Testament (1983)

Testament (1983)

[9] Director Lynne Littman delivers a devastating drama about a tight-knit California community suffering from fatal radiation poisoning after nuclear bombs are dropped on America's major cities. Based on a short story by Carol Amen, Testament examines the horrors of…
Weird Science (1985)

Weird Science (1985)

[8] Immediately following The Breakfast Club, writer/director John Hughes pulls a 180 with Weird Science, a cartoonish teenage fantasy about two nerdy high-schoolers named Gary and Wyatt (Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith) who use a computer to manifest the…
Project Hail Mary (2026)

Project Hail Mary (2026)

[10] I strongly suspect directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) may have a few more Oscars headed their way after seeing their adaptation of Andy Weir's best-selling novel Project Hail Mary. Lord and Miller cast the…
Adam’s Rib (1949)

Adam’s Rib (1949)

[9] Of the nine films which paired Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Adam's Rib is often considered the best. Writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin were friends of the famous couple and wrote the film specifically for them. Kate insisted…
Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

[8] Director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Mother!) delivers perhaps the most powerful anti-drug public service announcement in all of filmdom with Requiem for a Dream. Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans star as Coney Island residents whose…
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

[8] The sixth Mission: Impossible movie takes everything that was great about the previous entry and lifts it to even greater heights. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, as does the series' terrific ensemble of supporting talent, including Ving Rhames,…
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

[8] Stranded in the desert on their way to California, a family is attacked by savage cannibals in this brutal, low-budget horror flick from writer/director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream). Some of the family members go for…
Dune: Part Two (2024)

Dune: Part Two (2024)

[9] Director Denis Velleneuve (The Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) concludes his adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune with Dune: Part Two. The sequel picks up after the massacre of House Atreides at the hands of the vile Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard).…
Dune: Part One (2021)

Dune: Part One (2021)

[8] Director Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049, Arrival) takes a stab at delivering Frank Herbert's dense, complicated science-fiction novel to the big screen. Dune centers around a teenaged royal named Paul Atreides (Call Me By Your Name's Timothée Chalamet) whose…
Edge of Darkness (1943)

Edge of Darkness (1943)

[9] If you want to watch Errol Flynn fight the Nazis, this is your movie! Edge of Darkness is a great World War II drama told from the perspective of a small Norwegian fishing village under Nazi control. Flynn heads…