American History X (1998)

American History X (1998)

[5] Edward Norton (Fight Club) plays a reformed neo-nazi trying to stop his younger brother (Terminator 2's Edward Furlong) from following in his ugly footsteps in American History X. But breaking free from the skinheads who idolize him turns out…
Swamp Thing (1982)

Swamp Thing (1982)

[3] In this adaptation of the DC Comics series, a scientist working on a bio-engineering experiment is killed in a lab explosion that turns him into a creature, half-man and half plant. Super-strength and the ability to heal people are…
Licorice Pizza (2021)

Licorice Pizza (2021)

[8] Hollywood often waters down characters and storylines to make them universally appealing. Filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson with Licorice Pizza, or David O. Russell with Joy and The Fighter, are challenging that notion with stories of tremendous specificity --…
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

[7] Tom Holland, my personal favorite Spider-Man, returns in his third official film -- although his character has also appeared in many other Marvel movies that don't have his name in the title. This time, the young webslinger is dealing…
The Zodiac Killer (1971)

The Zodiac Killer (1971)

[6] This movie has the distinction of being the first released film about the eponymous serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the late '60s. While it has all the low production values you might expect from…
The Suicide Squad (2021)

The Suicide Squad (2021)

[6] It's weird that we now live in a time when a studio is willing to make the same movie twice, only a few years apart and call it by the same title. But here's DC's The Suicide Squad... again.…
Dark Waters (2019)

Dark Waters (2019)

[5] Mark Ruffalo must really have it out for the DuPont company. First he co-starred in 2014's Foxcatcher, an examination of the scandal behind John du Pont's hosting of Olympic wrestlers that ended in tragedy. And now he plays lawyer…
A Home at the End of the World (2004)

A Home at the End of the World (2004)

[7] Colin Farrell stars as a free-spirited young man who enters into a romantic triangle with a woman (Robin Wright) and his boyhood friend (Dallas Roberts). A Home at the End of the World, based on the novel by Michael…
Poster Boy (2004)

Poster Boy (2004)

[6] A selfish senator forces his closeted gay son to be the poster boy for his re-election campaign. Meanwhile, an AIDS activist plans to publicly 'out' the son during a college campaign stop. Trouble is, the senator's son and the…
King Cobra (2016)

King Cobra (2016)

[7] Christian Slater and James Franco star in this true story about rival gay porn producers fighting over a rising star named Brent Corrigan (Garrett Clayton). Slater gives Corrigan his start, but when Corrigan learns he's being paid peanuts compared…