Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Joe Versus the Volcano ranks among a very select category of movies that miss the mark in terms of quality, but which has an unmistakably appealing nature that makes you like it despite it. While...
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Commando (1985)
Commando is the film that set the mold for the iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger screen persona, showing off his charisma and penchant for one-liners as he delivers his kill shots. Prior to this, his high-profile...
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Usual Suspects is one of those rare thrillers where the more you think you know, the less you truly do. Essentially, it’s all a big mind game movie, seemingly placing all of its emphasis...
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple is most notable for being the first film by the Coen Brothers (Barton Fink, Fargo), and also an example of the noir revival in the 1980s (though Chinatownstill reigns for all-time best), culminating in the...
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Based on the long-recurring skit on “Saturday Night Live”, Will Ferrell (Austin Powers, Men Seeking Women) and Chris Kattan (Monkeybone, Corky Romano) play club-hopping brothers, Steve and Doug Butabi, who like to bob their heads and...
Running Scared (1986)
Southside Chicago detectives Ray Hughes (Hines, Wolfen) and Danny Costanzo (Crystal, The Princess Bride) are out to put away a rising-star drug lord named Julio Gonzales (Smits, Murder in Mind), who is rumored to have killed an...
The Addams Family (1991)
One of the better big-screen adaptations of a small screen television show, The Addams Family, may not be entirely faithful in its adherence to the characters and humor of the TV show. Still, it...
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Based on a true story, Josh Waitzkin is a 7-year-old boy who becomes fascinated by the game of chess after watching the locals play speed chess in a New York park. After picking up...
Wise Guys (1986)
Although known primarily for his thrillers, director Brian De Palma started off as mostly a comedic director, but with the exception of 1979’s Home Movies, Wise Guys would be the first pure comedic vehicle he has done since Phantom...
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
A Life Less Ordinary marks the third straight collaboration between director Danny Boyle, screenwriter John Hodge, and budding superstar Ewan McGregor, following on the heels of their critically acclaimed offbeat films, Trainspotting and Shallow Grave. It would...