Knives Out (2019)
Genre-hopping writer-director Rian Johnson has done a neo-noir teen flick in Brick, a family crime dramedy in The Brothers Bloom, a twisty time-travel sci-fi excursion in Looper. More famously, he also ushered in the...
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Dreamscape (1984)
Long before people were interacting in a virtual reality slumber in films like The Cell and The Matrix, there was this modestly overlooked sci-fi teaser which delved into the possibilities of one person interacting with another in...
Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
Simon Pegg (The Boxtrolls, The World’s End) stars as the titular Hector, a psychiatrist whose life is so predictable and routine to the point where he feels he has squeezed out any ability to be...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Daniel Craig stars as investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist, who ends up losing a major and very public libel lawsuit, not because he wasn’t right, but because he lacked the evidence to prevail. His reputation...
Dragnet (1987)
As with so many movies that would be written and starring SNL alums, Dragnet is a case of an amusing sketch comedy idea dragged out beyond its ability to truly entertain in a feature film. ...
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Surely there is very real and very convincing data that the planet cannot survive the excesses of the human race: the proliferation of atomic devices, uncontrolled breeding habits, the rape of the environment, the...
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...
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Like something from out of the past itself, Somewhere in Time is an old-fashioned romance that came out at a time when such movies were no longer being made. Missing an audience at the time of...
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
After lackluster box office returns for Star Trek V, questions abounded whether Paramount finished the film series for good. Retaining the core cast proved so expensive that continuing might be unsustainable if they couldn’t...