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James Gray - news / articles


  • Gray slams Phoenix's rap career - 28 March 2009
    -Two Lovers director James Gray has hit out at the film's star Joaquin Phoenix - insisting the actor is "making a fool of himself" by launching a rap career.- -Phoenix recently announced he has quit acting in order to become a hip-hop-star and has since made a strin


  • Gray credits Phoenix with saving Two Lovers - 13 February 2009
    -Filmmaker James Gray pinned all hope of getting his new film Two Lovers a big-screen release on Joaquin Phoenix - because if the retiring actor had turned down the main part, the movie would never have been made.- -The director, who has previously worked with Phoen

James Gray - what members say


  • We Own the Night
  • We Own the Night review by bpos from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars overhyped 16 July 2008
    ...t on the level of Battleship Earth, but bad enough for me to note the director (James Gray) so that I can remind myself not to bother with his other work. I note that hi...   Read customer review
  • Two Lovers
  • Two Lovers review by McClennan from St Helens
    Rated - 4.0 stars Tom Charity's review above is spot on 23 December 2009
    ...few of them have much to work with. The real sparkle in the film though is James Gray's direction. I was not impressed by his We Own The Night, which bored me with ...   Read customer review

James Gray - filmography


  • Two Lovers on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Joaquin Phoenix,  Gwyneth Paltrow,  Vinessa Shaw
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 10,406 members
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  • Two Lovers - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Bob Ari,  John Ortiz,  Joaquin Phoenix
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this drama, a photographer named Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix) is given the tough choice of choosing between two blonde beauties. His neighbour Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow) is also in the midst of an affair with a married man, while family friend Sandra (Vinessa Shaw, GARDEN PARTY) reveals she may be ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,211 member
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  • We Own The Night - HD (2007)
    Starring: Joaquin Phoenix,  Eva Mendes,  Mark Wahlberg
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director James Gray (THE YARDS) posits two distinctly different brothers--Joseph (Mark Wahlberg) and Bobby Grusinsky (Joaquin Phoenix)--as the central characters in this crime-infested thriller. Joseph and Bobby inhabit two conflicting worlds in late 1980s New York, the former becoming a cop and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 96 members
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  • We Own the Night on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Joaquin Phoenix,  Eva Mendes,  Mark Wahlberg
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    New York 1988, Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has changed his name to conceal his family connection to a long line of distinguished New York cops in order to pursue ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner. As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealers around him, he comes face to face with the family ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 37,664 members
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  • We Own The Night - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Alex Veadov,  Joaquin Phoenix,  Eva Mendes
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director James Gray (THE YARDS) posits two distinctly different brothers--Joseph (Mark Wahlberg) and Bobby Grusinsky (Joaquin Phoenix)--as the central characters in this crime-infested thriller. Joseph and Bobby inhabit two conflicting worlds in late 1980s New York, the former becoming a cop and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 47 members
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  • The Yards on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Mark Wahlberg,  Charlize Theron,  Joaquin Phoenix
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director James Gray's second film is a dark and atmospheric exploration of the corruption that lies underneath both the surface of a New York City railway manufacturing company and the family that runs it. Mark Wahlberg turns in an impressive and quietly intense performance as Leo, a 24-year-old ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,131 members
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  • Little Odessa (1994)
    Starring: Tim Roth,  Edward Furlong,  Moira Kelly
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Hitman Joshua plays a deadly game of chance when he returns to Brighton Beach to eliminate an Iranian jeweller. His return stirs up a past that could incite his own execution...
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 45 members
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James Gray facts

5 most recent films

Two Lovers - 2.5 stars
Two Lovers - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
We Own The Night - HD - 3.5 stars
We Own the Night - 3.5 stars
We Own The Night - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

We Own The Night - HD - 3.5 stars
We Own the Night - 3.5 stars
The Yards - 3.0 stars
Two Lovers - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Two Lovers - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Little Odessa - 3.0 stars
We Own The Night - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Two Lovers - 2.5 stars
Two Lovers - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Yards - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Joaquin Phoenix - 7 times - show films
Mark Wahlberg - 4 times - show films
Danny Hoch - 3 times - show films
Vinessa Shaw - 3 times - show films
Alex Veadov - 3 times - show films