RoboCop 2 (1990)

RoboCop 2 (1990)

[7] Directed by Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back) and written by comic book legend Frank Miller, you'd think that RoboCop 2 would be vastly better and more interesting than it is. But for just another inferior sequel, it's not…
First Knight (1995)

First Knight (1995)

[3] Remember the Robert Altman movie The Player? At the end of that movie, they mock the typical Hollywood movie by showing the end of a cheesy movie in which Julia Roberts is sentenced to death in the gas chamber, only to…
Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

[6] Zack Snyder (300, Man of Steel) made his feature directorial debut with this remake of George Romero's 1978 classic zombie sequel. This time around the rag-tag team of survivors holed up in a mall during the zombie apocalypse includes…
Deep Impact (1998)

Deep Impact (1998)

[7] Deep Impact feels like an old-fashioned Irwin Allen disaster flick -- and I dig that. Basically, the world learns that an asteroid is headed toward earth and we have one year before we can attempt to destroy it with a…
First Blood (1982)

First Blood (1982)

[8] Spoiler Review! Sylvester Stallone further cemented his action super-star status with this smart, character-driven thriller about a former Green Beret suffering from post-traumatic stress who gets bullied by a small mountain-town sheriff and his deputies. When the soldier finally…
Young Adam (2003)

Young Adam (2003)

[5] Director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) adapts Alexander Trocchi's novel about a Scottish drifter (Ewan McGregor) who falls in with a family living and working on a river barge, all while hiding what he knows about an alleged…
Bliss (1997)

Bliss (1997)

[7] Craig Sheffer (Nightbreed) seeks the help of a controversial sex therapist (Terence Stamp) to help him bring his wife (Twin Peaks' Sheryl Lee) to orgasm. Bliss is like The Karate Kid for a little while, with Stamp playing the…
Manhunter (1986)

Manhunter (1986)

[8] Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Heat) brings Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon to the big screen, introducing movie-goers to Hannibal Lecktor for the first time. Manhunter stars William Petersen (CSI) as an FBI profiler trying to stop a serial killer…
Midnight Special (2016)

Midnight Special (2016)

[6] Writer/director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) serves up a supernatural drama about a father (Michael Shannon) trying to smuggle his son cross-country while avoiding both the government and the religious cult from which they escaped. Turns out the boy…
The Nice Guys (2016)

The Nice Guys (2016)

[7] Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling star as private detectives who team up to solve the mystery of a missing porn star in this comedy/action/buddy flick from writer/director Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). Black does a terrific job…