NoFace for Film

Title: The Quiet Earth
Year: 1985
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith
Rated: R
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film rating: 6 out of 7
Before we get started, a little caveat for the reader: this may not be the easiest film to find. Your standard video rental outlets will be hit […]

Title: Night at the Museum
Year: 2006
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais
Rated: PG
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film Rating: 6 out of 7
More often than not, when a film is tagged with “fun […]

Title: The Last King of Scotland
Year: 2006
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, and Gillian Anderson
Rated: R
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film rating: 7 out of 7
Perfection is a rare commodity no matter where you look. In no place is this fact put to the test more, than in Hollywood. […]

Title: Smokin’ Aces
Year: 2007
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ben Affleck
Rated: R
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
Smokin’ Aces is a classic Hollywood example of the old bait and switch. The marketing for this film resonated […]

Title: 3 Needles
Year: 2005
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring Cast: Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stockard Channing, Olympia Dukakis, and Chloë Sevigny
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
In 1993, HBO aired a critically acclaimed film called And the Band Played On, which detailed the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic and its deadly, eventual impact on society. The […]

Title: Supertroopers
Year: 2001
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring Cast: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
Silly, bumbling cops are not a new concept in cinema. In the early 1900s we had the Keystone Kops, while during the 80s we had the Police Academy series. There’s just something […]

Spider-Man 2.1 will be released on April 17, which includes extended footage of several scenes. You can buy your own copy on Amazon by clicking on the image, but if you’re a cheapskate, just check out some of the fuzzy videos from YouTube.
I know it’s part of a marketing plan to get the public […]

Title: The Full Monty - Fully Exposed Edition
Year: 1997
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
It’s 1972, and the town of Sheffield, England is booming, thanks to the highly successful steel industry. A voiceover cheerily explains the many uses of […]

Title: El Crimen Ferpecto (The Perfect Crime)
Year: 2004 (released in the US in 2007)
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Starring: Guillermo Toledo, Mónica Cervera, Luis Varela
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
There’s an old saying that states, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” Unfortunately, all the lemonade in the world wouldn’t have helped the […]

Title: The Devil’s Advocate
Year: 1997
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
For years I avoided this film because it had Keanu “duh” Reeves in it, and as gorgeous as I find him, I just don’t care for his acting abilities, or lack thereof. However, after much […]