Zodiac (2007)

Zodiac (2007)

[7] Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey, Jr. star in David Fincher's film about the investigation of the so-called 'Zodiac' killer in the late '60s through the early '80s. Downey and Gyllenhaal's characters work for the San Francisco Chronicle,…
Creation (2009)

Creation (2009)

[7] Paul Bettany (Master and Commander) stars as English naturalist and evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin in this dramatic biopic from director Jon Amiel (Copycat, Sommersby). Creation focuses on the time during which Darwin struggled to complete his controversial book, The…
Anger Management (2003)

Anger Management (2003)

[5] Adam Sandler plays a man wrongly sentenced to a series of anger management courses. His instructor, played by Jack Nicholson, antagonizes him with his unorthodox teachings, which include moving in with Sandler and flirting with his girlfriend (Marisa Tomei).…
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

[8] Russell Crowe stars as a British naval captain pushing his ship's crew to the breaking point in pursuit of the Acheron, a stealthy French vessel he's been ordered to track and destroy. The plot of Master and Commander isn't…
The Amityville Horror (2005)

The Amityville Horror (2005)

[6] Platinum Dunes, a production company co-founded by Michael Bay (Armageddon, The Rock), released several remakes of classic horror movies in the early '00s. One of them, arguably their best effort, was this remake of the 1979 film The Amityville…
Frailty (2001)

Frailty (2001)

[7] Actor Bill Paxton (Twister, Aliens) makes his feature directorial debut with Frailty, in which a man recounts to an FBI agent how, as a boy, his religious-freak father forced him and his young brother to help murder alleged 'demons'…
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

[7] Director Ridley Scott and screenwriter William Monahan take us back to the Crusades, during a time of fragile peace between Christians and Muslims in Jerusalem. Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings) stars as Balian, a French blacksmith and…
Jurassic Park III (2001)

Jurassic Park III (2001)

[7] Steven Spielberg passes the directorial reigns of the Jurassic Park franchise to the superbly capable Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer, Captain America: The First Avenger) for this second dino sequel. Sam Neill returns as Dr. Alan Grant, coerced by a…
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

[5] Part two of George Lucas' Star Wars prequel trilogy is cluttered and over-produced like the previous installment, but it's a modest improvement over part one, thanks in large part to an action-packed final act. Everything before that final act…
Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

[8] A trouble-making alien crash-lands on a Hawaiian island where he's adopted by Lilo, an ostracized little girl whose parents are recently deceased. Lilo names the alien 'Stitch' and begins to tame his wild ways while offering him a place…