Cinderella (1950)

Cinderella (1950)

[4] Cinderella was the biggest hit Walt Disney had since 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Walt credited it for saving the company from bankruptcy. While I'm certainly thankful the film allowed Disney's legacy to continue, I can't say it's among…
The Odyssey (2026)

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. Even when…
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

[7] The villainous boogeyman Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) comes back for his first sequel, but this time he's not trying kill kids in their dreams -- he wants to kill them in the real world. And in order to do so, he…
One Million Years B.C. (1966)

One Million Years B.C. (1966)

[3] Britain's Hammer Films spent over four times their normal budget to produce this goofy prehistoric drama about a caveman (John Richardson) and a cavewoman (Raquel Welch) from different tribes who partner up and brave the wild together, battling various monsters and…
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

[6] Kurt Russell stars as a cocky truck driver who gets embroiled in a mystical adventure beneath San Francisco's Chinatown in this cartoonish action-comedy from director John Carpenter (Starman, The Thing). When the fiancée of a friend (Dennis Dun) is kidnapped by…
Xanadu (1980)

Xanadu (1980)

[6] Singing sensation Olivia Newton-John (Grease) headlines this surreal musical as a supernatural muse who brings a young painter (Michael Beck) and a retired musician (Gene Kelly) together so they can build an extravagant dance club called -- you guessed it --…
Masters of the Universe (2026)

Masters of the Universe (2026)

[4] Director Travis Knight (Bumblebee, Kubo and the Two Strings) accepts a daunting high wire act with this comedy/fantasy film based on the He-Man '80s cartoon series and toy line. How do you make goofy cartoon for boys into an epic adventure…
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

[7] The Sully family are back in James Cameron's third Avatar movie, one that recycles as much material as it invents, but ultimately satisfies. Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) are still reeling from the death of their eldest son in…
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

[7] Writer/director James Cameron (Titanic, Aliens) returns to the world of Pandora thirteen years after the first Avatar film broke all box office records. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) now lives completely among the planet's tall, blue natives, the Na'vi. He and Neytiri…
Avatar (2009)

Avatar (2009)

[8] James Cameron's first film since Titanic is a sci-fi/fantasy epic with a healthy sense of adventure and discovery. Sam Worthington stars as Jake Sully, a marine sent to the far off world of Pandora to help the military ravage the environment…