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J.K. Simmons

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Extreme MeasuresExtreme Measures (1996)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker
Hugh Grant sniffs out conspiracy in the corridors of medicine. The potential intrigue of scientific ethics is undone by the melodramatic hyperbole…
OZ (TV Series)OZ (TV Series) (1997)
Feat. Ernie Hudson, Harold Perrineau, Jr., J.K. Simmons
Groundbreaking HBO series delivers an unflinching look at life on the inside for a group of inmates serving hard time in a maximum security prison.…
Spider-ManSpider-Man (Spiderman) (2002) Recommended
Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe
New–improved re–spinning of the Marvel comic book superhero that finds a perfect match of material and director, and the crucially…
Spider-Man 2Spider-Man 2 (Spiderman 2) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina
The webbed superhero swings back with a vengeance in this excellent sequel, dir. Raimi winding up the vertiginous action to exhilarating…
Spider-Man 3Spider-Man 3 (Spiderman 3) (2007)
Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco
The third entry in the mega–successful Marvel franchise finds Peter Parker/Spiderman confronting a coterie of villains and emo–like teen…
PostalPostal (2007)
Dir. Uwe Boll
Feat. Zack Ward, Dave Foley, J.K. Simmons
Profoundly dim farce recounts the misadventures of hopeless layabout who conspires with his cult leader uncle to rip off an amusement park, trouble…
Up in the AirUp in the Air (2009) Recommended
Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick
A cautionary business tale wrapped in a frisky romantic comedy, with George Clooney starring as a compulsive traveller whose job it is to dismiss…
Post GradPost Grad (Post Grad Survival Guide) (2009)
Dir. Vicky Jenson
Feat. Alexis Bledel, Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch
Innocuous dramedy follows the misfortune of an unemployed graduate who is forced to move back home when the economy starts to pinch a…
ExtractExtract (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mike Judge
Feat. Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig
Graduating here as a comic leading man, Jason Bateman plays a factory owner juggling a myriad of personal and professional problems in this…
Vicious Kind, TheVicious Kind, The (2009)
Dir. Lee Toland Krieger
Feat. Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, J.K. Simmons
Bilious familial drama stylistically indebted to Neil Labute features Adam Scott spitting misogynistic aphorisms at his brother's new girlfriend,…
MegamindMegamind (2010) Recommended
Dir. Tom McGrath
Feat. Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt
This zesty Dreamworks animation is a wry take on superheroes, with the fiendish baddie Megamind finding himself at a loose end after dispatching…
JobsJobs (2013)
Dir. Joshua Michael Stern
Feat. Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad
Ashton Kutcher portrays computer visionary Steve Jobs in this heady biopic charting Apple's evolution from the Macintosh to the iPod.
Labor DayLabor Day (2013)
Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith
A lonely and depressed single mother harbours an escaped convict in this moving dramatic romance from dir. Jason Reitman (UP IN THE AIR).
BarefootBarefoot (2014)
Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, Treat Williams
Evan Rachel Wood plays a severely sheltered psychiatric patient who's invited to a wedding in this light romance. Leans heavily on the pixie dream…
WhiplashWhiplash (2014) Aro Favourite
Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser
A promising young jazz drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at…
Men, Women and ChildrenMen, Women and Children (2014)
Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Adam Sandler, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jennifer Garner
Topical drama concerning a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their…
Boxcar Children, TheBoxcar Children, The (2014)
Dir. Mark A. Z. Dippe, Kyungho Jo, Daniel Chuba
Feat. Illeana Douglas, Mackenzie Foy, Zachary Gordon
Based on the popular children's novels this depression set animation with four young orphans traveling across country in search of a new home.
Rewrite, TheRewrite, The (2015)
Dir. Marc Lawrence
Feat. Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, J.K. Simmons
Frothy Hugh Grant outing has him cast as an Oscar–winning writer in a slump teaching screenwriting at a college, where he falls for a single…
Terminator: GenisysTerminator: Genisys (2015)
Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke
Arnie is back as the T–800, and back in 1984 with the twist that this time out he's Sarah Connor's guardian, but a fractured timeline cause…
Meddler, TheMeddler, The (2015)
Dir. Lorene Scafaria
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons
Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne face off in this amiable, bittersweet and comedy about an aging widow who follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes…
ZootopiaZootopia (2016) Aro Favourite
Dir. Rich Moore, Byron Howard
Feat. Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba
This Pixar animation smash is a smart, hugely entertaining romp set in a city of anthropomorphic animals in which a rookie bunny cop and a cynical…
Kung Fu Panda 3Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Dir. Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Feat. Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman
Charming third outing in the animated franchise has Po and the gang fighting off against a supernatural being intent on destroying the Kung Fu…
Accountant, TheAccountant, The (2016)
Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons
Though prone to contrivance, this is high–octane thriller is built around Ben Affleck's unusual character – a math savant, who works…
La La LandLa La Land (2016) Aro Favourite
Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Rosemarie DeWitt
The wunderkind director of WHIPLASH fashions another bold, contemporary love letter to the Jazz age, this time as a widescreen, technicolor romantic…
Patriots DayPatriots Day (2016)
Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon
Director Peter Berg and star Mark Wahlberg follow DEEPWATER HORIZON with another gutsy dramatisation of a tragic American event, this time the 2013…
Snowman, TheSnowman, The (2017)
Dir. Tomas Alfredson
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Based on a novel by Jo Nesbø (HEADHUNTERS), Michael Fassbender plays a detective leading an investigation into a missing person who is believed to…
Justice LeagueJustice League (2017)
Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot
DC Comics' answer to Marvel's Avengers combines the forces of their superhero properties; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The…
Counterpart (TV Series)Counterpart (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Ulrich Thomsen
Front Runner, TheFront Runner, The (2018) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons
Hugh Jackman leads a strong ensemble cast as charismatic Democrat Senator Gary Hart, whose 1988 U.S. presidential campaign was derailed when he was…

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