Search: Starring Mary McDonnell

Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries (2003)

Review preview for Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries

Complex, well-written and intelligent science-fiction.

Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5

Humans flee to escape anihilation at the hands of the Cylons.
Broke (2025)

Review preview for Broke

Both Russell and Quaid are very much at ease around the trappings of the ranch where their characters live, their background behaviours adding to the overall sense of authenticity.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5

A rodeo rider struggles to cope after he's told that the damage done by repeated injuries means he should never get back on a horse.
Dances With Wolves (1990)

Review preview for Dances With Wolves

The Western exhausted its cliches and died in parody. Costner works the vein, as if ignorant of its history.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5

A Union soldier goes native in the wide open plains of Sioux country.
Donnie Darko (2001)

Review preview for Donnie Darko

A film of extraordinary complexity and fascination.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5

Californian teenager is told by imaginary friend in rabbit mask that the world will end in 28 days.
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (2001)

Review preview for Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

Donnie Darko is probably the best evocation of the twilight zone of adolescence yet put on film.

Rory Ford · 4 out of 5

Extended version of the cult movie about the twilight zone of adolescence.
Independence Day (1996)

Review preview for Independence Day

What is required is not another helicopter in flames.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5

Alien invasion of earth demands action from the White House and a thousand heart-tugging human stories.
Margin Call (2011)

Review preview for Margin Call

Chandor makes good use of his acting assets and there's no doubt that he knows how to direct, but ultimately, the dullness of the script is just a little too toxic.

Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5

A day in the life of a investment firm's meltdown.