Reviews of albums, films, concerts, and more from the Bay Area Music and Movie Nerds
starring: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Emma Watson, Julia Ormond, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Dougray Scott, Zoe Wanamaker
written by: Adrian Hodges
directed by: Simon Curtis
MPAA: Rated R for some language
starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones
written by: Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller
directed by: James Bobin
MPAA: Rated PG for some mild rude humor
starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgard, Stellen Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Brady Corbet, Udo Kier, Cameron Spurr
written and directed by: Lars von Trier
MPAA: Rated R for some graphic nudity, sexual content and language
starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, Ken Howard, Jeffrey Donovan, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas, Denis O’Hare, Stephen Root, Ed Westwick, Miles Fisher
written by: Dustin Lance Black
directed by: Clint Eastwood
MPAA: Rated R for brief strong language
starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Evan Rachel Wood, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Max Minghella, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Ehle
written by: George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon
directed by: George Clooney
MPAA: Rated R for pervasive language
starring: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Blythe Danner, Joel McHale, Chris Pratt, Martin Freeman, Zachary Quinto, Andy Samberg, Thomas Lennon, Ed Begley Jr., Anthony Mackie, Dave Annable
written by: Gabrielle Allan and Jennifer Crittenden
directed by: Mark Mylod
MPAA: Rated R for sexual content and language
starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt, Kerris Dorsey
written by: Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
directed by: Bennett Miller
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some strong language
starring: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, James Woods, Dominic Purcell, Rhys Coiro, Willa Holland
written and directed by: Rod Lurie
MPAA: Rated R for strong brutal violence including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content, and pervasive language
starring: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Ehle, Demetri Martin, John Hawkes, Elliott Gould, Enrico Colantoni, Sanaa Lathan, Bryan Cranston, Anna Jacoby-Heron
written by: Scott Z. Burns
directed by: Steven Soderbergh
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for disturbing content and some language
starring: Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Kevin Dunn
written by: Gavin O’Connor, Anthony Tambakis & Cliff Dorfman
directed by: Gavin O’Connor
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense mixed martial arts fighting, some language and thematic material