Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

[4] Richard Linklater writes and directs Everybody Wants Some!! as sort of a follow-up to his own Dazed and Confused. It's the early '80s and a group of college baseball players live together in a couple of houses off-campus. The movie has…
Ant-Man (2015)

Ant-Man (2015)

[6] Paul Rudd stars as one of Marvel's new feature film superheroes, a man who can shrink to miniature proportions with the help of a special suit. Michael Douglas shares a huge amount of screen time as the suit's inventor. Together with…
A Serious Man (2009)

A Serious Man (2009)

[4] The Coen Brothers run hot and cold with me. Sometimes I get them, sometimes I don't. This is one of the times that I don't, and I can only figure it's because the comedy is too subdued and the point is…
American Gangster (2007)

American Gangster (2007)

[6] Ridley Scott directs from a script by Steven Zaillian this true story about a New York detective (Russell Crowe) and a drug lord (Denzel Washington) whose paths cross in the 1970s to expose deep-rooted corruption in the police force. The film…
The High and the Mighty (1954)

The High and the Mighty (1954)

[6] John Wayne leads an ensemble cast in this William Wellman film about the passengers and crew of a trans-Pacific flight who experience engine failure and a loss of fuel. When they realize they won't reach the California shore, everyone prepares for the…
The Raven (1963)

The Raven (1963)

[7] After success with House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, and Tales of Terror, Roger Corman further exploited Edgar Allan Poe's name with The Raven. But this time, the film bears little resemblance to Poe's story. Instead, legendary sci-fi scribe Richard…
Blair Witch (2016)

Blair Witch (2016)

[5] Blair Witch is a sequel that plays out more like an amped up remake of 1999's now-classic The Blair Witch Project. More kids are going into the Burkittsville woods where the legend of the Blair Witch is still very much alive.…
The Banger Sisters (2002)

The Banger Sisters (2002)

[6] My main takeaway from The Banger Sisters is this: Damn, Goldie Hawn is awesome. She shares the top billing with Susan Sarandon here, but it's really Goldie's movie, and she carries it superbly. The film is about old friends reuniting and…
Sully (2016)

Sully (2016)

[8] Tom Hanks stars as celebrated pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who safely landed his U.S. Airways passenger plane on the Hudson River after the unprecedented scenario of losing both engines to bird-strike shortly after take-off. Director Clint Eastwood lets this true story unfold with…
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

[4] An American family moves into a British mansion with an old woman (Bette Davis) whose young daughter disappeared over thirty years ago. When the American family's two daughters begin hearing and seeing things, it quickly becomes obvious that Davis' daughter is…