Zardoz (1974)

Zardoz (1974)

[7] If you can get past the ghastly sight of swarthy Sean Connery running around in a red diaper for two hours, you might enjoy this heady sci-fi flick from writer/director John Boorman (Excalibur, Deliverance). It's the year 2293 and…
Shazam! (2019)

Shazam! (2019)

[8] A young teen Billy (Asher Angel) is called upon by mystical forces and given the ability to turn into an adult superhero (Zachary Levi) at will. Together with help from his new foster brothers and sisters, he learns how…
Dumbo (2019)

Dumbo (2019)

[7] Director Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland) turns Disney's animated classic into a live-action film that is both a remake and a sequel. Dumbo follows the original story in broad strokes, with Danny DeVito running a down-on-its-luck traveling…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

[7] New York teenager Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is bitten by a radioactive spider and begins developing powers just like Spider-Man. He meets the real Spider-Man (Chris Pine) during an encounter with a villain named Kingpin (Liev Schreiber), who is…
Captain Marvel (2019)

Captain Marvel (2019)

[6] It's another Marvel movie! And it's on the high-end of average, like most of their releases. This one is all about a new character, a pilot named Carol Danvers, who becomes the title hero. She doesn't know who she…
Dark Shadows (2012)

Dark Shadows (2012)

[5] Tim Burton's big-screen adaptation of Dan Curtis' cult TV show Dark Shadows wants to be a comedy about a vampire transplanted from centuries past into the 1970s. That movie - one that focused on the vampire's relationships with his…
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

[6] Writer/director Dean DeBlois wraps up the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy with a mostly satisfying finale. In this third film, young Viking Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his comrades discover a second, rare Night Fury dragon -- and it's…
Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

[3] Pia Zadora and Craig Sheffer star in a no-budget sci-fi rock opera that's so abominable, it's almost charming. When a bunch of space dudes in pink costumes land on Earth looking for the source of rock music, they find…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

[5] Forces conspire to keep Harry Potter from returning to his second year at the Hogwarts wizarding school. Apparently, the big bad Voldemoort (who we still don't see but hear about all the time) put a monster in a mysterious…
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

[5] You know the story. Poor orphaned boy gets invited to a magical wizarding school and is destined to be the main adversary for a big bad meanie who is slowly manifesting (over, like, three or four movies). What I…