
Brendan Gleeson as Ken
Ralph Fiennes as Harry Waters
Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 107 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 7/10
Posted by Mark at 7:15 PM 0 comments
June 24, 2008
Persepolis (2007)
Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi
Starring:
Chiara Mastroianni as Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi (voice)
Catherine Deneuve as Mrs. Satrapi (voice)
Danielle Darrieux as Marjane's grandmother (voice)
Genre: Animation | Biography | Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 95 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 8/10
Posted by Mark at 8:15 PM 0 comments
June 22, 2008
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Starring:
Edward Norton as Bruce Banner
Liv Tyler as Betty Ross
Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky
William Hurt as Gen. Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Genre: Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 114 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: The Big Screen
Rating: 6.5/10
Posted by Mark at 11:40 AM 0 comments
June 21, 2008
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Starring:
Nicolas Cage as Ben Gates
Ed Harris as Mitch Wilkinson
Jon Voight as Patrick Gates
Genre: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 124 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 6.5/10
Posted by Mark at 5:00 PM 0 comments
June 18, 2008
Collateral (2004)
Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring:
Tom Cruise as Vincent
Jamie Foxx as Max
Mark Ruffalo as Fanning
Peter Berg as Richard Weidner
Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 120 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7.5/10
Posted by Mark at 2:00 PM 0 comments
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring:
Uma Thurman as The Bride
David Carradine as Bill - 'Snake Charmer'
Michael Madsen as Budd - 'Sidewinder'
Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 136 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 9/10
Posted by Mark at 11:00 AM 0 comments
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring:
Uma Thurman as The Bride
Lucy Liu as O-Ren Ishii
Vivica A. Fox as Vernita Green
Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 111 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 9/10
Posted by Mark at 9:15 AM 0 comments
June 17, 2008
John Adams (2008)
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Starring:
Paul Giamatti as John Adams
Laura Linney as Abigail Adams
Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson
Genre: Biography | Drama
MPAA Rating: N/A
Running Time: 501 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 8.5/10
Posted by Mark at 12:00 PM 0 comments
June 16, 2008
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Starring:
Robert Redford as Jeremiah Johnson
Genre: Drama | Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 108 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: TCM (recorded)
Rating: 7/10
Posted by Mark at 8:15 PM 0 comments
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Directed by: William Wyler
Starring:
Dana Andrews as Fred Derry
Fredric March as Al Stephenson
Harold Russell as Homer Parrish
Genre: Drama | Romance
MPAA Rating: N/A
Running Time: 172 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: TCM (recorded)
Rating: 8/10
Posted by Mark at 5:15 PM 0 comments
June 15, 2008
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Directed by: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, & Eleanor Coppola
Starring:
Francis Ford Coppola as Himself
Eleanor Coppola as Herself
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 96 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8/10
Posted by Mark at 1:00 PM 0 comments
June 14, 2008
The Happening (2008)
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg as Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel as Alma Moore
John Leguizamo as Julian
Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 91 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: The big screen
Rating: 3/10
Posted by Mark at 3:25 PM 0 comments
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Directed by: Cristian Mungiu
Starring:
Anamaria Marinca as Otilia
Laura Vasiliu as Gabriela 'Gabita' Dragut
Vlad Ivanov as Viarel aka Domnu' Bebe
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: N/A
Running Time: 113 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 7.5/10
Posted by Mark at 12:30 PM 0 comments
June 12, 2008
Funny Games U.S. (2008)
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Starring:
Naomi Watts as Ann
Tim Roth as George
Michael Pitt as Paul
Brady Corbet as Peter
Genre: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 111 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 6/10
Posted by Mark at 7:15 PM 0 comments
June 10, 2008
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Directed by: Justin Chadwick
Starring:
Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn
Scarlett Johansson as Mary Boleyn
Eric Bana as Henry Tudor
Genre: Drama | History | Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 115 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 5/10
Posted by Mark at 6:30 PM 0 comments
June 8, 2008
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Directed by: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring:
George Clooney as Everett
John Turturro as Pete
Tim Blake Nelson as Delmar
Genre: Comedy | Adventure | Crime | Music
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 107 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 7/10
Posted by Mark at 7:30 PM 0 comments
June 7, 2008
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Directed by: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring:
Tim Robbins as Norville Barnes
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Amy Archer
Paul Newman as Sidney J. Mussburger
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 111 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8.5/10
Posted by Mark at 8:00 PM 0 comments
June 6, 2008
The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
Directed by: Roberto Benigni
Starring:
Roberto Benigni as Attilio de Giovanni
Nicoletta Braschi as Vittoria
Jean Reno as Fuad
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance | War
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 110 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 7/10
Posted by Mark at 10:00 PM 0 comments
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Directed by: Roberto Benigni
Starring:
Roberto Benigni as Guido Orefice
Nicoletta Braschi as Dora
Giorgio Cantarini as Giosué Orefice
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance | War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 116 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: DVD (owned)
Rating: 8.5/10
Posted by Mark at 8:00 PM 0 comments
June 5, 2008
The Search (1948)
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Starring:
Montgomery Clift as Ralph 'Steve' Stevenson
Aline MacMahon as Mrs. Murray
Jarmila Novotna as Mrs. Hannah Malik
Genre: Drama | War
MPAA Rating: N/A
Running Time: 105 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: TCM (recorded)
Rating: 7.5/10
Posted by Mark at 6:00 PM 0 comments
June 4, 2008
Breaking and Entering (2006)
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Starring:
Jude Law as Will Francis
Robin Wright Penn as Liv
Juliette Binoche as Amira Simic
Genre: Drama | Romance | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 120 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 6.5/10
Posted by Mark at 8:30 PM 0 comments
Even Money (2006)
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Starring:
Kim Basinger as Carol Carver
Tim Roth as Victor
Forest Whitaker as Clyde Snow
Ray Liotta as Tom Carver
Genre: Crime | Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 113 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 5/10
Posted by Mark at 6:30 PM 0 comments
June 3, 2008
The Brave One (2007)
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Starring:
Jodie Foster as Erica Bain
Terrence Howard as Detective Mercer
Nicky Katt as Detective Vitale
Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 122 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: DVD (Netflix rental)
Rating: 6/10
Posted by Mark at 7:30 PM 0 comments
June 1, 2008
The Andromeda Strain (2008)
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Starring:
Benjamin Bratt as Dr. Jeremy Stone
Andre Braugher as General George Mancheck
Rick Schroder as Major Bill Keane MD
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 180 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: A&E (Recorded)
Rating: 6/10
Posted by Mark at 9:30 AM 0 comments