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…
You Only Live Twice (1967)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

[7] James Bond (Sean Connery) travels to Japan for the fifth film in the franchise. Someone is capturing both Russian and American space vessels in attempt to start a war between the two superpowers. Bond works with the Japanese Secret…
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

[5] After wrapping up a terrific trilogy of Planet of the Apes films (2011-2017), Fox and Disney saw fit to give us another film that takes place generations later. I went into this latest film with great skepticism, and at…
Thunderball (1965)

Thunderball (1965)

[7] James Bond is sent to the Bahamas to locate two nuclear bombs stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. in Thunderball, arguably one of the most widely anticipated 'event movies' since Gone with the Wind. Sean Connery's fourth time at bat starts off…
John Carter (2012)

John Carter (2012)

[5] Director Andrew Stanton (WALL-E, Finding Nemo) makes the leap from animation to live-action with this overly-ambitious adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' story A Princess of Mars. Taylor Kitsch (TV's Friday Night Lights) stars as the title character, a world-weary…
Goldfinger (1964)

Goldfinger (1964)

[8] In the third James Bond film, agent 007 (Sean Connery) is trying to stop the title character, a nefarious gold tycoon, from breaking into Fort Knox. Goldfinger is a standalone story, without any connection to the overarching SPECTRE storyline,…
Tron: Legacy (2010)

Tron: Legacy (2010)

[7] Twenty-eight years after the original Tron was released, Jeff Bridges returns as Kevin Flynn, a computer whiz who basically invented cyberspace -- a world within microchips where people are called 'programs' and 'users' are akin to gods. He's been…
The Magnificent Seven (1960)

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

[8] In this American western adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, seven gunslingers are hired to protect a small Mexican village from a posse of relentless bandits who steal all their food and goods. The motley 'seven' teach the…
From Russia with Love (1963)

From Russia with Love (1963)

[7] Sean Connery returns for his second mission as Ian Fleming's Agent 007. This time he's working with a defecting Russian agent (Daniela Bianchi) to steal a decoding device before it falls into enemy hands. Meanwhile, the sinister Spectre organization plots…
The Nice Guys (2016)

The Nice Guys (2016)

[8] Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling star as private detectives who team up to solve the mystery of a missing porn star in this action-comedy from writer/director Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight). Black does a terrific job showcasing…