Movies starring Cherry Jones

Alex: The Life of a Child (1986)

100 mins     Biography, Drama, TV Movie      

But before we see that part of the story we jump back to the start and the happy Deford family rocked when they are informed that Alex has Cystic Fibrosis and is not given long to live which initially leads Frank to say that ...

What Makes a Family (2001)

101 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

The write up I read prior to watching "What Makes a Family" read something like "a lesbian partner battles for custody of their child after her partner died and the Grandparents under law have more rights". Now for me that ma...

Signs (2002)

102 mins     Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller      

"Signs" is a fall back to the days of the good old Hitchcock thriller, where the film is primarily set in one location, being in this case the house. Plus instead of showing us everything, we are aloud to use our own minds to...

The Village (2004)

108 mins     Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

For me "The Village" is a one watch wonder because its effectiveness comes from a twist and once you know that twist the movie is not so good. But whilst M. Night Shyamalan did this with "The Sixth Sense" he made that a thril...

Amelia (2009)

111 mins     Adventure , Biography, Drama      

Prior to watching "Amelia" I really only knew two things about Amelia Earhart and they were that she was a pioneering woman pilot and that she went missing when trying to fly around the world. Now to me those are two importan...

The Beaver (2011)

91 mins     Drama      

Movie Review - The Beaver (2011) Mel Gibson stars as Walter Black who having become depressed finds that the only way he can carry on in his life is by communicating through a beaver hand puppet....