Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

[5] The Venom trilogy stumbles in its finale, but it has some nice moments. Tom Hardy returns as journalist Eddie Brock, exiled to Mexico after events of the previous movie and still hosting Venom, a shapeshifting alien symbiote, in his body. When…
Star Trek: Beyond (2016)

Star Trek: Beyond (2016)

[8] J.J. Abrams hands the reigns to director Justin Lin (director of several Fast and Furious movies), working from a script co-written by Scotty (Simon Pegg). The result? A pretty solid entry in the Star Trek franchise, possibly the best of the…
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

[7] Spoilers Ahead. J.J. Abrams (TV's Lost and Alias) serves up a second, fairly solid entry in the rebooted Star Trek franchise. This time Abrams reintroduces the character of the villainous Khan, played so memorably by Ricardo Montalban in the original series…
Star Trek (2009)

Star Trek (2009)

[7] Director J.J. Abrams reboots the Star Trek franchise with a new cast playing the original 1960s crew. The cast is perhaps the best thing about this new movie, particularly Chris Pine as James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. The…
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

[7] In this age of superhero fatigue, I was surprised to enjoy the first Venom movie so much. Color me equally surprised that they could pull off an entertaining sequel with Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Tom Hardy returns as Eddie Brock,…
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

[7] After the mediocre Episodes I and II, Star Wars creator George Lucas finally kicks his prequel trilogy into high gear with Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The film opens with the Galactic Republic at war with a growing separatist army,…
12 Monkeys (1995)

12 Monkeys (1995)

[7] Bruce Willis plays a prisoner sent back in time to prevent a deadly virus from ravaging the planet in this darkly comedic sci-fi thriller from Terry Gilliam (The Fisher King). Institutionalized upon his arrival in 1996, Willis piques the interest of…
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

[5] After wrapping up a terrific trilogy of Planet of the Apes films (2011-2017), Fox and Disney saw fit to give us another film that takes place generations later. I went into this latest film with great skepticism, and at first I…
John Carter (2012)

John Carter (2012)

[5] Director Andrew Stanton (WALL-E, Finding Nemo) makes the leap from animation to live-action with this overly-ambitious adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' story A Princess of Mars. Taylor Kitsch (TV's Friday Night Lights) stars as the title character, a world-weary Confederate army…
Starman (1984)

Starman (1984)

[7] Director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) takes a break from the horror genre for this sensitive sci-fi romance starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen. Bridges plays an alien who takes the form of Allen's deceased husband. After the initial shock of…