The Sixth Sense (1999)
[8] A young boy who can see and hear dead people confides in a child psychologist who comes to believe the boy's curse is a gift. The strength of The Sixth Sense lies most prominently in the scenes between Toni Collette…
The Return (2006)
[4] Sarah Michelle Gellar (TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars as a woman who has visions of a murder, eventually coming to realize the murderer may be coming for her, too. This supernatural thriller is okay for the first half-hour, but…
Moon (2009)
[7] Sam Rockwell plays a lone astronaut working at a lunar drilling station in Duncan Jones' solid feature film debut, Moon. Moon is a story in the classic sci-fi tradition, spurred by Rockwell's encounter with a mysterious stranger who shatters…
Creep (2004)
[6] Franka Potente (Run Lola Run) gets locked in a London subway station overnight and soon discovers she's not alone. Someone, or something, is after her. Creep is a simple but solid indie horror thriller. It's not terribly original, but…
Mystic River (2003)
[8] A family tragedy reunites three men who share a traumatic childhood experience in Mystic River. Sean Penn and Tim Robbins took home richly-deserved Oscars for their performances in this Oscar-nominated best picture from the ever-reliable Clint Eastwood. Mystic River…
Shutter Island (2010)
[5] SPOILER REVIEW: Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a U.S. Marshall sent to a hospital for the mentally insane to investigate the disappearance of one of the patients. But as the hospital tries to obscure the truth, DiCaprio's character starts to…
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
[7] What appears to be a hackneyed vacation nightmare movie turns out to be a fresh thriller from reliable writer/director David Twohy (Pitch Black, Below). The script takes a cue from Scream, reaching a level of self-reference that allows it…
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
[7] Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly are at the top of their game in A Beautiful Mind, Ron Howard's Oscar-winning biopic about John Nash, the brilliant but haunted mathematician who overcame schizophrenia and received the Nobel Prize. These are the…
Psycho II (1983)
[4] I don't think a Psycho sequel could ever possibly work, but that doesn't stop screenwriter Tom Holland from giving it the old college try. The script paints Norman Bates (a returning Anthony Perkins) very sympathetically -- reformed, recently released,…
Stalag 17 (1953)
[7] William Holden leads an ensemble cast in Billy Wilder's adaptation of Stalag 17. The film takes place entirely in a German prisoner-of-war barrack, where the captured Americans are beginning to suspect that Holden's pessimistic black marketeer character may be…