Words and Pictures

The story is rather creaky, but who cares when the actors Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche are so sublime together?

"...Directed by: Fred Schepisi. Starring: Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Valerie Tian, Bruce Davison, Amy Brenneman,..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Derailed

The first release from the new Weinstein Co. is this thriller starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen that never fully engages our sympathies.

"...Directed by: Mikael Håfström. Starring: Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Melissa George, Vincent Cassel, RZA, Xzibit,..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Close My Eyes

"...Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff. Starring: Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves and Alan Rickman. Hmmmm. It's just..."

Dec. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Shoot 'Em Up

There's not a lot to this action-movie satire other than a seemingly endless fusillade of projectiles and the image of unhinged British gunslinger Clive Owen trading fire with Paul Giamatti.

"...Directed by: Michael Davis. Starring: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Stephen McHattie and Daniel..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Croupier

"...Directed by: Mike Hodges. Starring: Clive Owen, Kate Hardie, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee, Nicholas Ball,..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond Borders

Donate your dollars directly to starving children instead of this Jolie adventure.

"...Directed by: Martin Campbell. Starring: Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Linus Roache, Noah Emmerich and Yorick..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Duplicity

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star in this new thriller about schemers and double-dealers.

"...Directed by: Tony Gilroy. Starring: Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Denis O’Hare..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Clive Owen stars as the sad, taciturn anchor of this modern film noir by Croupier's Mike Hodges.

"...Directed by: Mike Hodges. Starring: Clive Owen, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Charlotte Rampling, Malcolm McDowell, Noel Clarke,..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

King Arthur

In this cinematic retelling Arthur and his men are trained to be a warrior SWAT team for the Roman Empire.

"...Directed by: Antoine Fuqua. Starring: Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightly, Ray Winstone, Stellan Skarsgård,..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Killer Elite

Action-film icon Jason Statham is stuck in an overlong, perfunctory thriller.

"...by: Gary McKendry. Starring: Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski and Dominic Purcell...."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Boys Are Back

Clive Owen is a widower in Australia who learns to become a hands-on dad to his sons.

"...Directed by: Scott Hicks. Starring: Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, George MacKay, Emma Booth, Nicholas McAnulty..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The International

This conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts never gets past second gear.

"...Directed by: Tom Tykwer. Starring: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen, Brian F...."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I is back for seconds in this melodramatic sequel that emphasizes how the Virgin Queen lusted in her heart.

"...Directed by: Shekhar Kapur. Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Jordi Mollá, Samantha Morton, Abbie Cornish and Rhys..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bent

"...Directed by: Sean Mathias. Starring: Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Ian McKellan, Mick Jagger and Brian..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Century

"...Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff. Starring: Charles Dance, Clive Owen, Miranda Richardson and Robert Stephens. As the 19th..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Sin City

This ultra-noir adaptation of Frank Miller’s black-and-white cult comic series is a visual feast ripped straight from the original medium’s blood-soaked pages.

"...Miller and Quentin Tarantino. Starring: Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Benicio Del..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bourne Identity

"...Doug Liman. Starring: Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adele Akinnouye-Agbaje and Julia Stiles. The..."

June 14, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Greenfingers

"...Directed by: Joel Hershman. Starring: Clive Owen, Helen Mirren, Adam Fogerty, Danny Dyer, Warren Clarke,..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...Spain’s Intruders (you probably noticed the creepy poster – Clive Owen with his face fuzzed-out – floating around the..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Closer

Love’s fractured fairy tale, writ small and petty and almost too real to bear without flinching.

"...Nichols. Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen. War is hell, but it’s nothing compared to..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Song of Names

Holocaust drama about a missing musical prodigy never finds its rhythm

"...Directed by: François Girard. Starring: Tim Roth, Clive Owen, Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer-King, Gerran Howell, Luke Doyle,..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gemini Man

It's Will Smith vs. a younger Will Smith

"...by: Ang Lee. Starring: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen and Benedict Wong...."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Children of Men

Children of Men brims with cinematic gusto, but the plot raises more questions than it answers.

"...Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón. Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Claire-Hope Ashitey,..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inside Man

Although with Denzel, Jodie, and Clive in tow it would be difficult to go wrong, Spike Lee and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz have created a truly original film from various shopworn genre clichés.

"...Directed by: Spike Lee. Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor,..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFF Honors Chris Carter, Announces First Wave

Outstanding TV Writing Award for 'X-Files' creator

"...plot in London, an MI5 officer (Mac, played by Clive Owen) offers her a choice: lose everything and go..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cleaner

Daisy Ridley goes head to head with a radical activist in a skyscraper thriller

"...Directed by: Martin Campbell. Starring: Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen, Taz Skylar, Ray Fearon, Flavia Watson and Rufus..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Movie Review

The Informer

Joel Kinnaman heads undercover in the most deadly jail

"...by: Andrea Di Stefano. Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen, Ana de Armas and Common...."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...enter. The story centers around the disbelieving Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a former activist turned civil servant who's been..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Luc Besson's latest is a kaleidoscopic mess

"...Directed by: Luc Besson. Starring: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Sam Spruell, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock and..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gosford Park

The servants know all in this Altman mystery set in a British countryside estate in the Thirties.

"...Starring: Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Bob Balaban, Clive Owen, Emily Watson, Kelly MacDonald, Ryan Philippe, Kristin Scott..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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