Skyfall (2012)
[9] It's so refreshing to watch heroes and villains who are over the age of 40. Skyfall repeatedly suggests that sometimes older is better, and as a middle-aged film fan, I couldn't agree more. Daniel Craig's third turn as James…
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
[7] Director Tim Burton's career since 1999's Sleepy Hollow has been spotty at best, but Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is one of the brighter spots in his 21st century output. Asa Butterfield (Hugo) stars as Jake, an awkward…
Ben-Hur (1959)
[10] Charlton Heston stars as Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince whose life is thrown into years of soul-crushing turmoil after being betrayed by a childhood friend. That friend, a Roman soldier named Messala (Stephen Boyd), turns against Judah after he…
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
[7] In the Deep South of the 1930s, George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson star as convicts who escape a chain gang to seek out buried treasure at Clooney's home. The three men encounter a colorful array of…
The Odyssey (2026)
[4] Christopher Nolan is not one of my favorite directors. Occasionally he'll make a movie that emotionally grips me, like Inception or Interstellar, but I more often than not find his work cold and hollow -- like Oppenheimer or Dunkirk.…
Quantum of Solace (2008)
[6] Daniel Craig's sophomore outing as James Bond doesn't measure up to the high standard set by Casino Royale, but it's still a worthy entry in the franchise. Quantum of Solace picks up directly where Casino Royale left off, with…
Casino Royale (2006)
[9] Daniel Craig joins the James Bond franchise in arguably its best offering to date. Craig plays Ian Fleming's James Bond at the beginning of his career, making his second kill and earning his status as a "00" agent before…
How the West Was Won (1962)
[8] Debbie Reynolds and George Peppard get the lion's share of screen time in the all-star epic western How the West Was Won. The film chronicles the Prescott family as they charge west in the 1830s, encountering river pirates, deadly…
Explorers (1985)
[6] Three junior-high students interpret cryptic messages from outer space to build a ship and make first contact with extra-terrestrials in Explorers. Director Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling) launched the notable careers of young co-stars Ethan Hawke (Training Day) and…
The Perfect Storm (2000)
[6] Director Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One, The Neverending Story) pits George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg against a killer storm at sea in The Perfect Storm, a true story based on a novel by Sebastian Junger. Clooney plays the captain…