Snowpiercer (2014)

Snowpiercer (2014)

[9] South Korean director Bong Joon-ho (Mother, The Host) directs this tale of class warfare set in an ice-age Armageddon wherein the last few living humans reside aboard a technologically advanced train that constantly circumnavigates the globe. Chris Evans (Captain…
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

[9] In this sequel from director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In), the virus introduced in the previous film has obliterated more than 99% of the human population worldwide. In San Francisco, there is a small colony of humans focused…
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…
50/50 (2011)

50/50 (2011)

[6] The title of this movie refers to the chances of survival for its main character, Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Adam's life and all his relationships are turned upside down when he learns he has cancer. I'm glad the movie is…
The Dance of Reality (2014)

The Dance of Reality (2014)

[5] The Dance of Reality is the first film in decades from well-loved cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, The Holy Mountain). The film is a quasi-autobiography from the filmmaker, covering his childhood in a Chilean coastal town. Jodorowsky is…
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2014)

Jodorowsky’s Dune (2014)

[8] "For me, movies are an art. More than an industry. As essential to the human soul as painting, as literature, as poetry... Movies are that for me…" Like Lost in La Mancha, a chronicle of Terry Gilliam's ill-fated attempt…
Abandon (2002)

Abandon (2002)

[4] SPOILER REVIEW Within the first half-hour of Abandon, a police detective (Benjamin Bratt) asks an ambitious college student (Katie Holmes) about her missing boyfriend. The college student doesn't seem to care that her boyfriend is missing, so I immediately…