Stories tagged with "rated r"

Role Models by The Associated Press

The premise is formulaic and potentially cheesy: A couple of go-nowhere buddies get arrested and, for their community work assignment, must serve as big brothers to a pair of... – Nov 06, 2008 at 4:20 PM in Movies

Happy-Go-Lucky by The Associated Press

'Happy-Go-Lucky" is the kind of film that defies easy description, particularly if you're trying to persuade someone to see it. Say it's about Poppy, a British teacher who is,... – Nov 06, 2008 at 4:07 PM in Movies

What Just Happened by The Associated Press

Julia Phillips' famous autobiography was titled "You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again." Barry Levinson and Art Linson will. If you're going to make a film about Hollywood... – Oct 30, 2008 at 2:57 PM in Movies

Changeling by The Associated Press

Something more than a child goes missing in Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," his tale casting Angelina Jolie as a real-life single mom whose young son vanishes in 1928. On the... – Oct 30, 2008 at 2:52 PM in Movies

Zack and Miri Make Porno by The Associated Press

Vinegary sex diluted with sweet sentiment The extreme opposites within Kevin Smith's filmmaking personality coexist in "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," to hit-and-miss effect. A... – Oct 29, 2008 at 2:03 PM in Movies

Pride and Glory by The Associated Press

Everything about the dirty cop thriller "Pride and Glory" is formulaic and forgettable, even down to its generic title. It could be an uplifting drama about a basketball team... – Oct 23, 2008 at 10:54 AM in Movies

I Served the King of England by joe.shearer

When we first meet Jan Dite (Oldrich Kaiser), the protagonist of "I Served the King of England," he's just getting out of prison in Prague, having served almost 15 years. We don't... – Oct 22, 2008 at 2:52 PM in Movies

Body of Lies by The Associated Press

Soon you'll be able to add "Body of Lies" to that list of war-on-terror movies that almost nobody has wanted to see, even though it's probably the most worthwhile and least preachy... – Oct 09, 2008 at 3:10 PM in Movies

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People most recent comment by Drinky_McGee

Run Fatboy Run was also a big pile of cinematic... – Oct 03, 2008 at 9:54 AM

Blindness by The Associated Press

'Blindness' is visionless The blind literally lead the blind -- to hell and back -- in the pretentious, preposterous allegory "Blindness." An unnamed disease afflicts the unnamed... – Oct 02, 2008 at 11:16 AM in Movies

Nights in Rodanthe by The Associated Press

The last time we saw Richard Gere and Diane Lane, in 2002's "Unfaithful," they were running off together after covering up Gere's murder of Lane's young Parisian lover. Ah, those... – Sep 25, 2008 at 4:11 PM in Movies

The Lucky Ones by The Associated Press

Soldiers might be clamoring to re-enlist if they all saw as much action in their homecoming as the threesome in "The Lucky Ones." Returning to combat could seem like a picnic in... – Sep 25, 2008 at 3:31 PM in Movies

Miracle at St. Anna by The Associated Press

In Spike Lee's long, eclectic career, "Miracle at St. Anna" is easily his most technically ambitious film. After acclaimed character dramas ("Malcolm X," "Do the Right Thing"),... – Sep 25, 2008 at 3:15 PM in Movies

Lakeview Terrace by joe.shearer

A neighbor from hell It's odd that in "Lakeview Terrace," we don't see a lake. We certainly don't see a terrace with a view of a lake. Instead we get Abel Turner (Samuel L.... – Sep 17, 2008 at 1:42 PM in Movies

Burn After Reading most recent comment by JBills

I just saw the movie this afternoon. I'm a big... – Sep 13, 2008 at 11:24 PM

Righteous Kill by The Associated Press

It's not that the crime thriller "Righteous Kill" is spectacularly awful. It's just thoroughly mediocre -- a standard police procedural, a long episode of "Law & Order,"... – Sep 11, 2008 at 2:17 PM in Movies

Transsiberian by Christopher Lloyd

Movie stops at all the cliches, but the trip is worth the fare There's a long tradition of thrillers about American tourists who get caught up in overseas intrigue -- from "The... – Sep 10, 2008 at 5:18 PM in Movies

Frozen River by joe.shearer

You can cry me a 'River' Every once in awhile you see a film that truly reminds you of the best and the worst of humanity. Those films almost never star Will Smith or Tom Cruise... – Sep 10, 2008 at 4:54 PM in Movies

Bangkok Dangerous most recent comment by Drinky_McGee

This might be the greatest movie title ever. When... – Sep 06, 2008 at 10:09 AM

Baghead by Indy.com Staff

Greta Gerwig has been called the "It Girl" of the mumblecore genre, and it's easy to see why. In "Baghead" -- which epitomizes such ultra-low-budget conventions as naturalistic... – Sep 04, 2008 at 4:54 PM in Movies