Silverado (1985)

Silverado (1985)

[7] Writer/director Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Grand Canyon) takes a stab at the American western with Silverado. His ensemble cast includes Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, and Kevin Costner as misfit cowboys who end up riding together against a gang…
Live and Let Die (1973)

Live and Let Die (1973)

[6] Roger Moore makes his debut as James Bond in Live and Let Die, a weird blend of voodoo magic and blaxploitation that stands apart from any other entry in the Bond oeuvre. The script by Tom Mankiewicz has Bond investigating the…
Highlander (1986)

Highlander (1986)

[8] Christopher Lambert (Greystoke) stars as Connor MacLeod, a 460-year old Scottish highlander who runs a New York City antique shop in the 1980s. He's a member of a rare breed of immortals who are destined to war with each other until…
Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

[5] The Venom trilogy stumbles in its finale, but it has some nice moments. Tom Hardy returns as journalist Eddie Brock, exiled to Mexico after events of the previous movie and still hosting Venom, a shapeshifting alien symbiote, in his body. When…
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

[7] Spoilers Ahead. J.J. Abrams (TV's Lost and Alias) serves up a second, fairly solid entry in the rebooted Star Trek franchise. This time Abrams reintroduces the character of the villainous Khan, played so memorably by Ricardo Montalban in the original series…
Diamonds are Forever (1971)

Diamonds are Forever (1971)

[6] Sean Connery returns one more time (not counting his appearance in 1983's unofficial entry, Never Say Never Again) in what is easily the silliest of his Bond films. Charles Gray becomes the third actor to play archvillain Blofeld, who this time…
Star Trek (2009)

Star Trek (2009)

[7] Director J.J. Abrams reboots the Star Trek franchise with a new cast playing the original 1960s crew. The cast is perhaps the best thing about this new movie, particularly Chris Pine as James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. The…
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

[8] Tom Cruise returns, 36 years later, to the role that made him a star. Top Gun: Maverick bests the original film as drama and entertainment, putting characters with universal appeal in thrilling, high stakes situations. The film opens with Maverick (Cruise)…
Top Gun (1986)

Top Gun (1986)

[7] Tom Cruise shot to superstardom at just twenty-four years of age with Top Gun, a hyper-stylized action/drama about Naval fighter pilots jockeying for top position at an elite academy in San Diego. Cruise plays the skilled but cocky Maverick (characters go…
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

[7] In this age of superhero fatigue, I was surprised to enjoy the first Venom movie so much. Color me equally surprised that they could pull off an entertaining sequel with Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Tom Hardy returns as Eddie Brock,…