Wish Upon

A music box leads to deadly wish fulfillment

"...Directed by: John R. Leonetti. Starring: Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Sydney Park, Shannon Purser, Mitchell..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Stop-Loss

A real-world fuse burns throughout the military drama of Stop-Loss, the Austin-lensed film by Boys Don't Cry's Kimberley Peirce that stars Ryan Phillippe.

"...Directed by: Kimberly Peirce. Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ciarán Hinds,..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Way of the Gun

"...Katt, Taye Diggs, Juliette Lewis, Benicio Del Toro and Ryan Phillippe. It should be obvious that a movie called..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cruel Intentions

In its fourth film rendition, Les Liaisons Dangereuses is adapted for the high-school set.

"...Directed by: Roger Kumble. Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Joshua Jackson, Christine Baranski,..."

March 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Breach

The career of Robert Hanssen, the brilliant real-life FBI spy whose exploits as a double agent caused a great many deaths, should be the mole story to end all mole stories, but it is not.

"...Directed by: Billy Ray. Starring: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert,..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Antitrust

"...Directed by: Peter Howitt. Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tygh Runyan, Claire..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playing by Heart

"...Mohr, Ellen Burstyn, Anthony Edwards, Madeline Stowe, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Phillippe, Angelina Jolie, Jon Stewart, Gillian Anderson, Gena Rowlands..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Flags of Our Fathers

The first half of the film continues Clint Eastwood's ongoing deconstruction of America's hero myths but then detours into some uncharacteristically sentimental mulch.

"...Directed by: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cruel Intentions

Made-for-TV acting quality that can't begin to grasp the nuances of the story -- but the kids seem to like it.

"...D: Roger Kumble (1999); with Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Christine Baranski, Joshua..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Brothers by Blood

Cold and slow gang war on the streets of Philadelphia

"...Joel Kinnaman, Maika Monroe, Felix Scott, Paul Schneider and Ryan Phillippe...."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cruel Intentions

Cruel Intentions falls limp compared to previous adaptation of the Choderlos de Lacos novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

"...Cruel Intentions D: Roger Kumble (1999); with Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Selma Blair, Joshua..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Screens Review by Mike Emery

I Know What You Did Last Summer

"...Jim Gillespie. Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze, Johnny Galecki, Bridgette Wilson, Anne Heche..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lady of the Manor

Unconventional comedy pairs a stoner with a straitlaced 1800s spirit

"...Justin Long. Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Judy Greer, Justin Long, Ryan Phillippe, Luis Guzmán and Patrick Duffy. Not reviewed at..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review

Back in Action

After a moviemaking hiatus, writer/director Kimberly Peirce returns to screen with Stop-Loss

"...which was shot largely in Austin last year, features Ryan Phillippe as Army Staff Sgt. Brandon King, a small-town..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Film News

It's dry as a bone out there, but this verdant pasture of industry info and celebrity gossip is no mirage

"...Reese Witherspoon is reportedly sweatily nesting here while hubby Ryan Phillippe shoots the untitled war in Iraq film formerly..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

On Bomb Defusions and Boner Ghosts

MacGruber's cast and crew tell all, or at least a lot

"...most of the cast – Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, and Val Kilmer – in attendance. While the..."

March 16, 2010 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Film News

I've got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want first?

"...columns as the home-wrecking site for Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe's marriage. This summer, little birdies informed me of..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Wrapped and Ready

"...Wright Penn, Chazz Palminteri, Garry Shandling, Anna Paquin, Meg Ryan...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...directed by Luke Boughen, Rebekah Fergusson, Gwendolyn Oxenham and Ryan White and War Don Don, directed by Rebecca Richman..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Criminal Conversation

How Christopher McQuarrie, the writer of The Usual Suspects and the director of the upcoming The Way of the Gun, learned to say no.

"...his screenplay for The Usual Suspects. With childhood pal Bryan Singer in the director's chair, that 1995 thriller thrust..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Roger Kumble; with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lincoln Lawyer

Matthew McConaughey is the titular lawyer who lands a high-profile case after a career spent defending dirtbags.

"...Directed by: Brad Furman. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Josh Lucas, Laurence..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

MacGruber

Here's an idea that hasn't been tried in a few years: Turn a Saturday Night Live skit into a feature film.

"...Directed by: Jorma Taccone. Starring: Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Val Kilmer, Maya Rudolph and Powers Boothe. To..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gay THIS, Mr. Man Chin

Show Jay your "gayest" look!

"...Jay Leno is such a dork. Recently he interviewed Ryan Phillippe and could not resist poking fun and the..."

April 2, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Film News

We're No. 1! We're No. 1!

"...lives! Look for the Austin-shot Iraq war film starring Ryan Phillippe at the upcoming South by Southwest Film Festival...."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

A Good Day for Channing Tatum Fans

Channing Tatum steps up, screens twice at SXSW

"...Austin a while back. Kimberly Peirce's Stop Loss, starring Ryan Phillippe and (you guessed it) Channing Tatum, will screen..."

Jan. 29, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

Stephen dishes on celebrities local (Capitol Kia's wide-mouthed Bill Dickason) and visiting (Quentin and Fiona), and more.

"...director of Boys Don't Cry, Kimberly Pierce, which stars Ryan Phillippe (aka the Other White Meat) as a soldier..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Film News

In Austin and abroad: action

"...Cry) formerly known as Stop-Loss. Mr. Reese Witherspoon, er, Ryan Phillippe (Crash) is in negotiations to star, with Abbie..."

June 23, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Crash

The paths of a seemingly unconnected, multicultural group of Los Angelenos cross in the most compelling American movie to come around in a long while.

"...Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Esposito, Terrence Howard,..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

ALSO PLAYING

"...lens for The Way of the Gun, in which Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro are two skeezeballs who..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature