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Joel Schumacher

Director, Actor

Films to Rent

 
Incredible Shrinking Woman, TheIncredible Shrinking Woman, The (1981)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty
Fitfully amusing comedy mines the considerable talents of Lily Tomlin in the role of a housewife accidentally shrunk by her husband. Considerably…
D.C. CabD.C. Cab (1983)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Mr T, Max Gail, Gary Busey
Low–octane comedy about a group of hapless cabbies struggling to keep their ailing company afloat. Mr. T and a pre–brain injury Gary…
St. Elmo's FireSt. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy
The definitive 'Brat Pack' movie – seven graduates find the big wide world and the urge to pair off has consequences on their friendship as a…
Lost Boys, TheLost Boys, The (1987) Recommended
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim
Keifer Sutherland leads a pack of teen vampires who have a taste for fashion as well as that red liquidy stuff. A dynamic, stylish horror with a…
CousinsCousins (1989)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young
Superior remake of COUSIN COUSINE with Danson and Rossellini pretending to be lovers to avenge their unfaithful partners.
FlatlinersFlatliners (1990)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon
Young medical students experiment with their own deaths amid splendid gothic architecture. An intriguing premise is blown up to biblical proportions…
Dying YoungDying Young (1991)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio
Chuckle as stilettoed ignoramus Julia Roberts nurtures a rich and handsome cancer patient with whom she falls in lurve.
Falling DownFalling Down (1993)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey
Powerhouse black comedy in which Michael Douglas finally turns in a noteworthy performance. Striking back for the oppressed WASP male, he blows his…
Client, TheClient, The (1994)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones
The best adaptation yet of a John Grisham legal–eagle novel. Susan Sarandon embraces the character–driven story that is mercifully free…
Batman ForeverBatman Forever (1995)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris O'Donnell
A new director and a new Batman (Val Kilmer) line up for this lucrative threequel. Its relentless onslaught of action has a rather numbing effect,…
Time to Kill, ATime to Kill, A (1996)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock
A blue–eyed lawyer comes to the defence of a black man (Samuel L. Jackson) who murdered his daughter's rapists in the Deep South. This…
Batman and RobinBatman and Robin (1997)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger
It's George Clooney's turn in the batsuit, with Chris O'Donnell, Arnold, Uma and Alicia all able to indulge the designer fetish–wear, too. A…
8mm8mm (1998)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini
First Hollywood effort at generating thrills from the dubious (and probably mythical) subculture of 'snuff movies', where actors are deliberately…
FlawlessFlawless (2000)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman
After suffering a stroke that leaves him part–paralyzed, an arch–conservative, retired security guard (Robert De Niro) agrees to let a…
TigerlandTigerland (2001)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Colin Farrell, Clifton Collins Jr., Matthew Davis
The dir. of recent Hollywood gloss forsakes stars for a gritty, admired character piece set in a Vietnam War–bootcamp in Louisiana, 1971.…
Bad CompanyBad Company (2002)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock
CIA–spook Anthony Hopkins recruits the street–smart twin (Chris Rock) of his recently–dead partner to help on a mission to track…
Phone BoothPhone Booth (2002)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes
A lean, claustrophobic and entertaining thriller with the cute gimmick of a single location and played out in real time – Colin Farrell plays a…
Veronica GuerinVeronica Guerin (2003)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Brenda Fricker
Playing an Irish journalist determined to uncover the drug–networks of Ireland, Blanchett gives a rounded portrait of a headstrong…
Phantom of the Opera, ThePhantom of the Opera, The (2004)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Gerard Butler, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson
An opulently kitschy version of the amazingly successful Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, in which the shadowy, disfigured 'phantom' (Butler) tries to…
Number 23, TheNumber 23, The (2007)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman
Enigmatic, strangely engrossing rabbit hole thriller for Jim Carrey, about a seemingly innocuous detective novel that mysteriously mirrors his…
TrespassTrespass (2011)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Ben Mendelsohn
A bloated Nic Cage cashes in yet another paycheck in this hysterically straight–faced thriller from serial hack Joel Schumacher. Sympathy is…

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