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  • New mum Banks won't take a break - 9 August 2011
    -Actress Elizabeth Banks has no plans to put her career on hold following the birth of her first child, insisting she's no "break-taker".-The Spider-Man star and her husband, Max Handelman, welcomed a son via surrogate in March (11) after years of failed fertility treatm


  • Crowe & Banks laugh off fire truck collision - 13 November 2010
    -Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks escaped injury after a dangerous car collision on the set of new movie The Next Three Days - when a fire truck crashed into the actors' vehicle. - -Crowe tells the New York Daily News he and Banks were waiting for the police to lock dow


  • Banks banged up in prison for new drama - 8 November 2010
    -Elizabeth Banks is determined never to get arrested after experiencing prison life while researching her new movie, The Next Three Days.- -The actress plays a woman accused of murder in the new Russell Crowe film, and actually spent time at the Allegheny State Prison in

Elizabeth Banks - what members say


  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno review by A customer from Tonbridge
    Rated - 2.0 stars Zack and Miri Make a Porno 18 November 2008
    ...kles, not belly laughs. The acting is generally pretty bad, with Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks especially unconvincing and the film looks just as flat as Smith's others. Most...   Read customer review
  • Role Models
  • Role Models review by Kylos from
    Rated - 3.0 stars Don't judge a book... 17 May 2011
    ...ow expectations but I found 'Role Models' surprisingly enjoyable. Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks are as charming as ever, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Bobbe' J Thompson are bot...   Read customer review
  • The Uninvited
  • The Uninvited review by from Nottingham, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Uninspired... 9 May 2010
    ...ginal and uses the bare bones of the story to create something quite mediocre. Elizabeth Banks impresses in a role as old as 'Hansel and Gretal' but, despite glossy productio...   Read customer review

Elizabeth Banks - filmography


  • Man On A Ledge (2012)
    Starring: Sam Worthington,  Jamie Bell,  Elizabeth Banks
    Director: Asger Leth
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An NYPD hostage negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) attempts to talk cop-turned-fugitive Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) down from a high ledge, but she learns that he may have a hidden motive for threatening to take his own life. A priceless diamond has been stolen, and the thieves responsible are using ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 181 members
    Due for release on 11th June 2012
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  • Man On A Ledge - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Sam Worthington,  Jamie Bell,  Elizabeth Banks
    Director: Asger Leth
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An NYPD hostage negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) attempts to talk cop-turned-fugitive Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) down from a high ledge, but she learns that he may have a hidden motive for threatening to take his own life. A priceless diamond has been stolen, and the thieves responsible are using ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 40 members
    Due for release on 11th June 2012
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  • People Like Us (2012)
    Starring: Chris Pine,  Elizabeth Banks,  Olivia Wilde
    Director: Alex Kurtzman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Sam is a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman. His latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father'..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
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  • The Details (2011)
    Starring: Elizabeth Banks,  Laura Linney,  Tobey Maguire
    Director: Jacob Aaron Estes
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    It all started with the raccoons. After 10 years of marriage, Jeff and Nealy have a young son, an idyllic suburban life, and a marriage that's stuck. Accordingly, Jeff decides to plant a perfect backyard lawn. Enter the raccoons, who repeatedly tear up his grass. When Jeff tries to eradicate these ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • The Next Three Days - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Russell Crowe,  Elizabeth Banks
    Director: Paul Haggis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    His wife convicted of a murder she swears she did not commit, a college professor plots to break her out of prison in this thriller starring Russell Crowe and Liam Neeson. John Brennan (Crowe) and his wife, Lara (Elizabeth Banks), were happily married and raising a family when their lives fell ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 9,853 members
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  • The Next Three Days on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Russell Crowe,  Elizabeth Banks,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Paul Haggis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    Life seems perfect for John Brennan (Russell Crowe) until his wife, Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 24,850 members
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  • W. - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Josh Brolin,  James Cromwell,  Ellen Burstyn
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd president to the big screen as only he can. W takes viewers ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 3,247 members
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  • Definitely, Maybe on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Elizabeth Banks,  Rachel Weisz,  Isla Fisher
    Director: Adam Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Definitely, Maybe features Ryan Reynolds stars as Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 44,011 members
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  • Role Models on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Seann William Scott,  Paul Rudd,  Christopher Mintz-Plasse
    Director: David Wain
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star in Role Models as Danny and Wheeler, two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 36,333 members
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  • W. on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Josh Brolin,  James Cromwell,  Ellen Burstyn
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd president to the big screen as only he can. W takes viewers ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 17,306 members
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  • Definitely, Maybe - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Elizabeth Banks,  Rachel Weisz,  Isla Fisher
    Director: Adam Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ryan Reynolds and a bevy of excellent actresses star in this smart and touching romantic comedy about a little girl trying to understand her father's complicated history with women. Will Hayes (Reynolds) is in the midst of a divorce and his 11-year-old daughter Maya (Abigail Breslin) wants to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 75% from 131 members
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  • Meet Dave on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Eddie Murphy,  Elizabeth Banks,  Gabrielle Union
    Director: Brian Robbins
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A massive fireball from space hits New York's Central Park and an ordinary man emerges unscathed. The man turns out to be a spaceship operated by 100 human-looking aliens who are one-quarter inch tall and seeking a way to save their planet; complications ensue when their captain falls in love with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 14,318 members
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  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Seth Rogen,  Elizabeth Banks,  Traci Lords
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Lifelong friends and roommates Zack and Miri are facing hard times and a mountain of debt. When the electricity and plumbing get cut off, they seize upon the idea of making a homegrown porno movie for some quick cash, enlisting the help of their friends. The two vow that having sex will not ruin ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 34,318 members
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  • Fred Claus - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Michael Higgins,  Kevin Spacey,  Trevor Peacock
    Director: David Dobkin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Sibling rivalry takes on a new dimension in director David Dobkin's (WEDDING CRASHERS, CLAY PIGEONS) third collaboration with actor Vince Vaughn, FRED CLAUS. Ever since his younger brother, Nicholas (Paul Giamatti), was born, it seems that nothing Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) does is good enough. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,180 member
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  • Slither on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Nathan Fillion,  Elizabeth Banks,  Gregg Henry
    Director: James Gunn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Here's a gooey, hilarious, creepy horror film for the whole mutant, cannibal family. Michael Rooker (HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER) stars as Grant, a big bald guy from a small southern town who gets possessed by a meat-hungry parasite-worm creature from space. Even under the alien influence he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 22,553 members
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  • Invincible on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Elizabeth Banks,  Michael Nouri,  Kevin Conway
    Director: Ericson Core
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When part time bartender and full time Eagles fan Vince Papale tries out for the team during an open call, he makes the team in a complete twist of fate. Invincible is a story of Papale's career with the Eagles and his personal struggles and triumphs.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 6,452 members
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  • The Sisters on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Erika Christensen,  Elizabeth Banks,  Maria Bello
    Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bello plays Marcia, one of three sisters around whom the story is based. The film opens with Marcia and Olga (Mary Stuart Masterson) preparing a birthday surprise for their younger sister, Irene (Erika Christensen). There are deep seated, clearly longstanding rifts opening up between Marcia and her ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 588 members
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  • 40 Year Old Virgin - HD (2005)
    Starring: Steve Carell,  Catherine Keener,  Paul Rudd
    Director: Judd Apatow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) rides his bike to his stockperson job at Smart Tech, has a nice apartment filled with collectable toys (in their original packages), and plays videogames every night before bed. He's also a 40-year-old virgin. During a poker game with his coworkers David (Paul Rudd), Jay ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 596 members
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  • The 40 Year-Old Virgin on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Steve Carell,  Catherine Keener,  Paul Rudd
    Director: Judd Apatow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) rides his bike to his stockperson job at Smart Tech, has a nice apartment filled with collectable toys (in their original packages), and plays videogames every night before bed. He's also a 40-year-old virgin. During a poker game with his coworkers David (Paul Rudd), Jay ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 74,105 members
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  • Daltry Calhoun (2005)
    Starring: Elizabeth Banks,  Johnny Knoxville,  Beth Grant
    Director: Katrina Holden Bronson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The Knoxville, Tennessee-set film, written by Bronson, is a dark comedy about a father (Knoxville) struggling to keep his once lucrative Tennessee golfing empire intact when his estranged 14-year-old daughter (a gifted musician) is unexpectedly left in his care.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 7 members
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  • The Baxter on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Justin Theroux,  Paul Rudd,  Elizabeth Banks
    Director: Michael Showalter
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This quirky comedy marks the directorial debut of Michael Showalter, who is a member of the comedy troupe STELLA, and has starred in the cult-favourite film WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER. Joining frequent collaborators Michael Ian Black, David Wain, and Paul Rudd, among others, Showalter stars here as ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 158 members
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  • 40 Year Old Virgin - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Steve Carell,  Catherine Keener,  Paul Rudd
    Director: Judd Apatow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) rides his bike to his stockperson job at Smart Tech, has a nice apartment filled with collectable toys (in their original packages), and plays videogames every night before bed. He's also a 40-year-old virgin. During a poker game with his coworkers David (Paul Rudd), Jay ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 3,419 members
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  • Seabiscuit on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Jeff Bridges,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Gary Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling nonfiction novel comes to life with this spectacular big-screen adaptation. Set in the 1930s, SEABISCUIT weaves its story around three men who turned a seemingly untamable horse into a bona fide champion. Jeff Bridges is Charles Howard, a thriving entrepreneur who ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 22,221 members
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  • Swept Away on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Madonna,  Bruce Greenwood,  Elizabeth Banks
    Director: Guy Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    British director Guy Ritchie (LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, SNATCH) here remakes the controversial 1975 Italian film SWEPT AWAY... BY AN UNUSUAL DESTINY IN THE BLUE SEA OF AUGUST as a vehicle for his pop icon spouse, Madonna. The rich and spoiled Amber Leighton (Madonna) spends the bulk of ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 1,398 member
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Elizabeth Banks facts

5 most recent films

Man On A Ledge - 3.5 stars
Man On A Ledge - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
What To Expect When You're Expecting - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
People Like Us - 3.0 stars
What to Expect When You Might be Expecting - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Hunger Games - 4.0 stars
Definitely, Maybe - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Next Three Days - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Next Three Days - 3.5 stars
Invincible - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Details - 3 stars
What to Expect When You Might be Expecting - 2.5 stars
Daltry Calhoun - 2.5 stars
Heights - 3.0 stars
People Like Us - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Paul Rudd - 7 times - show films
Jane Lynch - 5 times - show films
Ellen Burstyn - 4 times - show films
Olivia Wilde - 4 times - show films
Liam Neeson - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Paul Haggis - 3 times - show films
Oliver Stone - 3 times - show films
Gary Ross - 3 times - show films
Judd Apatow - 3 times - show films
Charles - 3 times - show films