Schirmer Cinema – A Century of Cinema: Reviews by Scott Schirmer

Masters of the Universe (2026)

[4] Director Travis Knight (Bumblebee, Kubo and the Two Strings) accepts a daunting high wire act with this comedy/fantasy film based on the He-Man '80s cartoon series and toy line. How do you make goofy cartoon for boys into an…

June 5, 2026

Die Another Day (2002)

[4] Pierce Brosnan's James Bond swan song is by far his least satisfying entry in the series. Die Another Day opens with Bond being captured by North Korean terrorists. Once he's traded for another spy, M (Judi Dench) takes him…

June 4, 2026

Backrooms (2026)

[2] Backrooms started as an internet meme that turned into an open-source series of YouTube videos, video games, and a bunch of other crap that only GenZ give a shit about. I never wanted to see this movie because it…

June 3, 2026

X… The Unknown (1956)

[5] The British army discovers a deep crevasse and a surge in radioactivity in a remote Scottish village. Scientists and security officials convene and determine that an organism of unknown origin is consuming radioactivity and growing at an alarming rate.…

June 2, 2026

The Basketball Diaries (1995)

[5] Leonardo DiCaprio gives a strong early-career performance in this film based on the life of Jim Carroll, a promising young basketball player and writer whose life was derailed by drug addition in the late '60s and early '70s. The…

June 1, 2026

There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

[6] Director Douglas Sirk (Written on the Wind) mines male middle-aged malaise in this melodrama that reteams Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray (Double Indemnity) for their fourth and final film together. MacMurray plays a successful toy manufacturer with a wife…

May 31, 2026

Horror Express (1972)

[7] British horror icons Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing play rival scientists trying to contain a defrosted prehistoric creature aboard the Trans-Siberian Express in this moody midnight horror flick. The monster's kill count starts to feel repetitive and you'll have…

May 31, 2026