Nil by Mouth

"...Directed by: Gary Oldman. Starring: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Laila Morse and Charlie Creed-Miles. As..."

March 13, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Sexy Beast

"...Cavan Kendall, Amanda Redman, Ian Mcshane, Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone. A boulder, a gun, a bank heist …..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Agnes Browne

"...Power, Roxanna Williams, Ciaran Owens, Niall O'Shea, Arno Chevrier, Ray Winstone, Marion O'Dwyer and Anjelica Huston. Angela McCourt, the..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Widow

What happened in Budapest no longer stays in Budapest as Marvel learns spycraft

"...Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz, Ray Winstone and William Hurt...."

July 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Scum'

What's scarier than Ray Winstone? A young Ray Winstone.

"...Lorber,) When natural predator Carlin (a 22 year old Ray Winstone playing a fraction of age) is dropped into..."

June 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hugo

Martin Scorsese steps outside his comfort zone to create an effects-heavy children’s film set in France – and winds up creating one of his most splendid and personal films.

"...Chloë Grace Moretz, Helen McCrory, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee, Ray Winstone, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jude Law and Richard Griffiths...."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fool's Gold

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson star in this tale of two gorgeous, love-tossed, star-crossed treasure hunters who reunite to search for a lost 18th century galleon.

"...McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Alexis Dziena, Ewen Bremner, Ray Winstone, Kevin Hart and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Fool’s Gold begins..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Beowulf

The irony inherent in using 21st century motion-control technology to tell a tale approximately 1,400 years old is just one of many bizarrely entertaining aspects of Beowulf.

"...Directed by: Robert Zemeckis. Starring: Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Proposition

The Western is alive and well in the Australian outback, as this gritty film with a screenplay and score by musician Nick Cave demonstrates.

"...Directed by: John Hillcoat. Starring: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, Richard Wilson, John Hurt,..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The War Zone

"...Starring: Colin Farrell, Annabelle Apsion, Freddie Cunliffe, Tilda Swinton, Ray Winstone and Lara Belmont. Fair warning: The War Zone..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

20,000 Days on Earth

This documentary (for which Nick Cave receives a script credit), gets inside the artist's notoriously fussy creative process.

"...and out of his car. Among them are actor Ray Winstone (from the Cave-scripted, Aussie-Western bloodbath The Proposition); shaggy,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Under the Skin

Scarlett Johansson is the blank alien who prowls for earthmen in this spare and disorienting genre smash-up.

"...since Ben Kingsley got on the wrong side of Ray Winstone and Amanda Redman in the director’s utterly self-assured..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...D: Anjelica Huston; with Huston, Marion O'Dwyer, Ray Winstone, Arno Chevrier...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last Orders

"...Directed by: Fred Schepisi. Starring: David Hemmings, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay, Helen Mirren, Bob Hoskins and Michael..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...compared to the work of Robert Bresson and Satyajit Ray in the way it finds and frames the beauty..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Before the latest Dr. Strange, every MCU film reviewed

"...one of the best, most visceral, and downright fun forays of all the comic-book franchises waiting in the CGI..."

May 5, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Break

Remake of 1991's action bromance

"...Directed by: Ericson Core. Starring: Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer, Delroy Lindo, Matias Varela, Clemens Schick,..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gunman

Sean Penn stars as a regretful ex-mercenary in this international game of cat and mouse

"...Pierre Morel. Starring: Sean Penn, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Idris Elba, Mark Rylance and Peter Fanzén...."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Noah

Partly allegorical, partly spectacular, and wholly sincere, Darren Aronofsky gives us another memorable movie about a driven individual.

"...Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth,..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Snow White and the Huntsman

Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.

"...Theron, Sam Claflin, Sam Spruell, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, Toby Jones, Johnny Harris..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Elbow

"..."The Birds" ebbed and swelled like a tide under gray, gathering clouds, Guy Garvey and his celestial Northern English..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Richard Whittaker

Edge of Darkness

This thriller marks a middling comeback for Mad Mel Gibson

"...Mel Gibson, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts, Danny Huston and Ray Winstone. Adapted from the six-episode BBC television drama of..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

If you're looking for escape, then the fourth installment in the beloved cliff-hanging archaeological-adventure franchise should fit the bill.

"...Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt and Jim Broadbent. What more do..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Relativity of Fineness

Crispin Glover on the It trilogy and his departed star and screenwriter

"...to make your mind ache with his utterly unique forays into reel/real transgression, it pays to recall that his..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Beckham Debuts to Hollywood Royalty, and More

"...Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wayne Gretzky, Kevin Garnett, John Hurt, Ray Win­stone, Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer,..."

July 26, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

The Departed

Watching this new film by Scorsese is tantamount to falling in love with the director all over again.

"...Starring: Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Ray Winstone, Martin Sheen, Vera Farmiga and Alec Baldwin. Watching..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hustle and Snow

At Sundance, the proving ground just got a lot more slippery

"...Search for Jackie Paris by Two Family House director Raymond De Felitta intrigued with its information about an unknown..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TIFF Notes

What I took away from the Toronto International Film Festival

"...middle brother who's locked into an untenable position by Ray Winstone's Captain Stanley, the area's new lawman. Although dotted..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Before Its Time

A fresh 35mm print of 'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains' plays the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

"...then 16-year-old Lane's way-beyond-her-years brilliance as antihero Corinne, a portrayal that keeps the film from tumbling into a pit..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

King Arthur

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

"...Antoine Fuqua. Starring: Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightly, Ray Winstone, Stellan Skarsgård, Til Schweiger, Hugh Dancy, Stephen Dillane..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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