GoldenEye (1995)
[6] Pierce Brosnan (TV's Remington Steele) makes his debut as James Bond in GoldenEye, the first Bond film after a then-record 6 year gap. He finds himself battling a former fellow MI6 agent (Sean Bean) who has teamed up with…
Striptease (1996)
[4] Demi Moore received a whopping $12.5 million to appear topless in this film about a woman who starts strip-dancing to make ends meet after a judge grants full custody of her young daughter (played well by Moore's real life…
Backdraft (1991)
[6] Director Ron Howard (Cocoon, Apollo 13) delivers peak-level pyrotechnics wrapped in corny melodrama with Backdraft. Kurt Russell and Daniel Baldwin co-star as quarreling brothers who follow their late father into firefighting careers. Baldwin plays the younger brother, embarrassed by…
Judgment Night (1993)
[5] Four young men take an alternate route to a boxing match and end up getting lost in the most drug-infested, crime-ridden part of Los Angeles. After witnessing a murder, they're pursued relentlessly by the killer and his cronies. Unable…
The Bodyguard (1992)
[7] Kevin Costner stars as a professional bodyguard hired to protect a popular singer/actress (Whitney Houston, in her screen debut) who doesn't realize she's becoming the object of obsession for a disturbed and dangerous fan. As threatening letters are found…
Lost in Space (1998)
[5] Director Stephen Hopkins (Predator 2, The Ghost and the Darkness) tackles this big budget reboot of Irwin Allen's 1960s television show about a family of space explorers who get lost among the stars. William Hurt and Mimi Rogers play…
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…
The Hard Way (1991)
[5] Michael J. Fox and James Woods star in this middling action-comedy from director John Badham (Short Circuit, Wargames). Fox plays a famous actor researching a new cop role by shadowing Woods's character, a cranky but cool New York cop.…
Mars Attacks! (1996)
[5] Director Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) turns an infamous 1960s line of trading cards into a mad-cap feature film with Mars Attacks! Patterned after star-laden disaster flicks from the '70s, the film follows a large ensemble of characters in…
L.A. Confidential (1997)
[9] In 1950s Los Angeles, three police officers with very different approaches overcome their differences to collaborate on a murder case that ultimately unveils widespread corruption at the highest levels of law enforcement and the government. Guy Pearce plays the…