Film Archive: U

U-571 (2000)

Director: Jonathan Mostow

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jack Noseworthy, T.C. Carson

• Review by Mike Ward

The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2005)

Director: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld

Cast: Tariq Ali, Walter Cronkite, Mario Cuomo, Angela Davis, John Dean, Bob Gruen, Ron Kovic, Paul Krassner, G. Gordon Liddy, George McGovern, Yoko Ono, Daniel Peel, Geraldo Rivera, Bobby Seale, M. Wesley Swearingen, Gore Vidal

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs
• DVD review by Louis R. Carlozo

The Ultimate Gift (2006)

Director: Michael O. Sajbel

Cast: Drew Fuller, James Garner, Bill Cobbs, Ali Hillis, Abigail Breslin, Lee Meriwether, Brian Dennehy, Mircea Monroe

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Un Chien Andalou (the Andalusian Dog) (1929)

Director: Luis Buñuel

Cast: Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Luis Buñuel

• DVD review by Cynthia Fuchs

Unaccompanied Minors (2006)

Director: Paul Feig

Cast: Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher, Gina Mantegna, Quinn Shephard, Rob Corddry

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Unbreakable (2000)

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Cast: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Unconstitutional: the War on Our Civil Liberties (2004)

Director: Nonny de la Peña

Cast: John Ashcroft, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz

• DVD review by Dan Devine

Undead (2003)

Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig

Cast: Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins, Lisa Cunningham, Dirk Hunter, Emma Randall

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Under Suspicion (2000)

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Cast: Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Thomas Jane, Monica Bellucci, Nydia Caro

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) (2007)

Director: Patricia Riggen

Cast: America Ferrera, Adrian Alonso, Jesse Garcia, Kate Del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez

• News: Director says 'Under the Same Moon' addresses reality of life on both sides of the border
• Review by Cynthia Fuchs
• DVD review by B.J. Carter

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Director: Audrey Wells

Cast: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Vincent Riotta, Lindsay Duncan

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Under the Volcano (1984)

Director: John Huston

Cast: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bissett, Anthony Andrews

• DVD review by Matt Mazur

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Under the Volcano is Golden Age craftsmanship at its peak with a decidedly modern edge that shows, again, that the vintage director’s eye is one that often improves with age.

   

Underclassman (2005)

Director: Marcos Siega

Cast: Nick Cannon, Roselyn Sanchez, Shawn Ashmore, Cheech Marin, Kelly Hu

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Undercover Brother (2002)

Director: Malcolm D. Lee

Cast: Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Aunjanue Ellis, Dave Chappelle, Denise Richards, Chi McBride, Neil Patrick Harris, Billy Dee Williams, James Brown

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Underdog (2007) (2007)

Director: Frederik Du Chau

Cast: Alex Neuberger, Amy Adams, Jason Lee, Peter Dinklage

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 4: August)
• Review by Bill Gibron

Undertow (2004)

Director: David Gordon Green

Cast: Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney, Jamie Bell, Devon Alan, Shiri Appleby

• DVD review by Cynthia Fuchs
• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Underworld (2003)

Director: Len Wiseman

Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Robbie Gee, Kevin Grevioux

• DVD review by Cynthia Fuchs
• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Underworld: Evolution (2006)

Director: Len Wiseman

Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Underworld: Extended Cut (2003)

Director: Len Wiseman

Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Robbie Gee, Kevin Grevioux

• DVD review by Cynthia Fuchs

Undiscovered (2005)

Director: Meiert Avis

Cast: Pell James, Steven Strait, Kip Pardue, Carrie Fisher, Fisher Stevens, Shannyn Sossamon, Ashlee Simpson

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Undisputed (2002)

Director: Walter Hill

Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Jon Seda, Fisher Stevens, Wes Studi, Michael Rooker, Ed Lover, Master P

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Unfaithful (2002)

Director: Adrian Lyne

Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Unfinished Business: the Japanese-american Internment Cases (1984)

Director: Steven Okazaki

Cast: Minoru Yasui, Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu

• DVD review by Whitney Strub

An Unfinished Life (2005)

Director: Lasse Hallström

Cast: Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez, Camryn Manheim, Joshua Lucas

• DVD review by Cynthia Fuchs
• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

United 93 (2006)

Director: Paul Greengrass

Cast: David Alan Basche, Khalid Abdalla, Ben Sliney, Gregg Henry

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

  PopMatters Pick

  

  In its fitful remembering, United 93 raises important questions (however reverentially) about the making of history.

   

The United States of Leland (2003)

Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Kevin Spacey, Don Cheadle, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Michelle Williams, Martin Donovan, Ann Magnuson

• DVD review by Cynthia Fuchs
• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Universal Soldier: the Return (1999)

Director: Mic Rogers

Cast: Jean Claude Van Damme, Michael Jae White, Xander Berkeley, Heidi Schanz, Kiana Tom

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Unknown (2006)

Director: Simon Brand

Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Peter Stormare, Greg Kinnear, Jim Caviezel, Kevin Chapman, Clayne Crawford, Bridget Moynahan, Joe Pantoliano, Barry Pepper

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Unknown Chaplin: the Master At Work (1986)

Cast: James Mason, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman, Eric Campbell, Charles Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin

• DVD review by Dante A. Ciampaglia

The Unknown Soldier (2007)

Director: Michael Verhoeven

• DVD review by Jake Meaney

The Unknown Trilogy (2007)

Director: Brian Cavallaro, Sal Mazzotta

Cast: Sal Mazzotta, Angie Everhart, Justin Guarini

• DVD review by Erik Hinton

Unleashed (2005)

Director: Louis Leterrier

Cast: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Unprecedented: the 2000 Presidential Election (2003)

Director: Richard Ray Perez, Joan Sekler

Cast: George W. Bush, Al Gore, Greg Palast, Danny Glover, Peter Coyote, Katherine Harris

• DVD review by Jennifer D. Wesley

Unreal (2004)

Director: Sloan Copeland

Cast: Jessica Dill, Kathryn Forsatz, Michael Giese, Jessica Morales, J. Dean Morrison, Amber Ryan

• DVD review by David Swerdlick

Unsettled (2006)

Director: Adam Hootnick

Cast: Lior, Meir Neta, Tarnar, Ye’ela, Yuval

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

The Untouchables: Special Collector's Edition (1987)

Director: Brian De Palma

Cast: Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery

• DVD review by Leigh H. Edwards

Untraceable (2008)

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Cast: Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Perla Haney-Jardine, Billy Burke, Joseph Cross, Mary Beth Hurt

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Up At the Villa (2000)

Director: Philip Haas

Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Jeremy Davies, Derek Jacobi

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

The Upside of Anger (2005)

Director: Mike Binder

Cast: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Evan Rachel Wood, Erika Christensen, Keri Russell, Alicia Witt, Mike Binder

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Uptown Girls (2003)

Director: Boaz Yakin

Cast: Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Donald Faison, Marley Shelton, Heather Locklear, Jesse Spencer

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

Director: ditor/composer: John Ottman

Cast: Jennifer Morrison, Loretta Devine, Hart Bochner, Matthew Davis, Joseph Lawrence, Anthony Anderson

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Urbania (2000)

Director: Jon Shear

Cast: Dan Futterman, Alan Cumming, Matt Keeslar, Lothaire Bluteau, William Sage, Barbara Sukowa, Gabriel Olds, Samuel Ball

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Useless (2007)

Director: Jia Zhangke

Cast: Ma Ke

• Feature: All Around the World: The Best International/Indie Films of 2007