Movies starring Michael Shannon

Murder on the Moon (1989)

100 mins     Mystery, Sci-Fi, TV Movie      

In the year which saw the Berlin Wall come down we got "Murder on the Moon" a movie which not only featured Soviet American tension but Brigitte Nielsen climbing out of a bulky spacesuit to reveal that she is dressed is the s...

Vanilla Sky (2001)

136 mins     Family, Mystery, Romance      

Let me describe a few scenes in "Vanilla Sky". The first one is a fantastic sequence where after waking up David heads out on to the streets to find it completely abandoned, it is a dream sequence which leads to him waking up...

Bad Boys II (2003)

147 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime, Thriller      

In 1995 Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and director Michael Bay gave us "Bad Boys" a movie in the tradition of cop buddy movies with a mix of humour, crime and action. 8 years later and all 3 were back for "Bad Boys II" a sequel...

Kangaroo Jack (2003)

89 mins     Comedy      

This has to be a mistake and I am not just talking about the movie as looking at the box office figures on wikipedia for "Kangaroo Jack" it basically made a $28,000,000 profit. How this movie made a profit is beyond me becaus...

Dead Birds (2004)

91 mins     Horror, Thriller, Western      

What do you do when you come across a movie that seems to split reviewers right down the middle with some praising it whilst others lambaste it? For me I take the risk and watch it anyway but too often end up wishing I hadn't...

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

117 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

I have tried to keep the detail to that synopsis of "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" down to a minimum because this is a movie which works on you not knowing things before hand. It not only works on you not knowing things...

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

122 mins     Crime, Drama      

I guess I watched a different movie to some who think that "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans" is a hilarious black comedy because I don't know how anyone finds anything in this movie which comes to comedy or bla...

The Runaways (2010)

106 mins     Biography, Drama      

"The Runaways" appears to be a movie made for two types of people, those who were a fan of "The Runaways" music and those who are fans of actresses Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. For those who don't fit into either of th...

Jonah Hex (2010)

81 mins     Action , Drama, Family, Western      

About the only thing I know about Jonah Hex's comic book history is that this anti hero appeared in DC Comics. That's it and have never even seen a Jonah Hex comic book to be able to tell you how the heavily criticised 2010 m...

Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

129 mins     Action , Biography, Crime      

Let me start a bit off on a tangent but I have watched quite a few movies about people who have had an epiphany, changed their ways and gone on to make a huge difference in the lives of others. The thing is that many of those...

The Iceman (2012)

106 mins     Biography, Crime, Drama      

Prior to watching "The Iceman" I had never heard of Richard Kuklinski and in truth the only thing I knew was that this movie was about a real life killer. I didn't know that this Kuklinski fellow was a killer who ended up wor...

Mud (2012)

130 mins     Drama      

What goes around comes around, that seems to me to be the way things work in the movie industry these days. A movie will be made and then a few years down the line someone will come along and make a similar movie with the aid...

Premium Rush (2012)

91 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

Premium Rush (2012) Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Wilee, a Manhattan bicycle courier who after picking up an envelope for delivery finds himself being pursued by a corrupt detective...

The Harvest (2013)

104 mins     Drama, Horror, Mystery      

First things first and "The Harvest", which also goes by the name of "Can't Come Out to Play", is not perfect, there are some sizable flaws when it comes to logic. I will also say that John McNaughton's direction is solid but...

99 Homes (2014)

112 mins     Drama      

"Greed is Good" was the mantra of Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street" and I reckon if Gekko hadn't had that mantra Rick Carver would have. Not only is he a greedy son of a bitch always looking to make a deal to own more property bu...