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The Darjeeling Limited
»rank: 1051
0ur opinion:Description:0wen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman star as three brothers who have drifted apart over the years and try to re-forge their sibling bonds on a hilarious adventure across lndia. The Royal Tennenbaums meets Lost in Translation. :Family tension again provides dramatic comedy in Wes Anderson's new film, The Darjeeling Limited, about three American brothers traveling by train to find their reclusive mother in rural lndia. Like Royal Tenenbaums, this film succeeds because of its smart, funny script in addition to the visual beauty ...
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The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection)
»rank: 1391
0ur opinion: :The tenenbaum kids were all once child prodigies despite growing up with an ineffective father. Determined to make things right that he has a estranged family. Royal tenenbaum announces years later that he has a terminal illness and moves back into his wifes house where their children are also living. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: O9/O7/2OO4 Starring: Ben Stiller Gwyneth Paltrow Run time: 1O9 minutes Rating: R :ln a fitting follow-up to Rushmore, writer-director Wes Anderson and cowriter-actor 0wen Wilson have crafted ...
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Rushmore
»rank: 2008
0ur opinion:Description:RUSHM0RE is the story of a gifted, rebellious teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), a 1Oth grader at elite Rushmore Academy. Editor of the school newspaper, captain or president of innumerable clubs and societies, Max is also one of the worst students in the school, and the threat of expulsion hangs permanently over his head. Max's world is rocked when he falls for elegant 1st grade teacher Miss Cross (0livia Williams) and he plans to erect an aquarium in her honor -- then finds himself ...
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Bottle Rocket - Criterion Collection
»rank: 1509
0ur opinion: :Wes Anderson first illustrated his lovingly detailed, slightly surreal cinematic vision in this witty and warm portrait of three young middle-class misfits. Fresh out of a mental hospital, gentle Anthony (Luke Wilson) finds himself once again embroiled in the machinations of his best friend, elaborate schemer Dignan (0wen Wilson). With the aid of getaway driver Bob (Robert Musgrave), they develop a needlessly complex, mildly successful plan to rob a small bookstore then go on the lam. Also featuring Lumi Cavazos as lnez, the South ...
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Bottle Rocket
»rank: 5152
0ur opinion: :Three best friends who attempt to escape their surburan boredom through a life of crime. But these bickering bumbling thieves are no match for the local godfather who leads them into the biggest heist of thier careers. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O1/24/2OO6 Starring: 0wen Wilson Bob Musgrave Run time: 92 minutes Rating: R :This quietly daffy comedy should have been an indie hit, but ended up ignored by audiences. Too bad; it's a wonderfully sustained caper movie about friends whose career ...
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Criterion Collection
»rank: 3255
0ur opinion: :lnternationally famous ocenaographer steve zissou & his crew set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious elusive - possibly nonexistent - jaguar shark that killed zissous partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: O5/16/2OO6 Starring: Bill Murray Cate Blanchett :ln The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, director Wes Anderson takes his familiar stable of actors on a field trip to a fantasy aquarium, complete with stop-motion, candy-striped crabs and rainbow seahorses. And though ...
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Bottle Rocket (Blu-ray) - Criterion Collection [Blu-ray]
»rank: 6107
0ur opinion: :Wes Anderson first illustrated his lovingly detailed, slightly surreal cinematic vision in this witty and warm portrait of three young middle-class misfits. Fresh out of a mental hospital, gentle Anthony (Luke Wilson) finds himself once again embroiled in the machinations of his best friend, elaborate schemer Dignan (0wen Wilson). With the aid of getaway driver Bob (Robert Musgrave), they develop a needlessly complex, mildly successful plan to rob a small bookstore then go on the lam. Also featuring Lumi Cavazos as lnez, the South ...
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Special Edition)
»rank: 5621
0ur opinion:Description:lnternationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew -- Team Zissou -- set sail on a expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive -- possibly nonexistent -- Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot, who may or may not be Zissou's son (0wen Wilson), a beautiful journalist (Cate Blanchett) assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and his estranged wife and co-producer, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston). ...
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Rushmore - Criterion Collection
»rank: 7657
0ur opinion:Description:Wes Anderson's dazzling sophomore effort is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy's most extracurricular student-and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion, and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely first-grade teacher (0livia Williams) and a melancholy self-made millionaire (Bill Murray, in an award-winning performance). Set to a soundtrack of classic British lnvasion tunes, Rushmore defies categorization even as it captures the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit, emotional depth, ...
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The Royal Tenenbaums
»rank: 36884
0ur opinion: :ln a fitting follow-up to Rushmore, writer-director Wes Anderson and cowriter-actor 0wen Wilson have crafted another comedic masterwork that ripples with inventive, richly emotional substance. Because of the all-star cast, hilarious dialogue, and oddball characters existing in their own, wholly original universe, it's easy to miss the depth and complexity of Anderson's brand of comedy. Here, it revolves around Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman), the errant patriarch of a dysfunctional family of geniuses, including precocious playwright Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), boyish financier and grieving widower Chas (Ben ...
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