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

Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)

[6] In this PG-13, relatively 'family friendly' horror film based on a video game, the animatronic animals at a 'Chuck E. Cheese'-style pizzeria and arcade come to life and slaughter anyone who breaks in and attempts to vandalize their abandoned…

April 19, 2026

Oblivion (2013)

[7] After a war with aliens leaves Earth ravaged and humans near-extinct, two lone caretakers oversee the harvesting of ocean water for transport to the moon Titan where humanity is repopulating. Tom Cruise stars as one of the caretakers, a…

April 19, 2026

My Reputation (1946)

[6] Barbara Stanwyck stars as a recently widowed woman who causes a stir in her social circle when she finds new love with an army major (George Brent). She's prepared to defy her friends and mother, but when her twelve…

April 18, 2026

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

[9] Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal star as Ennis and Jack, young cowboys who take a job herding sheep in the mountains of Wyoming during the summer of 1963. Isolated from the rest of the world for months on end,…

April 18, 2026

Anora (2024)

[7] Mikey Madison stars as Anora, a New York stripper and escort who accepts a marriage proposal from a super-rich Russian playboy (Mark Eydelshteyn) during a lavish excursion to Las Vegas. The romance burns fast and bright before the boy's…

April 17, 2026

Wake in Fright (1971)

[7] Gary Bond (Zulu) stars as a restless school teacher in the desolate hellscape of the Australian Outback. On his way to Sydney for Christmas break, he becomes stranded in a frontier mining town after gambling away all his money.…

April 16, 2026

Always (1989)

[7] One of director Steven Spielberg's less successful films remains this fantasy-romance starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, and John Goodman as aerial forest-fire fighters and best friends. When Dreyfuss's character perishes in action, he comes back as a guardian angel…

April 15, 2026