Twister (1996)

Twister (1996)

[7] Following in the tradition of Irwin Allen disaster movies like The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure comes this tornadic thrill ride from director Jan de Bont (Speed). Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets) and Bill Paxton (Frailty) star as…
The Last Boy Scout (1991)

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

[4] Bruce Willis stars as a private eye trying to protect a stripper who thinks she's in danger. When she ends up killed, her boyfriend, a disgraced football player (Damon Wayans), ingratiates himself to Willis to help discover who's responsible for her…
Swamp Thing (1982)

Swamp Thing (1982)

[3] In this adaptation of the DC Comics series, a scientist working on a bio-engineering experiment is killed in a lab explosion that turns him into a creature, half-man and half plant. Super-strength and the ability to heal people are perks of…
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

[7] Tom Holland, my personal favorite Spider-Man, returns in his third official film -- although his character has also appeared in many other Marvel movies that don't have his name in the title. This time, the young webslinger is dealing with the…
Leviathan (1989)

Leviathan (1989)

[6] Deepsea miners dig for silver and find a genetically mutated monster that picks them off one by one -- you know, Alien under the sea. Even though the script is a hack job, Leviathan should still satisfy anyone in need of…
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

[3] Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito return for this lackluster sequel to 1984's terrific Romancing the Stone. The Jewel of the Nile picks up six months after the end of the first movie, with adventurous Jack (Douglas) and romance novelist…
The Suicide Squad (2021)

The Suicide Squad (2021)

[6] It's weird that we now live in a time when a studio is willing to make the same movie twice, only a few years apart and call it by the same title. But here's DC's The Suicide Squad... again. This time…
Greenland (2020)

Greenland (2020)

[7] Gerard Butler (300) and Morena Maccarin (Firefly) star in this end-times thriller about a family trying to find shelter before a comet smashes into Earth. We've seen this plot play out in movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact, but Greenland distinguishes…
Speed Racer (2008)

Speed Racer (2008)

[6] After seeing trailers for this movie, I decided I didn't want to feel stuck in a jelly bean tornado for a whole two hours and fifteen minutes. But for whatever reason, I finally decided to take a chance on Lilly and…
Reign of Fire (2002)

Reign of Fire (2002)

[6] Frequent X-Files director Rob Bowman helms this action-packed monster movie about the last remaining humans on Earth battling dragons in post-apocalyptic England. Christian Bale plays the cautious leader of a colony of survivors who have taken up residence beneath an old…