Production Company(ies)
Nouvelles Éditions de Films,
 
Distributor
Fox, 20th Century Fox
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Crookes Cemetery, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language and some nudity
 
Year of Release
1997
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, Lesley Sharp, Emily Woof, Steve Huison, directed by Peter Cattaneo, written by Simon Beaufoy, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by David Ansen, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Ruthe Stein, Jamie Russell, Susan Stark, James Berardinelli, produced by Uberto Pasolini, R rating, male strip-tease act, steel factory, child support payments, unemployment, social commentary, feelgood trajectory, gallows humour, empathetic leftist politics, ensemble cast, British screwball comedy, charm, brave, shameless work, Sheffield, laid off, great cast, well acted, feel good tone, diverse characters, flawed comedy, must see, brilliantly acted, good spirited flick, charming
 

Cast & Crew

Robert Carlyle

Tom Wilkinson

Mark Addy

Lesley Sharp

Emily Woof

Gaz

Gerald

Dave

Jean

Mandy

Robert Carlyle – Gaz
Tom Wilkinson – Gerald
Mark Addy – Dave
Lesley Sharp – Jean
Emily Woof – Mandy
Steve Huison – Lomper
Director – Peter Cattaneo
Producer – Uberto Pasolini
Writer – Simon Beaufoy

 

Peter Cattaneo

Simon Beaufoy

Uberto Pasolini

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Peter Cattaneo
 
Writer(s)
Simon Beaufoy
 
Producer(s)
Uberto Pasolini

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
37 wins & 35 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Original Score Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

David Ansen

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Ruthe Stein

Jamie Russell

Susan Stark

Newsweek

Entertainment Weekly

San Francisco Chronicle

BBC.com

Detroit News

THE FULL MONTY
 All Critics (50) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (2)
 The Full Monty finds both pathos and laughs in its farfetched conceit, avoiding the pitfalls of sappiness and shtik. Odds are good you’ll exit grinning.
 
 February 28, 2018
 
 David Ansen
 Newsweek
 TOP CRITIC
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: B
 
 Lisa Schwarzbaum
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 June 18, 2002 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Ruthe Stein
 San Francisco Chronicle
 TOP CRITIC
 August 21, 2001 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Jamie Russell
 BBC.com
 TOP CRITIC
 January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Susan Stark
 Detroit News
 TOP CRITIC
 January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4
 
 James Berardinelli
 ReelViews
 TOP CRITIC
 Upbeat, crowd-pleasing tale of six unemployed steel workers faced with an unusual choice to guarantee their livelihood.
 
 September 11, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Leigh Paatsch
 Herald Sun (Australia)
 This movie walked so that Magic Mike could run. Social commentary? Check. Unlikely pathos? Check. Male strippers? Six checks!
 
 April 4, 2020
 
 Laura Bradley
 The Daily Beast
 The Full Monty carries beneath its feelgood trajectory an exquisite air of gallows humour mixed with a dash of melancholy and a wee sprinkling of empathetic leftist politics.
 
 November 3, 2018 | Rating: 3/5
 
 PJ Nabarro
 Patrick Nabarro
 Its social commentary, its unlikely but charismatic cast, and heartfelt but humorous writing has made it a film that many people find hard to forget.
 
 August 24, 2018
 
 Stephanie Watts
 One Room With A View
 Largely sweet and insubstantial, not so much “funny” as it is charming and grin-making.
 
 July 2, 2012 | Rating: 7/10
 
 Tim Brayton
 Antagony & Ecstasy
 Who knew male strippers could be so sweet?
 
 January 2, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Joyce Slaton
 Common Sense Media…

 

Plot
In the decaying steel mill town of Sheffield in Northern England, friends Gaz and Dave, both now unemployed and on the dole after the closure of most of the town’s steel mills, steal scrap metal from the closed mills to supplement their meager income, often with Gaz’s twelve year old son, Nathan, on the days Gaz has custody. Still, Gaz is behind in child support payments to his ex-wife, Mandy. When Mandy threatens to sue for full custody in that Gaz can’t support Nathan in any way, Gaz, seeing the long line up of women clamoring to get in to see a touring Chippendales styled dance troupe, thinks he can solve his financial and thus custody problems by forming his own male exotic dance troupe with some of his fellow un- or underemployed ex-mill workers. In addition to Dave, he has in mind middle-aged Gerald, their former foreman who has not told his spending-happy wife Linda that he has been unemployed for six months, and Lomper, a mild-mannered security guard who they just met in the act of him trying to commit suicide in his depression. The obvious problem is that with the exception of Gerald who knows how to ballroom dance, they are not generally stripper material, either in looks, skill or temperament, with especially slightly overweight Dave having body image issues, he believing his wife, Jean, having a wandering eye because of what he considers his unappealing looks. In an open casting among those at the employment office, they are able to recruit further misfits Horse, an older man who does know the contemporary dances of his era, and younger Guy, who can’t dance and can’t sing but loves Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and has a natural gift below the belt. Beyond the many obstacles in being able to put together a dance strip act that women would pay to see, they have to overcome their own individual issues, Gaz’s which includes Nathan, who loves his father but with who he just wants to do “normal” father/son activities.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The Full Monty features a talented ensemble cast, including Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, and Mark Addy.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
El Deseo Renn Productions, France 2 Cinéma
 
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros.
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
TV-14
 
Year of Release
1997
 

 
Genre(s)
History/Drama
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

Jon Voight

John Wright

Ving Rhames

Don Cheadle

Bruce McGill

John Wright

Mann

Sylvester Carrier

Duke Purdy

James Taylor

Jon Voight – John Wright
Ving Rhames – Mann
Don Cheadle – Sylvester Carrier
Bruce McGill – Duke Purdy
Loren Dean – James Taylor
Esther Rolle – Aunt Sarah

 

John Singleton

Gregory Poirier

Jon Peters

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Singleton
 
Writer(s)
Gregory Poirier
 
Producer(s)
Jon Peters

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Mark Caro

Jay Boyar

David Parkinson

Owen Gleiberman

Peter Travers

Chicago Tribune

Orlando Sentinel

Empire Magazine

Entertainment Weekly

Rolling Stone

ROSEWOOD
 All Critics (55) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (7)
 Singleton’s main goal is the vivid re-creation of mob violence, and he achieves it expertly.
 
 June 5, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Mark Caro
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 Singleton’s boldness is invigorating _ and merciless.
 
 June 5, 2020
 
 Jay Boyar
 Orlando Sentinel
 TOP CRITIC
 Harrowing this may be, but the concessions to commercialism rob it of much of its genuine power.
 
 June 5, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
 
 David Parkinson
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Singleton brings the images and underlying psychological truths of American racial violence to the screen with a brute dramatic force that few directors have matched.
 
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: B+
 
 Owen Gleiberman
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 At its best, Rosewood touches a still-raw nerve.
 
 July 6, 2010
 
 Peter Travers
 Rolling Stone
 TOP CRITIC
 Rhames’ gravity and grace, Voight’s pinched anguish as he wills himself to do right, the moving work of actors like Don Cheadle and Esther Rolle do much to redeem this film for human if not historical reality.
 
 April 28, 2010
 
 Richard Schickel
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Undoubtedly a great movie could have been made of this still unhealed scab on the body politic. But “Rosewood,” John Singleton’s film of these events, isn’t it.
 
 June 5, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Stephen Hunter
 Baltimore Sun
 The fact that Rosewood takes time to understand its demons is an uncommon touch for any film that addresses such an inflammatory topic.
 
 June 5, 2020 | Rating: A-
 
 Steve Persall
 Tampa Bay Times
 A unique and shining example of telling the stories of our past that need to be told, lest their lessons be lost forever.
 
 June 5, 2020
 
 VyceVictus
 Birth.Movies.Death.
 Action-packed historical drama; some violence.
 
 February 28, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Lynnette Nicholas
 Common Sense Media
 America has not truly dealt with the race massacres that happened far too often early in the 20th century, and this filmmaker, aware of that, did his part to raise awareness.
 
 July 16, 2019
 
 Lawrence Ware
 The Root
 The intentions are unassailable: to dramatize a forgotten injustice and sear it into contemporary memory so it’s never allowed to happen again. But the movie is long and didactic, undermined by the faintly pious air of an educational slide show.
 
 April 28, 2010 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Maitland McDonagh
 TV Guide…

 

Plot
The best private pathologist in Miami, Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr., whose rare heart condition that could kill him at any moment fuels his lust for life, gives a second opinion when friends or family of the deceased are not satisfied with official police findings. His state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, Sherlock Holmes-like powers of deduction and quick wit are his main tools. He also relies and depends on his trusty assistants and cute couple, Pippy and TMI, and works with no-nonsense detective Annalise Villa, who doesn’t always go strictly by the book, to see the case to its conclusion.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
John-Singleton.jpg

 
Production Company(ies)
M K2 Productions, France 3 Cinéma C AB Productions,
 
Distributor
Gramercy Pictures
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
TV-14
 
Year of Release
1996
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, PG-13, Comedy, 1h 13m, starring Michael J Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, directed by Jim Mallon, written by Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Paul Chaplin, produced by Jim Mallon, box office gross of $475.7K, reviewed by Gene Siskel, Dave Kehr, Steven Rea, Janet I Tu, Jay Boyar, Richard Corliss, Peter Sobczynski, Michael Atkinson, Stephen Hunter, David Sterritt, Peter Keough, Jonathan Takiff
 

Cast & Crew

Michael J. Nelson

Trace Beaulieu

Kevin Murphy

Jim Mallon

John Brady

Mike Nelson

Crow T. Robot

Dr. Clayton Forrester

Tom Servo

Gypsy

Michael J. Nelson – Mike Nelson
Trace Beaulieu – Crow T. Robot, Dr. Clayton Forrester
Kevin Murphy – Tom Servo
Jim Mallon – Gypsy, Director
John Brady – Benkitnorf
Paul Chaplin – Writer
Joel Hodgson – Writer
Trace Beaulieu – Writer
Kevin Murphy – Writer

 

Jim Mallon

Joel Hodgson

Jim Mallon

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Jim Mallon
 
Writer(s)
Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Paul Chaplin
 
Producer(s)
Jim Mallon

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Gene Siskel

Dave Kehr

Steven Rea

Janet I. Tu

Jay Boyar

Chicago Tribune

New York Daily News

Philadelphia Inquirer

Seattle Times

Orlando Sentinel

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE
 All Critics (56) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (11)
 For many, a little of this joking will go a long way; devoted fans, however, will wish for a double-bill. Count me closer to the latter group.
 
 September 2, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Gene Siskel
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 There are still enough bad makeup jobs, pretentious lines, and coy sexual situations to give the chattering puppets plenty of fodder.
 
 September 2, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Dave Kehr
 New York Daily News
 TOP CRITIC
 If you’re in the mood for some knuckleheaded comedy at the expense of — in mad scientist Dr. Forrester’s words — “a stinky cinematic suppository called This Island Earth,” then get thee to some place playing MST3K.
 
 September 2, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Steven Rea
 Philadelphia Inquirer
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a fun enough way to pass the time. And fans of the TV version of MST3K certainly won’t be disappointed. But it would be just as much — if not more — fun watching it in your own living room with a bunch of rowdy pals.
 
 September 2, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Janet I. Tu
 Seattle Times
 TOP CRITIC
 [MSTies] can rest assured that the movie is about as funny as a typical episode of the show that is, pretty darn funny in a sly and satirical sort of way. For others, the movie can serve as a good introduction to the whole MST3K phenomenon.
 
 September 2, 2014
 
 Jay Boyar
 Orlando Sentinel
 TOP CRITIC
 As the gags pile up remorselessly, and the viewer strains to keep up with the story line and the cutting subtext, a furious but benign apnea takes hold. You can’t enjoy a good long laugh because you’ll miss too much.
 
 September 2, 2014
 
 Richard Corliss
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Perfectly fine but not much more than that
 
 April 14, 2021
 
 Peter Sobczynski
 The Spool
 Few films empathize quite so passionately with their audience.
 
 October 25, 2019
 
 Michael Atkinson
 Spin
 Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie is about a third as funny as it thinks it is. Still, that’s pretty funny and about twice as funny as most American comedies these days.
 
 September 2, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Stephen Hunter
 Baltimore Sun
 The show provides a prodigious number of giggles, and it’s so short (well under 90 minutes) that you’ll have plenty of time to rent the original This Island Earth and test out wisecracks of your own.
 
 September 2, 2014
 
 David Sterritt
 Christian Science Monitor
 The film is a vindication of bad taste, and of the principle that mocking well is the best revenge.
 
 September 2, 2014
 
 Peter Keough
 Boston Phoenix
 Fans (O.K., MSTies) will find new and larger sets and slightly better special effects.
 
 September 2, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Jonathan Takiff
 Philadelphia Daily News…

 

Plot
When zany mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester and his loopy assistant Frank get bored with their work at the Deep Thirteen research center, they kidnap Joel the janitor and shoot him into orbit on the Satellite of Love. While in space Joel builds wacky robot sidekicks Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot to help him withstand an onslaught of grade ‘Z’ movies that the mad scientists force him to watch.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The film stars Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, and Kevin Murphy, who also voiced the robots in the original TV series.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Frenesy Film Company, La Cinéfacture RT Features,
 
Distributor
United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Cock & Bull Pub – 2947 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong sexuality and language, violence and pervasive alcohol abuse
 
Year of Release
1996
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
Leaving Las Vegas, Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, directed by Mike Figgis, written by John O’Brien and Mike Figgis, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Rene Rodriguez, David Ansen, Candice Frederick, Owen Gleiberman, Richard Schickel, Leonard Klady, Quentin Crisp, Ben Kuchera, Tim Brayton, Eleanor Ringel Cater, Cole Smithey, R rating, alcoholic, screenwriter, prostitute, unconventional relationship, self-destruction, humanity, love story, character study, low-budget, Oscar-nominated, glitzy, Hollywood prestige dramas, broken people, solace, unflinching respect, human soul, worst of ourselves, romance, couple poison, new age noir, deplorable alcoholic, pitiable prostitute, interview scenes, intrusive, unnecessary, heavy-handed, MCU movies, horror movies, Netflix series, TV shows, streaming movies, most popular, leaving Las Vegas videos, leaving Las Vegas photos
 

Cast & Crew

Nicolas Cage

Elisabeth Shue

Julian Sands

Richard Lewis

Valeria Golino

Ben Sanderson

Sera

Yuri

Peter

Terri

Nicolas Cage – Ben Sanderson
Elisabeth Shue – Sera
Julian Sands – Yuri
Richard Lewis – Peter
Valeria Golino – Terri
Graham Beckel – L.A. Bartender

 

Mike Figgis

John O’Brien

Annie Stewart

Lila Cazès

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Mike Figgis
 
Writer(s)
John O’Brien, Mike Figgis
 
Producer(s)
Annie Stewart, Lila Cazès

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
32 wins & 29 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Rene Rodriguez

David Ansen

Candice Frederick

Owen Gleiberman

Richard Schickel

Miami Herald

Newsweek

Reel Talk Online

Entertainment Weekly

TIME Magazine

LEAVING LAS VEGAS
 All Critics (54) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (6)
 Leaving Las Vegas is a relentless downer — look at it as a love story for anyone who found The Bridges of Madison County too precious — but it’s worth sticking through for its two lead performances.
 
 August 18, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Rene Rodriguez
 Miami Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 A love story like no other, Mike Figgis’s Leaving Las Vegas is a bleak, mesmerizing rhapsody of self-destruction, defiantly uninterested in peddling Hollywood-style uplift.
 
 February 23, 2018
 
 David Ansen
 Newsweek
 TOP CRITIC
 This movie was like watching a car crash in slow motion. You knew there was going to be a crash, but I just wished it would just happen already, and not have spent two hours getting to the impact.
 
 September 12, 2017 | Rating: B+
 
 Candice Frederick
 Reel Talk Online
 TOP CRITIC
 Dark and giddy at the same time, Leaving Las Vegas takes us into dreamy, intoxicated places no movie about an alcoholic has gone before.
 
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: A-
 
 Owen Gleiberman
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 We’re not talking high, morally instructive tragedy here, just a hard lesson in postmodernist outlawry and its sad little anarchies.
 
 September 19, 2008
 
 Richard Schickel
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 The film pulls no punches, takes no prisoners and flies in the face of feel-good pictures.
 
 February 11, 2008
 
 Leonard Klady
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 It is the most boring film ever made — worse than a documentary.
 
 April 25, 2022
 
 Quentin Crisp
 Christopher Street
 The movie contains career-best performances from Nicolas Cage… and Elisabeth Shue.
 
 August 4, 2020
 
 Ben Kuchera
 Polygon
 What works, first and foremost, are the two lead performances.
 
 August 30, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Tim Brayton
 Alternate Ending
 [Shue’s] terrific (and Oscar-nominated), but the movie belongs to Cage whose fierce, uncompromising performance is as serious as a hangover and as jittery as the shakes. You can practically smell the stale reek of his booze-soaked breath.
 
 July 7, 2017
 
 Eleanor Ringel Cater
 Saporta Report (Atlanta)
 The artistic direction of Figgis keeps it honest and unsentimental.
 
 October 13, 2015 | Rating: B+
 
 Dennis Schwartz
 Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
 [VIDEO ESSAY] “Leaving Las Vegas” (1995) is a remarkably potent romantic drama that permanently altered the careers of many of the people involved in its creation.
 
 September 7, 2013 | Rating: A
 
 Cole Smithey
 ColeSmithey.com…

 

Plot
Leaving Las Vegas follows alcoholic screenwriter Ben Sanderson as he drinks himself into oblivion in Las Vegas and strikes up an unconventional relationship with a prostitute named Sera.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels praises Nicolas Cage’s “career-best performance” in Leaving Las Vegas.
 

 
Mike-Figgis.jpg

 
Production Company(ies)
Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures,
 
Distributor
MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Le Bistro Lounge, Riviera Hotel & Casino – 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive strong language, drug use and some sexuality
 
Year of Release
1995
 

 
Genre(s)
Crime/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, crime, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Rene Rodriguez, Adam Nayman, Owen Gleiberman, Richard Schickel, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Todd McCarthy, Graeme Tuckett, Sheila Reid, Mal Vincent, Margaret A McGurk, PJ Nabarro, Patrick Nabarro, R-rated, Barbara De Fina, MCA/Universal Pictures, Stereo, DTS, Surround, Scope (2.35:1), Las Vegas, mobster, casino, Tangiers Casino, enforcer, corrupt politicians, Nicholas Pileggi’s book
 

Cast & Crew

Robert De Niro

Sharon Stone

Joe Pesci

James Woods

Don Rickles

Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein

Ginger McKenna

Rothstein

Nicky Santoro

Lester Diamond

Robert De Niro – Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein
Sharon Stone – Ginger McKenna, Rothstein
Joe Pesci – Nicky Santoro
James Woods – Lester Diamond
Don Rickles – Billy Sherbert
Alan King – Andy Stone

 

Martin Scorsese

Nicholas Pileggi

Barbara De Fina

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Martin Scorsese
 
Writer(s)
Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
 
Producer(s)
Barbara De Fina

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
4 wins & 11 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Rene Rodriguez

Adam Nayman

Owen Gleiberman

Richard Schickel

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Miami Herald

The Ringer

Entertainment Weekly

TIME Magazine

Chicago Reader

CASINO
 All Critics (70) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (55) | Rotten (15)
 Casino is nothing less than an epic, three hours long, with a cast of hundreds, stuffed with great victory and even greater tragedy.
 
 August 18, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Rene Rodriguez
 Miami Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 Without stinting on the viciousness, Scorsese still conveys an element of nostalgia in Casino, although it’s less because the movie is convinced by Ace and Nicky’s vision of the good old days than it is skepticism over what will eventually replace them.
 
 November 21, 2020
 
 Adam Nayman
 The Ringer
 TOP CRITIC
 [Stone] seems to be trying to enter a more passionate movie, where a neurotic gold digger could at least have a good time. By the end of Casino, for all its craftsmanly bravura, you may want to join her.
 
 January 25, 2010 | Rating: B-
 
 Owen Gleiberman
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 So long as Casino stays focused on the excesses — of language, of violence, of ambition — in the life-styles of the rich and infamous, it remains a smart, knowing, if often repetitive, spectacle.
 
 January 25, 2010
 
 Richard Schickel
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Simultaneously quite watchable and passionless.
 
 January 25, 2010
 
 Jonathan Rosenbaum
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Martin Scorsese’s intimate epic about money, sex and brute force is a grandly conceived study of what happens to goodfellas from the mean streets when they outstrip their wildest dreams and achieve the pinnacle of wealth and power.
 
 May 16, 2008
 
 Todd McCarthy
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Casino is a funny, brutal, chilling and engrossing film.
 
 July 8, 2022
 
 Graeme Tuckett
 Stuff.co.nz
 This soon-to-be classic is well written, well cast and superbly acted.
 
 May 16, 2022
 
 Sheila Reid
 Women in the Life
 A misfire in the always interesting career of director Martin Scorsese.
 
 February 25, 2022 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Mal Vincent
 The Virginian-Pilot
 Something went terribly wrong. Scorsese made an ambitious bid with Casino. But he seems to have been overpowered by his material.
 
 August 19, 2021 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Margaret A. McGurk
 Cincinnati Enquirer
 The decadence of both wealth and violence are brought into sharp focus by Scorsese…
 
 April 15, 2021
 
 Jim Rohner
 Battleship Pretension
 Scorsese’s skill at creating brevity out of such a kaleidoscopic canvas commands respect, though there’s the nagging sense that he’s running through something of a formula.
 
 October 29, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
 
 PJ Nabarro
 Patrick Nabarro…

 

Plot
In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam “Ace” Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino, but over the years, problems with his enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond, and corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels praises the “bravura performances” from the outstanding cast, including Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone, and James Woods.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Twentieth Century Fox,
 
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures, Image Entertainment Inc.
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Burbank City Hall – 275 E. Olive Ave, Burbank, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong language
 
Year of Release
1995
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

Denzel Washington

Gene Hackman

George Dzundza

Viggo Mortensen

James Gandolfini

Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter

XO

USS Alabama

Capt. Frank Ramsey

Chief of the boat (COB)

Denzel Washington – Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter, XO, USS Alabama
Gene Hackman – Capt. Frank Ramsey
George Dzundza – Chief of the boat (COB)
Viggo Mortensen – Lt. Peter ‘Weps’ Ince
James Gandolfini – Lt. Bobby Dougherty, Supply Officer, USS Alabama
Matt Craven – Lt. Roy Zimmer, Communications Officer, USS Alabama

 

Tony Scott

Richard P. Henrick

Don Simpson

Jerry Bruckheimer

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Tony Scott
 
Writer(s)
Richard P. Henrick, Michael Schiffer
 
Producer(s)
Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 3 Oscars
5 wins & 9 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Duane Byrge

Dolores Barclay

Owen Gleiberman

Variety Staff

Jonathan Foreman

Hollywood Reporter

Associated Press

Entertainment Weekly

Variety

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CRIMSON TIDE
 All Critics (52) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (6)
 Simpson/Bruckheimer have plunged to the ocean’s depths to reach the heights of commercial, big-movie filmmaking.
 
 May 12, 2020
 
 Duane Byrge
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 Crimson Tide is a whale of a movie, an intense and a heartstopping adventure played out against the unnerving threat of nuclear annihilation.
 
 February 19, 2020
 
 Dolores Barclay
 Associated Press
 TOP CRITIC
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: A-
 
 Owen Gleiberman
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 This is a boy’s movie all the way.
 
 March 26, 2009
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 January 17, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Jonathan Foreman
 New York Post
 TOP CRITIC
 Isn’t there something awfully satisfying about the throbbing missiles and cathartic explosions that constitute this film’s main excitement? Maybe so, but nothing else here delivers a comparable thrill.
 
 May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Janet Maslin
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a great psychological thriller.
 
 May 16, 2022
 
 Sheila Reid
 Women in the Life
 Crimson Tide has many lessons to offer that are relevant to this day.
 
 February 6, 2020
 
 VyceVictus
 Lewton Bus
 Perfectly-paced high stakes drama with a brain, its dilemmas both huge in scope and deeply personal. Heart-stopping as it is watching torpedoes head towards Hackman and Washington’s sub, the arguments and stand-offs onboard are just as shredding.
 
 November 9, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Sarah Cartland
 Caution Spoilers
 As good a thriller as 1995 produced, keeping things as simple and direct as possible.
 
 July 24, 2013 | Rating: 8/10
 
 Tim Brayton
 Antagony & Ecstasy
 War Games in the water; older teens and up.
 
 December 18, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Heather Boerner
 Common Sense Media
 Tony Scott is a deft hand with these Bruckheimer/Simpson productions and provides the perfect vision for their big budget fodder.
 
 July 7, 2010 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Matthew Pejkovic
 Matt’s Movie Reviews…

 

Plot
When some Russian rebels take control of some ICBM’s, the Americans mobilize. Among the vessels sent is the nuclear sub, USS Alabama. But before they leave they need a new X.O. and among the choices is Commander Hunter, who hasn’t seen much action. But the ship’s Captain, Ramsey, OK’s him. While on the way, there was an incident and Hunter disagreed with how Ramsey handled it. It’s evident that Ramsey doesn’t think much of Hunter because Hunter was college educated while Ramsey worked his way up. They’re given orders to attack but when they were in the process of receiving another order, the ship’s communications were damaged, so the entire message was not received. Ramsey decides to continue with their previous order while Hunter wants to reestablish contact first. That’s when the two men butt heads that ends with Hunter relieving Ramsey. Later when some men die, some of the officers feel that Hunter is not up to the task so they team up to retake control. But Hunter has taken precautions.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
Hallmark Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Samuel Goldwyn Company
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements
 
Year of Release
1994
 

 
Genre(s)
History/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Everett, Rupert Graves, John Wood, Julian Wadham, directed by Nicholas Hytner, written by Alan Bennett, History, Drama, PG-13, box office performance, budget, reviewed by David Stratton, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Emanuel Levy, Mick LaSalle, Rick Groen, Peter Travers, Quentin Crisp, Mal Vincent, Matt Brunson, Cole Smithey, James O’Ehley, produced by Stephen Evans, David Parfitt, Hallmark Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Samuel Goldwyn Company, monarchy, mental illness, British Crown, power games, family scandals, personal intrigues, 18th century England, Queen Charlotte, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, Prince of Wales, Dr Willis, Thurlow, Suround, Stereo
 

Cast & Crew

Nigel Hawthorne

Dame Helen Mirren

Ian Holm

Rupert Everett

Rupert Graves

George III

Queen Charlotte

Dr. Willis

Prince of Wales

Greville

Nigel Hawthorne – George III
Dame Helen Mirren – Queen Charlotte
Ian Holm – Dr. Willis
Rupert Everett – Prince of Wales
Rupert Graves – Greville
John Wood – Thurlow

 

Nicholas Hytner

Alan Bennett

Stephen Evans

David Parfitt

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Nicholas Hytner
 
Writer(s)
Alan Bennett
 
Producer(s)
Stephen Evans, David Parfitt

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
16 wins & 20 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

David Stratton

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Emanuel Levy

Mick LaSalle

Rick Groen

At the Movies

Entertainment Weekly

Variety

San Francisco Chronicle

Globe and Mail

THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
 All Critics (47) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (3)
 Visually sumptuous, energetic and classy, The Madness of King George is British film theatre at its most seductive.
 
 August 17, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
 
 David Stratton
 At the Movies (Australia)
 TOP CRITIC
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: B+
 
 Lisa Schwarzbaum
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 Hytner’s version of Bennett’s comic-tragic drama of the tormented king who almost lost his mind confirms that power games, family scandals, and personal intrigues have always been integral to the British Crown, an institution both revered and reviled.
 
 August 22, 2006 | Rating: A-
 
 Emanuel Levy
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 In its own shambling, elliptical way it’s an entertaining, memorable movie whose 2 1/2 hours go by without strain.
 
 June 18, 2002 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Mick LaSalle
 San Francisco Chronicle
 TOP CRITIC
 Hawthorne is by turn outrageous and pathetic and imperious and poignant and very funny.
 
 April 12, 2002
 
 Rick Groen
 Globe and Mail
 TOP CRITIC
 The thrill of Hawthorne’s astounding performance is not something you want to miss.
 
 May 12, 2001
 
 Peter Travers
 Rolling Stone
 TOP CRITIC
 The film, though English in subject matter, was far from English in style. It was grand, not parochial; crude, not genteel, and very funny.
 
 April 21, 2022
 
 Quentin Crisp
 Christopher Street
 Hawthorne plays madness with restraint. It’s only when he hears the news from Yorktown that he goes really bananas.
 
 March 14, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Mal Vincent
 The Virginian-Pilot
 It’s sometimes so loopy that one half-expects Mel Brooks to wander into the frame, muttering, “It’s good to be the king.”
 
 September 19, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Film Frenzy
 November 4, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Cole Smithey
 ColeSmithey.com
 October 10, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
 
 James O’Ehley
 Sci-Fi Movie Page
 It’s Hawthorne’s engaging performance that makes this drama both fun and moving.
 
 February 12, 2006 | Rating: B
 
 Dennis Schwartz
 Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews…

 

Plot
Aging King George III of England (Sir Nigel Hawthorne) is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte (Dame Helen Mirren) and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger (Julian Wadham) attempt to prevent the King’s political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett), from usurping the throne.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Nigel Hawthorne’s performance as King George III is “outrageous and pathetic and imperious and poignant and very funny,” according to Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Act III Communications, Buttercup Films Ltd., The Princess Bride Ltd.,
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
 
Filming Location(s)
Beacon, New York, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for some language and nudity
 
Year of Release
1995
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, directed by Robert Benton, written by Richard Russo, Robert Benton, drama, $38.3M box office, R rating, reviewed by Michael Sragow, Gene Siskel, Kenneth Turan, Caroline Westbrook, Jay Boyar, Jeff Shannon, Mal Vincent, Jonah Koslofsky, David Sterritt, Gary Thompson, Leah Rozen, Paul Newman’s best late-period work, father-son relationship, small-town life, odd-job carpentry, family dysfunction, heart condition, philandering, breast, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Judge, ensemble cast, adult responsibilities, showcase
 

Cast & Crew

Paul Newman

Jessica Tandy

Melanie Griffith

Bruce Willis

Dylan Walsh

Sully

Miss Beryl

Toby Roebuck

Carl Roebuck

Peter

Paul Newman – Sully
Jessica Tandy – Miss Beryl
Melanie Griffith – Toby Roebuck
Bruce Willis – Carl Roebuck
Dylan Walsh – Peter
Pruitt Taylor Vince – Rub Squeers

 

Robert Benton

Richard Russo

Scott Rudin

Arlene Donovan

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Robert Benton
 
Writer(s)
Richard Russo, Robert Benton
 
Producer(s)
Scott Rudin, Arlene Donovan

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
5 wins & 10 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Michael Sragow

Gene Siskel

Kenneth Turan

Caroline Westbrook

Jay Boyar

New Yorker

Chicago Tribune

Los Angeles Times

Empire Magazine

Orlando Sentinel

NOBODY’S FOOL
 All Critics (56) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (5)
 The movie is both a star vehicle and an ensemble piece; the other actors revolve around Newman yet give off more than just his reflected light.
 
 October 29, 2013
 
 Michael Sragow
 New Yorker
 TOP CRITIC
 We love to see our movie gods play flawed souls, especially a god with a face that looks like one on a Roman coin.
 
 October 29, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Gene Siskel
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 Moviegoing holds few pleasures greater than watching an established star completely inhabit a role that exactly suits his personality and abilities. And seeing Paul Newman in Nobody’s Fool defines that pleasure.
 
 October 29, 2013
 
 Kenneth Turan
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Nobody’s Fool is an unprecedented treat, populated with charming, believable characters and a parting shot so beautiful even the hardest of hearts will melt helplessly at its sight.
 
 October 29, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Caroline Westbrook
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Nobody’s Fool is funny at times and as cuddly as an old teddy bear. But this movie is being taken far too seriously in some circles.
 
 October 29, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Jay Boyar
 Orlando Sentinel
 TOP CRITIC
 While watching Robert Benton’s sublime adaptation of Richard Russo’s novel, it’s hard to avoid the realization that movies like this have become an endangered species.
 
 October 29, 2013 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Jeff Shannon
 Seattle Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Ultimately, it sends us a proud and entertaining message that we can express love for others.
 
 February 25, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Mal Vincent
 The Virginian-Pilot
 The formula the film follows endears, because Newman is able to make Sully both charming and an enormous screw-up.
 
 February 4, 2021
 
 Jonah Koslofsky
 The Spool
 Robert Benton has made Nobody’s Fool, a return to the finely humanistic spirit that made his Places in the Heart and Kramer vs. Kramer’ so popular.
 
 October 29, 2013
 
 David Sterritt
 Christian Science Monitor
 Director Robert Benton captures the droll eccentricity of small-town life without any of the usual phony preciousness.
 
 October 29, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Gary Thompson
 Philadelphia Daily News
 Over time, the rhythms of small-town life and the eccentricities of its residents can grow on you. That’s exactly what happens as you watch this sharply observant movie.
 
 October 29, 2013
 
 Leah Rozen
 People Magazine
 An old hand at this kind of heart-warming fare, Benton doesn’t swamp it with sentimentality, allowing the crumpled charisma of Newman to effortlessly carry the drama.
 
 October 29, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
 John Ferguson
 Radio Times…

 

Plot
Sully is a rascally ne’er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker’s compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis Carl, and flirts with Carl’s young wife Toby. Sully’s long-forgotten son and his family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully’s landlady’s banker son plots to push through a new development and evict Sully from his mother’s life.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film Nobody’s Fool on Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Ensemble, Universal Pictures
 
Distributor
Universal Pictures
 
Release Type
Streaming
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate

 
Year of Release
1995
 

 
Genre(s)
Mystery & thriller/Sci-fi
 
Keyword(s)
starring Bruce Willis, starring Madeleine Stowe, starring Brad Pitt, directed by Terry Gilliam, written by Chris Marker, written by David Webb Peoples, written by Janet Peoples, mystery, thriller, sci-fi, box office, budget, reviewed by Ed Potton, reviewed by Jonathan Rosenbaum, reviewed by Emanuel Levy, reviewed by Michael Atkinson, reviewed by Vadim Rizov, produced by Charles Roven, MPAA rating R, time travel, dystopian, virus, plague, Jeffrey Goines, Kathryn Railly, James Cole, Dr Leland Goines, Jose, Young Cole, Christopher Plummer, Jon Seda, Joseph Melito, Universal Pictures, DTS, Surround, DTS-ES, Stereo, Flat (1.66:1)
 

Cast & Crew

Bruce Willis

James Cole

Madeleine Stowe

Kathryn Railly

Brad Pitt

James Cole

Kathryn Railly

Jeffrey Goines

Dr. Leland Goines

Jose

Bruce Willis – James Cole
Madeleine Stowe – Kathryn Railly
Brad Pitt – Jeffrey Goines
Christopher Plummer – Dr. Leland Goines
Jon Seda – Jose
Joseph Melito – Young Cole
Director – Terry Gilliam
Producer – Charles Roven
Writers – Chris Marker, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples

 

Terry Gilliam

Chris Marker

Charles Roven

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Terry Gilliam
 
Writer(s)
Chris Marker, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples
 
Producer(s)
Charles Roven

 

Film Festivals
Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Ed Potton

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Variety Staff

Geoff Andrew

Emanuel Levy

Times

Chicago Reader

Variety

Time Out

New York Times

12 MONKEYS
 All Critics (75) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (66) | Rotten (9)
 This dystopian time-travelling sci-fi is a reminder that the director can make films that are visually inventive, intellectually engaging and downright exciting.
 
 October 12, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Ed Potton
 Times (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 While all of Gilliam’s movies are worth seeing, there’s a fair amount of his designer grimness here mixed in with the cabaret comedy.
 
 May 27, 2011
 
 Jonathan Rosenbaum
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Neither as visually compelling as Brazil nor as emotionally gripping as The Fisher King.
 
 March 26, 2009
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Gilliam gives the material a lunatic poetry of his own, but remains impervious to the requirements of narrative pacing.
 
 June 24, 2006
 
 Geoff Andrew
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 Dark and somber like Blade Runner, this sci-fi is a spectacular mess, a convoluted film with too many ideas for its own good, blending (among other things) the virus thriller with the post-apocalyptic genre.
 
 August 12, 2005 | Rating: B-
 
 Emanuel Levy
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 There’s always overripe method to his madness, but in the new 12 Monkeys Mr. Gilliam’s methods are uncommonly wrenching and strong.
 
 May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Janet Maslin
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 The movie contemplates the circularities of time, apocalypse culture, and movies themselves… That shouldn’t seem like some kind of pop miracle, but it does.
 
 December 27, 2022
 
 Michael Atkinson
 Spin
 Soothing in its inevitability, Melancholia without the really heavy devastation…
 
 December 1, 2022
 
 Vadim Rizov
 Filmmaker Magazine
 It is only the latest in a parade of movie downers intent on convincing us that the future will be a bleak world that is either devoid of water and gas, or one in which we’ve blown ourselves up with atomic power. Enough.
 
 March 1, 2022 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Mal Vincent
 The Virginian-Pilot
 The great Terry Gilliam’s dystopic (of course!) vision of a future where we can’t tell what’s real or not seems disturbingly prescient.
 
 December 27, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
 Christopher Lloyd
 The Film Yap
 The received wisdom is that science fiction is always, when you get right down to it, about the period in which it is written, but in the grim Spring of 2020… 12 Monkeys looks startlingly prescient, even if the dates are wide by a decade or two.
 
 July 14, 2021
 
 Travis Johnson
 Blunt Magazine
 …12 Monkeys looks back fondly to a cleaner air world, before the virus wars began and societal norms collapsed, and can’t help but strike a chord now…
 
 June 2, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Eddie Harrison
 film-authority.com…

 

Plot
Imprisoned in the future, James Cole is sent back in time to gather information about a deadly virus that will wipe out most of humanity, but faces obstacles and unexpected twists in the process in the sci-fi thriller “12 Monkeys.”
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t have anything goofy or funny or odd to say about the film Signed in.
 

 
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