No Country for Old Men (2007)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

[8] Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin star in this Southwestern chase movie that doubles as a meditation on man's perpetual but futile attempt to make order out of chaos. Brolin's character, Llewelyn Moss, stumbles upon the bloody…
This Gun for Hire (1942)

This Gun for Hire (1942)

[7] Alan Ladd (Shane) made his breakthrough performance in this unusually dark and violent film noir tale co-starring Veronica Lake and Robert Preston. Ladd plays a hit man hunting down a client (The Lodger's Laird Cregar) who double-crossed him. Lake…
Skyfall (2012)

Skyfall (2012)

[9] It's so refreshing to watch heroes and villains who are over the age of 40. Skyfall repeatedly suggests that sometimes older is better, and as a middle-aged film fan, I couldn't agree more. Daniel Craig's third turn as James…
Suburbicon (2017)

Suburbicon (2017)

[4] After his mother is killed in a home invasion, a young boy (Noah Jupe) begins to suspect his father (Matt Damon) and aunt (Julianne Moore) staged the event -- and that his life is now in danger, too. He…
Scream 3 (2000)

Scream 3 (2000)

[5] The Scream franchise creaks and bows under the strain of an increasingly incredulous plot in the concluding chapter of the original trilogy. Yet another killer is donning the Ghost Face mask, this time preying on the cast and crew…
The Perfect Storm (2000)

The Perfect Storm (2000)

[6] Director Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One, The Neverending Story) pits George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg against a killer storm at sea in The Perfect Storm, a true story based on a novel by Sebastian Junger. Clooney plays the captain…
Disclosure Day (2026)

Disclosure Day (2026)

[5] Steven Spielberg practically invented the summer movie season when Jaws became the first 'blockbuster' back in the summer of '75. I was hoping Disclosure Day might be a return to the kind of big summer event movie that launched…
Obsession (2026)

Obsession (2026)

[4] After buying a 'One Wish Willow' novelty item that grants a wish, a young man named Bear (Michael Johnston) is shocked to discover his wish came true: the apple of his eye, Nikki (Inde Navarrette), now loves him more…
Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

[9] Ten years after Night of the Living Dead, which pretty much invented zombies as we now know them, George Romero went back to the well and made a sequel that I like even better. As the dead rise to…
Bridge of Spies (2015)

Bridge of Spies (2015)

[7] Steven Spielberg dramatizes the true Cold War-era story of James Donovan (Tom Hanks), an American lawyer tasked with defending a Russian spy named Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) in court. When Abel is convicted, Donovan pleads to keep the death…