The Finest Hours (2016)
[8] Chris Pine stars in this emotional rescue story about a heroic Coast Guardsman who leads a small crew into a winter storm to rescue the workers on a sinking oil tanker. The Finest Hours is based on the true 1952…
Toy Story 2 (1999)
[8] Pixar returns to the toy box for another adventure with Woody, Buzz, and all the other toys who helped make the first Toy Story so memorable. This time around, Woody is kidnapped by a toy collector and the other…
Toy Story 3 (2010)
[8] It's been 11 years since Toy Story 2, and the same amount of time has passed in Buzz and Woody's world. Andy is now heading off to college and the toys' fates are up in the air. Will they…
The Social Network (2010)
[8] A movie about corporate betrayal and litigation is normally not my idea of a good time, but The Social Network turns out to be a well-made, voyeuristic look back at the birth of a now-ubiquitous product that many users…
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
[8] Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) directs his second installment of the prequel trilogy to the famous sci-fi franchise. War isn't as epic and enthralling as the spectacular Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but it's still a damn fine…
Baby Driver (2017)
[8] I was not looking forward to Baby Driver, because I haven't especially cared for any other Edgar Wright movie I've ever seen. (Watching Scott Pilgrim in the theatre with a full house was actually one of the most depressing…
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
[8] Director Kevin Reynolds (Waterworld, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves) delivers his best effort to date with this telling of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo. Jim Caviezel stars as Edmond Dantes, a man betrayed by his friend Fernand…
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
[8] Disney goes Broadway in the first animated motion picture ever nominated for a Best Picture Oscar (in the days before they rolled out a separate category for the medium). This version of the classic fairy tale is fueled by…
The Lost City of Z (2017)
[8] Just when I thought good old fashioned escapist adventure storytelling was dead, along comes The Lost City of Z. This movie renewed my faith in movies. I was beginning to think I'd seen the end of grand, romantic films like…
Wonder Woman (2017)
[8] After many failed attempts (here, here, and here) to compete with Marvel by launching their own 'expanded universe', DC has finally pulled their shit together. Wonder Woman works. It works as an origin story for the character, it works…