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  • The Wolfman
  • The Wolfman review by from Weybridge, Surrey
    Rated - 2.0 stars This had me howling all right.... 19 February 2010
    ...d lead and Anthony Hopkins with his wandering accent is pure ham. Worryingly Joe Johnston is directing the new Captain America film due in 2011, this doesn't bode well. ...   Read customer review

Joe Johnston - filmography


  • The Wolfman - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Benicio Del Toro,  Benicio Del Toro,  Anthony Hopkins
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Remake of the 1941 horror film of the same name set in the 1880s. Benicio Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a gentleman tormented by the death of his mother and subsequent end of his childhood, who leaves home to try and rid himself of the memories and hurt. However, years later he is contacted by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 515 members
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  • Hidalgo - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Viggo Mortensen,  Zuleikha Robinson,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Period adventure set in 1890 based on a true story, starring Viggo Mortensen as Frank T Hopkins, a former US Cavalry officer with a reputation for being one of the fastest and most daring riders in the West. When he meets Aziz (Adam Alexi-Malle), an associate of wealthy Bedouin Sheikh Riyadh (Omar ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 351 members
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  • Hidalgo on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Viggo Mortensen,  Zuleikha Robinson,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Period adventure set in 1890 based on a true story, starring Viggo Mortensen as Frank T Hopkins, a former US Cavalry officer with a reputation for being one of the fastest and most daring riders in the West. When he meets Aziz (Adam Alexi-Malle), an associate of wealthy Bedouin Sheikh Riyadh (Omar ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 18,715 members
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  • Jurassic Park 3 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Tea Leoni,  William H. Macy
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Anxious to fund research for his new theory of velociraptor intelligence, renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant is persuaded by wealthy adventurer Paul Kirby and his wife Amanda to accompany them on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna. This infamous island, once InGen's site B, has become both a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 17,353 members
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  • Jurassic Park 3 - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Tea Leoni,  William H. Macy
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Third instalment in the blockbusting dinosaur series. This time around the adventure begins when paleontologist Dr Alan Grant (Sam Neill) is approached by the Kirbys (William H. Macy and Téa Leoni), a wealthy couple who want a guide to escort them on a flight over Isla Sorna, the forbidden dinosaur-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 72 members
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  • October Sky on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Chris Owen,  William Lee Scott,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    West Virginia, 1957. In the tiny mining community of Coalwood, high school student Homer Hickam Jr (Jake Gyllenhaal) is inspired by the Soviet Sputnik satellite, and dreams of building a rocket of his own. He is hampered by his father's (Chris Cooper) resistance, but with the help of his teacher, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,589 member
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  • Jumanji (1995)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Kirsten Dunst,  Bonnie Hunt
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Young Judy and Peter Shepherd discover the board game Jumanji in their new house. But when they begin to play they release wild animals along with Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), a grown man who has been trapped inside the game since he was 12 years old. Together they must seek out Alan's friend ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 19,285 members
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  • Jumanji - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Kirsten Dunst,  Bonnie Hunt
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Young Judy and Peter Shepherd discover the board game Jumanji in their new house. But when they begin to play they release wild animals along with Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), a grown man who has been trapped inside the game since he was 12 years old. Together they must seek out Alan's friend ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 367 members
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  • Rocketeer on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Paul Sorvino,  Alan Arkin,  William Campbell
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Los Angeles, 1938. Racing pilot Cliff Secord (Bill Campbell) stumbles across a one-man jet pack that has been stashed by a gangster fleeing from the FBI. Using the jet pack to save a distressed plane, he becomes something of a super-hero. But there are others who want the futuristic machine, chief ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 3,822 members
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  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Amy O'Neill,  Marcia Strassman,  Kristine Sutherland
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) is an eccentric inventor trying to develop a machine that will shrink things, but so far it only explodes things. When his kids knock a baseball through his laboratory window, the ball activates the machine, so that when they go to retrieve the ball they are shrunk to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 9,986 members
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Joe Johnston facts

5 most recent films

Captain America - The First Avenger - 3D Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Captain America - The First Avenger - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Captain America - The First Avenger - 3.5 stars
The Wolfman - 3.0 stars
The Wolfman - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Jurassic Park Trilogy - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Jumanji - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
October Sky - 3.5 stars
Captain America - The First Avenger - 3D Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Jurassic Park 3 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Wolfman - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Jurassic Park 3 - 3.0 stars
The Wolfman - 3.0 stars
Rocketeer - 3.0 stars
Hidalgo - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Hugo Weaving - 7 times - show films
Emily Blunt - 4 times - show films
Art Malik - 4 times - show films
Benicio Del Toro - 4 times - show films
Laura Dern - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Steven Spielberg - 1 times - show films