Darkest Hour (2017)
Set in May, 1940, we see an anxious United Kingdom worried about the impending rise of Nazi Germany, under the command of Adolf Hitler. Out goes Neville Chamberlain (Pickup, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel),...
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Criminal (2016)
It’s perhaps fitting that the generically titled Criminal‘s plot centers around a man who is, literally, conflicted about who he is supposed to be when the film itself suffers from the same conflict. Directed by...
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Years ago, I had claimed that, despite its faults, X-Men: The Last Stand was the best third film in a superhero series to date, which goes more to show how ideas seem to dissipate once the...
The Dark Knight (2008)
It’s difficult to believe that, with all of the superhero franchises that have come out prior to 2008, the creative minds didn’t employ the strategy of saving the most popular and interesting villain for...
State of Grace (1990)
At its heart, State of Grace isn’t really a new kind of film in the small-time gangster genre, but it is an example of one that follows the formula with well-oiled precision. What these movies all...
Batman Begins (2005)
Easily the best Batman movie made to date (later bested by its sequel), Batman Begins takes an ice-cold franchise and makes it red-hot again by reinventing itself. When we last left the series, Joel Schumacher had run...
Lost in Space (1998)
Lost in Space is a motion picture version of the popular 1960s TV series of the same name about a family who get lost while seeking a gateway to an inhabitable planet for the people...
Air Force One (1997)
The US President (Ford) delivers a speech to citizens of Russia dictating the “zero-tolerance” policy the United States will be taking against terrorists. On board Air Force One on the flight home, some terrorists take...
The Fifth Element (1997)
A 23rd Century New York cabbie (Willis) has an unexpected passenger in the form of Leeloo (Jovovich), a woman who is the “supreme being” sent to save the universe from death first needing the four...
True Romance (1993)
A young comicbook dealer (Slater, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) falls in love and marries a young call girl (Arquette, Holy Matrimony) after killing her pimp. Unfortunately, he decides to steal a half million dollars worth of cocaine...