Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

[8] Writer/director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper) picks up the reigns and steers the franchise into bold, new waters with an entry that summons Star Wars fans to let go of the past and wipe the slate clean, so that something new can…
Lady Bird (2017)

Lady Bird (2017)

[7] Saoirse Ronan stars as the title character, an anxiety-ridden, pretentious, troubled -- well, normal, I guess -- teenager who does lots of teenagery things, like having sex for the first time and trying to get into college. Watching Lady Bird is…
The Disaster Artist (2017)

The Disaster Artist (2017)

[7] James Franco directs and co-stars with his brother Dave in The Disaster Artist. the true story of two men of questionable talent who move to Hollywood and spend millions of dollars making one the worst movies ever made, The Room. Franco…
Iron Man (2008)

Iron Man (2008)

[7] The superhero film movement happened in spurts dating all the way back to Richard Donner's 1978 film Superman: The Movie, but with Iron Man, Marvel Studios declared the genre was here to stay. Iron Man lays groundwork for a greater franchise effort,…
Insomnia (2002)

Insomnia (2002)

[7] In this remake of a Swedish film, an L.A. detective and his partner get loaned out to a town in Alaska where night never falls for half the year. While they're hunting a killer, the detective accidentally kills his partner and…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

[8] Seven months after the rape and murder of her daughter, a grieving mother challenges her local police department to find the culprit when she advertises on three incendiary billboards. Frances McDormand (Fargo) headlines Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which is being advertised…
Beauty and the Beast (1947)

Beauty and the Beast (1947)

[7] Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast is ripe with indelible images of pure fantasy. That it was achieved with a modest budget in post-war France makes it even more impressive. The sets are exquisite -- you'll find them echoed in Ridley…
Superman III (1983)

Superman III (1983)

[4] Christopher Reeve returns as the 'man of steel,' along with several of his supporting players. Unfortunately, the third time is not a charm. The screenplay is a fractured, incoherent mess. We get the Richard Pryor character's rise to influence, Clark Kent's…
Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

[6] From a technical and artistic point of view, this may be the finest animated film ever made. But it's also dull. I dislike how the three floating fat ladies (Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather) steal the show, while the prince and princess…
Love on the Run (1936)

Love on the Run (1936)

[6] This is a serendipitous romantic comedy pairing frequent costars Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. Gable plays a reporter who runs away with a press-weary heiress, hoping to snag the headline of the century. But naturally, he falls in love with the…