Dylan Baker Movies

Genres: Drama   

Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Christine Horne, Cole Hauser, Ellen Page, Sheila McCarthy, ...

I saw the movie recently and really liked it. I surprised myself and
cried. This movie is in the same niche genre as "Away from Her" - or
even "The Bucket List" but handles the whole aging theme with
incredible authenticity. It's really really tough to have the main
character as unlikable as Hagar. The director does a masterful job with
the challenge. Hagar's hard to un...

Genres: Drama    Romance   

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, ...

Revolutionary Road is a drama centered around an unhappy married couple
living in the 1950's suburbs. They struggle dealing with their lives,
how things have turned out, and what to do next. April (Kate Winslet)
is a stay at home mother and wife, who seems to want more than that.
She had dreams of becoming an actress but it never seemed to work out.
She's angry, depre...

Genres: Comedy    Drama    Horror    Thriller   

Starring: Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Quinn Lord, Lauren Lee Smith, Moneca Delain, ...

Ah, Halloween… my favorite time of the year. It isn't so much the
festivities taking place that excites me as it's the feeling in the air
once October comes. That palpable sensation you get seeing
jack-o-lanterns grimly lit faces, kids trick-or-treating in the streets
and the aesthetics of fall surrounding you slowly giving way to winter.
I think it must hold a spe...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda, Jimmy Bennett, Louis C.K., ...

Maybe Diminished Capacity isn't "all that and a bag of chips," as a
friend of mine is fond of saying. But I'll tell you what, it's pretty
funny. I think I heard more laughing than anything I've seen at
Sundance since Napoleon Dynamite and Little Miss Sunshine. That bodes
well for the box office prospects of this film.Alan Alda gives a terrific performance as Rollie ...

Genres: Documentary    Animation    History   

Starring: Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, ...

Brett Morgan's Chicago 10 might not deliver any groundbreaking
revelations about one of the most notorious of protests-gone-bad sagas
in American history, where after four days and nights (mostly)
non-violent protesters and loaded-for-bear police clashed horrifically
on the streets of Chicago and then the masterminds in the 'Yippies'
(i.e. Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin...

Genres: Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Dylan Baker, Stacie Bono, Timothy Hutton, Sharon Stone, Pruitt Taylor Vince, ...

The original title of this bleak film - WHEN A MAN FALLS IN THE FOREST
- was inexplicably shortened to the nebulous WHEN A MAN FALLS for the
release of the DVD: had the original title been retained, the audience
may have been given a clue as to the intended message of the story.
This is the second film for 26-year old writer/director Ryan Eslinger
and it does suggest that he wa...

Genres: Action    Thriller    Drama    Fantasy   

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, ...

As I was walking down the stairs and out of the theater, I was trying
as hard as I could to pull a smile out of my face. My friends tensely
asked if I liked it, I said "Yes, of course!!" They nodded weakly in
response. On the way home, I kept thinking to myself. "You liked it!
C'mon! It's Spiderman!" Now, it's two days later, the euphoria of
waiting for Spidey to co...

Genres: Comedy    Crime   

Starring: Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, David Koechner, Dylan Baker, ...

There are movies that follow a relatively obvious plot. There are
movies where you expect every plot twist ten minutes in advance. This
certainly is one of those movies. But then, why would you go see a
comedy looking for gripping plot lines? This is one of those movies
that would have bombed, in the wrong hands. Given an average director
and a mediocre cast, this movie would h...

Genres: Comedy    Drama    Horror    Romance   

Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Dylan Baker, Kesun Loder, Sonja Bennett, ...

I suppose the ultimate curse of attending the Toronto Film Festival is
your release date time table get messed up. Quite frankly, I'm just
happy Fido got picked up for US distribution. In any case...Ever seen Shaun of the Dead? Good. How about Lassie? Able to reconcile
the two? Well, if you can your name might be Andrew Currie, Canadian
helmer of the first ever family themed zo...

Genres: Horror    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Irving, ...

Maybe Robert De Niro's doctor in Godsend (2004) went to the same
medical school of horrors as his Dr. David Callaway in Hide and Seek,
this year's De Niro toss away film, from which he deposits his
considerable paycheck along with cash from Meet the Fockers. Why he
doesn't concentrate his fortune and connections (as Clint Eastwood
does) to craft an artful small film that would ...

Genres: Action    Fantasy    Sci-Fi    Thriller    Crime    Romance   

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, ...

I went to the midnight show last night and was completely blown away !!
I am 30 years old and had begun reading the Amazing Spider-Man back
when I was 11 and leaving the theater last night, I felt like I was a
kid again- I was amazed, I was in awe, I really felt... satisfied.Every scene crackled. There was an energy, there was an effort put into
every moment of the movie. No scene ...

Genres: Biography    Drama   

Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, ...

"We've got a couple of hours before dinner; time for a couple of sex
surveys. Who wants to go first?" This line from KINSEY is a great representation of the movie. It
illustrates the film's offhanded sense of humor and shows that the
otherwise taboo topic of sex is tossed about in a way that can be seen
as being either casually shocking or mundanely trivial. And, logically
enou...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Dylan Baker, Nick Searcy, Lynn Whitfield, ...

Chris Rock delivers some funny moments, both as writer and actor, as you
would expect. But the direction is amateur hour - by turns, static and
awkward. The narrative flow doesn't, and the few laughs are punctuated by
inane gags and flat writing. Chris Rock is often funny and brilliant, but
as this fails in its efforts to be satire and slapstick. The satire is
unfocused and...

Genres: Drama   

Starring: Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford, Agnes Bruckner, Sandra Oh, Dylan Baker, ...

If you go to the movies to feel good about life, to feel all warm and
fuzzy about the world around you, then "Rick" isn't for you. However,
if you delight in stories that revel in the darker side of human
nature, that have a nasty sense of humor, then this incredibly dark
comedy might be just the film for you.Based on Verdi's opera, "Rigoletto," editor-turned-director Curtiss
C...

Genres: Comedy    Drama    Romance   

Starring: Mandy Moore, Allison Janney, Trent Ford, Alexandra Holden, Dylan Baker, ...

I almost considered passing up watching this one, but I'm glad I didn't.
This movie has all the hallmarks of a bad afterschool special, actually four
or five of them smashed together. But just when you think it's about to fall
off a cliff of cliches, something unexpectedly intelligent happens. Just
when it's about to turn into a tear-jerker, the director puts her camera,
almost...

Genres: Drama    Sport   

Starring: Mason Gamble, Gary Sinise, Philip Baker Hall, Dylan Baker, Henry Simmons, ...

I know. You never heard of this movie. You probably never will again.
Neither had I, and it turned out to be a complex, intelligent little sports
movie about a child golf prodigy who gets the benefit of an education about
life while he's sharpening his golf game.It impresses most of all because it is filled with surprises. Every time you
think it is going to go after a clich...

Genres: Crime    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem, ...

"Along Came A Spider" works. It may suffer from one plot twist too many,
it
may borrow liberally from other pictures, it may have narrative holes you
could run a horse race through, but in spite of all that, it WORKS. And as
everyone knows, that is about the highest compliment a film like this can
be
paid.Directed by Lee Tamahori, "Along Came a Spider" hits the ground run...

Genres: Fantasy    Horror    Sci-Fi    Thriller    Crime    Drama   

Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Colton James, Dylan Baker, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Gerry Becker, ...

The last time I reviewed a film helmed by a music video director, I was
very
angry at what I'd seen (`Mystery Men'), but Tarsem Singh spares us the
fish-eye lenses and commercial overindulgences and decides to concentrate
on
presenting an astonishing visual and audible journey into the mind of a
serial killer in `The Cell'.Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio) kills women by dr...

Genres: Comedy    Drama   

Starring: Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson, Goran Visnjic, Patricia Velasquez, ...

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Genres: Comedy    Fantasy    Romance    Drama   

Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean Patrick Flanery, Patricia Clarkson, Dylan Baker, Larry Gilliard Jr., ...

Honestly, I think this is an awful movie... but I can't help but love
it! It has a cheesy plot, unrealistic characters, a bit of magic that
adds to the unbelievability and about everything else that a bad movie
has. And yet, this is one of my favorite movies to watch when I'm in
the mood to watch something light and fun. I'm almost embarrassed to
say I love it! I don't know wha...

Genres: Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, James Naughton, Laila Robins, Terry Kinney, ...

Oxygen is a made for Cinemax thriller that does a one up on the thriller
genre. This film is about the acting. It does what most other thrillers and
films stay away from, the performances. A cop (Maura Tierney) with some very
dark secrets is on the trail of a kidnapper (Adrien Brody) who buried a rich
woman (Laila Robins) alive in the New York woods. This is a cat and mouse
thr...

Genres: Drama    Mystery    Romance   

Starring: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles S. Dutton, Bonnie Hunt, Dennis Haysbert, ...

True, there are some goofs, for the one who wants to find them. They're
not important, though.The primary feature of this film is watching veteran expert actors do
their craft. Kristin Scott Thomas is beautiful and plays well the part
of a strong woman, but one who has been hurt. Same for Harrison Ford,
who, for the ladies, is just as beau as Kristin is belle for us guys.Their hurt...

Genres: Drama    Comedy   

Starring: Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, ...

There are only a handful of films that have a distinct polarizing
affect on the audience--A Clockwork Orange, The Cook, the Thief, His
Wife & Her Lover, and I would even lump in American Beauty--these are
movies you either get, or you don't. And if you don't get it, you will
hate it. Open minded viewers need only apply, and that's certainly the
case with "Happiness." I remember...

Genres: Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall, Roma Maffia, ...

This was satisfying to watch, just to see justice done to an evil
character (played well by Demi Moore). It's also refreshing - and
astonishing - to see the flip side of the coin: a man accusing a woman
of sexual harassment and proving it! What a unique twist, almost
unheard of in the Liberal world of mainstream films.Michael Douglas co-stars with Moore and is good, too, but I ...

Genres: Comedy    Romance   

Starring: Tate Donovan, Sandra Bullock, Mary Mara, Dale Midkiff, Hillary B. Smith, ...

Guilty because I know if I admit how much I like it, I might lose some
cred
as a film buff. But it's a great fairy tale, Anne Bancroft's brief scenes
are funny, and Tate Donovan is a man I can get behind! The scene where
the
nasty superficial gal crushes his ego at the bar must really hit home with
a
lot of men. And say what you want about Bullock, but here she shows...

Genres: Adventure    Comedy    Drama   

Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, ...

I'm not sure who is responsible for bringing Steve Martin
and
John Candy together,but they are a genius in my book,and
they
were brought together with just the right material.This
comedy
from John Hughes is without question his best work as a
director.
I look at this film as a modern day Laurel and Hardy romp,which,
incredibly was not included in the AFI's Top 1...