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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Touchstone
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.8 (150,822 votes)
Release: Jun 2001
Summary: Only Joel and Ethan Coen, the fraternal director and producer team behind art-house hits such as "The Big Lebowski" and "Fargo" and masters of quirky and ultra-stylish genre subversion, would dare nick the plot line of Homer's "Odyssey" for a comic picaresque saga about three cons on the run in 1930s Mississippi. Our wandering hero in this case is one Ulysses Everett McGill, a slick-tongued wise guy with a thing about hair pomade (George Clooney, blithely sending up his own dapper image) who talks his chain-gang buddies (Coen-movie regular John Turturro and newcomer Tim Blake Nelson) into lighting out after some buried loot he claims to know of. En route they come up against a prophetic blind man on a railroad truck, a burly, one-eyed baddie (the ever-magnificent John Goodman), a trio of sexy singing ladies, a blues guitarist who's sold his soul to the devil, a brace of crooked politicos on the stump, a manic-depressive bank robber, and--well, you get the idea. Into this, their most relaxed film yet, the Coens have tossed a beguiling ragbag of inconsequential situations, a wealth of looping, left-field dialogue, and a whole stash of gags both verbal and visual. "O Brother" (the title's lifted from Preston Sturges's classic 1941 comedy "Sullivan's Travels") is furthermore graced with glowing, burnished photography from Roger Deakins and a masterly soundtrack from T-Bone Burnett that pays loving homage to American '30s folk styles--blues, gospel, bluegrass, jazz, and more. And just to prove that the brothers haven't lost their knack for bad-taste humor, we get a Ku Klux Klan rally choreographed like a cross between a Nuremberg rally and a Busby Berkeley musical. "--Philip Kemp"
 

Oblivion

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Morgan Freeman, Zoe Bell, Melissa Leo, Isabelle Lowe, Abigail Lowe, Booch O'Connell, James Rawlings
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Studio: Universal Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Release: Apr 2013
Summary: On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
 

Ocean's Eleven

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Holly Marie Combs, Matt Damon, Michael de Lano
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 4.4 (30 votes)
Release: Dec 2001
Summary: "Ocean's Eleven" improves on 1960's Rat Pack original with supernova casting, a slickly updated plot, and Steven Soderbergh's graceful touch behind the camera. Soderbergh reportedly relished the opportunity "to make a movie that has no desire except to give pleasure from beginning to end," and he succeeds on those terms, blessed by the casting of George Clooney as Danny Ocean, the title role originated by Frank Sinatra. Fresh out of jail, Ocean masterminds a plot to steal $163 million from the seemingly impervious vault of Las Vegas's Bellagio casino, not just for the money but to win his ex-wife (Julia Roberts) back from the casino's ruthless owner (Andy Garcia). Soderbergh doesn't scrimp on the caper's comically intricate strategy, but he finds greater joy in assembling a stellar team (including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and Carl Reiner) and indulging their strengths as actors. The result is a film that's as smooth as a silk suit and just as stylish. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

Office Space

Director: Mike Judge
Starring: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, Diedrich Bader
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Studio: 20th Century Fox
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.8 (138,067 votes)
Release: Nov 2005
Summary: Comedic tale of company workers who hate their jobs and decide to rebel against their greedy boss.


   
 

Old School

Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Phe Caplan, Elisha Cuthbert, Katherine Ellis, Will Ferrell, Patrick Fischler
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Dreamworks Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.1 (132,270 votes)
Release: Feb 2003
Summary: When three thirtysomething friends with woman troubles (Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn) decide to form a fraternity, it's supposedly to save Wilson from losing his house, which the nearby college is trying to claim for academic purposes. But really, Ferrell and Vaughn are desperate to return to the reckless, feckless days of beer bongs and hot chicks, and they drag Wilson along with them as they throw themselves into gathering frat pledges of all ages. "Old School" could have been just another string of bad jokes hanging on a flimsy plot, but the script and the cast have a jovial energy and just enough grounding in reality--at least, up until the obligatory beat-the-system ending, but by that point you'll forgive the excesses of this silly, cheerful, and frequently funny movie. Featuring Jeremy Piven and Juliette Lewis, with cameos by Snoop Dog, Andy Dick, and others. "--Bret Fetzer"
 

Oldboy

Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thrillers
Studio: Tartan Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8.4 (194,274 votes)
Release: Aug 2005
Summary: An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, Oh Dae-Su soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him and is set onto a path of pain and suffering in an attempt to uncover the motive of his mysterious tormentor.
 

Oldboy (2013)

Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Lance Reddick, Michael Imperioli, Richard Portnow, Max Casella, Ilfenesh Hadera, Grey Damon, Rami Malek, James Ransone, Linda Emond, Hannah Simone
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Studio: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Nov 2013
Summary: An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.
 

Olympus Has Fallen

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Morgan Freeman, Radha Mitchell, Rick Yune, Shane Land, Han Soto, Tory Kittles, Shanna Forrestall, Melissa Leo, Cole Hauser, Dylan McDermott, Phil Austin, Robert Forster, Sam Medina, Malana Lea, Ashley Judd
Genre: Action, Thriller
Studio: Millennium Films
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.7 (40,386 votes)
Release: Mar 2013
Summary: When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
 

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.3 (92,947 votes)
Release: Jan 2004
Summary: Guns, guns, guns! And a few explosions as bodies fly through the air and crash into tables and fruit stands. "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", like all Robert Rodriguez movies, is all about the kinetic kick of high-velocity action. Johnny Depp, blase and whimsical, plays a CIA agent who's drawn guitar-playing gun-slinger Antonio Banderas (long black hair flopping over his face like the ears of a Labrador puppy) into a ridiculously convoluted plot to overthrow the Mexican government. Along for the ride are a craggy-faced rogue's gallery including Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo, Ruben Blades, and (to balance things out) the smooth, tantalizing complexions of Eva Mendes and Salma Hayek. For sheer trashy fun, "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" is a step down from its predecessor, "Desperado"--but "Desperado" set the bar pretty high. For coherent storytelling, look elsewhere, but for action razzle-dazzle, this is your movie. "--Bret Fetzer"
 

One Crazy Summer

Director: Savage Steve Holland
Starring: John Cusack, Demi Moore, Curtis Armstrong, Joel Murray, William Hickey
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 6.1 (8,044 votes)
Release: Aug 1986
Summary: With a name like Hoops McCann, he's bound to get that basketball scholarship after high school, right? Wrong! What Hoops really wants to do is write and illustrate a love story. To help him find his way, his friend George invites Hoops to come with him and his sister to spend the summer on Nantucket. The friends Crazy Summer begins when they pickup Cassandra on the way--she's being chased by a motorcycle gang. From here on in, it only gets crazier. Once on the island, Hoops and George, along with George's island friends the Stork twins and Ack-Ack (son of a marine), must help Cassandra save her grandfather's house from the greedy Beckersted Family. Along the way, Hoops must find a way to write his cartoon love story - and maybe a real one of his own.
 

One Day in September

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashey, Gerald Seymour, Axel Springer
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Passion Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8
Release: Dec 2005
Summary: Academy Award® Winner - 1999 Best Documentary Feature

The 1999 Academy Award®-winning documentary feature gives new insights into the 1972 Munich massacre - the murder of 11 Israeli athletes by a group of Palestinian extremists. For the first time, the lone surviving member of the extremist group (who has been in hiding for 28 years) speaks about the horrible events and provides the first account from his perspective.
 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco
Genre: Drama
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 8.8 (403,161 votes)
Release: Sep 2002
Summary: One of the key movies of the 1970s, when exciting, groundbreaking, personal films were still being made in Hollywood, Milos Forman's "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" emphasized the humanistic story at the heart of Ken Kesey's more hallucinogenic novel. Jack Nicholson was born to play the part of Randle Patrick McMurphy, the rebellious inmate of a psychiatric hospital who fights back against the authorities' cold attitudes of institutional superiority, as personified by Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). It's the classic antiestablishment tale of one man asserting his individuality in the face of a repressive, conformist system--and it works on every level. Forman populates his film with memorably eccentric faces, and gets such freshly detailed and spontaneous work from his ensemble that the picture sometimes feels like a documentary. Unlike a lot of films pitched at the "youth culture" of the 1970s, "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" really hasn't dated a bit, because the qualities of human nature that Forman captures--playfulness, courage, inspiration, pride, stubbornness--are universal and timeless. The film swept the Academy Awards for 1976, winning in all the major categories (picture, director, actor, actress, screenplay) for the first time since Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night" in 1931. "--Jim Emerson"
 

Only God Forgives

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Gordon Brown, Tom Burke, Vithaya Pansringarm, Byron Gibson, Sahajak Boonthanakit
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio: A Grand Elephant
My Rating:
Rated: R
Release: Jul 2013
Summary: Bangkok. Ten years ago Julian killed a man and went on the run. Now he manages a Thai boxing club as a front for a drugs operation. Respected in the criminal underworld, deep inside, he feels empty. When Julian's brother murders an underage prostitute, the police call on retired cop Chang - the Angel of Vengeance. Chang allows the father to kill his daughter's murderer, then 'restores order' by chopping off the man's right hand. Julian's mother Crystal - the head of a powerful criminal organization - arrives in Bangkok to collect her son's body. She dispatches Julian to find his killers and 'raise hell'.
 

Open Season

Director: Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchi
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Billy Connolly, Georgia Engel, Jon Favreau, Jane Krakowski, Gordon Tootoosis, Patrick Warburton, Cody Cameron, Nika Futterman, Danny Mann, Jack McGee, Michelle Murdocca, Fergal Reilly
Genre: Animation, Family
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 3
Release: Sep 2006
Summary: Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.
 

Orange Is the New Black - Season 1

Director: Michael Trim
Starring: Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Jason Biggs, Selenis Leyva, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Matt McGorry, Dascha Polanco, Samira Wiley, Yael Stone, Laverne Cox, Taryn Manning, Uzo Aduba, Natasha Lyonne, Pablo Schreiber, Danielle Brooks, Kate Mulgrew
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Studio: Lionsgate Television
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Rating: 8.7 (16,317 votes)
Summary: The story of Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a woman in her thirties who is sentenced to 15 months in prison after she is convicted of a decade old crime of transporting money for her drug dealing girlfriend (Laura Prepon).
 

The Other Guys

Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Derek Jeter, Michael Keaton, Brett Gelman
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Studio: Sony Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.6 (110,582 votes)
Release: Oct 2010
Summary: NYPD detectives Christopher Danson (Johnson) and P.K. Highsmith (Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos, other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit detectives Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg). You've seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. They're not heroes, they're "the other guys." But every cop has his or her day and soon Gamble and Hoitz stumble into a seemingly innocuous case no other detective wants to touch that could turn into NYC's biggest crime. It's the opportunity of their lives, but do these guys have the right stuff?
 

The Others

Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fiona Flanagan, Amenabar
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Studio: Dimension
My Rating:
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 7.6 (177,650 votes)
Release: Aug 2001
Summary: A welcome throwback to the spooky traditions of Jack Clayton's "The Innocents" and Robert Wise's "The Haunting", Alejandro Amenábar's "The Others" favors atmosphere, sound, and suggestion over flashy special effects. Set in 1945 on a fog-enshrouded island off the British coast, the film begins with a scream as Grace (Nicole Kidman) awakens from some unspoken horror, perhaps arising from her religiously overprotective concern for her young children, Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley). The children are hypersensitive to light and have lived in a musty manor with curtains and shutters perpetually drawn. With Grace's husband presumably lost at war, this ominous setting perfectly accommodates a sense of dreaded expectation, escalating when three strangers arrive in response to Grace's yet-unposted request for domestic help. Led by housekeeper Mrs. Mills (Fionnula Flanagan), this mysterious trio is as closely tied to the house's history as Grace's family is--as are the past occupants seen posthumously posed in a long-forgotten photo album.
With her justly acclaimed performance, Kidman maintains an emotional intensity that fuels the film's supernatural underpinnings. And while Amenábar's pacing is deliberately slow, it befits the tone of penetrating anxiety, leading to a twist that extends the story's reach from beyond the grave. Amenábar unveiled a similarly effective twist in his Spanish thriller "Open Your Eyes" (remade by Cameron Crowe as "Vanilla Sky"), but where that film drew debate, "The Others" is finely crafted to provoke well-earned goose bumps and chills down the spine. "--Jeff Shannon"
 

Our Idiot Brother

Director: Jesse Peretz
Starring: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Rashida Jones
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Studio: The Weinstein Company
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 6.5 (50,610 votes)
Release: Nov 2011
Summary: Paul Rudd stars in this witty and highly relatable comedy about that one family member who is always just a little bit behind the curve. For sisters Miranda (Elizabeth Banks), Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), and Liz (Emily Mortimer) that person is their upbeat brother Ned, an organic farmer whose willingness to rely on honesty and trusting of humankind allows for a trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother and after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once again come to his rescue. As Liz, Emily and Natalie each take a turn at housing Ned, their brother's unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a few messes in their comfortable routines. But after seeing life through Ned’s optimistic perspective, his family comes to realize that maybe, Ned isn't such an idiot after all.
 

Out of Sight

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn, Jim Robinson
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Studio: Universal Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: R
Rating: 7.0 (54,391 votes)
Release: Jun 1998
Summary: A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in.
 

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Studio: Warner Home Video
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Rating: 7.9 (34,552 votes)
Release: Jun 2010
Summary: Clint Eastwood fired the original director, Philip Kaufman ("The Right Stuff"), and took over the reins of this project himself. He may have had a point: this brutal, thoughtful western, a near-tragedy about a Civil War veteran whose past comes looking for him, is probably Eastwood's most mature frontier drama prior to the Oscar winning "Unforgiven". Hoping to build a quiet life in a cooperative community of settlers, Eastwood's Wales blames himself when his enemies attack the homestead, and he has to revert to his warrior instincts to help fend off the threat. The jittery intensity of Sondra Locke (who would be Mrs. Eastwood, at least for a while), and the screen-filling charisma of the late Chief Dan George harmonize beautifully with Eastwood, who had finally figured out how to add depth and texture to his stock-in-trade Man of Steel persona. This one may be too short on action to satisfy fans of Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" films, or of the Italian westerns he made with Sergio Leone, but it's an honorable effort. "--David Chute"
 

Oxyana

Director: Sean Dunne
Genre: Documentary, News
My Rating:
Rated: Unrated
Release: Jul 2013
Summary: Oceana, West Virginia—known as “Oxyana” after its residents’ epidemic abuse of OxyContin—is a tragically real example of the insidious spread of drug dependency throughout the country. Set against an abandoned coal mining landscape to the melodies of Deer Tick’s haunting score, this unflinchingly intimate documentary probes the lives of Oceana’s afflicted and exposes the day-to-day experience of a town living in the harsh grip of addiction.
 

Oz the Great and Powerful

Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, Tony Cox, Stephen R. Hart, Abigail Spencer, Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Toni Wynne, Rob Crites, Martin Klebba
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
My Rating:
Rated: PG
Release: Mar 2013
Summary: Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking. That all changes, however, when he meets three witches, Theodora, Evanora, and Glinda, who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.