Search: Starring Kim Basinger

8 Mile (2002)

Review preview for 8 Mile

Produced and directed by middle-class white men, the movie crawls through sewage to appear genuine.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5

Eminem plays a budding white trash rapper in a black ghetto of Detroit
Batman (1989)

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A bad film with a capable director.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5

Batman defends Gotham City against The Joker as they both fall for the same woman.
Bless The Child (2000)

Review preview for Bless The Child

Basinger can't run. Her acting is lame as well.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5

Good and evil battle for the soul of a six-year-old.
Black November (2012)

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Mbong Amata's powerful performance anchors it.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5

A group of hostage takers in America desperately tries to save the life of a community activist sentenced to death in Nigeria.
Cellular (2004)

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The central premise takes a little swallowing, but... Cellular is a lovely modern B-movie, with hi-tech gimmickry.

Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5

Abducted teacher makes contact with outside world through radio waves.
The Death And Life Of Charlie St Cloud (2010)

Review preview for The Death And Life Of Charlie St Cloud

The film is far too heavy-handed in places, especially towards the end, squandering the emotional impact provided by its early ambiguity.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5

After the death of his little brother, Charlie is unable to let go, especially as his own near-death experience has forged a fresh link between them.
The Door In The Floor (2004)

Review preview for The Door In The Floor

We may lose Irving's energetic prose but, thanks to Williams, we lose none of his narrative bite.

The Exile · 4 out of 5

Portrait of a marriage, contorted by tragedy, blistered by betrayal, shaken by change.
The Informers (2008)

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Looks for insight where there clearly isn’t any to be found.

Tony Sullivan · 1 out of 5

Wealthy Angelinos are consumed by a decadent Eighties lifestyle.
L.A. Confidential (1997)

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What is unexpected in this self-conscious pander to the cult of genre cinema is the violence. It lacks the dignity of constraint.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5

Hard-boiled expose of Fifties corruption in the City of Angels.
The Nice Guys (2016)

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Gosling and Crowe are wondrous sparring partners.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5

An unlikely duo of detectives searches for a missing girl in 1977 Los Angeles.
People I Know (2002)

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The film deserves five stars for Pacino's performance alone, but relies too heavily upon him.

Caro Ness · 4 out of 5

Al Pacino is a New York publicist at the end of his rope.
The Sentinel (2006)

Review preview for The Sentinel

The film is like a Chinese meal. You enjoy it at the time, but feel empty half an hour later.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5

US secret service attempts to foil a presidential assassination plot, while uncovering a traitor in its midst.