I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)

I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)

[5] In this middling family-friendly holiday flick from Disney, young Jonathan Taylor Thomas (TV's Home Improvement, The Lion King) plays a swindling college student who gets stranded in the California desert glued into a Santa Claus outfit without money or identification. He…
The Mummy (1959)

The Mummy (1959)

[7] What can I say? I really like mummies. And unlike Universal's boring 1932 film, this Hammer Films production actually features its creepy title character in many scenes, instead of hiding it. Peter Cushing stars as a member of an archaeological dig…
Dr. No (1962)

Dr. No (1962)

[7] Sean Connery makes a big splash with his charismatic performance in the very first James Bond film, Dr. No. Agent 007, licensed to kill, is sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow spy from Britain's MI6 agency. He…
Cave-In! (1983)

Cave-In! (1983)

[3] In this TV movie from 'the master of disaster' Irwin Allen, a group of strangers tour a cave together and become trapped after a cave-in. The tour guide (Dennis Cole) leads the group through a series of treacherous passages to escape,…
The Beastmaster (1982)

The Beastmaster (1982)

[6] Writer/director Don Coscarelli (Phantasm) serves up a cheesy, low-budget sword and sorcery flick with enough heart and exposed flesh to appeal to the adolescent in us all. Marc Singer (TV's V) stars as Dar, a sinewy and perpetually shirtless lad who…
Ex Machina (2015)

Ex Machina (2015)

[8] Writer/director Alex Garland (Annihilation, Men) delivers a thoughtful, character-driven psychological thriller with sci-fi overtones in Ex Machina. Domhnall Gleeson plays a computer programmer summoned to a remote research facility where an eccentric entrepreneur (Oscar Isaac) has created a highly advanced artificial…
The Amityville Horror (1979)

The Amityville Horror (1979)

[3] James Brolin and Margot Kidder star as the parents of three children who move their family into a house with an evil past. The previous family was murdered in the house, and now evil spirits are determined for history to repeat…
The Snorkel (1958)

The Snorkel (1958)

[6] Britain's Hammer Films is more famous for their gothic horror fare, but they also released a number of pretty solid little thrillers. In this one, a teenaged girl (Mandy Miller) tries to prove to her guardian and the police that her…
The War of the Worlds (1953)

The War of the Worlds (1953)

[8] The War of the Worlds, based on H.G. Wells classic sci-fi novel, hits the ground running with Martians invading the world! We experience the invasion through an ensemble of characters in a quaint California community where one of the Martian 'war…
Heavy Metal (1981)

Heavy Metal (1981)

[7] Producer Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) wrangled together animation companies from around the world to assemble Heavy Metal, a string of six animated shorts based on the popular adult fantasy magazine. The stories are tied together by a loose framing device involving an…