Thunderheart (1992)
[7] Val Kilmer stars as an FBI agent with Sioux heritage sent to help another agent (Sam Shepard) solve a murder committed on tribal land in South Dakota. Shepard's character thinks it's an open and shut case, but Kilmer is…
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…
Frailty (2001)
[7] Actor Bill Paxton (Twister, Aliens) makes his feature directorial debut with Frailty, in which a man recounts to an FBI agent how, as a boy, his religious-freak father forced him and his young brother to help murder alleged 'demons'…
Nope (2022)
[8] Writer/director Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) delivers his third solid horror-mystery with Nope, the story of sibling horse wranglers (Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer) who discover a UFO hiding in a stationary cloud above their gulch ranch. At first…
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
[7] In these cynical, recklessly progressive, polarized, impersonal times, I find comfort in many films from Britain's Hammer Studios from the '50s and '60s. Most of these films are pure genre entertainment, devoid of divisive subtext or dreaded political messaging,…
The Exorcist III (1990)
[7] Any sequel to one of the great horror films of all time is bound to leave audiences at least somewhat disappointed. That said, The Exorcist III is a surprisingly better sequel than you might imagine -- especially after the…
The House That Would Not Die (1970)
[4] Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity, The Lady Eve) stars in this tepid TV movie about a woman who moves with her niece (Katherine Winn) to an ancestral home where they're haunted by ghosts from the Revolutionary War. The acting ensemble,…
Endangered Species (1982)
[3] If you told me there was a movie about a single father (Robert Urich) and a female sheriff (Poltergeist's JoBeth Williams) who team up to solve a mystery involving a series of cattle mutilations, I'd be interested. If you…
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
[7] Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry produced and wrote the adapted screenplay for this supremely odd but beguiling movie directed by Roger Vadim (Barbarella). Rock Hudson headlines as a high school football coach and guidance counselor who gets intimate with…
The Ring (2002)
[7] Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr) stars as a journalist investigating the bizarre, synchronized deaths of four teenagers who died exactly seven days after watching a disturbing videotape. After watching the tape herself, the clock starts ticking for Watts's character. She…