Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
It shouldn’t have been this bad. Superman portrayer, Christopher Reeve (Rear Window, The Remains of the Day), had a vision to make a statement with the fourth film in the series, offered a return to...
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Superman II (1980)
Richard Lester (A Hard Day’s Night, The Three Musketeers) replaces a disgruntled Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon, Conspiracy Theory) as the director for Superman II after many scenes, about three quarters of it, had been filmed by Donner...
Superman (1978)
Heralded by some as the greatest superhero film of all time, Superman is an epic befitting a legendary, larger-than-life comic book deity. No easy feat for a character so well-known and revered by millions the world...
No Way Out (1987)
Kevin Costner (The Untouchables, American Flyers) stars as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell, who, while at a party, meets Susan Atwell (Young, Blade Runner), an attractive woman that he ends up having a romantic affair with. Though...
The French Connection (1971)
In the 1960s and early 1970s, large amounts of heroin had been trafficked into the United States from France, who refined opium obtained from Turkey into the addictive, potentially deadly drug. U,S, author Robin...
Unforgiven (1992)
Unforgiven is one of the rare films where I agree with the Academy Award voters, who proclaimed it the Best Picture of 1992. It ranks among the best Westerns of all time, almost a...
Get Shorty (1995)
Light, amusing, and full of witty insights, just like an adaptation of Elmore Leonard should be. Get Shorty is one of the most well-made pure entertainment films of the 90s, benefiting greatly from a likable...
Antz (1998)
Dreamworks first big foray into the 3D animation genre proved to be successful with Antz, a beautifully rendered adventure that sparkles with comic dialogue and fantastic special effects. It came out the same year like...
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
More Rambo than Saving Private Ryan, Behind Enemy Lines hearkens back to the war flicks of the Eighties, with its highly patriotic tone, its glamorization of the fight, and the resolve and diligence of the one-man Army, or in...
Heist (2001)
Just when I thought David Mamet was finally starting to hit his stride as a director, he shows his amateurishness once again. However, this is not as surprising as the downturn in the quality...