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Movies directed by Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright's Baby Driver seeks to inject a dose of high octane into a heist film while illustrating how it's possible to make a car chase exciting in an era when few action staples have become more boring and predictable. The film also s...
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Flea, CJ Jones, ...
It has been remarked by more than one critic that the action comedy can be one of the easiest movies to make poorly and one of the most difficult to make effectively. The problem is evident: comedy and action often war with one another, each tryin...
Genre: COMEDY/ACTION
Cast: Simon Pegg, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, ...
It does not follow that a parody has to be funny but, in the case of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the humor is there. A clever send-up of comic book and video games (circa 1990), this movie illustrates that writer/director Edgar Wright can rise to...
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, ...
Shaun of the Dead is a spoof, but at the same time, it's a semi-serious horror movie. It's also an homage to George Romero's Dead series (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead) and a societal commentary. Admittedly, with so ...
Genre: COMEDY/HORROR
Cast: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, ...
World's End, The
The World's End represents the conclusion to the so-called "Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy" from the creative team of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost. Finding linkage between this film and its predecessors, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz,...
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, ...