Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

[8] Quentin Tarantino made his auspicious writing/directing debut with this claustrophobic drama about a group of armed robbers who rendezvous in an abandoned warehouse after their heist is botched, resulting in deaths and injuries. Harvey Keitel plays 'Mr. White,' who's…
Thunderheart (1992)

Thunderheart (1992)

[7] Val Kilmer stars as an FBI agent with Sioux heritage sent to help another agent (Sam Shepard) solve a murder committed on tribal land in South Dakota. Shepard's character thinks it's an open and shut case, but Kilmer is…
The Remains of the Day (1993)

The Remains of the Day (1993)

[8] Anthony Hopkins stars as Stevens, an emotionally repressed English butler working for an influential Lord in the years leading up to World War II. When he hires a new head housekeeper, Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson), the two slowly develop…
Anastasia (1997)

Anastasia (1997)

[7] There’s a lot to like about the first animated feature produced by 20th Century Fox, even if the sum of the parts is a bit uneven. Anastasia draws upon Russian history and legend, centering around the youngest daughter or…
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…
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)

I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)

[5] In this middling family-friendly holiday flick from Disney, young Jonathan Taylor Thomas (TV's Home Improvement, The Lion King) plays a swindling college student who gets stranded in the California desert glued into a Santa Claus outfit without money or…
Batman Returns (1992)

Batman Returns (1992)

[8] Anything but 'more of the same', Tim Burton's sequel dives into the troubled psyches of its headlining trio -- Batman, Catwoman, and The Penguin.  Michael Keaton's Batman still plays second fiddle to the villains, but what fascinating villains they…
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

[8] Jeff Goldblum and director Steven Spielberg return for the first Jurassic Park sequel. Goldblum's character first scoffs at John Hammond's (Richard Attenborough) request to catalog and study the flourishing dinosaurs at a second 'Site B' island. But when he…
Deep Blue Sea (1999)

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

[6] Scientists working at a remote ocean laboratory have grown giant sharks to harvest for a protein they believe could cure Alzheimer's disease. As they prove their theory and prepare to celebrate, though, the sharks turn on their captors and…
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

[8] Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas star in this true story adaptation about two man-eating lions who killed dozens of railroad workers in Tsavo, Kenya, in the late 1800s. Kilmer plays a bridge engineer who enlists Douglas, a world-famous big…