Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

[7] The first two-thirds of this franchise reboot (a second after the 2001 Tim Burton clunker) are surprisingly good. I was expecting to see computer-generated monkeys go nuts for two hours (all of which is saved for the less interesting…
Air America (1990)

Air America (1990)

[4] Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr star in this action-comedy about American pilots who get caught up in a government-sanctioned opium trade in Vietnam War-era Laos. Once the pilots realize they're about to be framed by one of their…
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

[7] It's the future and an alien race has just about taken over all of Europe and Asia. Tom Cruise enters this scenario as a cowardly military spokesperson forced into the front lines of combat by a shit-if-I-care general (Brendan…
Bullitt (1968)

Bullitt (1968)

[6] Steve McQueen stars as a San Francisco cop charged with protecting a mobster who is about to squeal for a US senator. When the witness is killed, McQueen works around the clock to discern the identity of the killers…
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

[8] X-Men: Days of Future Past brings back most of the cast from the Bryan Singer films (X-Men and X2) and merges them with the cast of Matthew Vaughn's First Class for a storyline involving time-travel and the mutants' desperate…
Godzilla (2014)

Godzilla (2014)

[7] I'm always on the lookout for a good monster movie, and Godzilla is one of the most legendary monsters in movie history, right? But he's still not a sure thing. We all remember the Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

[7] The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was better than I was expecting. Unlike nearly all the Batman movies, the Spider-Man movies -- both the Sam Raimi ones and these new ones from Marc Webb -- succeed in keeping the hero upfront…
X-Men: First Class (2011)

X-Men: First Class (2011)

[8] I'm honestly pretty sick of superhero movies, but I still have a soft spot for the X-Men. Director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, Layer Cake) reinvigorates things with First Class after a couple of less-than-stellar entries in franchise. The plot moves…
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

[4] Wolverine is one of my least favorite X-Men characters, so maybe this movie just isn't for me. That said, Hugh Jackman and most of the cast do pretty good jobs with what little they have to work with. The…
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

[6] This is certainly the most action-packed of the X-Men movies, but it's also the most disrespectful and emotionally hollow. There are some great set pieces, including the free-for-all at Jean Grey's childhood home, the Golden Gate bridge raising, and…