Cocoon: The Return (1988)
[5] The old folks who left Earth in a UFO at the end of Cocoon are back for an unnecessary sequel that retreads the first film in so many ways, it's shameful. The entire cast and composer James Horner return…
The Old Dark House (1963)
[3] Hammer Films teams with gimmicky American horror director William Castle (The House on Haunted Hill, I Saw What You Did) for a film atypically goofy for either party. Tom Poston (Newhart, Mork & Mindy) stars as a car salesman…
Roofman (2025)
[8] In this true story from director Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine), Channing Tatum stars as Jeffrey Manchester, an Army veteran and struggling father sent to prison for robbing several McDonald's restaurants by digging through the…
Good Boy (2025)
[7] Good Boy is a novelty horror film starring a dog and told entirely from the dog's perspective. The dog's name, in the film and in real life, is Indy. He's a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever who accompanies his…
Saltburn (2023)
[8] Oscar-winning writer/director Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) serves up a diabolical pitch-black comedy about an off-kilter Oxford student who ingratiates himself into the life of a handsome classmate and his aristocratic family to dubious and increasingly sinister ends. Barry…
Wedding Present (1936)
[6] Cary Grant and Joan Bennett star in this fast-paced screwball comedy about two newspaper reporters who flirt with the idea of marriage during their headline-chasing adventures. Through no fault of the capable and charismatic leads, Wedding Present is maybe…
One Battle After Another (2025)
[3] It's possible I'll see this movie again in the future and understand it better. I have to assume this is possible, because I love several other Paul Thomas Anderson movies, including Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, and…
Sinners (2025)
[7] In this period horror film from writer/director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Black Panther), twin Chicago gangsters named Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) return to their Depression-era Mississippi home town to create a more legitimate life…
Rudy (1993)
[7] Director David Anspaugh and writer Angelo Pizzo, who previously collaborated on Hoosiers, presents another true story based on Indiana sports. Their subject this time is Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger, a short, unexceptional athlete who nevertheless aspires to play football…
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
[6] Keanu Reeves (Speed, The Matrix) stars as Klaatu, an alien visiting Earth to assess whether humanity deserves to live or die in this remake of the 1951 atomic-age classic. Humanity's potential for atomic annihilation takes a more ecological bent…