Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Sonic the Hedgehog is based on the popular video game created by Sega, primarily seen as an effort to give to their console and portable systems a mascot and platform game to compete with...
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Mad Max (1979)
An introduction hardly seems necessary for the granddaddy of modern post-apocalyptic action films, even if civilization is only on the world collapsing, not yet the barely habitable wasteland shown in the movies to come. ...
Action Jackson (1988)
Carl Weathers stars as Harvard-educated Detroit cop Jericho “Action” Jackson, who earned his reputation for crossing the line in roughhousing perps. The police captain (Bill Duke) demotes Jackson from lieutenant to desk-jockey sergeant no...
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
The Farrelly Brothers (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber) fourth film sees them concocting a Jekyll and Hyde split-personality scenario to take advantage of Jim Carrey’s (The Truman Show, Liar Liar) ability to play wildly...
The Lodger (2009)
David Ondaatje (if the last name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s the nephew of famous novelist Michael) writes and directs (his first attempt at both) this throwback thriller based on the Marie Belloc Londes...
Flash Point (2007)
The duo of fight choreographer and star Donnie Yen (Huadu Chronicles, Shanghai Knights) and director Wilson Yip (Bio-Zombie, The White Dragon) reunite for their third straight movie (after Kill Zone (aka SPL) and Dragon Tiger Gate) with more intense, brilliantly-choreographed fight...
It Could Happen to You (1994)
An old-fashioned romantic comedy, reportedly inspired by a true story (although the real-life story had the waitress actually contribute in the picking of the Lotto numbers, which made the split winnings more believable), shows...
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Master of melancholy moods and improvisational romantic dramas, Wong Kar Wai (Ashes of Time, In the Mood for Love), brings his trademark style to his first English-language feature to mixed results. His cinematography and...
30 Days of Night (2007)
Based on the comic book, 30 Days of Night imagines a scenario where vampires decide to attack a small Alaskan town known to have 30 straight days without sunlight annually. Steve Niles, who wrote the...
Timecop (1994)
From the pages of Dark Horse comics comes Timecop, a futuristic time-travel cop thriller that has the dubious distinction of being Jean-Claude Van Damme’s (Street Fighter, Universal Soldier) arguably best effort, with the possible exception...