A Beautiful Mind (2001)

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

[7] Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly are at the top of their game in A Beautiful Mind, Ron Howard's Oscar-winning biopic about John Nash, the brilliant but haunted mathematician who overcame schizophrenia and received the Nobel Prize. These are the best performances…
Psycho II (1983)

Psycho II (1983)

[4] I don't think a Psycho sequel could ever possibly work, but that doesn't stop screenwriter Tom Holland from giving it the old college try. The script paints Norman Bates (a returning Anthony Perkins) very sympathetically -- reformed, recently released, and ready…
The Searchers (1956)

The Searchers (1956)

[7] John Ford reteams with frequent leading man John Wayne in what is often considered one of the best Hollywood westerns ever made. Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, a loner returning home from the Civil War. After his brother's family is murdered by…
Twilight: Eclipse (2010)

Twilight: Eclipse (2010)

[4] Director David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night) tries to elevate the material to Lord of the Rings status, with several gratuitous aerial fly-over shots and a suitably brooding score from 'Rings' composer Howard Shore. But, somehow, infuriatingly, and against…
Pale Rider (1985)

Pale Rider (1985)

[6] Eastwood directs and stars in this Western tale of revenge. The most interesting thing about Pale Rider is the mysterious nature of Eastwood's character, a preacher/gunfighter who enters a mining colony's life in answer to a young girl's prayer. The film…
1408 (2007)

1408 (2007)

[5] This haunted hotel room flick, based on a short story by Stephen King, brings nothing new to the haunted house subgenre. It even veers straight into cliches like dramatic temperature changes, ghostly images of murders past, and (my favorite) the paintings…
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

[3] Linda Blair's still got demons, and Richard Burton's trying to figure out what happened to the nice priests who got pea soup all over them in the first movie. Exorcist II: The Heretic is convoluted and esoteric, the action is minimal,…
To Each His Own (1946)

To Each His Own (1946)

[6] Olivia de Havilland won her first Oscar for this sudsy soap opera about a woman who gives up her infant son and spends the rest of her life trying to reconnect with him. The melodrama may be an acquired taste, but…
I Saw What You Did (1965)

I Saw What You Did (1965)

[3] Director William Castle, better known for gimmicky horror flicks like The Tingler, tries his hand at a straight-forward thriller. The story centers around three girls who make a night of prank calling people and telling them, "I know who you are…
Her Twelve Men (1954)

Her Twelve Men (1954)

[6] No, it's not a movie about a whore. It's Greer Garson, for fuck's sake! Her Twelve Men, also known as Miss Baker's Dozen, features Garson as a new teacher at an all- boys' school where she's not made to feel terribly…