Movies starring Gena Rowlands

Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

107 mins     Drama, Western      

There is part of me which feels like "Lonely Are the Brave" from 1962 is a wasted opportunity to deliver a movie of depth. It is most certainly entertaining and watching Kirk Douglas playing a loner cowboy in a modern world g...

Columbo: Playback (1975)

73 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

I wonder what it must have been like to watch "Columbo: Playback" back in 1975 when it was released as it presented the public with this home filled with electronic gadgets, from surveillance equipment with control centres hi...

Two-Minute Warning (1976)

115 mins     Drama, Thriller      

"Two-Minute Warning" wants to be a thriller, but it's a thriller which uses the disaster movie formula to build the drama. What this means is that whilst there is no natural disaster for a group of plucky survivors to battle ...

The Neon Bible (1995)

91 mins     Drama      

Based upon John Kennedy Toole's novel of the same name, writer and director Terence Davies stated in an interview with Time Out Film that "The Neon Bible" doesn't work and it is his own fault. Now I have to agree because this...

Hope Floats (1998)

110 mins     Drama, Romance      

Underwhelming, unimaginative and unexciting are the surprising words I find coming to mind to describe Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick Jr's "Hope Floats", I would say unpredictable as well but that would be a blatant lie as ...

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story (2000)

100 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story (2000) Gena Rowlands & Louis Gossett Jr. star as grandparents having to deal with racial tension and history when an accident leaves them with a granddaughter to be cared for....

Charms for the Easy Life (2002)

111 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Movie Review - Charms for the Easy Life (2002) Gena Rowlands stars alongside Mimi Rogers & Susan May Pratt as Charlie Kate the matriarch of the Birch family; 3 generations of women going through changing times as they live un...

The Notebook (2004)

123 mins     Romance      

As with many modern movies I had heard far too much hype about "The Notebook" before watching it. I'd heard reports of it being a great romance, a modern love story and as is normal when a movie gets so much hype I was scepti...

The Skeleton Key (2005)

104 mins     Drama, Horror, Mystery      

Are you in search of a horror movie to watch one dark night, then give "The Skeleton Key" a look but only if you plan to watch it in the dark. I'm serious because this is a horror movie of the traditional variety, a move whic...