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Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst
Born 30 April 1982, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Wise Words: "Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you."



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Kirsten Dunst - news / articles


  • Dunst searches for herself online - 18 November 2011
    -Kirsten Dunst can't help but search for stories about herself on the internet, despite branding her Google fixation a "very dangerous" habit.-The actress began worrying about saucy pictures of herself surfacing online after she stripped off for full-frontal nude scene


  • Dunst: 'Von Trier's Hitler ramble was a joke gone wrong' - 9 November 2011
    -Kirsten Dunst is still defending her Melancholia director Lars Von Trier after his comments about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler prompted Cannes Film Festival organisers to ban him from the event for life.-The actress was sitting beside the Scandinavian moviemaker at a Cann


  • Dunst impressed Von Trier during online chat - 13 October 2011
    -Kirsten Dunst landed her role in Lars Von Trier's new movie Melancholia after chatting to the director over video-messaging service Skype.-The Spider-Man actress was recommended to Von Trier to play a depressed woman in the drama, and movie bosses set up a meeting bet

Kirsten Dunst - what members say


  • Jumanji
  • Jumanji review by from Aberdeen
    Rated - 3.0 stars Over and over again... 25 March 2005
    ... entertainment. Robin Williams does a good job with playing the boy and a young Kirsten Dunst is also interesting to see. Of course, the moral in the story is simple, but...   Read customer review
  • Drop Dead Gorgeous
  • Drop Dead Gorgeous review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor in flintshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars superb.................. 17 October 2007
    ...nt Rose American Teen Pageant in Minnesota. There are superb performances from Kirsten Dunst, as the pretty, but poor, girl who would be Queen, Ellen Barkin, as her trailer...   Read customer review
  • The Virgin Suicides
  • The Virgin Suicides review by A customer from Herts
    Rated - 5.0 stars Exceptional debut by Sofia Coppola 6 March 2004
    ...the pre-adolesence phyche through the eyes of 5 daughters (mostly Lux played by Kirsten Dunst)and their overbearing mother and 5 neighbourhood boys who secretly lust after t...   Read customer review

Kirsten Dunst - filmography


  • Melancholia on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Charlotte Gainsbourg,  Kiefer Sutherland
    Director: Lars Von Trier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth... MELANCHOLIA is a psychological ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 2,303 members
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  • Upside Down (2011)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Jim Sturgess,  Jayne Heitmeyer
    Director: Juan Diego Solanas
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Look up towards the sky and rub your eyes because you won’t believe what you see: cities, forests, and oceans with their own inverted gravity, only an arm’s length away, yet completely unreachable. Take a leap over to this alternate reality, two worlds – one above, one below? facing each other, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 5 members
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  • All Good Things (2010)
    Starring: Ryan Gosling,  Kirsten Dunst,  Jeffrey Dean Morgan
    Director: Andrew Jarecki
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "All Good Things" is a love story and murder mystery set against the backdrop of a New York real estate dynasty in the 1980s. Mr. Durst was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 50 members
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  • Spider-Man 3 - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Kirsten Dunst,  Thomas Haden Church
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Marvel comics hero returns for more high-flying fun in this third instalment in the series. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is up to his usual Spidey tricks, attending university classes as an awkward geek, then quickly slipping into his red-and-blue suit to save New York City from various ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 6,075 members
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  • Marie-Antoinette on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Jason Schwartzman,  Rip Torn
    Director: Sofia Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Oscar winner Sofia Coppola brings to life a fresh interpretation of the life of France's legendary teenage Queen MARIE ANTOINETTE. Kirsten Dunst plays the naive and beautiful Marie Antoinette, who is betrothed to King Louis XVI at the tender age of 14, entering an opulent French court which is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 19,698 members
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  • Elizabethtown on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Kirsten Dunst,  Susan Sarandon
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Orlando Bloom stars as Drew Baylor, a hot-shot designer whose life becomes completely unraveled when he loses his father and his job on one fateful day. En route to Elizabethtown to visit his family, Drew meets Claire (Kirsten Dunst). She's beautiful, unstoppably positive, and just the gal to guide ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 29,495 members
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  • Wimbledon on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Paul Bettany,  Sam Neill
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Richard Loncraine's 'Wimbledon' is a lighthearted romantic comedy set in the high-pressure world of professional tennis. Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is a 31-year-old Englishman who was once ranked 11th in the world, but has now dropped to a pathetic 119th. Realising that his days are numbered, Peter ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 59,657 members
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  • Spider-Man 2 on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Kirsten Dunst,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two years have passed since the mild-mannered Peter Parker walked away from his longtime love Mary Jane Watson and decided to take the road to responsibility as Spider-Man. Peter must face new challenges as he struggles to cope with "the gift and the curse" of his powers while balancing his dual ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 90,289 members
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  • Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Elijah Wood,  Kirsten Dunst
    Director: Michel Gondry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Joel (Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine (Winslet) has had her memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. Out of desperation, he contracts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwaik, to have Clementine removed from his own memory. But as Joel's memories ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 98,256 members
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  • Mona Lisa Smile - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Kirsten Dunst,  Julia Stiles
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mike Newell's MONA LISA SMILE is a pretty period film that combines a quaint pedagogical tale with a feminist dissection of traditional female roles in 1950s society. Julia Roberts leads an impressive cast of top young actresses including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles. Roberts ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 333 members
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  • Levity on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Billy Bob Thornton,  Holly Hunter
    Director: Ed Solomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Billy Bob Thornton stars in LEVITY as Manual Jordan, an ex-con recently released from a 21-year jail sentence, who is seeking redemption from Adele Easley (Holly Hunter), the sister of the guy he murdered. His mild manner and passivity make him immune to the new freedoms he'll experience outside of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 3,740 members
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  • Mona Lisa Smile on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Kirsten Dunst,  Julia Stiles
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mike Newell's MONA LISA SMILE is a pretty period film that combines a quaint pedagogical tale with a feminist dissection of traditional female roles in 1950s society. Julia Roberts leads an impressive cast of top young actresses including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles. Roberts ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 30,543 members
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  • Spider-Man on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Bruce Campbell,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the classic Marvel Comics series, Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN deftly details the origin of the web-slinging superhero. When awkward New York City teenager Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) attends a class field trip to a laboratory, he gets bitten by a genetically altered spider while taking photos ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 56,964 members
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  • Cat's Meow (2002)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Edward Herrmann,  Eddie Izzard
    Director: Peter Bogdanovich
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In November 1924, multimillionaire William Randolph Hearst (Edward Herrmann) hosts a weekend of festivities aboard his 220-foot steamer in honor of filmmaker Thomas Ince's (Cary Elwes) birthday. It seems that everyone on board wants something from Hearst. Ince and his partner, George Thomas (Victor ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,732 members
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  • Get Over It on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Ben Foster,  Sisqo
    Director: Tommy O'Haver
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director Tommy O'Haver's (BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS) sophomore effort is a breezy teen romance that injects a much needed jolt of wit and energy into an overworked genre. Ben Foster (FREAKS AND GEEKS) stars as Berke, a fairly nondescript basketball player whose romance with the beautiful ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,924 members
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  • Crazy Beautiful on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Jay Hernandez,  Lucinda Jenney
    Director: John Stockwell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL is not your typical teen romance. The film offers a grittier, more realistic take on the subject than most. It manages to be sweetly romantic without pandering to, or insulting, the intelligence of its intended audience. Director John Stockwell uses an unobtrusive, verite style to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,788 members
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  • Bring It On on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Eliza Dushku,  Jesse Bradford
    Director: Peyton Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Stellar Kirsten Dunst, as cheerleading captain Torrance Shipman, leads six-time defending cheerleading champions the Toros against a talented inner-city squad, the East Compton Clovers, in BRING IT ON. The film presents a lighthearted, slightly quirky exploration of the cutthroat but perky world of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 9,590 members
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  • Luckytown (2000)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  James Caan,  Vincent Kartheiser
    Director: Paul Nicholas
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Two young hipsters go to Las Vegas to chase their dreams, but neither is happy with what they find in this dark comedy-drama. Lidda (Kirsten Dunst) is a young woman who hasn't heard in many years from her father Charlie (James Caan), a gambler working the casinos in Las Vegas. On her 18th birthday, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • The Crow - Salvation on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Eric Mabius,  Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
    Director: Bharat Nalluri
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Alex Corvis (Eric Mabius) is back from the dead after receiving the electric chair for murdering his girlfriend, Lauren Randall (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe). In the guise of the Crow, Alex has returned in order to take revenge on the real murderer and to set the justice system straight. Lauren's little ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 3,505 members
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  • The Crow - Salvation - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Eric Mabius,  Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
    Director: Bharat Nalluri
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Alex Corvis (Eric Mabius) is back from the dead after receiving the electric chair for murdering his girlfriend, Lauren Randall (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe). In the guise of the Crow, Alex has returned in order to take revenge on the real murderer and to set the justice system straight. Lauren's little ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Deeply (1999)
    Starring: Brent Carver,  Kirsten Dunst,  Julia Brendler
    Director: Sherri Elwood
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    On Ironbound Island, just off the coast of Nova Scotia, native Fiona McKay (Alberta Watson, THE SWEET HEREAFTER) arrives from Europe with her teenage daughter Clair (Julia Brendler), hoping that the peace of the island will help the girl get over the death of her boyfriend. The girl finds comfort ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 8 members
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  • The Virgin Suicides on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  James Woods,  Kirsten Dunst
    Director: Sofia Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the 1993 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES tells the dreamlike tale of the Lisbons, a family living in a sheltered 1970s suburbia. When Cecilia (Hannah Hall), the youngest of the five teenage Lisbon daughters, inexplicably commits suicide, the rest of the family--Mr. Lisbon (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 14,201 members
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  • Drop Dead Gorgeous on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Denise Richards,  Kirstie Alley,  Ellen Barkin
    Director: Michael Patrick Jann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    There can be only one Miss Teen Princess and an overbearing mother will stop at nothing to make sure her daughter wins a beauty contest. A twisted comedy set in a small Minnesota town loaded with some very unladylike behavior. Watch out for the affected Midwestern accents!
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 4,200 members
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  • Dick on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Michelle Williams,  Dan Hedaya
    Director: Andrew Fleming
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Arlene (Michelle Williams) and Betsy (Kirsten Dunst) wander away from their tour group while visiting the White House and stumble upon one of Nixon's infamous top-secret document shredding sessions. Seeking to uncover how much the two girls have discovered, Nixon appoints them "Official White House ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,320 member
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  • Lover's Prayer on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Geraldine James,  Nick Stahl
    Director: Reverge Anselmo
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A young and very wealthy boy (Nick Stahl, TERMINATOR 3, IN THE BEDROOM) becomes infatuated with the beautiful young woman (Kirsten Dunst, SPIDER-MAN, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE) who has moved in to the place next door for the summer. He is at an age where between childhood and adulthood, and the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 54 members
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  • The Devil's Arithmetic on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Brittany Murphy,  Mimi Rogers
    Director: Donna Deitch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Kirsten Dunst plays Hannah, a modern teen more concerned with trends than history. During the traditional Passover dinner, she zones out as her relatives harp about concentration camps. But then Hannah passes through a portal to the past, where she becomes her own ancestor in Poland during the Nazi ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 366 members
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  • Small Soldiers on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Jay Mohr,  Phil Hartman
    Director: Joe Dante
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A toy company believes it is onto something when it employs the latest government military technology in a series of action figures, enabling them to talk. They underestimate the power of the special micro chips they've employed, however, as the two opposing sides of the toy line start thinking for ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,646 members
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  • Strike! (1998)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Gaby Hoffmann,  Lynn Redgrave
    Director: Sarah Kernochan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    It's 1963, and the pupils at Miss Godard's School for Girls are dismayed when they find out they're merging with a boy's school. Imaginations run wild as the girls start a campaign against the motion.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 43 members
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  • Fifteen And Pregnant on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Park Overall,  David Andrews
    Director: Sam Pillsbury
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tina Spangler is just another happy kid at fourteen. At fifteen she's pregnant and faces the choices of abortion, adoption or the lonely life of a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend she has only one person to turn to - her mother, a single parent herself. What starts out as a hopeless tale ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 748 members
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  • Jumanji - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Kirsten Dunst,  Bonnie Hunt
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A magical board game serves as a door to another dimension in this adventure fantasy based on Chris Van Allsburg's award-winning children's book. When a pair of orphans discover the game and start playing it, they unwittingly unleash a man (Robin Williams) who's been trapped inside--as well as an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 181 members
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  • Jumanji on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Kirsten Dunst,  Bonnie Hunt
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A magical board game serves as a door to another dimension in this adventure fantasy based on Chris Van Allsburg's award-winning children's book. When a pair of orphans discover the game and start playing it, they unwittingly unleash a man (Robin Williams) who's been trapped inside--as well as an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 16,338 members
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  • Interview with the Vampire on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Brad Pitt,  Kirsten Dunst
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Anne Rice's best-selling romantic horror tale about the origins of a centuries-old vampire inspired this popular, atmospheric chiller. One of director Neil Jordan's major Hollywood productions, the film stays close to its source material, retaining the frame of a young reporter (Christian Slater) ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 18,233 members
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  • Little Women on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Winona Ryder,  Gabriel Byrne,  Trini Alvarado
    Director: Gillian Armstrong
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The fourth screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 novel, LITTLE WOMEN, is given a realistic and rounded treatment by screenwriter Jo Swicord and Australian director Gillian Armstrong, whose perspective emphasises a feminist tone. The story chronicles the lives of a mother and four ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,598 members
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  • Interview with the Vampire - Blu-ray (1994)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Brad Pitt,  Kirsten Dunst
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 2,086 members
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  • Kiki's Delivery Service on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Janeane Garofalo,  Phil Hartman
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Veteran animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this buoyant children's adventure yarn about a young witch striking out on her own. At her mother's behest, 13-year-old Kiki sets out on a year-long apprenticeship with her black cat in tow. With a shaky command of her broom, she ends up in a charming little ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 10,685 members
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Kirsten Dunst facts

5 most recent films

Melancholia - 2.5 stars
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story - 5.0 stars
Melancholia - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Upside Down - 3.0 stars
All Good Things - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Interview with the Vampire - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Kiki's Delivery Service - 3.5 stars
Interview with the Vampire - 3.5 stars
Jumanji - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Crow - Salvation - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Luckytown - 3 stars
Deeply - 2.5 stars
The Crow - City Of Angels / Crow - Salvation - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Strike! - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Tobey Maguire - 7 times - show films
James Franco - 7 times - show films
Tom Wilkinson - 5 times - show films
Jim Carrey - 5 times - show films
Tom Cruise - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Sam Raimi - 6 times - show films
Michel Gondry - 5 times - show films
Robert Altman - 4 times - show films
Ted Demme - 4 times - show films
James Foley - 4 times - show films