The Rookie (1990)
Eastwood may be a well-respected director these days, crafting such Academy Award winners as Unforgiven, Mystic River, and Million Dollar Baby, but he has made a few duds in his time as well. Does anyone remember Firefox? True...
Category: Thriller
Munich (2005)
It may not meet the standards of some groups as to its historical accuracy, but Steven Spielberg’s Munich nevertheless is engaging and thought-provoking moviemaking of the highest order. Munich marks the second time that the aftermath...
Cat’s Eye (1985)
Cat’s Eye is an anthology of three Stephen King short stories, two of which were previously published in print in the “Night Shift” collection, “Quitters, Inc.” and “The Ledge”. The stories are united by the...
The Craft (1996)
Robin Tunney stars as Sarah, a newly relocated Los Angeles high school senior that immediately becomes fast friends with three other similarly spiritual, misfit girls. The new clique is actually a young coven of...
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
John McTiernan resumes the helm in the series that made him an esteemed action director with the third installment in the Die Hard trilogy. Like the first outing, the action flies fast and furious, with excellent...
Total Recall (1990)
The idea for Total Recall began after screenwriter Ronald Shusett’s feature screenplay effort, 1974’s W, went awry. Looking to start anew, Shusett found Philip K. Dick’s short story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,”...
Syriana (2005)
Gripping in parts, convoluted and stagnant in others, Syriana is screenwriter Steven Gaghan’s attempt to provide an insider’s peek into the varying forces at play in the continuing Middle Eastern oil and terrorism struggles, similar...
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
Fun with Dick and Jane is a loose remake of the 1977 George Segal/Jane Fonda film of the same name, revamped to incorporate a running commentary on the greed and corruption of corporate America,...
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Are introductions really necessary for Quentin Tarantino’s best film? Pulp Fiction is nearly perfectly executed in every detail, balancing a fine line between tragedy and comedy, the absurdly surreal and the unflinchingly realistic, morally depraved and...
The Net 2.0 (2006)
Probably near the top of the list of sequels that never needed to be made is The Net 2.0, an in-name-only sequel to 1995’s very modest hit, The Net. The premise is simple: an attractive American...