Movies starring Viola Davis

Far from Heaven (2002)

107 mins     Drama, Romance      

Todd Haynes' "Far from Heaven" owes a lot to the magnificent "All That Heaven Allows" in fact it feels like Haynes took the original story and swapped the social issues which were the focus of that one and replaced them with ...

Solaris (2002)

99 mins     Drama, Mystery, Romance      

Back in 2002 a previous girlfriend of mine was massively in to George Clooney, I wasn't, so when "Solaris" came out she went to watch it with some girl friends whilst I went to the bar. Amusingly my ex and her friends all lef...

Stone Cold (2005)

87 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie      

For a TV movie "Stone Cold" is surprisingly entertaining but not because it has some thrilling storyline because honestly the storyline is weak. It's entertaining because it stars Tom Selleck delivering a character which is s...

Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)

89 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

I'm not a big reader and so it should be little surprise that I confess to having never read one of Robert B. Parker's novels about Paradise and Chief of Police Jesse Stone but I did watch "Stone Cold" the first TV movie adap...

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)

87 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

"Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise" was the third of the nine Jesse Stone novels which Robert B. Parker wrote it is also the third movie in the series which features Tom Selleck. But the thing is that the first Jesse Stone story...

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)

88 mins     Biography, Drama, TV Movie      

There was a time when I was a sucker for talent shows; as a Brit I watched X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent and also watched the American versions when they were shown. But my enjoyment of these talent shows quickly died and...

Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)

88 mins     Crime, Drama, TV Movie      

The "Jesse Stone" movies have continually impressed me and the 4th movie "Jesse Stone: Sea Change" is no different as it continues to be interesting and entertaining. But there is something quite clever about "Jesse Stone: Se...

Nights in Rodanthe (2008)

97 mins     Drama, Romance      

"Nights in Rodanthe" is a movie where my opinion vastly differs from the majority of paid and unpaid film critics, I enjoyed it. I liked the fact that "Nights in Rodanthe" feels minimal both in look and storyline, I liked tha...

Doubt (2008)

104 mins     Drama, Mystery      

I could mention that "Doubt" features a storyline surrounding paedophilia in the Catholic Church but whilst that is the basis of the movie it is for me a movie about three characters and three performances that are the story....

Eat Pray Love (2010)

133 mins     Drama, Romance      

Like with many movies which have been adapted from popular novels I am sure a lot of what is important, what provides meaning and explains things has had to be cut out. I can't be certain as I have not read Elizabeth Gilbert'...

Knight and Day (2010)

109 mins     Action , Comedy      

I like action movies, I like comedy movies but very few action comedies have really wowed me or wowed me enough to leave much of a lasting impression. It comes down to balance because either the comedy is too forced or the ac...

It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

101 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

This isn't a movie review, maybe someday I will return to "It's Kind of a Funny Story" and do a review of it properly as it is a well worked movie which is light but has depth. Nope this is me wondering what has happened to t...

The Help (2011)

146 mins     Drama      

I've skimmed over a few reviews of "The Help" as I looked for information on it and saw comments ranging from this is how it was to this is too watered down and family friendly. Maybe those opinions are both right, maybe for ...

Beautiful Creatures (2013)

124 mins     Drama, Fantasy, Romance      

Romance, supernatural elements, evil relatives: oh dear doesn't "Beautiful Creatures" sound an awful lot like those pesky "Twilight" movies. In truth I imagine that was the reason why the novel of the same name by Kami Garcia...

Prisoners (2013)

153 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

Okay so "Prisoners" is two and a half hours long and I can break things down to a few sentences as on one hand we have Keller Dover who is willing to some seriously extreme things to try and find out where his daughter is, br...

Ender's Game (2013)

114 mins     Action , Sci-Fi      

In space no one can hear you scream but I damn well bet they can hear you snore when tedium pushes you over the edge. It is what happened to me during the first hour of "Ender's Game" a movie which seems to be popular with th...

Get on Up (2014)

139 mins     Biography, Drama, Musical      

Movie Review - Get on Up (2014) Chadwick Boseman stars as James Brown in this biopic of his life from his troubled childhood to his fame and stints in prison...